Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 108, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 September 1904 — OPENS INDIANA BATTLE. [ARTICLE]

OPENS INDIANA BATTLE.

Frank Hanjy JKvokeo Great EnthusG. . asm at Greencastle. t J. d-'Ritik Iliiniy, RepiiblicOir candidate for (Joven’uu-. opened the campaign in Indiana at Greencastle' with a sjiercli before the Putnam county convention. Mr. llan|y ; Hiss,gitain-a-ronsing receqitian. IFd generally ; ,and at greatJength i its iHYtniiia 1 issues. He eulogized' I’rcsisleiit Robseyeli arid Senator Fairbanks, .Lhe-.J'icii-presHli'ntial candidate, and lirraigiiedLCongressmeii Champ Clark and John Sharp Williams and Gov. Vardanian ofl’(Mississippi, whom he charges With- -iw attempt to make personalities the,iSa*»c oftlic ranifiaign. Mr.Jlanly hl>"ke A jff-p.nt ’a- f.dlow.i:’ Staiiilifig in the very .presence of the d’H'd.-.amld; ;fjiati<>n> grief nnd a ueople-'s-wunderfiia fear, 'Hifodore Ktsisovolt. iiplifti'dl hand, ■ iftaili* them ".this solflrnii pledge^the <’oy In- took upon himself the duties <i|t his high o'ffi. e: *li> tag .presence of (;<.<! and our lamentrd dead, I promise, so far as In inc Iles, to faithfully execute the policies of which lie has ‘ been ; tße ablest expomsit mid' which Arete tlib most cherished hopes of hlc life'• Tljut pledge so solemnly made, the I’les-lih-nt faithfully kept. He grasped the , wca leant that fell from the nerveless hands, of the great (lend President while they WM-e yet warm from Ids handclasp, .and,-with them 'he has waged stalwart, constant nnd victorious war. from tjien till this glad hour, in behalf of every policy for which he tn his life time had hoped or tolled or fought. He has rodeejged the bond nnd kept the faith. Indiana preannts for -the vice presidency a man equipped and qualified with every essential requirement, not only for that high' office, but for the greater and higher et'the presidency itself ICnlike the vice presidential candidate of the opposltloii: lie whs not born during the adinliilstrntkni'qf James Monroe: He is liot so old an edition jrs thnt. but he Is a better one. Ito lheS in the present rather than in the past. He is tin actual, breathing, living entity of the day, mill not a fading rendiiiseence of other times. JJis thought and mind are upon the thfi'igfc'That’aref rather thiin, ligpli those that'were. -Ge lo'iks Into .the future, and not liito the grave, fils 'lionHffiitlon" was "hot born of h dArlre on ,tbe part; of" the party nianagement to acquire from him the mcaiifi. of corrupting the frmtolil.se of his countrymen,-but of rs knotvleilgo of his worth ns a man and Wis solid nt la in mon ts its, a, statesman. In the Senate of the I'nlted States he lias , pitoven liinjsHf a worthy successor of Harri- , s<?.u aml.Morton. l|e was McKiulcy' r s friend and InTimii's confidant. , Ip Idin are juet airtl' blended the simple grace, the’courtly .Vhariii and the kindly iiature of Mie one. and tin: rugged ■ strength and sturdy coin'moii sense of the other. Born in Ohio, he ■has-Jlvwd aintipg its imtil 'ho Is; in fact, a Hoosier product, aut[ Is, as thoilglt lie Were to the manlier born. No better type of Indiana citizenship of this day and hour can be found. . , ' - Wise in counsel, conservative In action, in debate, dignified nnd kelf-pos-sessed, iiinhl turmoil and excitenwnt, he holds hire confidence of ;].ll the pyr>pte-»-the professional and the biisihess inmi. The rich, the poor, the laborer and the capitalist. We tender him to the nation with conscious p'rtde, knowing him as we do. ami believing, z as we do. -that his life is cit-aii and spotless, that his patriotism is uiidefiled, ’that his ability to serve the "crrtintry is great, mid that fils every impulse*ls' t'dgti and holy. , Appeal to Young VoterSj Knowing that the Issue involVes liig destiny, and therein - the fame and glory of the State, ive calk upon the ImJMMI young men in Indiana who for the first tlnie are about to i-xereise the priceless privllegfV of the ballot, to start right by accepting the doctrines (or which he stands mid by gnllstfbg under ills banner to thO erid that an answer -worthy the "houry the than ami till- opportunity. may be given by .our people in November. Tile achievements of the Republican party during tin- fifty years of its existence, and tlie forty years of its power, are the achievements of the American people. The record, of the mie is Uie .hietory -us-the other. The two are Inseparable. The hopes, tlie nsplrntions. the thoughts and Hie purposes of the American people iiate found expression and realization for half a century only through the declarations and acts of the Republican party. For forty years it lias hail the people's power of attorney. Acting under that high authority it lias Written statutes, rendered judicial ’decrees, solemnized treaties and made amendments to the constitution itself. These statutes, decrees, treaties arid rnnneditlcnta constitute the political and civil history of the republic for the time they cover. In them can be traced, year after year and decade after dwade, the growth, the development and the progress of the country, and in them the basic causes of the prosperity, the peace, tlie happiness and the everTm-reas- , Ing power of this proud people - can be found. In encli campaign the Republican party submits a record of things done, of Jaw’s enacted, of policies established; but with a single exception the Democracy has never been able to submit more than a program. No young man possessed of youth's high Impulse, of Its love of action and of achievement, of its "fever of reason” and impelling courage, can willingly consent to-an alliance with the Democracy. When we contemplate her as she has been for fifty years, as she is now, and as she will most likely be in the future, he will turn away, resolved to "break family traditions and to live in estr.-ingvinsiit from father and mother if need be rather than to wed with her. The young men of Indiana will not tarry with her in the cemetery of abandoned principles and dead issues when they can come with us and share in the glory of tilings accomplished. Here is a record of deeds done that uplift and thrill and Inspire. Here are memories that stir the blod and\ kindle ainldi tlon’s tire. Here is life. Here is action. Here«is achievement. Here tilings are done. Hero history Is made. Here is hope and faith and eoiisecration. Here, young men of Indiana, are lofty purpose mid high enterprise. worthy* your prowess arid your steel. Here Is opportunity. Here is rich reward. Here tile living are the history makers of the hour, in State and nation Here are Roosevelt, null Hay. and Root, and Taft, and Spooner, and I'ornker. and t'liiloin. and I'aiiiion. Here are l-'airbanks. and Beveridge, and Hemeuwny, anil Watson, ami I midis. and t’tumpaoker. mid Overstreet, and Brick, mid t’romer. and Holliday, and Chemiey, and Gilbert, irid Dillon. Here are Durbin, mid Storms, and Miller, mid Hunt, iiinl Harris, and Griffiths. These bld you come mid keep for you a generous welcome. Here the nssi inbled spirits of the immortals are those who have fought the tight -who wear the crown: those who freight for freedom on the gory fields of war: those who led the mmli* of the I'nion on Ailnl on sen: those who girided the ship of state between rebellion's sands nnd slioals; those who have led tlie nation In its upward inarch; those who have defended its credit, saved its honor, and made it great- the world's most imperial state. These, all these nre here. Here are Lincoln, nnd Ellswortli. and Suimior. iiml Phillips. Here nre Hlanton. mid Seward, and Stevens, nnd Yates, mid Morton. Here are Hayes, mid Arthur, ami Harrison mid Blaine. Here are Logan, the two Sherinnns. and Khcrfdnn and Grant. Here are Hannn, mid Garfield and McKinley. Here an- the victorious hosts who inarched with Lincoln in '(MI ami til; with Grant In '(>H mid '72; with Hayes In '7)>; with Garfield In ■*': with Hnrrison In 'KB. and with McKinley in 'IM nnd IIMW. Here are the marching, virile hosts—homogeneous. iiillltant and triumphant, eight millions strong, who nre to march with Riaiscvelt mid Fairbanks to victory In November. Young men of Indiana. th< «c. nil fhehe, do cull to you mid bl<l you come. The splr-" its of the dead mid the souls of the living cry out to you mid wait to give you welcome on this the half-century anniversary of the Republican party's birth. In the name of the glorious past, tbe splendid present anil the hopeful future they call to you mid await your coming. Think a mln- ■ ute, I conjure you, think a minute, and answer by your ballot in Novemls-r.

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