Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-23

lie. we are here to fame as our standard
bearer the giftedsoA of the empire state,
who has in his makeup all the resolute
spirit and vfgor of the imperial west. and
In whose veins .cogrses the rich, warm
blood of the daAnt1ass southland Nomi-
mating and seconding speeches here are of
no moment, for his nomination has already
been made by the American people them
selves. We have-onfy to select his running
mate, proclaim the doctrines of our faith
and go forth and overwhelm once more the
cohorts of distracted, distempered and
dismembered democracy.
The republican party has had and ever
will have glorious mission 1t has al
ways been party of action. Its promises
have always been erystalized into exact
performance. For fifty years 1t has labored
to advance the substantial progress of all
the American people 1t is making of
America the dominant world power. 1t
has written into law the promises of fifty
years In respect of isthmian canal. 1t
has built up and firmly established by pro-
'tective policies a nation which must event.
ually secure for the surplus products and
industry of her people the markets of all
the earth. Its thought is along construct
i've lines and for the expansion requisite to
meet the nations Industrial needs rather
than for democratic isolation. 1t has built
up American Industries. protected Ameri-
can labor and safeguarded the American
home. 1t has permanently secured the ma
ton upon the gold standard, the standard
of stability and enlightened civilization In
the olden day the crusader, armor-clad;
rode valiantly away to rescue the holy land
from ruthless devastation. So. In this our
day, the republican party is carrying for
ward the stars and stripes for the uplift-
Ing, of mankind and the supremacy of a
civilization which finds Its highest type In
our glorious American republic.
Mr.. Chairman, the great northwest,
whence l hail, teens with hundreds OF
dc Of a,,tIo Ia
know their worth and their. fealty. On
their behalf 1 am commissioned to second
the nomination of their choice for PreSi-
dent of these United States. We need and
demand today wise and dauntlesS mariner
to take our soundings and shape our course.
In this history-making hour, at the dawn
of a century big with the potentialitfeS of
individual and national life, when the re-
public advances full speed upon a future we
cannot know, in all the excitement of the
individual struggle Ior wealth and self
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, in the midst of tendencies
toward municipal and governmental cor
largely bent upon profit without recon-
pense we have only to name our choice for
President for all the world to know that
his name is a synonym for courage, for I'M
firing energy, for loyalty to principle, for
uprightness. for rugged honesty.
mo words of any man are needed to tell
you that he is pre-eminently qualified to
be our inspiring leader. We are proud of
his distinguished career and of his great
service to the nation. We indorse his UNI
swerving devotion to the highest ideals of
government and his stalwart Americanism.
We support him for his lofty character,
for his manifest genius, for his splendid
personality and for his superb moral
courage. Four years ago the republican
party placed him beside the immortal Nc
Kinley, and with such standard bearers,
with such a cause, we marched to a glorf-
Gus victory. When the assassins fgnoble
work was accomplished and amidst the ma
tons tears, showered with the nations
love, the gentle Mckinley passed to the
ages and was crowned with the wreath Of
immortal fame. the intrepid and aggressive
Roosevelt faced and was equal to the
grave responsibilities of the presidency.
He has kept the faith. By force of his
character and his works he has extended,
at home and abroad. the influence and
greatness of the republic. His name has
come to be a symbol everywhere of Ameri-
can manhood, American valor, American
honesty and American supremacy.
''Obeyng a mandate both pleasing and
supreme, on behalf of the great state of
Minnesota and the mighty empire of the
northwest, whose growth and prosperity
will ever keep full pace with the giant
tread of the nation itself, 1 desire to second
the nomination of that intrepid leader. that
potent statesman, that master workman
upon the greater republic that tried, trust
ed and Incompatible public servant-the
President now the President again to be
Theodore Roosevelt