The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-01

when the American mind was so inflamed
and the American PATRIOTISM so aroused,
when among al the eager CITIZENS SURFING
TO the front as soldiers. the man whom
this convention has already III its heart
was among the first 10 hear the call and
answer to his name. Pickering peace but
not afraid of war; faithful to every pri-
waite obligation Yet first TO volunteer at
the sign of national peril; leader III
civil life and Yet so quick to comprehend
the ar;S Of war that "" grew a!mos, in a
day to meet the high cXaCtionS of COM
mand.
The Test of Danger
There is nothing which so tests = man
as great and unexpected danger, He may
pass his lite amid ordinary scenes and
what he is or does but few will ever know
But when the crash comes or the flames
break out. moments time Will single out
the hero in the crowd. y flash OF light
ming in the night viii reveal what Years
of daylight have not discovered to the
eye. And so the flash of the Spanish WAX
revealed that lofty courage and devotion
which tn" American heart so loves and
which YOU have mot again to decorate
and recognize His qualities do not need
20 b" rctolu, for no man in that exalted
place since Lincoln has been better known
in every household in the land, lie is not
conservative, ii conservatism means wait
ing till It Is too late. He is not wise. II
WISDOM Is TO count Il thing a hundred
times when once will do. There is no re-
gret so Keen, in man or country, MS tha'
which follows an opportunity unembraced
Fortune scars with high and rapid wing
and whoever brings it down must shoot
with steady eye and nerve and the cour-
age to pull the trigger brings the largest
opportunities to the ground. He does not
always listen while all the sagcs speak
but every day at nghtfall beholdS som.
record which If not complete has beer
at least pursued With conscience and in
trepii resolution. He is no slender flower
swaying in the wind but that heroic fibre
which iS host nllrtIIvrI hN the n
and the snow.
A Statement Of the Hour.
He spends little time in review. for that
he knows can be done by the schools. y
statesman graphing with tn" living prob
lens of the hour he gropes but little il,
believes that in shaping the destlnies OF
this great republic. hope is a higher inn
pulse than regret. He believes that prcpa
ration for future triumphs is a more inn
mistakes. \ profound student of history
he is today the greatest history maker
in the world With the instincts of the
scholar, he is vet forced from the scholar 5
pursuits by those superb qualities which
iii him to the last degree for those great
world currents now rushing past with
larger volume and more portcntous as
poet than for many years bcforc. The fate
of nations is still decided by their wars
You may talk of orderly tribunals and
learned referees: YOU may sing in your
SCHOOLS inc Stnllt praises OF in' uultl
life; you may strike from your books the
last note of every martial anthem. and yet
out in the smoke and thunder will always
be the tramp of horses and the silent
and women pray. but peace Will come here
to abide forever on this earth only whnr
the dreams of childhood are the accepted
charts to guide the dcstinics OF men
Events are LumberlcSS and mighty and
no man can tell which wir" runs around
the world. The nation basking today IN
the quiet of contentment and r"pos" may
still be on the deadly circuit ana tomor-
row writing in the tolls of WAL.
Time for Great Figures.
This is the time when great figures must
be kept in front. II the pressure is great
the material to resist IT must be grant,
and iron. Whether we wish it or not
America IS abroad in this world. Her in.
tcrcsts are in every street. her name is
in every tongue. Those interests so SACRED
and stupcndous should be trusted only tc
the of those whose power, skill anG
courage have been tested and approved
And in the man whom you will choose
the highest sense of every nation in the
world beholds man who typiiies rs ne
other living American does the spirit anC
the purposes of the twentieth century. H'
does not claim to be the Solomon of hiE
time. There are many things he may no
know but this is sure. that above al
things else he stands for progress. courage
ana fair play which are the synonyms
Of the American name.
There are times when great fitness l.
hardly less than destiny, when tn" ole
monts 50 come together that they SclC
the agent they will use. Events sometime
select the strongest man. as lightnins
goes down til" highest rod. And so i, i
With those events which for many month
with uncrring sight have led YOU TO
single name which | am chosen only t.
pronounce: Gentlemen, | nominate 70
president of the United states the hghes
living type of the youth, the vigor am
the promise OF great country ana
great age, Theodore Roosevelt of New
York