The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-07-28
TAFT day in
CINCINNATI.
Citizens Of All Parties Join
In Celebration.
RECEIVES FORMAL NOTICE

Senator Warner, Chairman of Motif
cation Committee, Makes Address
Notifying Candidate of the Honor.
Streets Decorated and Filled With
Visiting epubicans-FIyine of Bal
looms and Fireworks Display Are
Features of Celebration = MIR. Taft
Attends Conference of Ohio Com
mittee.
Cincinnati, July 2S.-Whatever the
political beliefs of the Cincinnatian
may be he has temporarily forgotten
them today in his purpose of joining
as citizen in the honors paid to the
.city's most distinguished living native,
William Howard Taft, candidate of the
Republican party for president of the
United States, the occasion of the form
al announcement of his candidacy
Today is a general holiday in Gin
cinnati. That fact was evidenced not
only by the decorations that adorn the
streets and houses, but also by the
general cessation of work and business
and the crowds that assembled at the
home of Charles P. Taft to hear the
speech of notification and the nomi-
nee's reply. Some time ago the city's
authorities issued a proclamation re
questing that today be observed as a
municipal holiday by all citizens with
out regard to political affiliations.
Io Of
place in the home of Charles P. Taft,
brother of Judge Taft.
Mrs. William H. Taft, accompanied
by Mrs, Henry G. Corbin of Washing
ton, wife of Major General Corbin,
came from Hot Springs in time to at
tend Judge Taft's notification. They
will be the guests of Charles P. Taft
until tomorrow, when the party, com
posed of the secretary and Mrs Taft,
General and Mrs Corbin and several
others will leave on the return trip to
Hot Springs, reaching there Thursday
morning. Charley Taft, son of the
presidential candidate, remained at
Hot Springs while his parents attended
the notification ceremonies here.
The festivities preliminary to the
speeches at Judge Taft's temporary
home included salutes in the early
morning from hill tops, consisting Of
twenty or more guns fired from each
of the four hill tops-Mount Adams,
Mount Lookout, FairvieW heights and
Price hill.
Flag Raising In Taft's Honor.
Later. there was flag raising in the
grounds of Charles p. Taft, the cere-
mony consisting of an invocation,
singing, the presentation and raising
of the flag, its acceptance, singing and
the benediction.
Then came the escort of the notifica-
ton committee from Hotel Sinton to
the residence of Charles p. Taft, the
reception committee escorting the no
LITIGATION committee to the Taft home,
where an informal reception was held
by Judge Taft.
The notification committee was head
ed by Chairman William Warner, Unit
ed States senator from Missouri, who
delivered to Mr. Taft the formal no
tice of his nomination.
The rest of the day is to be given up
to celebrations of various sorts in hon
or of Mr.. Taft. The city seems anx-
ious to evince hi every way its regard
for him in the short time he will be
here
The events scheduled for this after
noon and evening in honor of Mr.. Taft
include an informal luncheon by Mr..
Charles r. Taft, an automobile ride
through the suburbs for the notifica-
ton and general committees, the re-
leasing of thousands of balloons in
different parts of the city, an informal
smoker at the Country club to the mo-
tification committee and distinguished
guests and a fireworks display at
Eden park, with Judge Taft and his
party and the notification committee
viewing the same from a steamboat.