The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-07-21
A FORMAL NOTIFICATION.
The Republican Nominee for Vice.
President of the United States
Officially Notified.
SENATOR WOLCOTT WAS SPOKESMAN.
Gov. Roosevelt Met the Notification
Committee and Invited Guests At
His Country Home, Sycamore,
Near Oyster Bay, Long, island
R~oOsevelt's Response.

His Country Home, Sycamore
Near Oyster Bay, Long Island
R~oOsevelt's Response.
Oyster Bay, N. Y, July 13.-Gov
Roosevelt IA officially notified of his
nomination for the vice-presidency al
his country home, Sycamore, near Oys.
ter Bay. Senator Wolcott. who acted
as spokesman for the committee, spoke
as follows:
Notification Speech.
Gov. Roosevelt: The pleasant duty ha,
devolved upon this committee. appointeS
by the National republican convention,
and representing every state in the In
lon. to make known to you officially the
action of the convention. and to and &c
you a copy of the platform it adopted, and
which embodies the principles of the party.
The representatives, of the republican
party, in convention assembled. unani-
mously and spontaneously selected you as
the candidate of the party at the next
election for the high and dignifide office Of
vice-president of the United States. You
were so elected and named through no
wish of your own, but because the con.
vention believed that you, among all ths
republicans in the land, were best fitted
and adapted to be the associate of our
president. in the important and stirring
campaign upon which we are entering.
The convention realized that You were
executive you are. and whose people
would delight still further to honor YOU,
but it Is believed that your path of duty
lay for the future in the field of national
usefulness.
You are still a young man, as years are
counted. but the country knows more Of
you than of most of its citizens. You were
identified, and will ever be associated
with those efforts toward reform in fhs
civil service which command the approval
or Intelligent men of all political parties.
Your stirring love of adventure has MAIDS
you a more familiar figure in western
camps and on western plains than on the
avenues of your native city. Your ster-
ling Americanism has led you to thu
have told us of the winning of the west
with a charm and a spirit that lave made
us all better lovers of our country; while
your tales of western hunting and adven-
ture have filled the breast of every lad in
the land with envy and emulation, and
whatever doubts may have existed in the
past. now that you are our candidate.
they will be believed to be true by every
good republican.
There is no man whose privilege it was
to know you and to associate with you
when you were the assistant secretary of
the navy under President McKinley'S ap-
pointment, who is not eager to testify TO
the great ability and fidelity which char
acteriZed your ~incumbency of that office
OF your services to our country during the
late war witt Spain, it Is not necessary
for me to speak.
You name will ever be identified with
the heroic achievements of our army, and
your warmes friends and most devoted
admirers are the gallant band of rough
riders whom you led to victory.
ever. did not lead that great convention
at Philadelphia to insist upon you as its
candidate, although it fills with pride the
heart of every true American. The re-
nnhlican marty has chosen Won hararr-a
from your earliest manhood until to-day.
In whatever post you may have been
called upon to ill. and notably during
your two years of splendid service as
chief executive of tine state aof New
York. you have everywhere and at all
times stood for that which was clean and
sordid and base. You have shown the peo-
pie of this country that a political career
and good citizenship could go hand in
hand. and that devotion to the public well
fare was consistent with party member
ship and party organization. There is not
a young man in these United States whI
has not found in your life and influence
an incentive to better things and higher
ideals.
With President Mckinley, you will lead
our ticket to victory, for you have both
been tested, and in your honor, your pa
triotism and you civic virtues the Amer
lean people have pride and confidence.
Gov. Rooseveltstepped a pace forward
and replied. His Voice was clear and
firm, and as he proceeded there were
several Interruptions of applause. He
said:
Nj Chairman: I accept the honor con-
ferred upon me with the keenst and deep
est appreciation of what it means, and.
above all, of the responsibility that goes
with It. Everything that 1t is in my pow
election of President Mckinley, to whom
1t has been given in this crisis of the ma
tional history to stand for and embody
the principles which lie closest to the
heart of every American worthy the
name.
This is very much more than a mere
party contest. We stand at the parting
decide whether they shall go forward
along the path of prosperity and high
honor abroad, or whether they will turn
Ing the past three years: whether they will
plunge this country into an abyss of mis-
cry and disaster, or. what Is worse than
even misery and disaster. shame. I feel
to republicans, but to all good citizens, no
matter what may have been their party
in the past, and to ask them.
the strength of the record that Pres
Mckinley has made during the past
three years. and IN the strength Of the
threat implied in Mat was done in Kan
to shoulder with US in -p~erpetuating
the conditions under which we have
reached Il plane of prosperity never before
attained in the nations history, and I'M
der which abroad we have put the Amer
lean flag on a levi where 1t never before
in the history Of the country has been
placed.
For these reasons I feel We have a right
to look forward with confident expecta-
ton to what the verdict of the people will
be next November. and to ask all men to
whom the well being of the country and
the honor of the national name are dear
to stand with us as we fight for pros
perity at home and the honor Of the flag
~ round of applause broke ont as the
concluded.
Refreshments wcse then served on
the porches and in the dining room, |
and q half hour Of general converse,
ton followed.
At lis p. m. the party left and
on the reurn drive to- Oyster
Bay, where the special train awaited
them.
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