Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-11
ENTTON WITH BURSTS or FEFFULGENT ORATOR
RODENBERG L|KENS
.L0WDEN TO LINCOLN
Patriotic State Offers Patriotic
Governor for Service
Of Nation

Coliseum. Chicago. June l1.-bik
ening Governor Lowdrn unto Lin
coin and telling the delegates that once
before. many years ago. Illinois was
| called upon to. furnish man when the
| nation was in dire distress. Congress
man William A. Rodenberg. Of Illinois,
in placing the name of the Illinois war
governor in nomination. made Il strong
appeal
'"Threescorp years ago" Congressman
Rodenberg said, "at time when thr
passions of men were stirred to their
depths. the nation turned for leadership
to Illinois. We gave them Lincoln. ana
grandly. nobly lr met the tcst. Illinois
| in 1870 stands ready to conSccratr tn
he service Of the Republic another "t
her great sons We present the paS
! triotic governor of patriotic state,
Frank q. Lowdcn."
Congressman Rodenbcrg's speech. in
full. follows:
"At no time since the birth of the
Republican party has there been greater
need for the exercise of calm, deliberate
and dispasSionate Judgment in the S"lcc-
| tion of standard bearer than ther" Is
today. A spirit Of rcbcllous unrest is
abroad in the land. ON all sides nr'
heard murmurings Of discomfort. The
times are pregnant with tho prophecy
of gloom and despair. Confidence mas
| disappeared and the splendid optlmSm
Of former days. once our rroudcSt ma
tional asset, has given way 10 an ever
present fear of impending disaster.
"For seven years tho ship Of state.
strnining in every timber. has been
drifting in sea If unccrtainy. its pilot
confused and bcwilderod by strange
voices in the air and lurcd on in, ITS
] IL h,. fnly trht
! the shore. Nine anxious months stu
lie before us and. If pcrchancp It should
bc~eur good fortune to avoid the rocks
of destruction. it will be due solely to
the mysterious workings Of mrrclinl
Providence that guides and protects the
destiny of n chosen people in their time
Of trial and tribulatiOn.
Steady Pilot Needed
~ know that | voice tho sentiment of
every patriotic American when cX-
press the hope that God will speed the
day when better and bravCr pilot shall
be placed at the hclm-onc who i ready
and willing in times of stress and storm
to read the chart and compass "i OK =.
! pcricncc. ono who can restore discipline
among officers and crew and inspire
the courage that is born Of confidence.
one who will steer n straight and steady
course through the troubled waters Of
national disorder and again find refuge
in the harhOr of national safety and
security. TO find such pilot is tho
imperative duty Of the Republicans as
scmbled in convention today.
MY friends. thrrcscorC years ago.
at time when tho passions Of men
were stirred To tho depths. when the
horizon Of tho republics future was
darkcnpd by the clouds Of approaching
conflict when the very pCrpctuity Of
government Of the people. by the people
and for tho people was trembling in the
balance. tho nation turned for leader
ship to tho state Of Illinois. Here. on
the broad and fertile prnirics Of this
great statc. so opcn that truth could find
no hiding place, was found man of
the people. leader Of leaders. tho
apothcosiS Of freedoms holy light. our
Lincoln. the worlds Lincoln.
"Grandly. nobly sublimrly he met
the test. patiently and paSsionatcly h"
pressed forward in the great task that
., lay before him. and today hp stands ac-
claimed rs Americas grandCSt cOntri-
hutton to the worlds heritage of great
and noble men.
illinois. the state whose soil has
been Sanctiticd by the blood Of the i'm
mortal Loveioy. our first great martyr
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