Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-05-13

fE CANAL ZONE
u THE R OF
WORLD.
ips Werner, of Bias Obispo,
4 Nomination for the Presi-
ilson, Delivered Before the
ion of the Canal Zone at

place, social state or calling in life
in the production Of those whom He
, has designed to be His instruments
for u welfare. Then why, | ask,
in the name Of common sense, should
there be raised the sneering inquiry,
How a a schoOl-master become
President of these United States 2"
Is there any reason why a teacher
should be lacking in brains? Is
there any cause for his being devoid
of sense, or Of character, or of capac-
ity? We entrust him our dearest
treasures; we give almost unreserv-
ed'y into his hands, in these days Of
the dominance Of education, the host
ages to fortune which our love has
brought into being, and we demand
of him a type Of character which we
hardly require Of the ministers of re-
ligion.
AS | speak here this night there
rises to my mind the recollection Of
dear, sainted faces long since gone
from the earth; of voices whose
tones OF admonition-oft OF reproof
n Of warning, too-sOunded in my
youthful ears-voiceS whose echoes
still sound from the grave; and |
solemnly declare that, except for
the memory OF the face and tones Of
( the mother who bore ME and Of the
father who fought and struggled
Through long, disastrous years to rear
and educate me, the sweetest memo
ries Of all hat linger in the passing
years are those of the devoted teach
ers, men and women, who guided my
boyhood steps along the way Of
knowledge, and held up to my eyes
the glorious vista of future achieve
lment. All honor to the teachers of
America, past, present, and to come!
There are two broad ways of esti-
mating the character of any manly
the positive and negative virtues we
know him to possess, and by the
friends and enemies that he has
made. Now, what are the positive
qualities Of this, our school-teacher
candidate for the Presidency of these
United States ? No one will deny to
aim the possession Of an intellect
of the highest order. BY the most
rigorous of all tests-the satisfying
of the large and highly intelligent
patronage OF II of Americas great
est institutions Of learning-he has
been tried. He studied and taught
the theory and practice OF govern
,ment for nearly a quarter Of a cen
fury in our country's history; he
stamped his views OF economics and
of political science on men from
Maine to California, and never a
breath of protest until he essays to
put his teaching into enduring ac-
ton.
Gentlemen OF the Convention, he
whom your committee chose to pre-
sent the name of the next President
of the United States does not
speak only from hearsay or the
public record of our candidates:
he will always cherish the fact
that his youth was spent in
association with the family Of this
great man, and under conditions af-
fording him the best Of opportunities
to see what were the influences which
have contributed to making him the
peoples choice. His father was pas
tor OF the church in which my father
was an officer; his maternal uncle
was my teacher and president Of the
institution | attended; his sister was
the wife Of our physician. | know,
then. from whom he sprang- and
they Were the salt Of the earth. From
his father he obtains a vigorous
frame, powers of high oratory, an
%unrivaled command of the English
language, a keen sense OF hImor, and
Il broad sympathy with all classes and
conditions of men; from his mater
nal line an intellect Of highest and
most profound order, a capacity for
business and administrative talent
uneXcelled. His uncle was president
of the University, president Of a ma
tional bank, director in many indus
trial enterprises, editor and pub
Usher, and a scientist OF international
fame. From both sides he has all
those high qualities which are sum-
med up in n word-character. He
is a gentleman without snobbery or
false pride; the son Of a minister of
! limited means, without %sectarian
las or narrow ~prejudice; a friend
f the plain people, without the arts
md tricks Of the demagogue, and a