The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-19
BURTON PAYS TRIBUTE
TO TAFTyS LIFE WORK
In Presenting Name Of Secretary Of War for President
the Senator Reviews His Career and
Points Ont His Fitness
Points Out His Fitness.

CHICAGO June l8.-Thc speech of
Senator Burton nominating Taft was
not very long one. but SO many otlI-
crs had gone before that the crowd was
weary and impatient. Mr.. Burton said:
This convention enters upon the
grave responsibility OF selecting
presidential candidate with the serene
assurance that the Republican party
will continue to rule this people. What
assembled multitude in any land has
ever pointed the way to such bene-
ficcnt results for home and for the
progress Of the whole huinan race as
the recurring conventions OF this grand
old organizations? Yet VIC do not rely
alone upon the record OF that which,
* has accomplished. We cnpiia size
even moro tts supreme qualification
to solve the problems OF the present.
II is especially appropriate that this
gathering should be held in this mar
Vicious city of Chicago. whence the
steel bands of commerce reach out in
every direction, over plain and river
and mountain. to almost boundiess dis
tancc, bringing the richest treasures
of n continent 10 lay them at your
feet Here it was that the righteous
uprising against slavery and Bour-
bon;sm. sprung from the nations con-
science. raised It's first trlumpha mt
NpiNe WITH sHdS
mated. And here. again, with notes
of thunderous acclaim. enraptured
thropgs greeted the naming OF Gar
field, Of Blaine, Of Harrison, and of
Roosevelt.
Ohio Presents Her Son.
Again Ohio presents candidate to
the National Republican Convention.
In seven stubborply contested prest-
dental campaigns sons OF her sacred
soil have led the embattIed Republican
mosts TO victory. The Buckeye State
has assuredly contributed her share
of statesmen and generals for The up
building of tho nation. But that of
which we are prouder still Is her stall
wart ctizenship-the mightiest bull
wark OF the republic In every Com
fnonwealth-made up of Americas free
yeomen. ever ready TO respond to the
tocsin OF alarm In days of peril, or
to crush corruption whenever it raises
Its mcnacing head. From this citizen-
ship Ohio, in the supreme emergency
OF the Civil War. sent forth more than
100000 soldiers for our country's de-
fence. a formidable array easily sur
passing In numbers the world con-
Quer!ng legions of imperial Caesar, and
even larger than any army ever mus
tered by Britain for the tented field
But transcendent above all is the fact
that Ohio is one Of Il matches union
of States linked together in everlasting
bonds of anity and constituting an
empire wonderful in power and almost
immeasurable In extent. Each sover.
eign State alone would occupy but a
subordinate place in the great curren,
OF the worlds events, but when repre-
scented by one OF forty-six bright stars
on a field OF stainless blue. every one
forms part Of an emblem of union and
of strength more beautiful far thar
the most brilliant constellation in the
heavens.
We welcome the friendly rivalry OF
candidates from other ttates-from
the great Empire State, the keystone
State. Indiana. Illinois and Wisconsin
forming with Ohio a broad eNpanst
extending in unbroken sweep from OH
ocean to the uppermost bound OF the
greatest Of inland seas. Each of thes,
presents a leader among leaders who's,
achievements md renown are not con.
fined to the narrow limits of n single
Commonwealth. To-day with fervic
enrnestness we wage a contest for The
prize. Tomorrow, united for the FRAY
and quickened by a common fiery zeal
the champions OF all the candidate.