Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-06-18
Fairbanks Time Tried
Statesman, Declares
Governor J. F. Han1y

Governor j. Frank Hanly of Indiana
placed the name of Charles Warren
Fairbanks before the delegates, saying
in part:
into this presence and at this mo-
ment Indiana comes-you have organ
lied the convention, you have pub
lished anew your falkland now it
asks you. to pause and think before
you consummate the final act for
which you are assembled. Indiana,
without whose vote no man save one
has been elected to the presidency in
so years, and he amid excitement and
danger and by the extraordinary, if
not unconstitutional, process of a
joint high commission created by an
act of congress-Indiana appeals to
you not alone in behalf of the gifted,
tried and trusted son whom she pre-
sents for your consideration, but in
its own behalf, in behalf of the party
whose fortunes it has long and faith
itself-the country of which il is an
important integral part.
Asks Thoughtful Consideration.
1T appeals to you for thoughtful
considerate deliberation before you
put the seal of your approval upon
the candidacy of any man. The duty
and the power of decision lie with
the majority of this convention. That
ii knows, that ii admits, but it begs
that majority to withhold judgment
until it has been heard. The duty to
deliberate in such place and at such
a lime as this appears TO it to be i'm
perative. 1t holds the right of free,
untrammeled and uncoerced action to
be the fundamental right of every rep
resentative assemblage and it be-
lieves the deprivation of that right
in this assembly will be fraught with
future peril to the party and danger
to the country. 1t has watched with
profound concern the tide of enthusi-
asm that has engulfed you and which
has seemed to deprive you momen-
tarily of the power of thoughtful. de-
| liberate action.
at has looked with deep solicitude
| upon what has seemed to it to be a
high and arbitrary exercise of power
having for its purpose the accom-
plishment of an immediate end, con.
scious that what you do here will
avail you nothing unless your action
is afterward approved and ratified by
| the calm judgment of just and
thoughtful people.
Sees Chance in Pacific
'1ts candidate is, and TO, ~ years
has been, keenly alive to the peculiar
importance to you of American pre-
dominance in the Pacific. Given your
commission now, he will not forget
And you, Porto Rico and Hawaii anG
the Philippines, he knows and under
Stands your needs. He loves liberty
and values it above all things, not fol
himself alone, but for you. and for al
men everywhere. If he is called tt
administer government in this land
the purposes of the gentle. liberty
loving Mckinley as to you will fine
contamination. The seas will not be
wide enough to separate you from hi.
thought nor to deprive you of his
solicitous care. Indiana calls to all
the north, the south. the east, the
west
1T offers you no mystery. no un
known, untried statesman Twice i
itself has given him high commission
and each time at its expiration i
found its commission unstained. The
people of the nation have once com
missioned him. Indeed, he now holds
( their commission.
| Given second place upon tn,
ticket four years ago. the burden O
the campaign fell upon him. He die
not shrink nor hesitate. but accepted
the trust and carried the party ban
ner in honor and triumph from Sc;
to sea. By temperament and expert
ence he is peculiarly qualified TO
1 party leadership.
II "In Indiana, is years ago, he fount
the party temple. brick. Today h
leaves 1t granite. Under him no cleo
i ton has since been lost. In persona
ity he is commanding and dignified