The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-06-21

Widely different In temperament and
methods. he has approved himself of the
same elemental virtues-the same flinda-
mental beliefs. With faithful and rever-
ing memory. he has executed the purposes
and continued unbroken the policy of
President Mckinley for the peace, pros.
perity and honor OF our beloved country.
And he has met all new occasions with
strength and resolution and far-sighted
wisdom
As we gather In this convention our
hearts go back to the friend-the never
to be forgotten friend. whom when last
we met we acclaimed with one accord as
our universal choice to bear second
time the highest honor In the Nations
gift; and back still, memory goes through
many n year OF leadership and loyalty.
How wise and how skilful he was! how
modest and self-effacing! how deep his in
sight into the human heart how swift the
intuitions OF his sympathy. how compell-
ing the charm OF his gracious presence!
He was so unsel1sh. so thoughtful OF the
happiness OF others, so genuine lover
of his country and his kind. And he was
the kindest and tenderest friend who ever
grasped another's hand. Alas, that his vir-
tues did plead In vain against cruel fate!
CROWNED WITH HONOR.
Yet we may rejoice. that while he lived
cor OF party strife had ceased; that sue
cess In his tasks, the restoration of peace,
the approval OF his countrymen, the af-
fection OF his friends-gave the last quiet
months in his home at Canton repose and
contentment.
And with Mckinley we remember Han
ma with affection and sorrow--his great
lieutenant. They are together again.
But we turn as they would have US
tYr 70 he I,,tio op ha ha
OF the future: we turn as they would have
us turn. TO prepare ourselves for struggle
under the same standard borne I'm other
hands by right OF true inheritence. Honor,
truth, courage. purity OF life. domestic
virtue, love OF country. loyalty TO high
ideals-all these combined with active in
with learning. with experience
In affairs. with the conclusive proof of
afforded by wise and conser-
vative administration, by great things al
ready done and great results already
these we bring TO the people
with another candidate.
Shall not these have honor In our land?
Truth, sincerity. courage these underlie
the fabric OF our institutions Upon hy-
pocrisy and sham. upon cunning and false
pretense, upon weakness and cowardice.
upon the arts OF the demagogue and the
devices OF the mere politician-no govern
ment can stand. No system OF popular
can endure In which the peo-
pie do not believe and trust.
PEOPLE AND PRESIDENT.
Our President has taken the whole
,eopIe into his confidence. Incapable OF
deception. he has put aside concealmen.
frankly and without reserve. he has
old them what their government was
loing. and the reasons. IL Ia no cam
,algn OF appearance upon which We enter. |
or the people know tho good and the |
,ad, tho success and failure. to be cred |
ed and charged 60 our account. II Is /
10 carhteigi OF sounding words and |
,.NciDus pretences. for our President has /
cid the people with frankness what M /
,e,ovcd and what he intended.
lie has meant every word he said. and /
he leoplc have believed every word ne
aid and with him this convention agrees
ecause every word has been sound Re-
ublican doctrine No people can main
min fee government who do not I'm their
carts value the qualities which have
lade the present President OF the United
tates conspicuous among the men OF his
Ime as n type OF noble manhood Come
that may here-come what may I'm
november. God grant that those oauli.i~s
brave true manhood shall have honor
throughout America. shall he held FOR m
xample in every home ana that TIE .
outh OF generations 20 come may grow
p 90 feel that II is better than wealth,
r Office. or power. TO have the honesty.
he purity. sni the courage OF Theodore
Roosevelt
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