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Show GAL5F0RN1A ALSO SECONDS. Goo. A. Knight of tho Golden State Delivers Splendid Address Seconding Sec-onding Nomination. CHICAGO, Juno 23, In his speech seconding sec-onding the nomination of President Roosevelt, Georgo A. Knight of California Cal-ifornia said: Gentlemen of tho Convention: Geog-raphy Geog-raphy has but littlo to do with lho sentiment senti-ment and enthusiasm that ls today apparent ap-parent ln favor of the ono who is to bo given all tho honors and duties of an elected President of the United States of America. However, the Pacific slope and lho Islands (thoso ocean buoys of commerce com-merce moored ln tho drowsy tropical sea) send to this convention words of conlldcnt greeting, with discreet assurance that your Judgmont will bo indorsed by tho American voter, and our country con- tlnuo Its wonderful progress under Republican Repub-lican success. Tho time Is ripe for brightening up Americanism, to teach with renewed vigor tho principles of individual liberty, for which tho minute men of the revolution revolu-tion fought; tho Lincoln liberty, an Individual Indi-vidual liberty for the man, not a black man alone, any man, all men; tho right of labor ln thc exercise of freedom unmolested unmo-lested and be paid for his Individual toll, and with it build his cottage home Let True History Bo Known. From tho press, the pulpit, the school-house, school-house, tho platform and the street let tho truo history of our country be known, that the young men and women of America and many old ones, may know what a price baa been paid for tho liberty, peace and union they enjoy through tho devoted patriotism of our silent heroes of thc past. Deprivation and sacrifice already endured for many years beforo the old bell ln the Statehouso was given thc voice to speak the glorious sentiment of the age and proclaim pro-claim liberty throughout all the land, and they wero made thc instrument by which tho" principles productive of our national gnuideur wore set as Jewels ln our public's coronet. What we prayed for, fought for, bled for and died for we want cared for. What Party Has Done. Telegraph tho world that the Republican Republi-can party was the flrBt organization that beckoned the laboring man to his feet and made him know the quality and equality of his true self It showed him the possibilities possi-bilities of honest poverty, and has withheld with-held nothing from his worthy ambition. It took a rallsplittor from the ground floor of a log cabin and set him with tho stars. Protection to American labor and our national resources, cllmato, soil, agricultural agricul-tural and mineral wealth, navigable rivers and safe harbors, wlae laws and clean public men, havo made us tho greatest nation of earth today. In territory wo have outgrown the continent; we are peopling peo-pling the Isles of the sea. Thus said tho Lord: "A great eagle with great wings, long winged and full of feathers, which had divers colors, camo unto Lebanon and took tho highest branch of the cedur. He cropped off the ton of Its I young twigs and carried it Into a land of traffic; he set It in a city of merchants; ho took also of seed of tho land and planted plant-ed It in a fruitful field; ho placed It across great waters and set as a willow tree." How like unto our emblem of freedom he has cropped off tho young twigs of our cedar of liberty and carried them across the ocean to tho land of traffic and set them ln the city of merchants. Tho seed of our land ls there among fruitful fields, beside great waters and set as a willow tree. Our tree ls big and broad and grand; wo want a President typical of .the country; coun-try; ono who will preserve her history, enforce her law, teach Americanism and fight tho wrong. N Thou Art; the Man. Theodoro Roosevelt, thou art tho man. Well may ho bo proud: ho Is young, tho prldo of llfo is his. and time Is on his side; ho loves the whole country, and knows no favorite section; hn has performed his sacred sa-cred promise; he has kept the faith with McKInley, and now faces responsibilities of his own. Ho hypnotizes obstacles, looks them In tho eye and overpowers with sclf-conseloiis honesty of purpose Dishonesty, cowardice and duplicity arc never Impulsive; Roosevelt ls lmptilslvo; ho bo It he ls different. "What Boosevclt Accomplished. Prom a Democratic point of view ho Is a weird magician of politicians. They charged him with disrupting a government govern-ment on tho Isthmus, creating a republic and unlawfully conniving at a canal. They awoko ono fino morning to find the republic re-public of Panama, an entity, Its cxlstenco recognized by foreign nations, and Congress Con-gress paying out millions of dollars to ratify his strategic promptness. He wanted want-ed to glvo Uncle Sam a job and ho did it, nnd Uncle Sam wanted tho Job, and ho took It Ho belongs to tho Union. Wo sec him standing today with his feet upon tho spade, his garments aro made of his flag, the Inventive Yankee whiskers are brushed, there Is an American smilo on his face and his heart Ls gladdened aa ho looks at tho golden sunrise of his commercial com-mercial future. "Will Blcs3 President Barnacled-bottomed ships of tho great salt sea will greet tho great father of waters wa-ters and make every town of his banks a marltlmo city. Tho owners of the farm, factory and mlno will become familiar with names they never knew, and wrlto strange addresses on the exports they send across tho unharvested ocean. Australia, Aus-tralia, Now Zealand, Yokohama, Hongkong, Hong-kong, Maidla, Honolulu and Komi will bo some of thc new names the new south will bo glad to know, and their children will bless the President that gavo them their wonderful opportunities for tnulo. Tho blessings of this great work cannot bo told In words, and figures will get wobbly and unsteady with their load when you chalk them on the blackboard of time. Younger Lincoln. Wo want this younger Lincoln tho keeper of our great eagle wo want him with his hands on tho halyards of our flag; we want him tho defender of our constitution and tho executive ofi our law. and when wo havo used him and the bost of his young manhood for tho good of thc nation, he will still be holding otir banner of liberty with ntars added to Its azure field, Its history sacred, It stripes untarnished, untar-nished, and by command of thu majority hand It to the American patriot standing next In line |