The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-07-02

free men, every creed and occupation.
But to-day common purpose and de-
sire have engaged us all, and from ev-
| cry nook and corner of the country
rises but a single choice to fill the most
exalted Office in the world. He Is no
stranger waiting in the shade to be
called suddenly into public light. The
| American people have seen him for
many years and always where the light
was thickest and the greatest need was
| felt. He has been alike conspicuous
| in the pursuits of peace and In the ar
duous stress of war. No man now liv-
ing will forget the spring OF '9S when
the American mind was so inf1amed
and American patriotism SO aroused;
when among all the eager citizens
surging to the front as soldiers, the
man whom this convention has already
| In its heart was among the first to hear
the call and answer to his name. Pre-
ferring peace but not afraid OF war;
faithful to every private obligation yet
first to volunteer at the sign OF ma
tional peril; a leader in civil life and
yet SO quick to comprehend the arts
of war that he grew almost In a day
to meet the high exactions OF COM
mand. There is nothing which so tests
a man as great and unexpected dan
ger He may pass his life amid ordi-
nary 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. A flash Of light
ming in the night will reveal what
years of daylight have not discovered
to the eye.
And so the flash of the Spanish war
revealed that lofty courage and devo-
ton which the American heart so loves
and which you have met again to dec
crate and recognize. His qualities do
not need to be retold. for no man in
that exalted place since Lincoln has
been better known in every household
in the land.
Men may prophesy and women pray,
but peace will come here to abide for
ever on this earth only when the
dreams of childhood are the accepted
charts to guide the destinies of men.
Events are numberless and mighty,
and no man can tell which wire runs
around the world. The nation basking
to-day in the quiet of contentment and
repose may still be on the deadly cir
cult and tomorrow writhing in the
tolls of war. This Is the time when
great figures must be kept in front.
| If the pressure Is great the material to
resist it must be granite and iron.
| Is abroad in this world. Her interests
are in every street, her name is on ev-
cry tongue. Those interests 80 sacred
and stupendous should be trusted only
| to the care of those whose power, skill
and courage have been tested and APP
| proved. And in the man whom you
will choose, the highest sense Of every
nation in the world beholds man who
| typifes as no other living American
does, the spirit and the purposes Of
| the twentieth century. He does not
claim to be the Solomon of his time.
There are many things he may not
know, but this is sure, that above all
things else he stands for progress,
courage and fair play, which are the
synonyms of the American name.
| There are times when great fitness
Is hardly less than destiny, when the
elements so come together that they
select the agent they will use. Events
sometimes select the strongest man, as
| lightning goes down the highest rod
| And so 1t Is with those events which
for many months with unerring sight
have led you to a single name which
| am chosen only to pronounce: Cen
tlemen, nominate for president of the
United States the highest living type
of the youth, the vigor and the promise
of great country and a great age,
| Theodore Roosevelt, of New York.