The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-04-28

doubt That ne Is al the Deter quaITSed 10
represent intelligently the highest interests
Of our Union? He Is tireless toiler. The
smell of the midnight oil Is always on his
garments, but never on his speeches. He
and l were classmates In college and then,
as now, he was the most indefatigable
worker ! ever saw. In debate ready and
keen, welding a trenchant biade, and using
those hand grenades OF argument. wit, rid
icule and sarcasm with striking effect. In
oratory unsurpassed and everywhere sought
for the charm o. his utterance. His record
10 his witness. We are proud of Ii, and he
now hears, on every hand. those sweetest
of words to every public man, well done.
good and faithful servant: and to that
Scripture | want to append another SEN
tence for his sake. as well as for ours, and
that is, Take another term.
Gentlemen. shall honor ourselves more
than we honor him: We shall serve our own
interests more than his, when we see to it
that every Republican in the next legisla-
ture votes for the return to the senate of
the United States OF our brilliant and
eloquent fellow-cltizen, Albert j. Bever-
And what shall 1 say of our delegation
In congress? Modesty forbids that | say
much, else ] might justly be accused Of
opinion Of the membership of that delega-
ton, and take such a just pride In their
worth and work, that | cannot refrain from
bestowing upon them In this presence a
Just need Of praise.
Hemenway, chairman OF the powerful COM
mittee of appropriations, and Overstreet.
chairman Of the important committee on
postoffices and post roads. are longest in
the service. Then come Judge Crumpacker,
chairman of the census and member of In
sular affairs; Charles b. Lands. chairman
of printing and member of naval affairs
and territories; CrOmer, member Of agri-
culture coinage. weights and measures,
and expenditures in the postoffice depart
ment; Holiday. member OF military affairs.
invalid pensions and war claims, and Fred
er!ck Landis member of elections and en-
rolled bills. For natural and acquired abil:
Ity. for good common sense, for breadth of
learning, for depth of research. for capacity
for work. for lofty conception of right and
duty, for eloquence and the power of de-
bate. these Holsters stand among the first
IN that great body.
Never in her history has our state had
such representation as today; never has
she exerted wider influence on legisla-
tion. and never have her representatives
had the eve and ear and heart of the speak
er as today. Yes. they all stand at the
front in the estimation of that grand old
commensurate Joe Cannon. With such
leadership in our beloved state we cannot
fail.
Such is our history. such our principles.
such our leaders. Are we worthy? Have
we not earned the renewed confidence of
the nation? Have we not merited the un--
yersal approval of the people: Who can
doubt il? Yes, fellow-eitizens we shall
succeed not for our own qualification, but
hacsuse of what we have done and what
we propose to do. Succeed. because we
cannot afford TO fail. because our country
cannot afford TO have us 1all-
II is said that at the battle of Trafalgar.
which was to determine the dominion II
the seas. Lord Nelson. the great admiral,
called all his men on board their ships.
and standing i'm the midst of them. ad-
dressed them thus:
sailors. ] have naught but this to say:
In the battle that shall he waged tomor-
row our country expects every man TO do
his duty"
That was all that he said. but ii was an
Inspiration that fired the heart and nerved
the arm of every man. And on the next
day. above the swish of the ocean, above
the roar of the battle. above the fash of
the conflict. while the sea was red and the
waves were strewn with the wreck. above
II ALL that command rang In the ear and
heart of every man as clear as bugle
call Our country expects every maE 60
do his duty"
Who can doubt that today. Lincoln and
Grant and Hayes and Garfield and Mckin-
lev and Morton and Blaine and Hanna.
and all our mighty dead are looking upon
us from their places in the sky. and whiS-
oering to us that same Tervent appea..
hOur country expects every man to do his
duty? And, under God, that duty shall
be done.