The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-18

Indiana's choice for the presidency, in
nomination:
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen of the
Convention:
great dominant party long charg-
ed with the administration of the gov
eminent of a mighty nation-a nation
with varied, complex and globe-encir-
cling interests-is here assembled
through its representatives to resub-
NIT its record, restate its faith and
select the instruments of its will for
the further administration of that
government.
Here all creeds are, all sects. all
professions, all occupations. Here are
the several states and territories Of
of the seas, but lately wooed and won
to freedom. Here New England is
come, inspired with the memory of
the MayfIower, of Bunker Hill and of
Faneuil Hall. Here are New York
and Pennsylvania, fresh from their
seats of financial. industrial and COM
mercial power. Here Virginia is
Virginia, the "Old Dominion the
Mother OF Presidents" Here are the
from the Carolinas to Texas. land of
my mothers birth and of my own oft
returning love, with lips eloquent with
the story of the new industrial and
commercial life and moral awakening
which has come to them. Here are
Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin and Illinois
undaunted champions and defenders
still of the liberty and education to
which the territory from whose bosom
they were carved was dedicated by
the Great Ordinance adopted by the
fathers a century and quarter ago.
Here Is Iowa with her sisters, Mime
sofa and Nebraska-Iowa, rich beyond
compare in soil and herds and fields
of grain, and in the sturdy fiber and
stalwart character of her citizenship.
Here are Missouri and Kansas, from
whose minds the aspirations, the
friendships. the prosperity and the
common interests of the present have
blotted forever the bitter memories of
the past. Here are Colorado and her
sisters from the mountains, happy in
the possession of hidden treasures
and of fruitful farms, fresh plucked
from the grudging grasp of desert
sands. Here is California with greet
ings from the Golden Gate, sad
through her memories of recent loss
by earthquakes and fire, but strong
and hopeful still. Here are Oregon
and Washington, with DIRE ans of COM
mercial prosperity and power equal to
that of any in the sisterhood of States,
when the mastery of the Pacific shall
bring to them their own from the vast
and populous Orient. Here Alaska is,
land of forests and of gold. And here
are Porto Rico, Hawaii and the Philip
pines, with primers in hand, feeling
their way with patient, unwavering
purpose toward liberty and self-gov-
eminent All are here, and what a
galaxy they make! To call their
names is like calling the roll of ma
lions and of empires. Yes, you are all
here, and with you have come the
hopes and fears, the prayers and the
longings of millions of your country
men. Such an assembly convened for
ouSh q pun pooe Soulu lOl DS
elsewhere in all the world. For the
moment responsibility of government
is conferred here. The eyes of the ma
ton are turned this way. One humid
red and thirty-two years of history
look down upon us. The occasion is
big with opportunity, not merely for
the individual, but opportunity for the
narfv and Inf hnnn for he
try as we'll. Here destiny itself is
come to tarry for a while-destiny not
only for him whom We shall select
for leadership and whom we shall
crown with the exalted honor of a
nomination to the presidency, but des-
tiny for a great political organization
whose representatives. we are-an or
ganization whose progress is already
marked by half a century of transcen-
dent service to mankind and of signal
achievements in behalf of human
progress and the rights Of men-an
organization. Mr.. Chairman through
whose history run like threads of gold
the lives of the unforgetables of a
masterful people-Lincoln. Morton,
Grant, Mckinley, Roosevelt-destiny
for the republic as we'll if we do but
rise to meet it,
Into this presence and at this mo-
ment Indiana comes-you have or
ganized the convention, you have pub
lished anew your falkland now she
asks you to pause and think before
you consummate the final act for
which you are assembled. Indiana,
without whose vote no man save one
has been elected to the presidency in
fifty years, and he amid excitement
and danger and by the extraordinary,
II not unconstitutional, process of a
joint high commission created by act
Of representations appeals to you
not alone in behalf of the gifted, tried
and trusted son whom she presents
for your consideration, but in her own
behalf. in behalf of the party whose
fortunes she has long and faithfully
followed, in behalf of the country it
selt-the country of which she is an
important integral part. She appeals
10 you for thoughtful, considerable de-
liberation before you put the seal of
your approval upon the candidacy of
any man. The, duty and the power of