Evening journal., 1904-07-27

OySlef bay, n. L., july 1.-THE form
al notification of Mr.. Roosevelt of his
nomination by the Chicago convention
for the Office Of president Of the United
States took place shortly after noon
today. The exercises were held on the
spacious veranda of the Roosevelt
home at Sycamore Hill and We're brief,
consisting of the notification speech by
Chairman Cannon Of the committee
and following it Mr., Roosevelrs speech
Of acceptance This completed the
formal exercises, and Immediately aft
erward luncheon was served.
Altogether there were about 225 per
sons present. the notification commit
tee itself consisting Of representatives
from each state and territory and the
rest invited guests, men for the most
part big in the councils of the Re
publican party. The visitors came
from New York by special train which
arrived at Oyster Bay at 11:3O a. m.
The three miles from the station to the
presidents home was completed by
carriages.
Mr.. Cannon in opening his speech
reviewed the policies and work of the
Republican party and of President Nc
Kinley's record. Continuing he said:
IN the history OF the republic in time OF
peace no executive has had greater Ques-
tions to deal with than yourself, and
none have brought greater courage, wis
dom and patriotism to their solution. You
have enforced the law against the mighty
and the lowly without fear favor or par
tiality. Under the constitution you have
recommended legislation to congress from
time TO time. as IL was your duty to do,
and when IL was passed by congress have
approved n. You have, under the cOnsu-
tuition. led In making a treaty which was
ratified by the senate and is approved by
the people which not only assures. but,
under the law and appropriations made by
congress. proceeds with the construction
Of the Panama canal.
The Republican party, under your lead
ersiip. keeps its record from the begin
ming under Lincoln Of doing things, the
right thing al the right time and in the
right way notwithstanding the opposition
Of those who oppose the right policies
from the selfish or partisan standpoint
They dare not tell the truth about your
official action or the record of the party
and then condemn II. They can. for
selfish or partisan reasons. abuse you per
sonally and misrepresent the party which
you lead. II is true, however that. So
far. their abuse Of your action and their
alleged fear Of your personality is insig-
nihcant as compared with the personal
and partisan carpings against Lincoln
Grant and Mckinley when they were
clothed with power by the people.
Appeals to the People.
Those whose only grievance is that yoi
fafsn g
for mere partisan capital Will not, in ml
| judgment, reap the harvest Of success
/ The Republican party. for you and unde
| your leadership. appeals to the great bod,
] Of the people who I've in the sweat o
their faces. make the civilization contro
the republic. fight its battles and deter
mine its policies for approval and contn
uance In power.
The office of president of the Unite'
States Is the greatest on earth. and man,
competent men In the Republican party
are ambitious 20 hold IT, vet the Republic
an convention met az Chicago. June last
and unanimously. with one accord nom
mated you as tine candidate of the party
for president. / am sure an Republican,
4 and a multitude Of good citizens who d.
not call themselves Republicans sal,
! Amen"
In pursuance Of the usual custom tn
/ convention appointed committee o
]
/ ship 20 wait upon and inform you o
/ its action. which duty. speaking for th
| committee I now cheerfully perform Will
/ the hope and the confident expectation
/ that a majority of the people of the re
/ public will in November next approve IN
action OF the convention by choosing
| electors who will assure your election q
/ the presidency as your own successor.
Roosevelt's Speech Of Acceptance.
Mr. Cannon was heartily checred a
the close of his address. In accepting
the nomination rendered Air. Roosevelt
said:
am deeply sensible OF the high homo
conferred upon me by the representative
OF the Republican party assembled in con
/ vention. and I accept the nomination 10
! the presidency with solemn realization o
the obligations ! assume.
Three years ago / became president be
cause Of the death Of my lamented prede
cessor. i then stated that il was my pur
pose to carry out his principles and pol
icies for the honor and the interest Of tn
country. To the best of my ability
! have kept the promise thus made
/ next November my countrymen confirm
at the polls the action of the convention
you represent ! shall, under Providence
| continue to work with an eye single L
the welfare of all our people.
] We who have been intrusted with powe
as public servants during the past sevel
/ years of administration and Legislation
now come before the people content to b
/ judged by our record of achievement. Il
/ the years that have gone by we hav
\ made the deed square with the word. an
\ II we are continued in power we shall un
n swervingly follow out the great lines O
II public policy which the Republican part
\ has already laid down. public policy Z
I which we are giving and shall give a unit
ed and therefore an efficient support
In all Of this we are more fortunat
than our opponents, who now appeal 70
confidence on the ground, which some ex
press and some seek TO have conhdentiall
| understood. that If triumphant they ma
l be trusted 10 prove false 10 every prin
ciple which in the last eight years the
have laid down as vital and to leave un
disturbed those very acts Of the admin
istration because of which they ask tina
the administration itself be driven fror
power Seemingly their present attltud
as TO their past record is that some Q
them were mistaken and others insincer,
Republican Unity.
We make our appeal in a wholly dii
ferent spirit We are not constrained {
keep silent on Gny vital questions we ar
livided on no vital question; our policy
continuous and is the same for an sec
| tions and localities There is nothing ex
detrimental about the government we as