New Britain herald., 1920-06-11
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believe in hts rugged Americanism. the Americanism that comes from the close contact with the plain people. Born Of humble percentage in the State of Minnesota. his carly youth and young manhood werc spent on a farm in tho State of Iowa. It was there. close to nature and natures God. the great school of human ex- perience. the school that has given to the nation it's best and truest men. that he formed those sterling traits of character that have ruled his life and have left their impres upon his every act.
 Man of Courage.
 wo present him to you because we know him to be n manly man of courage and conviction, endowed with the genius of common sense, faithful and fearless. whose every heart beat Is in full sympathy with the noblest aspirations of his fellow men.
 We present him to you because he stands for law and order and consti- tutional government. or fine legal mind and training. with both legisla- tive and executive experience. he be- lieves in re-establishing the powers and perogutives of every branch of the Federal government as set forth by the fathers in the constitution it. self and he is unaiternbly opposed to executive usurpation of any Iegis.a- tive or judicial function.
 We present him to you because his records demonstrate that he has a clear and comprehensive conception of the proper relations of capital and labor to each other. His work as member of congress and as governor of q great industrial state, with all its complex and diversified interests. stamps him as the living embodiment Of the doctrine of the square deal" He believes in the interdependence Of ernrloye and employer and in all Of his official acts he has accorded to each exactly the same measure of protection under the law. We pre- sent him to you because he typifies more than any ono of the distin- ruish gentlemen who will he placed in nomination before this convention the great vital issue of economy in the administration of public affairs. He believes in the application Of sound and practical business princi- pies to the conduct of government and as proof of that belief we point to the decreased tax rate and the in- creased administrative efficiency of the state over whose destinies he pre- sides today.
 Strong for NationaIism.
 We present him to you because he Is in full accord with the true spirit Of America which still prefers the nationalism of Theodore Roosevelt to the s'internntionalism of Woodrow Will son. He believes that the sovereignty of the United States must he kept free and inviolate from European in- fiuence or dictation and that, while maintaining a friendly attitude to- ward all nations, we owe it to those who have gone before and to those who are to follow us to enter into ,partnsrsl1p with none.
 We prcsci. hh -nto you because to him tho American hag whose stars and stripes have been baptisel in the
 best blc oc of American patri,tism.
 synboliEes the strength and the Taw- der and the majesty of a mighty Ia ton and he believes that that fia1 should command respect at home and abroad and give full and ample pro | tection to the humblest American | citizen. wherever it may bc unfurled ' to tho breeze.
 | Delegates. a solemn responsibiiits l rests upon the republican party to- | day. Many difficult and perplexing | problems, social. economic and indus | trial. growing out of the world war | are pressing for solution. The best | constructive Gbility of our great con | structive party must be utilized in the | solution of these problems. Tn the | crucial and critical period upon which we have now entered the nation de- | mnnd us its chief executive a man | Of clear brain and steady nerve, a man of vision but not a visionary | man, Q man of ideals but not an i idealist. n man of works and not of | words.
 Illinois has such n man.
 1 We present him to You as our can- l didate for president.
 i We present tho patriotic governor | of patriotic state, Frank orren