The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-19

has been testified TO by the present
chief executive. and by that so-opera-
the new laws for this oetter control OF
the rate making power on our rail-
roads: the employers liability act; the
pure food laws. and in the last sess!on
make our business psntc-proof. In this
last act. the indomitable courage. the
persistence and the experiences OF IN IN
gress on the statute books.
Let the peoples delegates here write
the platform OF principles. and "Cncle
He has ever been stand .patter IN car
rying out the will OF the people ex.
pressed at the polls. and he VIII stand
pat on the ticket and the platform here
made. whatever the result.
When the nomination speech was
ended there was some cheering. but
II was neither fattering nor encour-
was very weak.
Gov. J. Frank Hanly. in presenting
Hon. Chas. Warren Fairbanks name
as q candidate for president, said:
New England. Indiana calls to you.
and to you, New. York. and TO you;
to you. Kentucky. The blood OF all
IL in her veins-of New England Puri-
tan. OF New York Dutchman, Of Penn
q Kentucky Frontiersman. she is
akin to all And in the name and by
the ties OF her common kinship she
sPpess TO son.sera aFs none 90 h OF p
peals And Ohio. she call. to YOU
and upon you she has an especial
claim. He whom she presents was
hmron your SOL sna your
Can the mother deny the child whose
character and deeds have brought her
only honor and distinction? And I'LL
son whom she has adopted and whom
she has come TO love aa her very own.
and reminds you that he is your neigh
Dor and your friend, and that he IL
closely identified with your people. Is
worthy tho best traditions OF their past.
and shares their highest present aspir-
ations. And Iowa. Indiana calls TO you:
bred and born: Her call to you is the
call of the mother TO nsr child. And CAL
Hernia. Oregon and Washington, Indi-
ana has word for you. Her candidate
alive to the peculiar Importance to you
OF American predomipance In the Pa
cihc. Given your commission now ne
Will not forget. And you; Porto RICO
and Hawaii and the Philippines. he
knows and understands your needs. He
loves liberty and values II above all
things. not for himself alone. but for
you. and for all men everywhere. The
"
ate you from his thought nor to de-
prive you OF his solicitous care. In
diana calls to all. the north. the south
the east. the west. She offers you no
mystery. no unknown. untried states
man. Twice she herself has given him
high commission and each time at Its
expiration she found her commission
unstalnea. The people OF the nation
have once commissioned him. Indeed.
he now holds their commission. Here
In this hall, four years ago. the party
put the seal OF its approval upon him
said: He IL presidential caiiber" He
Is a presidential figure OF full size"
And to him. Elihu Root. the present
the Republican party OF the whole
country. In notifying him or his NOM
ination for vice-president. most truth
fully said: You have the character
strongly should you become president.
Many indeed among our people have
already turned toward you as suit
able able eandidats 70 be elected dir. directly to
ination comes TO you in accordance
with the best methods and practices OF
representative government. IL was
tion and discussion by the members OF
the convention. IL was not the chance
product Of an excited hour. and II was
not upon the demands OF any powerful
infrence-political or otherwise-con-
straining the Judgment OF the dele
gates. II was not made for the purpose
OF conciliatinR malcohtents or OF swell
ing the campaign sund OF the party. No
bargains or intrigues contributed to II.
No suppressions OF the truth or mis-
leading of the convention as to your
principles and opinions were necessary
to bring IL about. IL was the deliberate.
Informed and IntellfRent Judgment or
the delegates from every state and ter
ritory. and IL was their unanimous
Judgment"
Given second place upon the ticket
four years sgo. the burden Of the cam
paign fell upon him. he did not shrink
nor hesitate. hut accepted the trust and
carried the party banner In honor and
triumph from sea TO sea. BY tempera-
mcnt aud experience he II peculiarly
qualified for party leadership.
In Indiana, hfteen/ years ago, he
found the party temple. brick To-
day he leaves II granite
IL IL said He II conservative" and so
he IL. and yet withall. progressive His