The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-21
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why; but finally through the outer en-
trance there came 1.-THE and stalwart
American in all the strength Of his
young manhood, with the tread OF an
Indian. Thus came the new President,
called to take his place Unexpectedly
at the head Of great nation
With Mckinley died the old era and
the animosities of a great war. Under
his leadership the men in gray had
found themselves again in the blue.
During his Presidency the country
had union of hearts and hands, as
well as union of the constitution
and laws. Like Lincoln, he died at
the end of a great epoch. facing du-
ties SO discordant and alien to his
heart and soul that he could not have
met them. His work was done. Though
he had been a soldier, Mckinley was
a man of peace. There will come af-
ter him no man who was a comrade
of his in arms. They, too, are passing
Mckinley was their dead.
The distinguished mourners soon
welcomed the new President. His en-
trance was quick and stalwart. He
could scarcely have known the new
duties that were to come upon him.
He was to meet new conditions and
contend against new evils He was to
attempt to convince the business
world of the evils OF selfishness. He
was to beckon all of his fellow-citi-
zens to higher political plane. The
nation will forever bear the marks of
his almost eight years of presidency
under the most strenuous conditions.
Not only the nation, BIZ. the world
has and will honor him.
AT the end of q third period we
have in the White House another
man of peace, of the Mckinley type
and from the old Mckinley state. He
is Republican and the son of a Re-.
publican. Trained as lawyer, judge,
cabinet minister, and as an executive
in the Philippines, and of nndoubted
courage and possessing a clearne5s of
thought and range OF vision worthy
OF highest admiration, he is today dis
charging the duties of his great office
with rare devotion and is winning
the affections of the people The peo-
pie believe in him; they trust him.
His heart is right His head is right.
Fearlessly be goes forward with his
work. The only living ex-President
must have had our living President in
his mind when he said, Il am in IA
vor OF radical measures carried out
by conservatives. This description is
unerring. Our Republican President
calls all Republicans to the support
of the party. He demands sanity in
regard to the tariff He asks for a tar
If commission and the consideration
OF one schedule at time. Thus he
hopes the tariff agitators may be sat
isfied and that the country may not
be shocked. Under his orders the fed
eral statues are being courageously
enforced. He has the motto of Grant:
Let no guilty man escape He de-
serves the support o. his party. He
Will finally secure it. No party can af.
ford to discredit such a President.
Mr.. President, speak from the seat
occupied by the distinguished senior
senator from South Carolina. It WIS
from this seat, or the seat assigned
to the great South Carolina senator
in the old senate, that more than six.
ty years ago, John C. Calhoun pro-
posed that this Republic should have
two Presidents, one from the north
and one from the south, and that eth
er President could veto the work of
the other. This is what the great Cal
houn called an effort at peace. 1t was
ton of Senator Calhoun made 1T
necessary for the speech to be read
by the Senator from Virginia. Cal
houn never appeared in the senate
again. He did not avert war. The
strange thing about it now is that SO
few great Americans living so years
ago had the slightest vision of the fiji
ture in this land. Not man lowered
high enough to see nation of 10O.-
100000 people. all at peace under one
flag. Nor did there arise any prophet
to say that in 1863 slavery would per-
-ish, and that in 1910 t1e south would
be happier, richer, and stronger than
ever before. This is indeed, a nation
worth living for, worth dying for. +
hope there may be no lowering of the
flag of protection, for protection has
made thrift, education, growth and adj
vancement possible. We should now
have an era OF peace in the business
world And We should have a chance
to grow, freed from the vexations OF
politics. Young men are ambitious to
do and achieve in the business world.
and the opportunity should be given
them. The motto of the immediate flu
ture should be More business and
less politics.
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