Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-06-18

Known, untried statesman. twice sne
herself has given him high commis-
zion, and each tine at Its expiration she
'ound her commission unstained. The
people Of the nation have once commits
stoned him.
Given second place upon the ticket
four years ago, the burden Of the cam
,aign fell upon him. He did not shrink
aor hesitate, but accepted the trust
and carried the party banner In honor
and triumph from sea to sea.
In Indiana fifteen years ago he found
the party temple brick. Today ne
leaves 1t granite. Under him no elec-
lion has since been lost. In personali-
~ he is commanding and dlgnihed ana
yet gracious and genial. He values hu'
man friendships and holds them ever
In grateful memory. Always innately
wise and farseeing. his wisdom is
strengthened now by wide observation
and his vision heightened and clarified
by deep experience.
His Power Of Character.
He has the poise Of character, the
gentle calmness of disposition and the
confidence born Of conscious power.
He has clearness Of intellect, quick
ness Of perception, deliberateness OF
reason and promptness Of decision and
q 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
principle or courage he could not have
acquired leadership In Indiana. With
out them her people would never have
honored or trusted him. He publicly
opposed the free coinage of silver
when many of the party leaders hesi-
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 debauch-
ed currency and a ruined national
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
and private, is as. clean and wholesome
as the morning light.
The Confidant Of Mckinley.
The contidant, adviser and friend oi
mckinley, he has supported the pres
ent administration with loyalty and de
votion. He stands today for the poll
cies that have made 1t great. He has
often said, "There must be no back
ward step.' He has the ability ant
the desire to finish the work begun
There is iron enough in his will t.
give him purpose and granite enougl
In his character to keep him steadfast
He is worthy the party's past, equal t
its present, prophetic of its future. HI
matches even up with the best tha
has been or that will be offered here
We present him to you with the pro
found conviction that If nominated b
can be elected. He has no entanglinl
| ALLIANCES. He holds the unshaken con
Ifidence of the financial, the commercial
land the industrial interests of the ma
ton. Labor is his friend. Between
and him there are no differences to b
lreconciled. no enmities to be overcome
no chasms to be bridged.
It is said he is conservative, and s
he is and yet withal progressive. hi
sense of right, his Judgment his pois
land balance, and not his indiscretion
make him great, AS president he wi
build up and not tear down, Great
land not destroy. There will be n
Itimid doubt, no halting fear, no go
ernment by impulse. Correction
abuses, the regulation of corporation
and the punishment of offender
against the law, whether individual (
corporate, will go on, but they will 6
on through the impartial enforcemel
lof the law and through decisions I
the courts and not through headline
of the daily press. With him Il
square deal will be transferred fro
the forum of academic discussion
the field of accomplished fact. III
spear will know no friend. There wi
be no favorltes, no Immunity baths
He believes not only in government
the people and for the people, but
government by the people.
Mr.. Chairman, for these reasons
reasons which seem to her to
Icogent and abiding-Indiana nominal
the Hon. Charles Warren Fairbanl
for president Of the United States.