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Show TOM CARTER'S SPEECH. 1 ! Former Montana Senator Eulogizes- ' 4j Fairbanks in Seconding Nomination Nomina-tion of Indiana. Senator. . CHICAGO. Juna 23. In a. brief speech ' former Senator Carter of Montana, j J In seconding tho nomination of I Fairbanks, said: , I) "It will bo at once consoling and reas- j' surlng to you for mo to announce that I 1 1 do not rlso to make a speech, hut to mako a deliberate announcement. You will all I remember how, eight years ago, tho In- 1 termountaln country, thcretoforo solidly i h Republican, became tempest-tossed and . i discredited. It will be remembered with j regret that since 1K2 Ropublican votes ln tho Rocky mountain country havo been I. few and far between. ( "I am hero today to say to you that 1 from tho Canadian line to tho south lino f of Colorado, and from tho Missouri rivor to tho Paclllc ocean, each and every voto will bo cast for Theodoro Roosovolt ln tho clectorlal college convention. "Tho manner ln which this happy result has boon brought about ls well worth x momentary consideration. It was under , tho kind, considerate and wl3e manage- mont of William McKInley as President of , tho county, guided and assisted by the venerated Mark Hanna of Ohio, and of all thoso who havo been sympathetic, I through good and evil report, whllo standing stand-ing Inflexible for tho cardinal principles i ot tho party, one of the strongest and most comforting of all who have helpod, has been Charles Fairbanks of lnddlana, .. whoao nomination I second and thank you." I i |