The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-06-12
ILLINOIS OFFERS
NEW 'DELNERER'
Rodenberg Recalls That
State Presented Lin
coin to G.. o. p.
L0WDEN IS PRESENTED
Training Fits Governor for
High Office-Record Is
Proof of Ability.

CHICAGO, June II. -- Likening
Gov. Frank O. Lowden unto Ilncoln
and telling tho delegates to the re-
publican national convention that
once before. many years ago. Illinois
was called upon to furnish a man
whom the nation was In dire distress,
/ Congressman William A. Rodenhcrg
| Of Illinois today placed the name OF
/ Illinois war governor IN nomination
| for tho presidency of tho United
| states.
| His speech follows
Al no time since tho birth of the
| republican party has there been
greater need for tho exercise Of calm,
deliberate and dlspassionnte Iudg-
mont In the selection OF a standard
bearer than there In today. A spirit
ot rebcllious unrest In abroad In tho
land on all sides are heard muir
murings OF discomfort. Tho times are
pregnant with the prophecy OF gloom
and despair. Confidence has disap-
pcarcd and tho splendid optimism OF
former days, once our proudest ma
tionnl asset, has given way to an
ever-present fear OF impending dis-
nster. For seven years the ship OF
state, strnining In every timber. has
"
It's pilot confused and bowildcred by
strange voices In tho air and iured
on II ~ vacillatinE course by false
lights along tho shore. Nine anxious
months still lie before us and II, per.
chance, II should be our good fortune
10 avoid the rocks Of destruction II
viii he due solely to the mysterious
workings OF mercifui providence
that guides and protects the destiny
Of "A chosen people In their time OF
trial and tribulation.
Hopes for Drawer Pilot
| know that ! voice tho sentiment
Of every patriotic American when I
express tho hope that God will speed
the day when better and braver
pilot shall be placed at the helm
one who ie ready and willing In times
of stress and storm to read tho chart
and compass OF experience, one who
can restore discipline among officers
and crew and inspire the courage
that is born OF confidence, one who
will steer "a straight and steady
course through the troubled waters
Y OF national disorder and again find
3 refuge In the harhor OF national safe
ty and security. To find such a pilo
> IL the imperative duty OF the repub
!.cans assembled In convention today
My friends. thre score years ago
at time when the passions of mef
were stirred to the depths when the
horizon OF the republics future was
darkened by the clouds OF approach
ing conflict. when tho very perpetu-
ity OF government of the people, by
the people and for the people" was
trembling In the balance, the nation
turned for leadership to the state Of
Illinois. Here, on the broad and fer
tile prairies OF this great state, so
open that truth could find no hiding
place, was found a man of the peo-
pie, n leader OF leaders, the apotheo-
sis OF freedoms holy light. our Lln-
coin, the worlds Lincoln! Grandly.
nobly. Eublimely he met the test. Pa
ticntly and passionately he pressed
forward In the great task that lay
before him and today he stands ac-
, claimed as Americas grhndest con-
tribution to the worlds heritage OF
! great and noble men.
Illinois, the state whose soil has
been santicficd by the blood Of the
} immortal Lovejoy. our first great
} martyr TO the cause OF free press and
, speech, gave Abraham Lincoln to the
% nation In 1850. and Illinois. the state
, that is still the wellspring OF ropub'
l lican hope and inspiration. stands
! ready in 1910 to consocrate to the
{ service of the republic another OF her
! sons--one whose brilliant record oi
= public and private achievements II
! the very best and surest guaranteed
> that under his leadership our beloved
q country will be raised from the OBJ
loquy into which II has fallen and
? again placed on the road that leadi
. al
Is Rugged American
! We present him 10 you because W.
believe In his rugged Americanism
, the Amoricanism that comes from
: the close contact with tho plain peo
a pie. Born OF humble parentage n
+, the state OF Minnesota, his earl,
youth and young manhood wer
p spent on "A farm In the state OF Iowa
n IL was there, close to nature and ma
n tures God, the great school OF hu
n man experience. that school that hh
given TO the nation it's best and trucs
@ men, that he formed those sterlinl
r traits OF character that have rule
20 his life and have loft their impres
II upon his every act.
@ We present him TO you because W
e know him to be n manly man O
o courage and conviction, endowe'
q with the genius OF common bcHh'
3, faithful and fearless, whose over
n heart beat Is In fun sympathy will
g the noblest aspirations OF his follow
men,
We present him to you because h
= stands for law and order and consti
tutional government. OF fine lega
mind and training, with both legisla
Il tive and executive experience, he bo
ievcs In Te-establishlng the power
and prerogatives OF every branch o
the federal government as set fortl
y by the fathers in the constitution
y itself and he is unalterably oppose
q to executive usurpation Of any legis
Is lative or judicial function.
> Record Shows Caiiber
We present him to you because hi
;, record demonstrates that he has
y clear and compreh hensiye concepuo
y Of the proper relations Of capital an
y labor to each other. His work a
:, member Of congress and as governo
% OF a great Industrial state, with a
=, its complex and diversified Interest,"
~ stamps him as the living embodimer
!" OF the doctrine of the square deal.
A He believes in the interdependenC
A. Of employe and employer and IN a
iy OF his Official acts he has accorded
u each exactly the same measure