The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-06-25

with nne a~iawhs tk~y r~kaFae1
aaust In the faEns o. The pzru 10e
lou1y the fact that tier w"gS S"S
wsth sisI~a beYcnd danger CT tie cars
hat The eaaIm that they ard sAsa1
leader had really EiFsa to t@s
/ party The e@enes Of that ~naeh
Icaii aoomexsGtixEn and wAksa tie s'~s
l.x Vas itself in that very hour adopt
ling for its osn+
-Four years ago. shouted M.
ICoch.rus from Wisconsin. we S@1'
yon . man and = message. TIE mes
sag. you hare hard. sssn III tn1ss-
ltiuetiy. What are you going 10 do
wlth the mani"
And that Il u problem for the He
pubilcans. What are they going !"
do with La Toilette and La Toilette
llxmg without = Roosevelt Tor
Header can the Republicans hold The
Iprogressiveg Or viii they force all
radicals. all Who believe In going
Iahead as fast from the present from
tier as Roosevelt went on from ms
starting place OF four years ago To
Ifnd sympathy in another party ne"
Tor old. These bold men from Wiscon-
Isin were dramatiee yesterday be-
Icause they raised for the Republican
Iparty the eternal question whether
IL Is to go forward or backward. And
from today we have a new Landmark
to measure from. Roosevelt and
lRooseveltism are no orthodox III
may or may not be that the men
from Wisconsin are right when they
predict that which they now oner
and is rejected because IL Is too radi-
cal would four years hence be adopt
ed and be made orthodox. The ten
dency of the Republican party under
its new leader is one of the most III
lteresting and vital subjects of Curl
losity we now have in the country.
| Yesterdays long session was note
worthy for its vast amount of noise,
for its poor oratory, for the absence
of anything really stirring except the
not of defiance and protest and
warming from Wisconsin and for the
collapse of the much talked of stam-
pede for Roosevelt.
The only question there h as been
at any time about the so-called
third term was directly involved in
, the success of nonsuccess of Taft.
. President Roosevelt had set out to
make Taft the naminee. lie he could
do this, If Taft could be named, it
would be impossible to name himself.
But If Taft were to fail, IL the reac-
troll of the party and take step
backward that would have robbed
Roosevelt of his place in history and
of the fruits of his labors, then the
y only man who could be nominated
was the President himself. The mo-
, ment Taft's success became certain
the impossibility of Roosevelt was
7 apparent.
Is oratory lost art in America
1t would seem so if we may judge
, Iby what we have heard at this con-
, vention. In this respect it is the
q most disappointing national party
, gathering of a generation. There is
a favorite theory now that the vast
majority of our best men and bright
+ industry, money-making, into the
n fields where great prizes are to be
won, great fortunes to be acquired
q and that public life is neglected and
schunned by all but the second-rate
q men of the times. | cannot think
n that this is true. 1t would be a mis-
= fortune If it were. But it must be
C true that OratOry is declining, iii
g not lost art among us Americans
IOf all the speeches SO far made be
fore this convention not one has
risen to the first rank, not one has
approached the standard of year:
lago. Senator Lodge cam the neares
v to it. In matter his address wa!
e well-night perfect. In manner it wa.
defective. It was satisfactory, clear
lstrong. incisive, distinct, impressive
q q 1t missed only by a narrow margin
the height of true genius. Next tt
- him was Mr.. Burton in his admira
BILE speech placing Taft in nomina
ton. That was creditable, but no
y of the first rank, though it woult
- have been much better had not tn,
= speaker, yielding to fear of the hood
lums who at that time came near tt
running the convention, cut out som,
of his prepared matter and improvis
ed other to save time. With sucl
subject and with his well-know1
ability-for he is now generally rec
II ognized as one of the ablest men il
y public life-Mr. Burton should hav,
done much better.
q That 1t takes courage to face al
e audience of $4,000 people, and to at
= tempt to please them, cannot be full
o ly realized save by one who has trie,
10 it. That it requires some peculia
5 gift to achieve success in that roll
10 is now painfully evident. So man,
/ have tried, it during the past tw,
y days and fallen short. knight. O
% California, with all the physical at
= tainments a man should have
splendid voice, fine presence, distinc
&c tdelivery-did we'll. But his heart wa
lrA& z Id