The San Francisco call., 1904-07-28
Simple Ceremony
at the Sycamore
Hill Home.
Uncle joe Cannon
Spokesman for
Committee.

! OYSTER BAY, l.. l., July Il
Theodore Roosevelt to-day formally
/ opened the present campaign of 1904 al
! his country home. Sagamore Hill
! Standing on a spot made dear to him
! by the associations of a lifetime, sur
rounded by his family and relatives
and friends, and in the presence of ar
! assemblage of men distinguished in ell
walks of life, he formally received and
accepted the nomination of the Repub-
! lican party for President of the United
/ States.
( President Roosevelt's speech of ac-
ceptance was Enthusiastically force
| ful and direct in argument and replete
with epigrammatic passages. 1t was
| received with immense enthusiasm by
! his audience. His satirical references
to the Democratic party aroused laugh
ter and applause.
AS the President concluded his speech
/ Speaker Cannon, chairman of the
notification committee, grasped his
hand and congratulated him cordially
George B. COrtelyou, chairman of the
, Republican National Committee, then
extended his congratulations. He was
followed by all the members of the
Q
The speech of the President will be
! circulated extensively in the campaign
as aside from the letter of acceptance
which he will issue in few weeks, II
probably will be his only public utter
ance during the campaign.
SYCAMORE HILL ASTIR EARLY
From the arrival of the special train
with the National Committee on board
until its departure not hitch occurred.
In accordance with the wish of the
President, the ceremony was made as
simple as possible.
The formal notification of the nomi-
nation was made on behalf of COM
mittee representing every State and
Territory in the United States by Jo-
seph q. Cannon, Speaker of the House.
The day opened with ideal weather
and the arrangements for the cere-
mOny were completed at an early hour.
The wide Veranda of the President S
house at Sycamore Hill, extending al
most entirely around the building, was
decorated with American flags hung
from pillar to pillar. In addition many
houses in the neighborhOod of the
Roosevelt home in Oyster Bay were
draped with the national colors. Across
the main street of the village there
hung a large Roosevelt and Fairbanks
banner.
Speaker Cannon and his committee
of notification, together with many of
the invited guests, arrived on a special
train from New York at 1850 O'Clock
III the morning, the run from New
York having been made in an hour.
The attendance OF the nemb bers of the
committee was notably large, regrets
being received from only three-James
n. Combs of Florida, Senator Depew of
New York and Senator Clark of Wyo-
ming. Senator Depew is in Europe and
Senator Clark was prevented by i'm
portsnt business from being present.
PRESENTED TO MRS. ROOSEVELT
President Roosevelt personally re-
ceiYed the members of the committee
and other guests as they arrived at
Sycamore Hill. He knew almost every
man personally. After the visitors had
been greeted by the President, Secre-
tary Loeb presented each one to Mrs.
Roosevelt and to Miss Alice Roosevelt.
Mrs. Roosevelt extended to all cordial
welcome and the hospitality of her
home.
After some consultation between the
President, Speaker Cannon, Chairman
Cortelyou and Secretary Loeb, it was
decided to hold the exercises on the
veranda.
The ceremony was informal. AS
frcck suit, stepped on a chair near the
veranda railing, he was greeted cor
daily. While he read the notification
President Roosevelt stood at his right
hand, giving close attention to the ad-
dress. Mrs. Roosevelt, surrounded by
her children, Kermit, Ethel and Quen-
tin, stood facing Cannon, almost in the
center of the crowd.
CANNON'S NOTIFICATION SPEECH
Cannon was frequently interrupted
by applause. His thrusts at the Demo-
cratic party, his reference to the tar
if and TO the gold standard and to the
construction of the Panama canal
aroused much enthusiasm. He spoke
as follows:
Mr.. President-The people Of the United
States, By blood, heredity, education and
practice are q self governing people. We have
sometimes been subject to prejudice and en-
barrassment from harmful conditions, but we
have outgrown prejudice and overcome condi-
tions as rapidly as possible. with due regard
to law and the rights of individuals we have
sometimes made mistakes from a false sense
Of security or from a desire to change poll
cies instead of letting well enough alone,
merely TO what would happen; but we
have always paid the penalty of unwise ac-
ton at the ballot box and endured the suffer-
ing until. under the law, through the ballot
box, We have returned to correct policies.
Tested bv experience, nation has so sue
cessfully solved all problems and chosen
proper policies our nation
Under the lead of the Republican party for
more than forty years, the United States from
being third-class power among the nations,
has become in every respect first. The people
rule. The people ruling, it is necessary that
they should be competent TO rule. Com mpetency
requires not only patriotism but material we'll
being, education, statecraft
The people. under the lead of the Republican
party, wrote on the statute books revenue
laws. levying taxes the products OF foreign
countries seeking our markets, which replen-
ished our treasury, but were so adjusted as
TO encourage people in dQVplopfnU
styling and maintaining our industries, at