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


them ever in grateful memory. AL
ways innately wise and far-seeing. his
wisdom is strengthened now by wide
observation and his vision heightened
and clarified by deep experience.
He has the poise of character, the
gentle calmness of disposition and the
confidence of conscious power. He
has clearness of intellect, quickness of
perception, deliberateness of reason
and promptness of decision, and a
breadth of view, depth of thought
and a grasp of conditions and affairs
which fit him for great service in high
station.
He has convictions concerning the
fundamental principles of right and
wrong and the great public questions
that vex our people, and he is not
afraid to stand for them in public and
in private. Had he lacked either prin-
ciple or courage he could not have
acquired leadership in Indiana With
oat them her people would never have
honored or trusted him. He publicly
opposed the free coinage of silver
when many of the party leaders hest
tated and were afraid to speak. Under
his leadership Indiana Republicans de-
clared for the maintenance of the
gold standard months before the party
spoke at st. Louis. To him and to
them defeat with honor was prefera-
Bile to victory at the cost of a de-
bauched currency and ruined nation
al credit. These being morally wrong
could not be politically right. So he
and they believed, and so they said.
With equal courage he has led his
party in Indiana months since to de-
clare for the prompt and effective re-
vision of the tariff Immediately after
the November election, whatever the
result of that election shall be, to the
end that the business interests of the
country may not be long subjected to
uncertainty and that the principle of
protection to American industries
shall be preserved.
His character is as pure and white
as a marble shaft. His life. public
some as the morning light. Imbned
with a deep religious sense, he is too
conscientious for hypocrisy. too scru-
pulous for dishonesty, too candid for
deception. He has in marked degree
the genius of goodness that character
ICED Mckinley, and his home life is
typical of the best there is. Across it's
threshold no shadow has ever fallen.
He lives in the open-a manly man, an
American gentleman.
The confidant, adviser and friend of
;nI4 hn hoc
ent administration with loyalty and
devotion. He stands today for the pol
icies that have made it great. He has
often said There must be no back
ward step" He has the ability and
the desire to finish the work begun.
There is iron enough in his will to
give him purpose, and granite enough
in his character to keep him stead
fast He is worthy the party's past.
equal to it's present. prophetic of its
future. He matches even up with the
best that has been or that will be Of
fered here. We present him to you
with the profound conviction that If
nominated he can be elected. He has
no entangling alliances. He holds
the mistaken confidence Of the finan-
cial, the commercial and the indus
trial interests of the Nation. Labor is
his friend. Between it and him there
are no differences to be reconciled. no
enmities be overcome, no chasms
to be brid ID. The christian citizen
ship of the country, the countless low
ers Of the home and the fireside, be-
lieve in him and will honor him with
their votes. He lives in State es-
sential to party success. With him
the State is certain. Without him it
will become a doubtful battlefield.
1t is said He Is conservative" and
so he is. and yet withal, progressive.
His sense of right, his judgment, his
poise and balance, and not his 'indis-
cretions," make him great. AS Presi-
dent he will build up and not tear
down, create and not destroy. There
will be no timid doubt, no hating
fear, no government by impulse. Cor.
rection of abuses, the regulation of
corporations and the punishment of
offenders against the law, whether in
dividual or corporate, will go on, but
they will go on through the impartial
eulOTCeiueHL VI lue Id" anu Iii ou5h
decisions of the courts and not
through the headlines of the daily
press. With him the square deal
will be transferred from the forum of
academic discussion to the field of ac-
complished fact. His spear will
know no friend" There will be no
favorites, no immunity baths" He
believes not only in government of
the people, and for the people" but
in government by the people"
Mr.. Chairman, for these reasons
reasons which seem to her to be Co
gent and abiding-Indiana dominates
the Honorable Charles Warren Fair
banks for President of the United
States.