The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-04

dency is no idle FORM OF the last
twelve Presidents elected by the peo-
pie of the United States five-nearly
one-ha1f-have died in office and have
been succeeded by Vice-Presidents. A
serious obligation rests upon the po-
lttical parties which select the candi-
dates between whom the people must
choose, to see to 1t that they nominate
men for this possible succession who
have the strength of body and miad
and character which shall enable them,
if occasion comes. to take up the bur-
dens of the great presidential ofnce, to
endure its trying and exhausting de-
mands, to meet itssgreat responsible
ties. and with firm hand and clear
vision to guide the government of the
country until the people can express
their choice again.
Our opponents of the Democratic
party have sisnally failed to perform
this duty. They have nominated as
their candidate for the Vice-Presidency
an excellent gentleman. who was born
during the presidency of James Mon
| roe. and who before the ith of March
| next will be in the eighty second We IT
of his age. Before the next admins
tration is ended, he will be approach
disparagement Of this gentleman, for
| whom l believe we all have the nigh
| est respect. to say that he shares the
| common lot of mortals. and that the
| election of any man of such great age
would furnish no safeguard to thc
| american people against the disaster
| President with successor not compe-
| tent to perform the duties OF the presi-
DENTAL Office. 1t is common expert
| ence that very aged men. however
| bright and active they may appear for
brief periods. cannot sustain long con-
| tinued severe exertion. The demands
of the presidential office upon the men,
| tai and physical vitality are so great,
| 50 continuous and so exhaustfng, as to
be wholly beyond the capacity of amy
man of eighty-tive.
Filings at Davfs's Age.
The attempt by such a man to per-
form the duties of the office would with
practical certainty be speedily followed
by a complete breakdown both of body
and and OF mind In concentrating con the
| Democratic candidate for Vice-Presi-
| dent. the people of the country are
| bound to contemplate also as neces-
al the Presidents death, that others.
| not chosen by the people, and we know
not who, would govern in the name Of
| a nominal successor unable himself to
! office; worse still. that serious doubt
whether the Vice President had not
reached Il condition Of Inability with
in the meaning Of the constitution
would throw the title to the office OF
President into dispute.
The serious effect of such an event
| upon the government and upon the bus
| mess interests and general welfare of
| the country, and the serious erect even
| of the continual menace OF such an
event. must be apparent to every
| thoughtful mind.
In your election, on the other hand
| this chief requirement will be fully
met. In the iull strength of middle
ing duties of the presidency. Your
successful and distinguished career the
ability and probity with which you
have already discharged the duties of
high office, the universal respect and
| esteem of the people of Indiana who
nave delighted to honor you, the at
tachment of hosts of friends through
have the character and the ability to
govern wisely and strongly should you
become President. Many indeed among
our people have already turned toward
you as "a suitable candidate to be elect
ed directly to that great office
1t is the earnest wish OF your party
and of many good citizens who have
no party affiliations that you shall ac-
cept this nomination, and that you
| shall be elected in November to be the
next Vice-President of the United
States. In expressing to you this wish,
we beg to add an assurance of our own
personal respect, esteem and loyalty.
Senator Fairbanks was given anoth-
err ovation as he arose to accept the
nomination. He said:
The Reply of Fairbanks.
Mr. Root and Gentlemen of the
COMMITTEES: / thank you for the very
generous terms in which you have con-
veyed the official notification of my
nomination for Vice-President of the
United States. The unsolicited and
unanimous nomination by the Repub-
lican party is call to duty which l
am pleased to obey,
Il accept the commission which you
bring with a profound sense of the
dignity and responsibilities of the ex-
allied position for which 1 have been
nominated. My utmost endeavor will
be to discharge in full measure the
| trust, If the action of the convention
| shall meet the approval of the Ameri-
| can people.
The platform adopted by the con-
| vention is an explicit and emphatic
| declaration of principles in entire har-
| mony with those policies of our party
| which have brought great honor and
| prosperity to our common country, and
| which, If continued, will bring us like
blessings in the future.
| The monetary and economic policies
| which have been so forcibly re-an-
| nounced. lie at the very foundation of
| our industrial life. and are essential
| to the fullest development of our
| national strength. They give vitality
to our manufactures and commerce, and
| II impaired or overthrown. there
would inevitably ensue a period OF in
| dustrial depression. to the serious in
| jury of the vast interests of both labor
| and capital.
The Republican party since it pre-
served the integrity of the Republic
| and give freedom to the oppressed,
never rendered u more important ser
| vice to the country than when it estab-
| lisbed the gold standard. Under 1t
| we have increased our currency supply
| sufficiently to meet the normal require
| ments of business. 1t is gratifying
| that the convention made frank and
| explicit declaration of the infieXible
purpose of the party to maintain the
| gold standard. 1t is essential not only
| that the standard should be as good
| as the best in the world. but that the
people should have the assurance that
| IL will be so maintained.
| Snmnh Money.