New Ulm review., 1904-08-10
HONOR accepted
BY MIR. Fairbanks
FORMALLY NOTIFIED OF NoMI-
NATION BY REPUBLICANS
FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
The Ceremony Takes Place at His
Home in Indianapolis-He De-
livers an Address Announcing His
Acceptance

indianapolis, Ind, Aug. 4.-Charles
w. Fairbanks, senior United States sem
ator from Indiana, was Wednesday for
mally notified of his nomination for vice
president of the United States by the re-
publican national convention. The no.
tif1cation address was made by Elihu
Root, ex-secretary of war, who was tenn
porary chairman of the convention. The
exercises were held on the wide veranda
of Senator Fairbanks beautiful home at
Sixteenth and Meridian streets.
Roots Address.
Mr.. Root, in his address of notifica-
ton said in part:
'The nomination comes to you in
accordance with the best methods and
practices of representative govern
ment. 1t was the result of long and
earnest consideration and discussion by
the members of the convention. 1t was
not the chance product of an excited
hour, and it was not upon the demand Of
any powerful infuence-political or
otherwise -constraining the judgment
of the delegates. 1t was not made for
the purpose of conciliating possible mall
contents, or of swelling the campaign
fund of the party. No bargains OF in
trigues contributed to it. No suppress
sions Of the truth or misleading of the
convention as to your principles and
opinions were necessary to bring it
about. 1t was the deliberate, Informed
and intelligent Judgment of the dele
gates from every state and territory, and
it was their unanimous judgment"
Referring to the vice presidential
nominee of the democratic party, Mr..
Root said in part:
Before the next administration is
ended he will be approaching his
eighty-sixth birthday. 1t is no disparage-
ment of this gentleman, for whom be-
lieve we all have the highest respect, to
say that he shares the common lot of
mortals, and that the election of any
man OF such great age would furnish no
safeguard to the American people
against the disaster which would ensue
upon the death of president with sue
cessor not competent to perform the
duties Of the presidential Office"
Fairbanks Accepts.
Senator Fairbanks was given another
ovation as he arose to accept the nomina-
ton. He said, in part:
I accept the commission which you
bring with profound sense of the dig
nifty and responsibilities of the exalted
position for which have been nomi-
mated. My utmost endeavor will be to
discharge in full measure the trust, if the
action of the convention shall meet the
approval of the American people
The convention was wise not only in
It's enunciation of party policies, but it's
nomination of a candidate for the presi-
dency. During the last three years Presi-
dent Roosevelt has been confronted with
large and serious questions. These he
has met and solved with high wisdom
and courage. The charges made against
him in the democratic platform find an
irrefutable answer in his splendid ad-
mlnlstration, never surpassed in all the
history of the republic and never equaled
by the party who seeks to discredit it,
He fully approved all the various
planks in the party platform, and gave
special reference to that touching the
monetary question, saying that he be-
lieved it unwise for the American peo-
pie to intrust the safety Of the republic
to party in which the enemies of sound
money were powerful enough to prevent
an open Endorsement of the gold stand
ard
Senator Fairbanks touched briefly
upon other planks Of the platform, and
promisel fuller expression of his views
upon the question at issue at a later
time