The San Francisco call., 1904-06-24

CHICAGO. June Ex-senator Bever-
idge of Indiana seconded the nomina-
ton of President Roosevelt in the fol-
lowing speech:
Gentlemen Of the Convention: One differ
ence between the opposition and ourselves is
this They select their candidate for the peo-
pie and the people select our candidate for us.
This was true four years ago when we ac-
oepted the peoples Judgment and named VIII
liam Mckinley, whose perfect mingling OF mind
and heart Of wisdom and OF tenderness won
the trust and love Of the nation then and
makes almost holy his memory now. His
power was in the peoples favor, his shrine is
in the peoples hearts.
peoples judgment and name Theodore RoCSe-
welt. whose sympathies wide as the re-
public whose courage, honesty and vision meet
all emergencies and the sum of whose quail
ties make him the type of twentieth century
Americanism. And the twentieth century
American is nothing more than the man Of 20
facing a new day with the old faith.
Theodore Roosevelt, like William Mckinley.
Is the nominee OF the American firesde. So
were Washington and jefferson in the early
time; Andrew Jackson when he said
The Union 1t must be preserved; so was
Abraham Lincoln when the republic saved, he
bade US bind UP the nations wounds; and
Grant when, from victorys very summit his
lofty words, Let US have peace, voiced the
spirit Of the hour and the peoples prayer.
When nominated by parties, each OF these great
Presidents was. at the periods named, already
chosen by the public judgment. And so to-day
the Republican party. whose strength is in its
merely executes again the decree which comes
to ii from the American home in naming Theo-
dore Roosevelt as our candidate
The peoples thought Is his thought; Ameri-
can ideals, his ideals. This is his only chart
Of statesmanship-and no other is safe. For
the uuest guide an American President can
have is the collective intelligence and massed
morality Of the American people. And this .
cient rule OF the fathers is the rule our lead
ers now.
Theodore Roosevelt is leader who leads;
because he carries out the settled purposes OF
the people. Our Presidents plans when
achieved. always found 10 be merely the
nations will accomplished And that is why
the people will elect him.
They will elect him because they know that
II he is President We will get to work and keen
at work on the canal. After decades OF delay
when the people want thing done, they want
II done.
They know that while he is President the
flag will stay put. - and no American ad
vantage in the Pacific or the world be sur
rendered. Americans never retreat
While he is President no wrong -doer IN the
service Of the Government will go unwhipped
OF justice. Americans demand honesty and
honor vigilance and fearlessness.
When he is President read1ustment of tariff
( schedules will be made only in harmony with
the principle Of protection. Americans have
memories.
ton Will be preserved at any cost, excepting
only the sacrifice OF American rights; and the
visor with which he maintains these will be
The American people will elect him because
in word. they know that he does things the
people want done; does things, not merely dis
cusses them-does things Only 80 discussing
them-but does things; and does only those
things the people would have him do This Is
characteristically American; for wherever he
Is. the American IS he who achieves.
On every question all men know where he
stands Americans frank themselves, demand
franknees. In their servants. Uncertainty IL
the death Of business. The people can always
get along II they know where they are and
whittier they are going.
His past is his proof. Every great measure
OF his administration so wise that en-
Enthusiastically sustained by his own party Il
won votes even from the opposition.
DO you name Cuban reciprocity? The oppo-
sition resisted and then opposition votes helped
to ratify Il.
Do you name corporate legislation? The OPP
position resisted and then opposition votes
helped TO enact IL.
DO you name the canal--that largest work
OF centuries the eternal wedding of oceans
shrinking the circumference of the globe. max
| ing distant peoples neighbors advancing for.
ever civilization all around the world? This
historic undertaking in the interest OF all the
race, planned by American craftsmanship, tc
be wrought by American hands. to stand
through the ages protected by the American
Gag: this vast achievement which will endure