The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-07-28
Senator Warner and Commit
tee Notify the Next Presi-
dent Of Nomination.
TAFT MAKES AN ADDRESS
Ably Discussing the Issues and
Party Platforms as Enun-
ciated Now.

4 CINCINNATI. o.. July 2S-During
the noon hour while the noise makers
and others who had been since early
morning giving spectacular utterance
to their rejoicing that a native Gin
cinnatian had come to great honor,
a soldier statesman from Missouri,
Senator William Warmer, in a briefly
impressive speech notified William
HAYWARD Taft, jurist. colonial govern
or and war secretary, that he had
been chosen by representatives of a |
great political party in convention as
sembled, as a candidate for the Pres |
idency OF the United States. Sur
rounding him when he was thus for
mally notified of this great RESPONSE I
b!lity and honor, were members of
the notification committee, private
and official visitors from many states !
of the Union, personal friends unnum-
bered and other hosts gathered from
all quarters of the country to do hon
or to the central figure of the days
ceremonies.
Flutterlng flags and pennants, drap-
cries of the national colors. pictured
| images of the candidate and cordially |
hearty greetings were in evidence not
alone in the business sections but on
the hill tops and in the more remote
parts OF the scattered city, while
suburbs both in Ohio and Kentucky
Joined in glad acclaim to the chosen
Republican leader And yet partisan
| feeling did not figure largely In tho
days program. The formal speeches
Of course were partisan In nature and
| ~,
parade, but otherwise both Democrats
and Republicans Joined IN showing
| honor to native son of the great
Ohio Valley.
Artillery salutes.
Artillery salutes from the various
hill tops at o'clock formally open
ed the days celebVation. A flag rails
ing at the residence OF Charles P. |
Taft at $50 brought the celebration
to the stage where the great event OF
| the day was to take place. The flag,
made from materials contributed by
admirers in the far off Philippines.
was intended to be used as signal
during the campaign, It's appearance
| indicating the presence in the city OF
Judg &c Taft in whose absence 1t would
not be put out. Judge Jacob Brom-
WE'LL on behalf of the Filipinos and
Cincinnati givers of the flag, made |
| the presentation address, the accept |
ance being by Charles p. Taft, who
took advantage Of the opportunity to |
return thanks on behalf of his brother
for the general celebration as well as
for the flag.
At IL o'clock the members of the
notification committee. headed by
Chairman Warner, were escorted
| from the Sinton Hotel to the Taft !
residence, where an informal reCep- /
tion was held and luncheon served. !
AS the noon hour approached the
| crowds began to gather soon filling
the Spacious lawns and the entire
width OF Pike street. while from near |
! by windows hundreds OF other spec
tators. watched the scene.
On a platform directly in front of
the front door, Chairman Walker
made the formal notification address. |
Judge Taft Immediately responded, |
reading his address in clear, ringing
voice that carried WE'LL the high build
ings that surrounded the one-story
colonial residence helping the acous-
tics admirably.
Taft Reads Speech.
Mr.. Taft said in part:
Senator Warner and Gentlemen OF
the Committee:
81 am deeply sensible OF the honor
which the Republican National Con
| vention has conferred on me in the
nomination which you formally ten
der. j accept 1t with full apprecia-
ton of the responsibility it imposes.
Gentlemen, the strength of thhi
Republican cause in the campaign at
hand is in the fact that we represent
the policies essential to the reform
Of known abuses, 10 the continuance
of liberty and true prosperity, and
that we are determined, as our plat
form uneuuivocally declares, to main
tain them and carry them on. For
more than ten years this country
passed through an epoch of material
development far beyond any that ever
occurred in the world before. In It's
course, certain evils Crept in. Some
prominent and influential members Of
the community, spurred by financial
success and in their hurry for great
er wealth. became unmindful o. the
common rules of business honesty
and fidelity and OF the limitations i'm
posed by law upon their action. This
became known. The revelations OF
the breaches<of trust, the disclosures
as to rebates and determinations by
railways. the accumulating evidence
OF the violation Of the antitrust law
I by number Of corporations, the
Noyerissue of stocks and bonds on in
terstate railways for the unlawful en-
riching 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 moral awakening among
them that bodied we'll for the future
of the country.
What Roosevelt Has Done.
"The man who formulated the eX-
preston of the popular conscience