, 1908-06-18
REPRESENTATIVE BURToN's MAS.
TERFUL ADDRESS IN PLAC-
ING NAME BEFORE CON-
vENTioN TODAY.
Buckeye State Has Already Given Of
Her Sons to Every Demand Made
BY the People Of the Nation and
Now The state Would Send An
other Honored Son to White
House-Deeds Of a Great Party.


the address in full of Hon. Theodore
Taft In nomination In the republican
national convention for president of
the United States:
Mr.. Burton's Address.
This convention enters upon the
grave responsibility Of selecting a
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 benef-
sent results for home and for the pro-
gress of the whole human race, as the
recurring conventions OF this grand
old organization? Yet We do o rely
alone upon the record of that which 1t
has accomplished. We emphasize,
even more, its supreme qualification
TO solve the problems of the present.
Uprising Against Slavery.
1t is especially appropriate that this
gathering should be held in this mar
velous city of Chicago, whence the
steel bands of m reach out in
tVSiy hoSeohs 0NSA FAoh o"N Nv
and mountain, to almost boundless dis
lance, bringing the richest treasures
of u continent to lay them at your feet.
Here 1t was that the righteous upris-
ing against slavery and Bourbonism,
sprung from the nations conscience,
raised Its first triumphant voice when
Abrahsm Lincoln was nominated. And
hnro -~n.f., xtSth optA, 81 tNnnAaroat
acclaim. enraptured throngs greeted
the naming OF Garfield, OF Blaine, of
Harrison and of Roosevelt.
Ohio's Candidate.
Again Ohio presents o candidate to
the national republican convention. In
seven s%tubbornly contested presiden-
tial campaigns. sons OF her sacred soil
have led the embattled republican
hosts to victory. The Buckeye state
has assuredly contributed her share OF
statesmen and generals for the upbuild-
ing of the nation. But that OF which
We are prouder still is her stalwart
citizenship-the mightiest bulwark Of
the republic in every commonwealth
made up of Americas free yeomen,
ever ready to respond to the tocstn Of
alarm IN days Of peril, or to crush cor
ruption whenever It raises its menac-
ing head.
ohio's Place in War.
From this citizenship Ohio. in the
supreme emergency of the civil war,
sem forth more than two hundred
thousand soldier for our country's de-
tense. a formidable array easily sur
passing in numbers the world-conquer-
ing legions Of imperial Caesar, anil
even larger than any army ever mus
tered by Britain for the tented field.
But tr~anscendent above all is the fact
that Ohio Is one of a matchless union
of states linked together in everlast-
ing bonds of amity and constituting
an empire wonderful in power and al
most Unreasonable in extent.
Part Of Emblem Of Union.
Each sovereign state alone would oc-
cnry but a subordinate place in the
great current Of the worlds events,
but when represented by one OF forty
six bright stars on a field of stainless
blue, every one forms part of an en-
blem of union n Of strength o
beautiful far than the o brilliant
constellation in the heavens.
Welcome Rivalry Of Candidates.
We welcome the friendly rivalry of
candidates from other states-from the
great Empire state, the Keystone
state. Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin.
fNrtpipx with Ohio n hrnal aynnnSh
extending in unbroken sweep from old
ocean to the uppermost bound of the
greatest of inland seas. Each of these
presents a leader among leaders whose
achievements and renown are not CON
fined to the narrow limits of a single
commonwealth. Today with fervid
earnestness We wage a contest for the
prize. Tomorrow, united tor the fray
and quickened by a common fiery zeal,
the champions OF all the candidates
will go forth with mounting enthusi.
asm to vanQuish the foe.
Some Perplexing Questions.
The most perplexing questions of
today arise from the beautiful develop
ment OF our material wealth. Such
a development a not without
the creation of inequalities and dan
gers to the social fabric. l most strenu-
ously deny that the American business
man or the American citizen cherishes
lower standards that the citizens of
any other country. The American
people are by no means depraved.
But by reason of their busy absorption
in varied pursuits and of the glamour
which attends success in great under
takings, questionable methods have
been able to engraft themselves upon
the business of the country.
Earns Mems Condemnation.
Rich rewards have too frequently
been gained by some who are none
too scrupulous. Monopoly, dishonesty
and fraud have assumed a prominence
which calls for the earnest attention
and condemnation Of every man who
truly loves the Republic.
Roosevelt ls pre-Eminent.
Against all these abuses AMI in the
work for restoring old ideals OF hon
esty and equality, al well as for higher
standards of civic duty, n man has
stood pre-eminent, and that man IL
Theodore Roosevelt. Against corrup-
tion In every form he has set his face