Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-07-11

Try above his love of party. | like
to believe that every American citi-
zen prefers the triumph of that
which is right to the triumph of that
which he may believe to be right.
II he is, in fact, mistaken. And, my
friends, building on this basis, we
can be both earnest and charitable.
Tor If we love our country we desire
the triumph of justice more than the
triumph of erroneous opinions; we
are prepared for either victory or
defeat, for if we win, we know that
the victory can only be permanent If
1t is deserved victory and If it re-
suits in the advancement of the com
monwealth, and we know that If de-
feat comes it can only be temporary.
If we are, in fact, right and those
who win were wrong. Thus believ-
ing in the omnipotence of truth, we
are prepared to meet each other up
on an honest footing, discuss our
differences honestly, bow submissive
ly to the will of the people, and pray
that whichever party wins the coun-
try's good will be preserved" (Great
applause and cheering.)
''Great Wealth is Curse"
My father was a devout man. He
did not leave me much in the way of
money, and / am not sure but that it
was better for me that he did not,
for believe that great wealth is
more often a curse than a blessing
to the young man who inherits 1t.
A prospective fortune large enough
to relieve one from the necessity to
toll is more apt to paralyze ones
energies than to be source of slim
ulation to him.
while my father did not leave
me fortune he left me something
that has been worth more to me than
all the money of any millionaire
could have been. He taught me to
believe that every righteous princi-
pie would triumph" applause "He
taught me when a boy that / could
afford to be in the minority but that
could not afford to be wrong on any
question; that If ] was in the min
ority and right, l would sometime be
in the majority" applause and
cheers, and cries of you will now.')
"And that if | was in the majority
and wrong | would sometime be in
the minority.
Fathers Advice Sound.
81 say to you, my friends, that
that advice given to me by my father
has been worth more to me than any
amount of money could have been.
and | believe that it is a principle
that we should Undue in the minds
and in the hearts of all, confidence
of the triumph of every righteous
cause if evils come, let us have con-
fidence in the intelligence and the in
tegrity and the patriotism of the
people.
al am an optimist. l believe the
world is growing better; believe
that the great movements for the up
lifting of society are going forward
with resistless force. We can not
stop the triumph of the truth. We
may accelerate; we may retard 1t;
we can not stop it.
"If were to talk too long on prin-
ciples like these might be tempted
to apply them to conditions and to
the issues, and that is not my pur-
pose this morning. A great honor
has fallen to us. The voters of
great party have made me their
standard bearer. l need not tell you
that / did not buy this nomination.
need not tell you that had no
way of coercing people. Why, my
friends. | have no way of coercing
the peopIe who live about memo
wav of coercing the people Of Normal
or of Lincoln or of Lancaster or oil
Nebraska, much less Of the United
states. 1t is not for me to sly
whether they have acted wisely at
Denyer or not: am glad that the
responsibility is theirs, not mine.
| (Laughter.)
A Free viii Offering.
.sTbis know: ! appreciate It be-
cause IT has been free will Offering
presented by some 100000 Of my
eountrymen. We are going to DO
the best we can to present to the
nublie the issues Of this campaign.
We are going to meet you as best
we can, and then we are going to be-
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