Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1908-06-19

victory will be complete and glorious
all along the line. And nothing less
( than complete victory should be our
aim in these deliberations.
Our party is now, as it always has
been, rich in material from which to
choose our presidential candidate. From
among the many men who would fill
the presidency with credit, 1t is our
duty to select the man who best meets
all the requirements of that exalted
office, and who, in addition thereto,
through his record and personality
through all his qualities of mind and
heart, appeals most strongly to the
patriotic instincts of the Independent
American voter. The head of our
ticket is the leader of our party. He
should, therefore, be a man who will
give the ticket its greatest possible
strength and character. His personal
ity should be an inspiration in every
congressional district; his name should
be an inspiration in,every election pre-
cinCt; his public record expressive of
the glorious history of our party and
the radiant triumphs of our faith.
The reason given by his opponents
why Speaker Cannon should not be
president are the very reasons which
commend him for the office Unthink-
ing critics lightly condemn him and his
associates in the national legislature
for what they have not done. They
do not stop to consider that while it
is the privilege of all citizens TO sug
gest what congress should do, it is
the stern duty of that body to appro-
pirate according to the revenues and
legislate according to the constitution.
Speaker Cannon has been censUred and
abused almost as severely as were
Washington, Lincoln and Mckinley.
And for what? For doing his duty.
In the face of censure and abuse. he
has gone on with unflinching courage
and joyous serenity doing the right
as it was given him to see the right
using his influence to stem the tide
of wasteful appropriations and TO pre-
vent the passage of ill considered
measures of doubtful constitutionality.
History will do full justice to Speaker
Cannon's wisdom and courage, and
posterity will extol his virtues. But
why should we leave this pleasant task
to posterity? Why not be Just and
fair ourselves, and forestall the mag
nanimity of the historians? Why not
give to Speaker Cannon now his well
earned reward, so that he, as well as
posterity, can enjoy it?
Again, the firece light that beats
upon a presidential candidate will dis
close in Speaker Cannon's entire Of
fetal record and dominating influence
of honesty and sincerity, those rugged
traits of character that the American
people demand in their public servants
1t will also show that his private life
is ennObled by those fireside virtues
that endear great statesman to all
good men and women of our land.
THE next president will appoint
many United States judges, and in all
probability, a majority of the supreme
court, the last bulwark of our national
institutions. Speaker Cannons legal
training and high regard for the jul
dietary as an independent coordinate
branch of the government give assur-
ance that these appointments will con-
tinue to be made with an eye single
to the maintenance of the lofty stand
ard of learning and purity of charac-
ter that has distinguished our federal
judges in the past.
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