The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-06-19
THE WEST
FOR TAT |
Senator from the West Sec
onds the Nomination of
War Secretary.
GREAT NORTHWEST FOR HIM
Leader of Men Who viii Lead
the Party to a Trump
hant Victory.
GREAT NORTHWEST FOR HIM

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Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen of the
Convention:
| We are met as the representatives
Of great political party to select the
next President Of the United States
If. We were simply selecting a candi-
date our task would still be serious
one, but we are doing something
more. With the completed work at
Denver already within our prophetic
vision we catch the inspiration of the
conflict just ahead, feel for n time the
thrill of nervous preparation for
battle and then read the results of
November by the light of the peren-
NAL smile which has made Nebraska
famous and Democratic defeat a
great investment
When the Republican party came
into power under the inspired lead
ership of Abraham Lincoln, 1t conse-
Grated the days OF its youth first to
the preservation of constitutional
government and second to the throw
ing ajar the door of hope" to every
man, woman and child beneath the
flag. IT has never apostatized from
the faith of those old heroic days.
1t has never forfeited Its aptitude for
achievement nor forgotten It's pledge
to humanity. Time has not made It
afraid OF responsibility and It grasps
the questions and deals with the de-
mands o To-day with the courage and
consistency of former years. 1t still
maintains that the powers of govern
ment were given and granted not as
fetish over which impotent men
may pray or demagogues declaim,
but rs instrumentalities for good by
means of which patriots and states
men may control the ambitions and
bride the passions OF the selfish and
the reckless in this tumultuous march
of civilization. 1t yet insists as it
insisted when placing the great
amendment between the freedman
and his former master that the inter-
position of govrnment between in
justice and greed on the one hand
and the rights of the people on the
other Is not necessarily move tow
ard Capitalization of power-that old
rcdubt behind which the unbeliever
and the unfit have taken refuge for
n hundred years but rather legit-
innate exercise of those powers grant
ed by the people to the government
for self preservation and progress. In
other words, endowed at its birth
with beneficence for humanity, with a
genius for action and with an abiding
faith In the ultimate success of. rep
resentative government. the Republic
can party meets the solemn Obllga-
tons and faces The problems of the
hour with the experience and poise
and purpose and patriotism Of mas.
ter in the complicated field of poll
tics.
An Equality of Rights
issues have changed and questions
are entirely different now. But the
task is no less. the result equally as
momentous. an exalted leadership for
the party just as essential as when
Lincoln walked with patience and
compassion the paths of power and
Grant in his imperturable silence
wrestled with the wreckage or re-
construction days. Peace has her
victories no less renowned than war"
and the men or class Of men who are
to adjust the equities between the
contending forces in the Industrial
world Of today-insure to propert,
Its rightful protection, and labor its
rightful portion of the worlds wealth
and teach all obedience to the law
they too, will have earned the graf
itude and the love of their country
men for all time. There never has
been and there never will be greater
problem imposed upon political
party than that of adjusting the ma
chinery of the government so as tn
control. not destroy but control the
gigantic Industrial forces Of the land
that capital may have its full secur-
ity and toll both it's freedom and its
reward. Each and all should enjoy
inviolate the rights under the broad
shield of the constitution. and neither
rich nor poor should ever under this
government appeal in vain to the
law for full protection OF his rights.
but the Republican party must con-
time to do as II has done since it's
/ birth-take Its initiative in govern
mental action from the, view point of
the men who dig the nations glory
from the earth or compel her grand
eur from the factory and field.
H These problems are with us and Il
will take political organization with
brains to plan and courage to exc
cute and not a mob to settle them.
The work before us. the interests
involved. the concern of it all to the
millions of homes throughout the
land, the future veal or woe of the
government, all depending so largely
upon our course, ought to inspire ev-
cry Republican with that zeal and
devotion which make defeat impossi-
BILE. The Republican party has never
been defeated when 1t has gone into
the conflict under the inspiration of
the great cause. We have a great
cause now. We are in the very midst
Of the work A vast amount has
been done. The work win go on to
completion. No power can stay 1t
the ecstasy Of battle is in the veins of
the masses and men believe that
there is n call for vigilance and de-
termination. If there are some who
feel timidity about going ahead let