Show l I S 5 lIlEY I KNEW E ETHE THE TIlE i Mankind has not In any age oC of I Ian an incident ent moro Impressive than that that Sun Sunday ay meeting of old Republicans In Music hall hail Philadelphia The rhe event was tho the beginning of ot ota a four days celebration cele cole bration in honor of the tho Republican founding And Arni down the aisle after the tire main audience had assembled S marched moro more than two hun hundred re men p who were yore present in that same hall hail asS as S delegates to tho the first Republican national na na- na tlona convention in 1858 8 when whon John JohnI 11 I C. C Fremont the pathfinder was nominated for fOl the thc presidency pr It Is a great thing to have assisted I at the formation of the tho Republican party No nation has ever in a hunI hundred hun hun- dred tired years ma made e such a advancement I as has this No nation at any time timeS S has lias ever exorcised tho the power and In In- In tho the affairs of or tho the world worl or given ko so much to the liberties ant and th tho happiness of ot her people at home No 1 nation has ever evel so mightily aided li lithe In the forward var ol march of ot enlightenment or tho the progress of ot humanity An And In that tremendous result no Influence has contributed nearly neally so much as haH haa S the Republican party P By no other policy PolIY than the tho policy S of ot tho the promulgated promulgate In the platform S could the problems of fitly fifty years ear ago have havo been solved In no noI I other manner could the nation have i Leon been held helt together In Jn no rio other way waylaid waylaid laid the hope of human freedom By Byno Byno no other means could tho the continent have been wrested from a state of or nature nature nature na na- na- na ture and been ma made e to serve servo tho the sHIes of or man The broad lines on or I which the party parly was founded whey when 1 S those old men were young oung are arc essen S 'S the lines JInes of or tho the Republican party part I IS r today Ol Old problems have been solved S. S But as honor an and truth and virtue an and I coura courage e are arc the same In all ages an and andIn i In all lands andR so o the principles 1 formed fonne the fundamentals of or that thal first firs t r organization atc are the principles which r I aro arc still effective in tho the solution of I I problems that are arc new Following In Inthe Inthe Inthe the lead ea of the tho men who vIrO whIr gave ave to the world tho Republican party part In Philadelphia Phila Phila- delphia fifty years ago aSo the tho mo most t enlightened enlightened en on- lightened lIs thought the most M sagacious ac ous ju Judgment ment tho most profound wisdom om omI omand I and the most effective o counsel mark marl tho be management of the parly party today toda There have been occasional errors There have been baen hero and anti there In Inthe Inthe inthe the passage of the years e men whoso whose acts have not measured mel up to the tHc Ideal of those carl early patriots nut But the tire distinctive dis features of the thc party parly have been Its 15 courage Its wl wisdom dom an and lt its Ih strength Never Ke rom front that thal day lay when It was 35 unpopular even in Philadelphia to a advocate tho the liberation of the slave Ia town Iown to the present time has the Republican Re Re- publican party parly feared to lo strive for fOI what was right Never has hns It failed to brin bring the nation to agree aglee with It In Ints its ts policies Novel Never have these poli policies les failed In benefit to tho the nation And novel never have the liberties of tho the American Amen Ameri can citizen assured by that thai party larty been leen Imperilled or safely safey abridged b by an any JOWl on earth no matter where here that J citizen might wa wander der I So Ro great has been the tine influence o of the party thi th that tt t 11 It has' has In all nil essentials become the nation So Influential arc are arcHs arcUs Us Hs men that their will once agreed upon becomes the purpose of or the whole hoIe republic So complete Is their control of each branch of government un under Cr the constitution and so o long- long continued has been that control that credit for benefits received ell can hardly be bo withheld from tho the Republican party part And AmI In the light of ot tho tire changes which have havo come conic with these p passing I years so mighty has been the advancement advance advance- I ment mont so tremendous the good achieved ed cd that he who wIno names the name namo by I In n those old men were christened I fifty years ago ma may well be prou proud I Imen Here and there as the years pass men have left eft the party part with hope mope of I achieving some sonic work outside Its ranks I s which seemed to demand lemand accomplish accomplish- ment So Forney went a away So Sumner vanished So Greeley fell So Jn In their theil wake wako went little or 01 large the company the they had mcd But Dut ne never has a schism succeeded or a deserter cserer prospered pi Never Novel has the re reform reform re re- form thus advocated been accomplished accomplish accomplish- ed outside tho the ranks of or the Republican party part Wherever er ever you ou are arc whatever mo may be bethe bethe bethe the question whoever ma may be the tho per per- in the case casc there Is Js no better for man than within the Republican I Ican can part party There is no higher mission than to serve it H and so serve tho the country countr country coun coun- I tr try And there Is no honor greater within all the J realm alm of human association asso asso- elation vouchsafed aCed to man If IC y you are within that fold and have I never left It It thank your God you ou share the blessing which all the race must invoke upon the lives an and the tho loves of ot those who knew the pathfinder cr If Ie you have fought under other flags realize today the tho futility of hope for political benefits outside e the party parly thc they they- founded And If you have havo wandered wandered wan ivan dered make malc prayer for tor pardon b by an instant return to the fold you OU know knowIs Is best st and give your strength and your our wisdom and your yom hope as they gave theirs theirs to to tho the end that the path the they found may a be yours so long as th the republic shall cn endure ure |