Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1904-08-03
President Roosevelt Formally Notified
OF His Nomination
ACCEPTS TIE TRUST OF HIS PARTY
One Hundred and Twenty-Five Per
sons, Including Relatives and
Friends, Were Present at the Cere-
mony, Which Was Held on the
Veranda of Sycamore Hill.

Oyster Bay, l.. A.. Special.-Theo.
dore Roosevelt Wednesday formally
opened the political campaign of 1904
at his beautiful country home, Sag.
amore Hill. Standing on a spot made
dear by the associations of a life time.
surrounded by his family ano relatives
and friends, he formally received ana
accepted the nomination of the Re
publican party for President of the
United States.
Speaker Cannon and his committee
of notification. together with many of
invited guests, arrived here on Il spe-
cial train from New York. The attend
ance of the members of the committee
vas notably large. regrets being re-
ceived from only three. James n. Com
bes. of Florida; Senator Chauncev NJ.
Depew, of New York, and Senator
Clarence n. Clark. OF Wyoming. Ir
all. about 125 persons were present at
the ceremony
President Roosevelt personally re-
ceived the members of the committee
and other guests as they arrived at
Sagamore Hill. He knew almost every
z
mad been greeted by the President.
Secretary Leob presented each one to
Mrs. Roosevelt and to Miss Alice
Roosevelt. The guests were seated on
the veranda, where the notification
ceremony was held. AS Speaker Can
non, attlred in dark gray frock suit.
stepped upon a chair standing near
the veranda railing. he was given n
cordial reception.
While Mr.. Cannon read his speech.
President Roosevelt stood at his right
hand. giving close attention to the
address.
Mrs. Roosevelt, surrounded by her
chlldren, Kermit, Ethel and Quentin
STOOD racing Mr.. Cannon, almost in the
centre of the crowd. Mr. Cannon was
interrupted frequently by applause. He
spoke as follows:
rlP. CANNON SPEAKS.
Mr.. President: The people of the
United States, by blood. heredity edu
cation and practice. are a self-govern-
slg people. We have sometimes been
subject to prejudice and embarrass
ment from harmful conditions. but we
nave outgrown prejudice and overcome
conditions as rapidly as possible. hav-
ing due regard to law and the rights
4
made mistakes. from n false sense OF
security or from a desire TO chance
policies instead of letting well enough
alone. merely to see what would han
pen. Dut we have always paid the pe0-
atty OF unwise action at the ballot.box
ana endured the suffering until, under
the law, through the ballot box. we
nave returned to correct policies. No
hdIioh mas so successfully solved all
problems and chosen proper policies as
our nation Under the lead of the Rn
pGbllcan party for over forty years
the united States from being a third
class power among the nations has
pccoihe IN every respect first. The
people rule. The people ruling. il is
necessary that they should be com
petcnt to rule. Compctcncv reouircs
not only patriotism. but material well.
beng. education. statccraft.
The people, under the lead OF tbe
hepuOllc2n party. wrote upon the sta
trte books revenue laws. lcvying taxes
upon the products OF foreign countries
seeking our markets. which replenish
ed our treasury. but were so adjusted
as 10 encourage our people in devotion
ing, diversifying and maintaining onr
Industries, at the same time protect.
ing our citizens laboring in production
against competition of foreign labor
Under this policy our manufactured
product today in one-thrd of the pro.
duct OF the civilized world. and orr
people receive almost double the nav
Tor their labor that similar labor re.
ceiyes elsewhere in lie world There.
~ enabling Us 10 bear the burdens of
citizcaship. u
.Hf. cannon spoke also upon the Re
! publican doctrine OF protection and in
r!dentaliy brought forward the other
ISSUES oi the campaign. Ills speech was
heartily cheered by those present.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT SPEAKS
President Roosevelt responded IN g..
speech OF little more than three thou-
sand words. and said In part:
Mr.. Speaker and Gentlemen of the
Notification Committee:
| am deeply sensible of the high hon
or conferred upon me by the represen-
tatives of the Republican party assem-
bled in convention, and / accent the
nomination for the Presidency with
solemn realization OF the obligations |
assume. | heartily approve the decla-
ration OF principles which the Repul
ican National Convention has adoDteJ
ana at some future day | shall com
munlcate TO you, Mr.. Chairman. more
at length and in detail formal written
acceptance OF the nomintion.
lhree years ago | became PREF ent
because OF the death of my lamented
predecessor / then stated that il was
my pu%Dcse to carry out his principles
and policies for the honor and the i'm
terest OF the country. To the best of INV
AGILITY | have kept the promise thus