The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-07-31

notified today of his nomination for
the Presidency by the Republican par
~, William II. Taft, standing on the
por. leo of his bro hers home IN this
the ci y of mis- nativity, formally ac-
cepted the honor pledged anew his al
legiance 10 the policies of President
Roosevelt and declared that the chief
junction of the next Republican ad-
minis,lation will be 10 clinch what
has been already accomplished by the
present occupant of he White House.
In doing this. however, Mr.. Taft
pointed out in what is regarded as a
conservative note in his address that
there will be serious and difficult work
to do, principally ito devise ways and
means which the high level of business
integrity and obedience to law which
he president Roosevelt) has establish
ed may be maintained and departures
from it restrained without undue in
reference with legitimate business"
Mr. Taft attacked the Democratic
platform asserting that most of its
declaration either are inconsistent or
disingenuous. MIR. Bryan's poli5icies
were held up as destructive.
The vast audience that heard tAe
candidate, filling porches, lawns and
streets surrounding the Taft residence
and seeming not 10 mind the intense
heat which the direct rays of a mid
summer sun sent down upon i,was
responsive 10 Mr.. Taft's every word,
and there We're loud cries of mo, No."
when he said:
IL submit 10 those most Interested
to wage earners, 10 farmers and 10
business men, whether the introduction
into power of the Democratic party,
with Mr.. Bryan al its head, and with
the business destruction that il open
ly advocates as a remedy for present
evils, will bring about the needed
confidence for the restoration of pros
perity."
In accepting the nomination Judge
Taft said in part as follows:
Senator Warner and Gentlemen or
the Committee: | am deeply sensible
of the honor which the Republican Ma
tional Convention has conferred on mo
in the nomination which You formally
tender. | eccept IT with full apprecia-
ton of the responsibility 1t imposes
Gentlemen. the strength of the Re
publican cause In the campaign NJ
hand Is in the fact that we represent
THE policies essential to the reform of
known abuses, TO the continuance OF |
liberty and true prosperity. and tina,
We are determined. as our platform I'M
c1uiyocally declares, to maintain them /
and carry them on. For more than ten |
years this country passed through M
epoch of material development far be- |
yond any that ever occurred In the /
world before. In its course. certain
evils crept in. Some prominent and in
fiuentiai members of the community. |
spurred by financial success and In
their hurry for greater wealth. became
unmindful of the common rules O.
business honesty and fidelity and OF
the limitations imposed by law upon
their action. This became known. Tho
revelations of the breaches of trust.
the disclosures as to rebates and dis.
ordinations by railways. the accumu.
lating evidence OF the violation of the
antitrust law by number of corpora
tions, the oyerissue of stocks and bonds
on interstate railways for the unlawful
enriching of directors and for the pur-
pose of concentrating control Of rail-
ways in one management. all quick
ened the conscience OF the people, and
brought on a moral awakening among
them that BODIED well for the future OF
the country.
What Roosevelt Has Done.
The man who formulated the express
sion OF the popular conscience and who
led the movement for practical reform
was Theodore Roosevelt. He laid
down the doctrine that the rich violator
Of the law should be as amenabe to
restraint and punishment as the Of
fender without wealth and without in
duence, and he proceeded by recon-
mending legislation and directing ex-
Guslve action to make that principle