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act in a spirit OF fairness and justio'
to all men. and TO give each man hi
rights He has kept this pledge: h
had lived up to this fine conception o.
MS duty This pledge involved a com
pIetion of the work begun in Cuba anS
an honorable discharge of the promises
made to our struggling neighbor The
flag OF an independent republic floats
over Havana today. and all men know
that we have kept faith with the Cuban
people. Leaving the details to engi-
neers, he has cut by single stroke
the Panama canal through mountains
of prejudice and centuries of ignorance
m the far Philippines our flag floats,
q guarantee of redemption, pacification
and development His conception OF
duty has led him into difficult places
IN dealing with the internal affairs OF
aar own country: he has met every is
cue brayely and ably and demonstrated
not only that prompt and decided action
O. often the highest impression Of con-
servatism, but that It Is safe to trust
the impulse Of man who Is essentially
and indistinctively honest
eIlow-countrymen. after nearly
four years Of Theodore Roosevelt, we
fsnd the army and navy on a better
footing. our trade expanded. the coun-
my at peace and prosperous and our
flag respected in every quarter of the
globe. The American people win not
withhold from him the applause of
manly hearts. / am proud that my
state. the empire state of the south,
shares in the glory Of his achieve-
ments ,as it viii share in their bene-
nts
II is not pretended that the section
from which I come to you. is, as
section, in sympathy with your political
party. But l am as sure as that l
stand here. that the great majority
Of intelligent business men in the south
are in sympathy with the controlling
principles of your platform and op-
posed to those of your opponents as
hst declared. And l am equally sure
that they recognize and respect the
fearless honesty of your leader Head
fines are not history, nor does the pas
sionate partisan write the final verdict
Of great people History. despite the
venom Of the small politician. will do
him the justice to record that he has
gone further than any man who has
occupied the White House since the
civil NOR IN f,,rfhar 4ha vital k,,farasta
Of the south. The standard Of appoint
ments has been the same for Georgia
as for New York. He has insisted on
efficiency and integrity as the chief
tests, north and south alike. OF the
thousand or more original postoffice
appointments in Georgia under his ad-
ministration not one has, within N.Y.
knowledge been criticised by even the
unfriendly and partisan press of the
state. A southern man, General Wright,
by his appointment, holds the honor of
this country in trust in the far Phil
ippfnes. and on him your president re-
lies for the advancement and develop
ment Of the 100000 people who are
there working out their destinies. Two
judges of first instance, one democrat
and one republican, and both from |
Georgia, are there by his appointment !
TO administer the laws. In the army |
there and here in the navy and in !
all the divisions Of the civil government |
southern men have felt the friendly |
touch of his hand. The character of |
these appointments and the whole |
policy give the life to those designing |
knaves who charge him with stirring |
up strife between races and arraying |
section against section. Il am proud |
people" This was his greeting to a
southern audience. and no honest man
doubts that he meant it.
The south shares in the magnificent
prosperity which our great country has
achieved under the republican party
Especially has she felt the beneficient
effect of your policies during the last
eight years: and the hardest facts your
opponents have to contend with is the
fact that your financial policy has been
tested and found to be sound and eff
cient. They have sufficed for eight
years at least and the democratic par
tisan who has twice in that time been
led captive behind the silver car Of
Bryan must be optimistic beyond ex-
preston if he believes that the coun- {
try will suffer alarm over the pros
pect of four years more of prosperity. i
The south deals in cotton goods, cotton
seed products, COAL iron, oil and lum-
Der, and business enterprises in con-
nection with these and to her indus
tries have increased and multiplied.
Travelling from Washington to Moon,
one is never off a first class railroad
aor- long out of sight of the smoke of
a mill. The people who conduct these
and kindred enterprises, who are rails
ing cotton at from 10 to 16 cents a
pound, wheat at from rs cents to 81 a
busheI, whose coal, iron and lumber
are in demand throughout the world,
whose home market is assured, and
whose lands are rapidly increasing in
value, are not alarmed over the pro-
spect of another republican victory
under Roosevelt. They are not alarmed
over the digging Of canal at Panama
that will give them direct communica-
tion with 5OO,OOO,OOO or OO,OOO,OOO Of
people who need the products of their
aelds and factories. Nor are they
alarmed that increased railway and
river transportation will be required {
IN 7,nve these products to southern