The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-11

AT no time since the birth Of the
Republican party has there been
greater need for the exercise of calm,
deliberate and dispassionate judgment
I'm the selection Of n standard bearer
than there is today. a spirit OF re-
bcllious unrest is abroad in the land.
on all sides are heard murmurlngs
Of discomfort. The times are preg-
nant with the prophecy of gloom and
despair. Confidence has disappeared
and the splendid optimism of former
days. once our proudest national asset,
has given way to an ever-present fear
~ impending disaster. For seven
years the ship OF state, straining in
every timber, has been drifting in
sea of uncertainty, its pilot confused
and bewildered by strange voices in
the air and lured on in Ats vacillating
course by false lights along the shore.
Nine anxious months still lie before
us and II. perchance, it should be our
good fortune to avoid the rocks OF
destruction ii will be due solely to the
mysterious working OF merciful
providence that guides and protects
the destiny of a chosen people in their
time of trial and tribulation.
Need Brave Pilot.
q know that / voice the sentiment
of every patriotic American when I
express the hope that God will speed
the day when a better and Drawer
pilot shall be placed at the helm
one who is ready and willing in times
OF stress and storm to read the chart
and compass of experiences.-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
thru the troubled waters of national
disorder and again find refuge in the
harbor of national safety and security.
two
duty Of the Republicans assembled in
convention today.
MY friends. three score years ago,
at "a time when the passions of men
were stirred to the depths, when the
horizon Of the republics future was
darkened by the clouds of approach
ing conflict. when the very perpetuity
OF Government Of the people. by the
people. and for the people was trem-
bling in the balance. the nation turned
for leadership-to the state of Illinois
Here, on the broad and fertile prai-
ries OF this great state. so open that
truth could find no hiding place, was
found n man of the people, a leader
of leaders. the apotheosis of free
dom's holy light. our Lincoln. the
worlds Lincolni Grandly, nobly, sub
timely he met the test.
Patiently and passionately he
pressed forward in the great task that
lay before him and today he stands
acclaimed as Americas grandest con-
tribution to the worlds heritage of
great and noble mem
Illinois the state whose soil has
been sanctified by the blood of the
immortal Lovejoy our first great mar
tyr to the cause Of free press and
speech. gave Abraham Lincoln TO the
nation in 1850. and Illinois, the state
that is still the well-spring of Repub-
lican hope and inspiration. stands
ready in 1920 to consecrate to the
service of the republic another of her
great sons-one. whose brilliant rec
ord OF public and private achievements
is the very hest and surest guarantee
that uncer his leadership our beloved
country will he raised from the
obloQuy into which il has fallen and
d again placed on the road that leads
TO national honor and national glory.
Is Rugged American.
we present him to you because we
believe in his rugged Americanism.
the Americanism that comes from the
close contact with the plain people.
Born of humble parentage in the state
OF Minnesota, his early youth and
young manhood We're spent on a farm
In the state of Iowa 1t was there.
close to nature and natures God. the
great school of human experience. the
school that has given to the nation
its best and truest men. that he
formed those sterling traits of char
acter that have ruled his life and have
left their impress upon his every act.
I'VE present him to you because We
know him to be a manly man Of cour-