The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-07-21

III AAhuChi SOh pOiloiCS IVA A"AA w.
ury. In that movement, which was
both creation and an example,
were those great characters which
endowed the Republican party at
it's birth with the attributes OF
Justice, equality and progress, which
have held it to this hour in line with
the highest sentiments of mankind.
From these men we have Inherited
the desire, and to their memory we
owe the resolution, that those great
schemes of government and human
ity, inspired by their patriotism, and
established by their blood, shall re-
main as the fixed and permanent
emblem of their labors, and the abid-
ing signal of the liberty and :pro-
gr. SIS of the race.
There are many new names in
these days, but the Republican party
needs nc new title. 1t stands now
where it stood at the beginning.
Memory alone is need to tell the
source from which the inspirations
of the country flow. A drousy
memory would be as guilty now as a
sleeping Waterman when the enemy
is astir. The name of the Republi-
can party stands over every door
where a righteous cause was born.
It's members have gathered around
every movement, no matter how
weak, if inspired by high resolve.
Its flag for more than fifty years has
been the sign of hope on every spot
where liberty was the word. That
party needs no new name or platform
to designate it's purposes. 1t is
now, as it has been, equipped, millt-
ant and in motion. The problems
of every age that age must solve.
Great causes impose great demands,
but never in any enterprise have the
American people failed, and never
in any crisis has the republican party
failed to express the conscience and
intelligence of that people.
The public mind is awake both to
it's opportunities and its dangers.
No where in the world, in any era,
did citizenship mean more than it
means to-day in America. Men of
courage and sturdy character are
ranging themselves together with
jnanimity seldom seem There is no
excuse for cropping in the dark, for
the light is plain to him who will but
raise his eyes. The American people
believe in a man or party that has
convictions and knows why. They
believe that what experience Gas
proved it is idle To resist. A wise
man is any fool about to die. But
there is a wisdom which with good
fortune, may guide the living and
the strong. That wisdom springs
from reason, observation and exper-
fence. Guided by these this thing is
plain, and the young man may rely
apon it that the history and pur-
poses I have described, rising even
to the essence and aspirations OF
patriotism, find their best concrete
example in the career and doctrines
of the Republican party.
But not alone upon the principles
of that party are it's members in
accord. With the same devotion
which has marked their adherence to
those principles, magnificent and
enduring as they are, they have al
ready singled out the man to bear
their standard and to lead the way
No higher badge was ever yet con-
ferred. But, great as the honor is
the circumst ances which surround it
make tn honor even more profound.
You have come from every
state and territory in this vast do
main. The country and the town
have We'd with each other in sending
here their contributions to this splen-
did throng. Every highway in the
land is leading here and crowed with
the members of that great party
which sees in this splendid city the
symbol of its rise and power. With
in this exampled multitude is every
rank and condition of free men,
every creed and occupation. But
to-day a common purpose and desire
have engaged us all, and from every
nook and corner of the country rises
but single choice to fill the most
exalted office in the world.
ROOSEVELT IN PEACE AND WAR.
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