Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-08-20
He is NOTIFIED
SENATOR FAIRBANKS ACCEPTS
NOMINATION..
ELIHU ROOT MAKES THE ADDRESS
Mr.. Fairbanks Recounts the Policies of
His Party-More Formal Ac-
ceptance Later On
Many Present.

banks was formally notified of his
nomination for the vice presidency by
the Republicans in this city on August
8. the nomination address being made
by former Secretary of War Elihu
Root, who was temporary chairman
of the Republican national conven-
ton The exercises were held on the
wide veranda of Senator Fairbanks
home in the presence of members OF
the notification committee, consisting
of one member from each state and
territory, the governor and other state
officers of Indiana, the Indiana Re
publican cong essional delegation, In
diana delegates and alternates to the
national convention, the state central
committee and the Republican Edito-
especially invited.
On the lawn surrounding three sides
of the residence and extending far on
all sides beneath the great forest
trees, were several thousand friends,
neighbors and political supporters of
the senior senator.
Mr.. Root made the formal notifica-
ton address. In part he said:
Senator Fairbanks: The commit
tee which now waits upon you was
appointed by the national convention
of the Republican party held at Chi
cago in June, and its agreeable duty
is to inform you of your nomination
as the Republican candidate for the
office CT vice president of the United
States for the term to begin on the
4th day of March. 1908.
I'VE give you formal notice of that
nomination with assurance of the I'M
divided support of the great party
which has executed the peoples will
in the government of this country for
the better part of the last half cen
fury. The nomination comes to you
| in accordance with the best methods
and practices of representative gov
eminent. 1t was the result of long
and earnest consideration and discus
sion by the members of the conven-
ton. 1t was not the chance product
of an excited hour, and it was not
upon the demand of any powerful in
fluence- political or otherwise-con-
straining the judgment of the dele
gates. 1t was not made for the pur-
pose of conciliating possible malcon-
tents, or of swelling the campaign
fund of the party. No bargains or in
trigues contributed to it. No sup
/
of the convention as to your principles
and opinions were necessary to bring
| it about. 1t was the deliberate, in
formed and intelligent judgment of
the delegates from every state and
territory, and 1t was their unanimous
judgment.
''It is a great office to which you
are called. John Adams and Thomas
Jefferson and George Clinton and
John G. Calhoun and Martin Van
Buren, and many others whose names
are illustrious in the history of our
country, have filled it 1t is an office
of high dignity and immediate, ever
present importance. The credit and
honor of our country are greatly con-
cerned in the character and conduct
of the man who presides over the SEN
ate of the United States-that power
full and august body, of which you
are already so experienced, so useful
and so honored a member"
Senator Fairbanks replied, in brief
as follows:
Mr.. Root and Gentlemen of the
Committee: I thank you for the very
generous terms in which you have
conveyed the official notification OF
my nomination for vice president OF
Tue oullou 0IdleS- ne uuSOllCllSO
and unanimous nomination by the Re
publican party is a call to duty which
1 am pleased to obey. 1 accept the
commission which you bring with g
profound sense Of the dignity and re
sponsibilities of the exalted position
for which have been nominated. Ny
utmost endeavor will be to discharge
in full measure the trust If the actor
of the convention shall meet the ap
prevail of the American people.
The platform adopted by the con
vention is an explicit and emphatic
declaration of the principles in entire
harmony with those policies of oul
party which have brought great homo
and prosperity to our common coun
try, and which, if continued, will brint
us like blessings in the future. TIL,
monetary and economic policies which
have been so forcibly re-announcet
lie at the very foundation of our in
dustrial life, and are essential to tn,
fullest development of our nationa
strength. They give vitality to on
manufactures and commerce, and /
impaired or overthrow, there wou1
inevitably ensue a period of industria
depression. to the serious injury O
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