The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-06-19
PRAISES FAVOR|TE
SON OF ILLINOIS
BOUTELL GIVES HIGH PRAISE TO
UNCLE JOE IN NOMINAL
ING HIM.
STATE OF GREAT men
Is Home Of Cannon, Whom, He Says
Would Be impossible to De
feat-Reters to Speakers
Record in Congress.


Cannon was paid "A high tribute toda,
when his name was placed before
the Republican national convention
as a presidential candidate by Con
gresham Bouteu Not only did the
ispcakcr dwell at erea; lengeh upon
1.-THE virtues and achievements of tho
speaker bnt he praised the state OF
Illinois for the long list OF nationally
and internationally great men it had
produced and pla ed Uncle Joe" at
the head of the list
His speech in nominating Mr.. Can.
non follows:
Mr. President and Members of the
Fourteenth Republican National
Convention.
In the name of half a century of RE-
publican triumphs, Illinois bids YOU
welcome, to prepare for still further
triumphs These are the scenes Of the
first conflicts and the earliest victor
les Of our party Fifty years ago mcu
were listening for the words OF the
great debate that guided the destiny
Of the nation In this city. eight and
forty years ago, our predecessors. as
ministers aud stewards of the Repub
iican faith chose they first victorious
leader Then the hopes and yearniugs
az the people found expression i'm thelr
call TO him who had spoken as never
man spake when he stirred the con.
science Of the nation Abraham Lin
coin Of Illinois
And here it was. two score years
ago, that gave cur eolors into tn
keeping Of the Great Commando
great alike in peace and in war with.
out fear and without reproach. who
never knew defeat For the nation,
seeking a man to carry on the work
that Lincoln had begun, turned her
face again to Illinois and called for
Grant
Within these very walls only four
yeas since, we named our present
matchless leader, Theodore Roosevelt
What glorious memories crowd upon
us from across the years OF mighty
deeds wrought by the Renubl.can
party for freedom and humanity under
our great chieftains from Lincoln and
Grant to Mckinley and Roosevelt!
Very near us today are the spirits OF
those leaders OF our party whose worn
is fnishcd--Liucoln and Grant. Logan
and Ogleshy Merton of Indiana Chan.
dler of Michigan, Sherman of Ohio
Hawley and Platt of Connecticut
Conkling aud Arthur Sumner AMI
Hoar Blaine aud Gerdcld, Harrison
and Mckinley. What pictures these
names call up Of courage on the fed
Of eloquencc in the forum, OF devotion
to party Of loyalty to the state, OF.
hem and their associates we may say
as we contemplate the outcome of the
for which they lived, truly
their works do follow them. Through
the triumph OF these principles, now
In the fullness of time. the American
lag floats over one hundred million
people from Porto Rico to Luzon, who
i've in the enjoyment OF enlightened
freedom sanctiied by law
inspired by these memories and on
outraged by these reflections, we meet
% grid ourselves for another comba, |
md choose another captain To-day
illinois once more offers to the party
If Lincoln and Grant a leader under
yhom defeat will he impossible aul |
.ictory will be complete and glorious |
N along the line. And nothing less
han complete victory should be our
lin in these deliberations,
Fellow Republicans. a great rcspoE |
ibility rests upon us: first, because |
he nominee Of this convention viii b"
he next president OF the United |
States, and secondly because upon the |
work of this convention and the nomi- |
latious which We make will depend |
he result o ftbc election of MANY |
senator's aud representatives. When |
his convention adiourns the coun |
nv will know vino the next president /
viii be. for the cncmv viii realize that |
hey have TO deal with united party |
enthusiastic. determined unconquer- |
bile. Whcvcr our candidate may be |
very man in this convention will he
lis loyal. mis- militant supporter. Who |
.vcr secures the nomination. his |
riendiv rivals for the honor will be |
he first to congratulate him. and |
when the campaign opens they viii
20 the earliest in the fight. the fore
most in the fray. and the last to leave
he field. The presidency already is |
ccure. but, gentlemen. we shalt not |
discharge fully our obligations to
hose whose commissions We hold if
ye finish the work of this convention |
With the sole aim of clectiug a presi
.ent. If We win the presidency and |
use the house of representatives, IL |
viii he drawn battle. To lose the |
onate would be national calamity
his government is a government b.
artv We believe that our principles
re right and that a government by
he eRpubIican party is for the best
interests OF all the people. The work
+ this convention should not be