The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-18
CANDIDATES TO BE
NAMED TODAY


OF Cannon, Rep. Joseph w, Fordhe''
OF Michigan. said In part:
7 do not concede this grand old man
of the Republican party to the state .,
Illinois, but claim him for the unltea
states His work for the past ,nl.u
for Michigan and New York. and Tor
new England and the great west anu
for the south az well. where he was
born. He has stood as buiwark III
the Legislative halls against useless es-
travagance and also against retrograoe
economy. He has represented the In =
telligent. right thinking, patrlotic sen
timent OF the country, and mas mao .ne
courage to ignore the attacks OF those
who sought to sweep the government
from its safe mornings. while heipihe
70 direct II into the cffnnnets.e1
peoples best government Lake the
great Lincoln, ne has kept In touch
with the people, In order that the gov
eminent should not lose It's sense OF
responsibility TO the people VINO reahy
constitute the government.
He has been In the councils OF the
nation until he has won that verdict
usually given TO those who have passed
from the stage or action-ani NIT v'tb
Roosevelt through the last five years
has been testified to by the presen'
chief executive and by that co-opera-
ton OF these two sturdy men, mas come
the new laws for the better control or
the rate-malSing power on our raii-
roads: the employers liability act me
pure food laws. and in the last session
OF congress- the new currency law 70
make our business panic PROOF In TINS
last act, the indomitable courage, the
persistence and the experience OF Un-
Gle Joe" wrote that maj act OF con-
gress on the statute books.
Let the peoples delegates here write
the platform OF principles. and Uncle
Joe" will Aid in carrying them forward
He has ever been a stand patter In car
rying out the will Of the people ex-
pressed at the polls. and he Will stand
pat on the ticket and the platform here
made. whatever the result.
When the nomination speech was
ended there was some cheering. but
1t was neither fattering nor encour-
aging to the state OF Illinois. In fact 1t
was very weak.
Gov. ]. Frank Hanly, In presenting
Hon. Chas. Warren Fairbanks name
as a candidate for president, said:
New England. Indiana calls to you.
and TO you. New York. and TO you:
Pennsyl, ania. and TO you. Virginia. and
to Won, Kentucky. The blood OF all
il in her veins--of New England Puri-
tan. of New FORK Dutchman. OF Penn
sylvania Quaker. OF Virginia Cavalier,
OF Kentucky. Frontiersman She Is
akin 10 all. And in the name and by
the ties of her common kinship she
appeals to all. Are none OF you
peal? And Ohio. she calls to you
and upon you she has an especial
claim He whom she presents was
born upon your soil and nourished at
your bosom Can YOU forget your own?
Can the mother deny the child whose
character and deeds have brought her
only honor and distinction? And llli-
nois, Indiana appeals to you for Ohio's
son whom she has adopted and whom
she has come to love az her very own.
and reminds you that he is your neigh
bor and your friend. and that he Is
closely Identified with your people. Is
worthy tho best traditions or their past.
and shares their highest present aspir-
atoms. And Iowa. Indiana calls 70 you;
thousands Of your sons are Hoosier
bred and born. Her call to YOU Is tho
call OF the mother to her child. And CAL
ifoTnIa Oregon and Washington, Indi-
ana has a word for you. Her candidate
is, and for IL years has been. keenly