Arizona republican., 1904-06-22


 enemies of the protective system; the new Philippine government has only | begun to develop it's plans for the bene- | eft of that long negected country; our 1 flag floats on the isthmus. but the canal issyet te be built: peace does not yet reign on earth. and considerate firmness backed by strength are still needful ii diplomacy.
 The American people have now 10 say, whether policies shall be reversed. or committed to unriendly guardians: whether performance, which now proves itself for the benefit and honor of our country. shall be transferred to unknown and perchance to feeble hands No dividing line can be drawn athwart the course of this successful administra tion. The fatal 14th of Sep- tember. 1901, marked no change of pol icy, no lower level of achievement. The bullet of the assassin robbed us of a friend we loved it took away from the people the president of their choice; | it deprived civilization of a potent force making always for righteousness and for humanity. But the fabric of free institutions remained unshaken. The government of the people went on. The great party William Mckinley led wrought still in the spirit of his exam pie. His true and loyal successor has been equal to the burden cast upon him. Widely different in temperament and methods, he has approved himself of the same elemental virtues, the same fundamental beliefs. With faithful and revering memory he has executed the purposes and continued unbroken the policy of President Mckinley for the peace, prosperity and honor of our be- loved country. And he has met all new occasions with strength and resolution and farsighted wisdom.
 THE MARTYRED M'KINLEY. As we gather in this convention, our hearts go back to the friend-the new CT to be forgotten friend, whom when we last met, we acclaimed with one ac- cord as our universal choice to bear a second time the highest honor in the nations gift; and back still, memory goes through many a year of leadership and loyalty.
 How wise and skillful he was! how modest ard self-effacingi how deep his insight into the human heart: how swift the munitions of his sympathy! how compelling the charm of his gra- I so thoughtful of the happiness of oth- CTS. 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 virtues did plead in vain against cruel fate! Yet we may rejoice that while he lived he was crowned with honor; that the rancor of party strife had ceased; that success in his great tasks, the res toration of peace. the approval of his ceuntrymen, the affection of his friends gave the last quiet months in his home at Canton repose and content ment.
 And with Mckinley we remember Hanna with affection and sorrow-his great lieutenant. They are together again.
 THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
 But we turn as they would have us turn to the duties of the hour, the hopes of the future; we turn as they would have us turn, to prepare our selves for struggle under the same standard borne in other hands by right of true inheritance. Honor, truth, cour- age, purity of life, domestic virtue, love of country, loyalty to high ideals all these combined with active intelli- gence. with learning, with experience in affairs. with the conclusive proof of competency afforded by wise and con- servative administration. by great things already done and great results already achieved-all these we bring to the people with another candidate. Shall not these have honor in our land? Truth. sincerity, courage! these under lie the fabric of our institutions. Upon hypocrisy and sham, upon cunning and false pretense, upon weakness and cowal dice, upon the arts of the dema- gogue and the devices of the mere poli- tician-no government can stand. No system of popular government can en- dure in which the people do not believe and trust. Our president has taken the whole people into his confidence. Incapable of deception, he has put aside concealment. Frankly and with out reserve, he has told them what their government was doing, and the reasons. It is no campaign of appear ances upon which we enter. for the people know the good and the bad, the success and failure, to be credited and charged to our account. It is no cam paign of sounding words and spacious pretences, for our president has told the people with frankness what he be- lieved and what he intended. He has meant every word he said, and the peo- pie have believed every word he said, and with him this convention agrees because every word has been sound re- publican doctrine. No people can maintain free government who do not in their hearts value the qualities which have made the present presi- dent of the United States conspicuous among the men of his time as a type of noble manhood. Come what may here -come what may in November, God grant that those qualities of brave true manhood shall have honor throughout America, shall be held for an example in every home, and that the youth of generations to come may grow up to feel that it is better than wealth, or office, or power, to have the honesty, the purity, and the courage of Theodore Roosevelt.
 ENTHUSIASM RAN HIGH.
 Simultaneously with ex-Secretary Roots appearance ct the speakers ta-