The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-06-30
Blacks Tribute to Roosevelt
Fornner Governor Of Neo York Mondates Hin at Chicago

when the American mind was so infamed
ana the American patriotism SO aroused;
%hAn among al the lager citizens surging
70 the front as soldiers, the man whom
this convention has already in it's heart
answer TO his name. Preferrtng peace but
not afraid of war; faithful 20 every pri-
ylte obligation yet first to volunteer at
the sign of national peril: a leader In
clVtl HE and yet so quick to comprehend
the arts of war that he grew almost in a
day 70 meet the high eXacLions OF com
mand.
The Test of Danger.
There is nothing which so tests a man
as great and unexpected danger. He may
pass his life amid ordinary scenes and
what ne iSor does but few Will ever know.
Blu when the crash comes or the flames
the hero in the crowd. A flash of light
ming in the night will reveal what years
or daylight have not discovered 20 the
eye. ana so the flash of the Spanish war
revealed that lofty courage and devotion
which the American heart SO loves and
NAi2h you have met again to decorate
ana recognize. His qualities do not need
70 he ratold, Tor no man in thai exalted
place since Lincoln has been better known
n every household in the land. He Is not
conservative, If conservatism means wait
ing t1ll 1t is too late. He is not wise, If
"iSGQNl IS 10 count a thing a hundred
times when once viii do. There is no re-
greet so keen, in man or country, as that
winch follows an opportunity unenbraced.
fortune scars with high and rapid wing,
and whoever brings il down must shoot
with accuracy and speed. Only the
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 sages speak,
but every day at n!ghtfaiI heholds some
record which II not complete has been
At least pursued with conscience and in
tFep!d resolution. He Is no slender flower
sNayiHg in The wind, but that heroic fibre
which IS best nurtured by the mountains
and the snow.
A Statement of the Hour.
He spends little time in review, for that
ne knows can be done by the schools. A
statesman graphing with the living prob
ems OF the hour he gropes but little in
the past. He believes in going ahead. He
believes that IN shaping the destEnies OF
th.S great repuhlic, hope is a higher I'M
Pulse than regret. He believes that prepa-
Fa,.on Tor future triumpha is a more i'm
p0rtant duty than an inventory OF past
mistakes. " profound student of history,
ne IS today the greatest history maker
IN the world, With the Instincts Of the
schoIar. he is yet forced from the scholars
pursuits by those superb qualities which
at hinl to the last degree for those great
World currents now rushing past with
larger volume and more p0rteutOus as
poet than for many years before. The fate !
OF nations is still decided by their wars.
ioN may talk of orderly tribunals and
49, ASiE4 ccS JuA may sing IN your
2cho0!s the gentle praises Of the quiet
me. YOU may strike from your books the
last note Of every martial anthem. and yet
in the smoke and thunder viii always
ne the tramp Of horses and the silent,
rigid, uptIrned face, Men may prophesy
and women pray, but peace will come here
TO abide forever. on this earth only when
the dreams Of childhood are the accepted
to guide the destInies OF men.
Events are numberless and mighty, and
no n can tell which wire runs around
EH- Jr1Y'f Il -
quiet or ,contentnent and repOse may
still be on the deadly circuit and tomor-
row writing in the tolls Of war.
Time for Great Figures.
his IS the time when great figures must
kept in front. II the pressure is great
and iron, Whether we wish 1t or not,
America IS abroad in this world. Her in
tefesLS are in every street, her name is
in every tongue. Those interests so sacred
and s~tupendous should be trusted onIv to
care OF those whose power, skill and
courage have been tested and approved. 4
and IN the man whom you will choose,
highest sense Of every nation III the
world heho!ds a man who typifes as no
9thef living American does, the spirit and
me purposes Of the twentieth century. He
time. There are marry things he may not {
snow, but this is sure, that above all
Things else be stands for progress. courage
5L the american mama,
Thsre arc times when great fitness is
hardly less than destiny, when the eln-
n2nts so come together that they selct
ne agent they VIII use, Events sometimes
select the strongest man. as lightning
down the highest rod. And so IL is
With those events which for many months
WIKI unerring sight have led you to .
angie name which I am chosen only TO
pronounce: Gentlemen. [ nominate for
president OF the United States the highest
wing type OF the youth, the vigoV and
TIE promise OF 4 great country and a
great age. Theodore Roosevelt Of New