Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-06-16
FLAGS FLY, BANNERS WAVE
INSPIRATION EVERYWHERE
NAME OF ROOSEVELT SETS CONVENTION WILD WITH CHEER
MG-BURRows KEYNOTE SPEECH WELL RECEIVED HIS
RFERENcE TO ROOSEVELT MADE SUBJECT OF PROLONGED
APPLAUsE-cUMMINs BOOM LAUNCHED BY BoRAH

by the republican electorate from
every state and territory within the
confines of the republic. meets in[
this high council to submit the rec
ord of it's achievements to the cri-
tical review of the American people
in the principles and policies of the
republican party.
''The trainers of the federal con-
stitution wisely provided that all
governmental power should bel
lodged with and retained by the peo-
pie, and that their chosen represen-
tatives selected to administer the af-
fairs of government should be vest
ed with only limited tenure of off,
cial life, and at regular and stated
periods render an account of their
stewardship to their rightful sover-
eign, to the end that, the administra-
tion of public affairs, through the
instrumentality of individuals and
parties, should at all times conform
to and reflect the dominant judg-
ment of the American people.
To this end the constitutional
term of the executive office is limited
to four years, the senatorial to six,
with a third of its membership SUBJ
ject to change every two years. while
the service of members of the ma
tional house Of representatives, the
immediate and direct sponsors of the
people. is restricted to the brief
period or two years. Thus in this
free representative government all
power over officials. parties and. poll
cies rests at all times with the SUI
preme electorate. confirming the
declaration of Abraham Lincoln that
this is in fact q government OF the
people. by the people; and for the
people, i:t3 2'"l !
I'm the approaching eleftion a
president and vice president Of the
I United States. full membership OF
the house OF Representatives, con-
sisting OF 3s2 members and dele
gates. and 80 United States senators
from as many different states are
to be chosen. The result. involving
as it does the control of both the
: executive and legislative branches OF
the national government, with the
I opportunity for change Of parties
| ties and policies. is of transcendent
I Importance and far reaching conse-
Quences, involving the states and the
nation.
"Four years ago the republican
/ party in national convention submit
| ted the record of it's achievements to
the American people, announced Its
policies for the future, and, invok.
ing continuance of public favor
| placed In nomination for the office ol
president and vice president OF thu
United States, Theodore Roosevelt
and Charles w. Fairbanks, WHIT
4 were elected and the platform ap
proved by a popular vote of 1928,
4S5, a record .pnexampled in the his
tory of political parties since th'
foundation OF the government. re
ceiyine the Endorsement of 80 state
out OF the As, with but 13 in oppo
sition.
"In view of this Endorsement. !
become pertinent and opportune u
|, inquire, what has the republican
party done in the last four years
governmental control-in many re
spects the most remarkable and bril-
, liant in the history of the party an
the country-to forfeit public conf
n dence or create distrust In Its ca
pacity for future administration? Al
though some untoward and unfor1
!, seen conditions have beset the repuh
. lie during the last four years. ye
these have been. met and overcom
with alacrity and courage. and tn
, country has marched steadily onwar
In its match 'ess course OF industria
/ t1numphs, The wise and beneficen
lSeislation of the republican part
during the long years of It's ascer
/, dency and administration of na'aor
al affairs laid the foundation for tn
i public veal so securely that no di'
ouieting condition. not even ten
A porary panic, which .necessaril
: touches the handspring OF all indu
! trial life, could arrest the country
A. (Contisssa on Pass Ffvs.)