The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-19

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 lie life, and familiarity with public af- ] fairs. your nature. judgment and patri-
 otic impulses would insure the continu-
 ance of a wise administration and in-
 sure the safety and well being of the re-
 public.
 "Of the platform adopted by the con-
 Vention you are fully advised and the
 principles therein enunciated, will, we are
 sure, receive your hearty approval, and we confidently expect and believe the candidates and the platform, will at the
 approaching election, receive the tri- umphant endorsement of the American people,"
 Sherman's Address.
 MT. Sherman said
 "Senato Burroughs and Gentlemen of the
 Notification Committee:
 Your chairman, speaking for the com- mittee, has notified me of my nomination by the republican national convention.
 held in Chicago in June as the party s
 candidate for vice president. As
 chanced to be in Chicago in June, had
 an inkling of the conventions action,
 which was confirmed by a warm-hearted i reception rendered me by my neighbors on l the occasion of my homecoming on July l 2 This official notification, however. is welcome and the nomination you tender me is accepted; accepted with gratitude 1 commensurate with the great honor con i ferred; accepted with a full appreciation of 1 the obligations which accompany that i honor, an honor greater because my name ] is linked with that of William H. Taft, 1 whom I respect and esteem highly and i who approaches the high office of presi- i dent exceptionally well equipped to dis i charge the duties and bear the varied and weighty responsibilities of that exalted po- ! sition My acceptance could not be made with honor unless 1 were in full accord with the declaration of principles adopted 1 by the convention. Not only am l in full 1 and complete accord with my party's plat l form, but l endorse every word Of the
 statement made by Mir Taft in his address l of acceptance when notified of his nomina- i ton as the republican candidate for pres l ident.
 That speech fully and comprehensvely l discusses the issues of this campaign as presented by the platforms of the two
 great parties so that it Is appropriate that
 my statement should be short. Those not convinced by the presentation of MT Tart l could not hope to persuade. It is, how ever, in conformity with custom that l re- fer at least briefly to some of the im- portant issues of the campaign.
 First, then, let me say that I am a
 protectionist l am sufficiently practical
 to value the utility of a fact higher than the beauty of a theory, and l am pro- tectionist because experience has demon-
 strated that the application of that princi-
 pie has lifted us as nation to plane
 of prosperity, above that occupied by any other people
 "I especially commend that plank of
 our platform which promises an early i revision of tariff schedules That pledge will be fulfilled in an adjust
 ment based in every particular upon
 the broad principles of protection for all American interests; alike for labor,
 for capital, for producers and consum-
 CTS. The Dingley bill, when enacted,
 was well adapted to the then existing l conditions. The developments of indus trial prosperity in a decade, which in 1 volume and degree have surpassed our most roseate expectations have so al tered conditions that in certain details of schedules they no longer in every particular mete out justice to all. In this readjustment the principle of pro- tection must and will govern; such du- ties must and will be imposed as will
 equalize the cost of production at home and abroad and insure a reasonable
 profit to all American interests. The
 republican idea of such a profit em- braces not alone the manufacturer, not alone the capital invested. but all en-
 gagged in American production, the em- ployer and employed, the artisan, the
 farmer, the miner and tn ose engaged fn
 transportation and trade; broadly
 speaking, those engaged in every pur
 suit and calling which our tariff direct ly or indirectly affects. During a stat
 utory application of this principle,
 prosperity has abided with us. When a revenue tariff has been the law, ad-
 versity and want have been our DOT tion. Our democratic brethren, whose memories are as short IS their prom
 ises are frail, and who have always
 exhibited a lack of capacity to profit
 by experience. unmindful of the dis tress and destruction that arrived and departed with the last democratic ad
 ministration, declare in their platform
 that they favor such Immediate re- vision of schedules as may be
 necessary to restore the tariff to a rev.
 enue basis" revenue basis"
 tariff for revenue only" ultimate free trade"-all have an identical meaning, that meaning being an assault upon American industries, an attack upon the American wage scale. a lessening demand for the products of American soil and American toil less work, less
 pay. less of the necessaries of and com
 forts of life. In the light of history,
 what issue of the campaign so vitally
 affects American citizens? Experience. that effective teacher-effective sat-e
 with the one-man power now parading | under the title of the democratic party has taught the nation valuable les son and the result of the coming Mo- vember election will once more prove | the American people to be apt scholars. What the laborer of the land, skilled and unskilled, desires is the opportu 1 nifty at all times to exchange his brain 1 and Drawn for good pay in good l money. A protective tariff and the gold standard, both now the existing achievements of the republican party, | in spite of democratic opposition, give l the laborer that opportunity.
 "The republican party believes in the 1 equality of all men before the law be- l lieves in granting labor's every request | that does not seek to accord rights to l one man denied to another Fair-mind- | ed labor asks no more, no less, and ap- | proves the record of the republican party | because of that partys acts.
 q have helped to make my party's | record in the enactment of the eight | hour law, the employers liability act, | the statutes to minimize the hazard of | railroad employees. the child labor law | for the district of Columbia, and other
 enactments designed especially to improve | the conditions of labor. l cannot hope 1 to better state my position on injunctions
 than by a specific indorsement of Mir | Tafts Cincinnati declaration on that sub