Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-07-01
ROOSEVELT
AND FAIRBANKS
Ticket Formally Nominated by
Republicans at Chicago

hepuDiIcan congress anu re
publa n President--A Plank
Look & % Reduction Of KEEP
resen. n.a.,Jn of Certain South
ern States In Electoral College
and In COngress--Pledge of
Efforts to Obtain Rights For
American Citizens Abroad
Chicago, June 24.-The swift, sure
current of public opinion, for the Sec
ond time in the history of Republican
conventions, resulted in the selection
Of national ticket without a dis
senting voice. Theodore Roosevelt for
president and Charles w. Fairbanks
for vice president received every vote
in the convention.
Regardless of the fact that the NOM
ination of one had been assured for
months and the other for days the an
nouncement of the choice was accom-
panied by a resounding demonstration
which attested the candidates popu-
larity The cheering was led by fig
ures known through the breath of the
l>x,a iob tu
of enthusiastic men and radiant wo-
men assembled in the Coliseum to wit
ness the crowning feature, as we'll as
| the close of the national convention
which marks the semi-centennial of
the Republican party in the United
| States.
The keynote TO the campaign Of 1904
was sounded by Elihu Root in his
speech as temporary chairman. His
address was a review of the accom-
plishments of the present administra-
ton and defense of the Republican
policies in general. When that had
| been delivered and the various work
ing committees dispatched to their la
bors the business of the first days ses
sion was complete.
Elihu Roots Speech
In accepting the temporary chair
manship of the convention Elihu Root
former secretary of war, asked for
renewed expression of popular con-
tidence in the Republican party, point
ing to its past record as an assurance
of the sincerity of its declarations and
the fidelity with which 1t would give
them effect He declared that the
present administration had taken up the
trust question In practical, sensible
way as business rather than political
question, saying what it really meant,
and doing what lay at its hand to be
done to accomplish effective regula-
ton.
Touching upon the Philippine ques-
tion he said that the last vestige of in.
surrection has been swept away. With
their work accomplished, over 5000
American troops have been brought
back across the Pacific. Civil govern
ment has been esta blished throughout
the archipelago. Peace and order and
justice prevail.
The Republican party's part in es-
tablishing The Hague tribunal was re-
viewed In the meantime forces which
command respect have been augmented
by bringing our navy to high state Of
efficiency and exercising both army
and navy in the methods of seacoast
defense.
Mr.. Root thus summed ,p the
achievements since Mr.. Cleveland's ad-
ministratiOn.
The first administration of Mckinley
fought and won the war with Spain, put
down the insurrection in the Philippines,
annexed Hawaii rescued the legations In
Pekin, brought Porto Rico into our com
mercial system. enacted protective tariff,
and established our national currency on
the firm foundations of the gold standard
by the financial legislation of the seth con-
gress.
The present administration has reduced
taxation, reduced the public debt reduced
the annual interest charge, made effective
progress In the regulation of trusts. fos-
tered business, promoted agriculture. built
up the navy. reorganized the arhy. resur-
rected the militia system, inaugurated a
new policy for the preservation and reeIa-
nation of public lands, given civil govern
ment to the Philippines, established the
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gratitude of commercial interest and Of
common defense. swung open the closed
gateway of the 1sthmus, strengthened the
Monroe doctrine. ended the Alaskan boun.
China, opened wider its doors OF trade;
advanced the principle of arbitration and
promoted peace among the nations,
We challenge judgement upon th,s s, pecofn q
vf effective performance in legislation, IN
execution and in administration
Address Of Permanent Chairman
Upon taking the chair as permanent
presiding officer, Speaker Cannon said
in part:
The Republican party was born with, the
ieclaration that slavery was seclohai 9t VI
Local. and that freedom was national, II
has ever been a national party, Its policies
benefiting every section and every man
in the republic. 1t made its first success,
full contest for power IN lS6o WIN assinn aoraniam
followed. The war for the malntehanee,
of the Union was waged for four years, ana
such a contest of arms the world mas ney'
sal within the borders of the republic. i,t VIII
n bankrupt treasury and bankrupt creult
fhe party, under the lead OF Lincoln Wen.
back to the policy Of Washington ana wrote
imposIng duties on imports that would pro
duce revenue and at the same time prote.G'
every citizen of the United states IN ,9 gi
verslfyng the industries OF tne rep repu3f,,s fre,
labor everywhere within our borders Ins t
policy of protection has been the snlDoieII y
Of the Republican party from that day to this
one or more of the great Industries is In
juriously affected, those engaged ~ Una INA
line of production cease to be valuable Gus
, toners for all the other producers N I'M