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Show DAILY UTAH STATE JOURNAL VOLUME 196. Vm-NUM- BER OG-DEN- UTAH , THURSDAY,. JUNE 23, 1904. and FAIRBANK WAS PROGRAM FLOOD OF ORATORY; WITHOUT HITCH PRISMATIC VERBIAGE Nominations Made Unanimously and Followed by Wild Demonstra-tion- s Both . Ex-Gover- June 28. The laet and nagreatest day of the Republican tional convention was the apotheosis of the Hi show, the climax to which the events of the past two days have been In the Introduction. Today Theodore Roosevelt was nominated to succeed himself and Charles W. Fairbanks, senator from Indiana, was namWith the candied as dates of the party selected the convention adjourned, the (Selagtlons dispersing to spread Into every remote section of the country the contagion of enthusiastic fever which has been Infused into them at this great gathering of the leaders of the grand old party of vice-presid- protection. This was the day of oratorical py speakers in the ranks of the Republican organisation were heard In a common chorus of praise of the men who are to lead by the the hosts to battle. .Slated events and speeches of the last two the Intelthe delegates began to assemble In the convention hall early this morning. Because of the Important work In hand, the convention was called to assemble at 10 o'clock. Half an hour before the an animated scene. floor presented Many delegates brought flags with them to assist in the demonstration they were prepared to make when days, eagerly anticipating lectual treat In store today, wa President Roosevelt placed In nomination. The Increased Interest in the convention was also shown In the galleries, which began to All as soon the doors were opened at 9 o'clock. By the time Chairman Cannon called the assembly to order nearly every seat was occupied, and shortly after standThere ing room was at a premium. was a larger proportion of ladles pres- ent than at either of the previous sessions and their summer costumes lent a touch of color to the otherwise sombre rows of black coats in the galleries. The first outburst of applause was evoked by Margaret Elisabeth Plummer, national organiser of the American Flag Day association, who, dressed In a stunning gown of cream colored silk, surprised Chairman Cannon by presenting him with a great bunch of calla lilies after making a graceful little speech. CORTELTOU IN LIMELIGHT. Secretary Cortelyou was on the Platform. As soon as he made his appearance many prominent leaders pressed forward to shake hands and assure him of their loyalty and assistance In the great work he is about to undertake as chairman of the national committee. Every member of the New York del egatlons, under Instructions from Sen ators Platt and Depew, was supplied Ith a fine silk flag, and their entrance was greeted with loud applause. Everybody arose vvlle the band played "America. Then the chairman brought his gavel down with a rebounding whack as the convention was called order and Rev. Thaddeus Snl-ve- ly offered prayer. ROOSEVELT NAMED. At 10:40 the roll call for nominations tor president was begun and Alabama, the first state on the list, relinquished the honor to New York. ocmer Governor Frank S. Black of Jfew York, who had been chosen to Place President Roosevelts name be tore the convention, proceeded to the Platform and began his speech after the wild cheers had subsided. He said: BLACK'S SPEECH. President and Gentlemen- of the convention: We are here to Inaugurate a campaign which seems to be nearly dosed. So wisely have the people sowed and watched and tended, there seems little now to do Mr. dy Blacks Brilliant Speech Presenting Roosevelts Name-Seconded Convention Adjourns. CHICAGO, nor by Beveridge. but to measure up the grain. Theyj ard ranging themselves not for bat-- 1 tie but for harvest. In one column reaching from the Maine woods to the Puget Sound are those people and those states which have stood so long together, that when great emergencies arise the nation turns Instinctively to them. In this column, vast and solid,! is a majority so overwhelming that the THEODORE R008EVELT can scattered squads In opposition eneRepublican Nominee for President hardly raise another army. The nor neither my has ammunition, guns Theodore Roosevelt noinniated today ter retiring from the legislature Mr. and If they had they would use them on each other. Destitute of the wea- for president by the Republican na- Roosevelt spent some of his time at pons of effective warfare, the only evi- tional convention, was known as one his ranch In North Dakota. In 18X8 he was again In the turmoil dence of approaching battle la In the of the most unique and picturesque of New York politics. Henry George tone and number of their bulletins. In American public life when was a candidate for mayor. Abram 8. There ladisaordamongthegenerals ; dis-- 1 figures Hewitt was the nominee of the DemThere Is' discord among the generals; he was elected to the discord among the soldiers. Each In 1900 and succeeded to the presiden- ocrats. Mr. Roosevelt was put In the Mr. Hewwould fight in his own way, but be- cy a year later through the death of field by the Republicans. fore assaulting his Republican adver- President McKinley. His diversified itt won. Roosevelt next attracted nosaries he would first destroy his own and vigorous activities had not only tice as a hunter of big game. He decomrades In the adjoining tents. Each brought him recognition and advance- lighted In hunting grlxsly bears and believes the weapons chosen by the ment In public life, but won for him other fierce animals of the west President Harrison In 1899 appointed other are not only wicked but fatal renown on the field of battle, In the as of bad the west, United States civil service Is Roosevelt lands to the holder. That Is true. This ranchman, In the also and commissioner. and President Cleveland rewhere war of modern times cowboy, hunter, the only In of In the honors more him tained office, been substituted peaceful pursuit although Mr. the boomerang has Roosevelt resigned In 1895 to become for the gun. Whatever fatalities may literary world. In contravention of well established president of the New York board of occur, however, among the discordant hosts now moving on to St Louis, no tradition concerning 'national heroes, police commissioners. His service as harm will come this fall to the Amer-- j the president was born In a great city. a police commissioner was of a most lean people. There will be no opposl- - His birthplace was East Fourteenth strenuous type and he was accredited tlon sufficient to raise a conflict. There! street. New York City, and the date with effectually stopping the jmllce will be hardly enough for competition.! October 27, 1858, which made him the blackmail of saloonkeepers. President McKinley appointed Mr. There are no Democratic plans for the youngest president when he succeedconduct of the fall campaign. Their ed to that high office three years ago. Roosevelt assistant secretary of the seal Is chiefly centered In discussion His father, Theodore, belonged to an navy, which office he later resigned as to what Thomas Jefferson would do old and wealthy Knickerbocker fam- at the outbreak of hostilities with Spain. Returning to the bad lands If he were living. He Is not living, and ily, and his mother was a descendfirst Mr. Roosevelt organised his famous presof Archibald ant Bullock, but few of his descendants are among Revoluthe of ident regiment of Rough Riders for service Georgia during the Democratic remnants of today. In Cuba. The history of Roosevelt tion. wisdom or Whatever of patriotism was ltd his Rough Riders during the Sana Roosevelt exceedingAs young from emanated that distinguished man is now represented in this con- ly frail from a physical standpoint, tiago campaign Ip well remembered. he wag sent to private schools during Returning to the United States after vention. It Is a sad day for any party when his early school years in preparation the war was over, Colonel Roosevelt Its only means for solving living Is- for Harvard university to avoid the found himself already talked of for the sues Is by guessing at the possible at- rough treatment of boys Iq the pub- Republican gubernatorial nomination of New York. He was nominated and titude of a statesman who Is dead. lic schools. athletic all of elected governor over Augustus Van a was aldevotee He This condition leaves that party when and he gradHarvard at Wyck, the Democratic candidate, by makes sports and every ways a beginner 1880 his 17,788 votes. In Institution from that uated new. Democratic The party question From the governor5's chair to the has seldom tried a problem on Its health was very much Improved. Afrewas but a step, alIn he Europe own account and when it has Its own ter extended travel an law for one, for Mr. studied to this country, unwilling though blunders have been Its only monu- turned at nominated at was He Roosevelt and then few a plunged months, ments, Its courage la remembered only the for of 21, June 1900, maelstrom once municipal into the Philadelphia are In regret As long as these things recalled that party may serve as bal- politics. He was elected in 1881 an second highest office In the gift of the aspeople. assemblyman from the twenty-firlast, but It will never steer the ship. AlMr. Roosevelt, it Is said, was unWhen all the people have forgotten sembly district of New York. At Silk a willing to have his name presented to will dawn a golden era for this new bany he was promptly dubbed a a freak" of popular the convention, declaring that he did But the country Is not stocking, and Democracy. Mr. Roosevelt, then but 28 not desire the nomination. There was ready yet'to place a party In the lead election. succeeded in making a great popular demand for hie nomsoon old, whose most expressive motto Is the years center. His best ination, however, and he finally yieldstorm a himself motto That cheerless word forget at this ed. He had seved but little more than In the work known legislature does not may express contrition, but It six months when the assassination of paswith connection was the in time nor confidence Inspire hope. Neither fee President McKinley insulted In his enthusiasm will ever be aroused by sage of the acts abolishing the deto the executive chair. In elevation and any party which enters each cam- system in county offices of President Roosevelt was wife of their The aldermen of paign uttering the language of the priving the board Miss Kermlt Carew. The presEdith of appointthe mayor's veto power mourner. The eldest. six has children. Tweed ident of a relic the was This ments. There Is one fundamental plank, now Miss Is years old. Alice, twenty however, on which the two great par- regime. Chiare Theodore Roosevelt, others The to went Roosevelt 1884 Mr. In beties are in full agreement. Both four' now Kermlt, aged Jr., to sixteen; the as Republican a difdelegate The cago men. lieve In the equality of Architwelve old; Ethel years ference Is that the Democratic party national convention. He opposed the teen; six. The preswould make every man as low as the nomination of Blaine, but when Mr. bald, nine and Qulntln, twice been ident married, Mias has choice, poorest and the Republican party Blaine became the Republican Ms first wife, of child Alice the worked and line Into being fell would make every man as high as the Mr. Roosevelt of Boston. Lee was Alice Miss who Af choice. candidate's best. But the Democratic course will for the party provoke no outside Interference now, for the Republican motto is that of no men are strangers who hold the In that movement, which was both a the great commander, never Interrupt same beliefs and espouse the same creation and an example, were those the enemy while he is making a mis- cause. You may separate two bodies great character! which endowed the of water for a thousand years, but Republican party at Its birth with the take equality and In politics as In other fields, the when once the barrier Is removed they attributes of Justice, held It to this have which most Impressive arguments spring mingle Instantly and are one. The progress, same hour In with the line highest sentl from contrast. There has never been same conditions Inspire end the these men we ments From our of In mankind a more striking example of unity than purpose actuate ue all. Never and to their desire, have with Inherited the Is now afforded by this assemblage. lives did these purposes stand that resolution, ow we the two memory now. At least You are gathered here not ss factions deeper root than of government schemes those since great torn by discordant views, but moved generations have passed away their pa by one desire and intent, you have the origin of that great movement and humanity, Inspired by by their come as the chosen representatives of from which sprang the spirit which triotlsm, and established the most enlightened psijly In the has been the leading Impulse In blood, ahall remain as the fixed and world. You meet not as strangers, for American politics for a half century. permanent emblem of their labors, and i i i J cy I cy st th abiding gigiiiil nf the liberty uml mini whom this convention has alprogress of the rare. ready In Its heart was among the first There are many new mimes In to hear the call and answer to Ms these days, but the Republican party name. Preferring peace but not needs no new title. It stands now afraid of WHr; faithful to every priwhere it stood at the beginning. Mem- vate obligation yet first to volunteer ory nlone la needed to tell the course at the sign of national peril; a leader from whieh the Inslplratlons of the in civil life and yet so qulek to comcountry How. A drowsy memory would prehend the arts of war that he grew be ns guilty now na a sleeping watchutmost In a day to meet the exactlone man when the enemy la astir. The of command. There Is nothing which name of the Republican party stands so tests a man ns s great and unexover every door where a righteous pected danger. He may pass his life cause was born. Its members have amid ordinary scenes and what he Lt gathered around every movement, no or doea but few will ever know. But matter how weak, If Inslplred by high when the rrash comes or the flames resolve. Its flag for more than fifty break out, a moment's time will sinyears has been the sign of hoie on ev- gle out the hero in the crowd. A ery spot where liberty was the word. Hash of lightning In the night will reThat party needs no new name or veal what yenrs of daylight have not platform to designate Its purposes. It discovered to the eye. And so the flash Is now as It has been, equipiied, miliof the Spanish war revealed that loftant und In motion. The problems of ty courage and devotion which the every age that age must solve. Great American heart so loves and which causes Impose great demands, but you have met again to decorate and never In any enterprise have the Am- recognise. His qualities do not need erican people failed, and never In any to be retold, for no man In that excrisis has the Republican party failed alted place since Lincoln has been betto express the conscience and Intelli- ter known In every household In the gence of that people. land. He la not conservative. If conThe public mind la awake both to servatism means waiting till It Is too Its opportunities and Its dangers. No- late. He la not wlee. If wisdom Is to where In the world. In any era. did count a thing a hundred times when dtlsenahlp mean more than It means once will da There Is no regret so Men of courage keen, In man or country, as that today In America. and sturdy character are ranging which follows an opportunity unemthemselves together with a unanimity braced. Fortune aoars with high and seldom seen. There Is no excuse for rapid wing, and whoever brings It groping In the dark, for the light le down must shoot with accuracy and plain to him who will but raise his speed. Only the man with steady eyes. The American people believe In eye and nerve and the courage to pull a man or party that has convictions the trigger brings the largest and knows why. They believe thnt to the ground. He does not what experience has proved It Is Idle always listen while all the sages speak, to resist. A wise man is any fool about but every day at nightfall beholds to die. Rut there is a wisdom which some record which If not complete has with good fortune may guide the living been at least pursued with conscience and the strong. That wisdom springs and Intjrephl resolution. He le no from reason, observation and experslender flower swaying In the wind, ience. Guided by these this thing Is but that heroic fibre which is best plain, and young men may rely upon nurtured by the mountains and the It, that the history and purimses I snow. He spends little time In review, have described, rising even to the es for thnt he knows can be done by the sence and aspirations of patriotism, schools. A statesman grappling with find their best concrete example in the the living problems of the hour he career and doctrines of the Republican gropes but little In the past He beHe believes party. lieves In going ahead. "But not alone upon the principles thnt In shaping the destines of this of that party are Its members In ac great republic, hope Is a higher cord. With the same devotion which than regret. He believes that has marked their adherence to those preparation for future triumphs Is a principles, magnificent and enduring more Important duty than an Invenas they are, they have already singled tory of past mistakes. A profound out the man to bear their standard student of history, he Is today the and to lead the way. No higher badge greatest history maker in the world. was ever yet conferred. But great as With the Instincts of the scholar, he this honor Is, the circumstances which is forced from the scholars pursuits surround It make that honor even more by those superb qualities which fit profound. You have come from every him to the last degree for those great state and territory In this vast do- world currents now rushing past with main. Thf country and the town have larger volume and .more portentous vied with each other In sending here aspect than for many years before. thel; contributions to this splendid The fate of nations Is still decided by throng. Every highway In the land Is their wars. You may talk of orderleading here and crowded with the ly tribunals and learned referees; you members of that great party which may sing In your schools the gentle sees In this splendid city the symbol praises of the quiet life; you may of its rise and powr. Within this un strike from your books the last note exampled multitude Is every rank and of every martial anthem, and yet out condition of free men, every creed and In the smoke and thunder will always But today s common be the tramp of horses and the silent, occupation. have engaged us rigid, upturned and desire Men may purpose face. all, and from every nook and corner prophesy and women pray, but peace of the country rises hut a single will come here to abide forever on choice to fill the most exalted office tMe earth only when the dreams of In the worll. He Is no stranger wait childhood are accepted charts to Ing In the shade to be called sudden guide the destinies of men. Events ly Into public light. The American are numberless and mighty, and no people have een him for many years man can tell which wire runs around and always where tl flqnt was thick- the world. The nation basking today est and the greatest need wee felt He In the quiet of contentment and rehas heen alike corsplcunua In the pur- pose may still be on the deadly cirsuits of peace and In the arduous cuit and writhing in the stress of war. No man now living will tolls of war. This Is the time when forget the spring of '98, when the great figures must be kept In front American mind was so Inflamed and If the pressure Is great the material American patriotism so aroused: to resist It must be granite and Iron. when among all the eager citlsens (Continued on Page 5.) surging to the front es soldiers, the opopr-tunltl- ea Im-pul- ae |