Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-08-10
NOTIFIED
Republican Candidate For Vice. .pfesi'
deat Accepts Nomination
SPEECHES MADE AT INDIANAPOLIS
Five Thousand People .Enthusias.
tically Greeted the Speakers as
They Appeared on the Veranda of
the Fairbanks Home.

the fairbanks f1oNles
indianapolis, Special.-Charles w.
Fairbanks, senior United States Sena-
tor from Indiana, was Wednesday for
mally notified of his nomination for
vice president of the United States by
the Republican convention. The notifi-
cation address was made by Elihu
Root, former Secretary of War. The
exercises were held on the wide varan-
da of Senator Fairbanks beautiful
tome at Sixteenth and Meridian streets,
In The presence of members of the no.
tifcation committee and many other
invited guests. The day was one of the
most beautiful Of the year, and as
Senator Fairbanks stood on the veran-
da watching the finishing touches being
put to the preliminary arrangements,
he smilingly said: "This is the kind we
used to call Mckinley weather"
Gathered at the residence were 5000
people. Senator Fairbanks and Mrs.
Fairbanks received the committee and
Invited guests, and with little delay Mr..
Root and Senator Fairbanks led the
way to the yeranda, where seats were
arranged for all.
An enthusiastic greeting was accord
ed the two speakers as they appeared
on the veranda. The demonstration
lasted for several minutes, during
which the members of the committee
were seated. Cheers broke out again
and again and several recognitit1ons
were necessary before quiet was secur>
eG. Mr.. Root, without preliminary, ad-
dressed himself to the formal notifi-
cation. He said:
Senator Fairbanks:< The committee
which now waits upon you was ap-
pointed by the National Convention OF
the Republican party, held at Chicago
in June, and its agreeable duty is to no.
tify you of your nomination as the Re
publican candidate for the office OF
Vice-President of the United States for
the term to begin on the 4th day OF
March, 1905.
We give you formal notice Of that
nomination with assurance Of the un-
divided and hearty support of the great
party which has executed the peoples
will in the government OF this coun-
try for the better part of the last half
century. The nomination comes to you
in accordance with the best methods
and practices Of representative govern
ment. It 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 1t was not upon the demand
of any powerful nfluence-politlcal or
otherwise -constraining the judgment
CT the delegates. 1t was not made for
the purpose Of conciliating possible
malcontents, or of swelling the cam
paign fund Of the party. No bargains
or intrigues contributed to it. No sup
cpressions of the truth or misleading OF
the convention as to your principles
and opinions were necessary to bring
it about. It was the deliberate, inform
I'd and intelligent judgment Of the dele
gates from every State and Territory,
and it was their unanimous Judgment.
LSSs.I 1t Is a great Office to which you are
ltalled. John Adams and Thamas JET.
5ferson, and George Clinton, and John
&c. Calhoun, and Martin Var. Buren, and
many others whose names are illustri
3ous In the history Of our country, have
filled it. 1t Is an office Of high dig,
nifty and immediate, ever present i'm.
portance. The credit and honor of our
country are greatly concerned In the
character and conduct Of the man who
presides over the Senate Of the United
States&that powerful and august
4bedy--af which YOU are already so eX
perienced, SO useful and SO honOred
a member.
But the vice-President has other
grave duties Of imperative obligation
When the people elect President un
der our political system they do not
merely select the man for the Office
the..- give their approval to certain
controlling principles and policies G;
government; and the administration OF
which the Vice President is a part is
bound to give effect to. these princi-
pies and policies. The primary duty
ready to take up the burden Of the
presidency if the occasion requires,
carries with it the duty to be always
ready to continue unbroken the poll.
cies which the people have entrusted
to the administration for execution.
AS to the supreme responsibility OF
the Vice-Presidency in case Of success,
sion to the presidency, we shall all
pray, and no one more earnestly than
yourself, that it may not come to you.
But we are not at liberty to ignore
the possibility that 1t may come. Sad
and bitter experience admonishes us
that provision for succession to the
presidency is no idle form. OF the
last twelve Presidents elected by the
people Of the United States five
nearly one-half-have died in Office
and have been succeeded by Vice-Pres.
idents. A serious obligation rests up.
OIL the political parties which select
the candidates between whom the peo-
pie must choose, to see to it that
they nominate men for this possible
succession who have the strength OF
body and mind and character which
shall enable them, if occasion comes,
to take up the burdens of the great
presidential office, to endure its trying
and exhausting demands, to meet its
great responsibilities, and with firm
hand and clear vision to guide the
government Of the country until the
people can express their choice again.
Our opponents of the Democratic
party have signally failed to perform
this duty. They have nominated as
their candidate for the Vice Presidency
an excellent gentleman, who was born
during the presidency of James Monroe
and who before the 4th Of March next
will be in the eighty-second year of his
age Before the next administration Is
ended. he will he approaching his eigh-
ty-siXth birthday. 1t Is no disparage-
ment of this gentleman. for whom
believe 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