The National tribune., 1904-06-30

great commandera'Dsve interrupt the enc.
my while he is mki.g a mistake"
"The name Of tie Republican Party
stands over every door where righteous
cause was horn. Its members have gath
cred around -eve9y movement, no matter
how weak. If INSPIRED by high resolve. Its
| flag for more than % years has been the
sign of hope on every spot where liberty
1 was the word. That party needs no new
ma me or platforms to designate its purposes.
1t is now as it han bsen, equipped, militant
and in motion. The problems OF: every age
| that age can 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 intel
ligence Of that people"
! Events are nmbsrless and mighty, and
mo man can tell which wire runs around
the world"
There is no regret so keen, in man or
country, as that which follows an oppor-
tunity unembraced. Fortune scars with
high and rapid wing, and whoever brings
speed. Only the man with steady eye and
nerve and the courage to pull the trigger
brings the largest opportunities to the
ground. He does not always listen while
all the sages speak, but every day at night
fall beholds some record, which, if not COM
plete, has been at least pursued with con-
science and intrepid resolution. He is no
slender flower swaying in the wind, but
that heroic fiber which is best nurtured by
the mountains and the snow. He spends
| little time in review, for that he knows can
be done by the schools. A statesman Crap
pling with the living problems of the hour
he grOpes but little in the past. He be-
lieves in going ahead He believes that in
| shaping the destinies Of this great republic,
| hope is a higher impulse than regret. He
believes that preparation for future
| triumphs is more important duty than an
inventory of past mistakes. A profound
| student of history. he is to-day the creates.
| history-maker in the world. With the in
| stincts of the scholar. he is yet forced from
| the scholars pursuits by those superb
| qualities which tit him to the last degree
| for those great world currents now rushing
past with larger volume and more pOrten-
| tous aspect than for many. years before
He (Roosevelt) is not conservative, if
conservatism means waiting till it is too
late. He is not wise, if wisdom is to count
a thing hundred times when once will
do"
There are many things he may not
know, but this is sure, that above all things
/ else he stands for progress, courage and
fair play, which are the synonyms of the
American name."
SENATOR BEvERIDGE.
Zone difference between the opposition
and ourselves is this: They select their
candidate for the people, and the people
| select our candidate for us"
''They know that while he is President
| the flag will stay put and no American
| surrendered. Americans never retreat"
He wins admiration in vain who wins
| not affection Also"
The American people! The mightiest
force for good the ages have evolved
GEORGE A. KNIGHT, CALIFORNIA.
dishonesty, cowardice, and duplicity
are never impulsive. Roosevelt is impul-
| sive, SO be it--he is different"
ii. 8. EDWARDS, OF GEORGIA
Headlines are not history, nor does the
pa passlonate partisan write the final verdict
of great people"
SENATOR DoLLIvER.
"Other conventions have met to settle the
| fate of rival chieftains: we meet to record
the Judgment of the Republican millions
of the United States"
The things Upon which we are agreed
are so great, and the things about which
we differ are so small, that we are able,
without sacrificing sincere Republican con-
| vlctlOns anywhere, to unite as one man in
| defense OF our common faith"
I'VE stand at the beginning Of the new
| era, and while the Republican Party leans
upon the counsel of it's old leaders, it has
| not hesitated to summon to the responsible
ties Of public life the young men who have
been trained under their guidance to take
up the burdens which they are ready to Law
| down, and finish the work which comes
to them as an Inheritance of patriotism and
duty"
EX-G0v. BRADLEY, KENTUCKY
| 'The Republican Party has made no mis-
takes; therefore, it has no apologies to
offer. 1t has broken no promises there
fore. it enters no plea of confession and
avoidance. 1t offers no guaranty for the
| future save the record of it's past"
Men. OF the North, we come from the
| battlefield cOnsecrated to freedom with the
blood OF your brave sons. We are the GUS
todians of your patriot dead. and each year
commemorate their deeds and decorate their
graves with flowers. In their names and
| by their memories the disfranchised South
appeals to you for justice. Shall it be said
that your sons marched and fought and
died in vain! Shall it be said that a
nation can exist part slave and part free
Are people free who are forced to bear the
burden and yet denied the highest privilege
OF citizenship! If it be true that warrant
may not be found in the Constitution to
prevent disfranchisement, then we beg that
you no longer permit the disfranchised and
oppressed to be estimated for the purpose
OF increasing the electoral strength of their
oppressors"
| Though the grape is crushed, and the
grain is ground, they produce neither wine
nor bread for the prosecuted men of the
South"
| I'm Kentucky We have 'contended
against principalties and powers and the
rulers of darkness We have, in truth,
fought with all manner of beasts. not AT
Ephesus-but at Frankfort. We are nery-
ing ourselves for the coming conflict, and
in November next hope to break the chains
which partisan legislation has thrown
around us, and restore freedom to the State
which gave birth to Abraham Lincoln. and
holds within its bosom the ashes of Henry
Clay"
| OIL and Gas.
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