The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-20
SHERMAN IS TOLD
OF NOMINATION
TAFT,S RUNNING MATE GIVEN
FINAL NOTIFICATION.
ALL UTICA CELEBRATES
Parade Precedes Ceremony and
Sports and Concert Follow
Points in the Speech of
Acceptance.

Utica, N Y, Aug. 1S.-Representa
tives James S. Sherman at noon Tues
day was formally notified of his nomi
nation for the yicepresidency at the
Chicago convention last June, and the
final ceremonies of officially placing
the Republican national ticket before
the people were completed.
The notification was made the occa.
sion of a general holiday and the resi-
dents of the city, irrespective of party
took part in the tribute to fellow
townsman. The city, especially on
Genesee street from the downtown sec.
ton to the Sherman residence, was
handsomely decorated.
Salutes and Parade.
The day began with a vice-presi,
Dental salute of Is guns, fired at seven
a. m. Then followed a parade of the
city police and fire departments and at
IL o'clock the members of the notifica-
ton committee were escorted to the
Sherman residence. A combined band
of ITO pieces, gathered from neighbor-
ing cities, was at the head of the col
umn of autorpobiles.
Secretary Root was one of the dis,
tinguished guests at the notification
ceremonies and made brief address.
In addition to the addresses of Senator
Julius c. Burrows, chairman of the
notification committee, and of Mr..
SherT%ln, there were remarks by Pres!
ident NJ. w. Stryker of Hamilton col
lege, from which the vice-presidential
candidate was graduated; by Mayor
Thomas Wheeler and by Charles S.
Symonds, chairman of the local recep-
ton committee.
The later afternoon was given over
20 field sports, races, baseball, ETC., at
Utica park, and in the evening there
were band concerts down town and an
electrical illumination of the principal
streets.
Mr.. Sherman's Address.
In accepting the nomination. Mr..
Sherman first paid high tribute to
Mr.. Taft and said he was in full accord
with Mr.. Tafts ideas and with the
party platform. He declared himself a
protectionist but heartily in favor OF
an early revision Of tariff schedules.
On the labor question he said
THE Republican party believes in
the equality of all men before the law;
believes in granting labor's every re-
quest that does not seek to accord
Il te m fn1 10
Fair-minded labor asks no more. no
less, and approves the record of the
Republican party because of that
party's acts.
Il 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 ]
cannot hope to better state my posi-
ton on injunctions than by a specific
Endorsement of Mr.. Taft's Cincinnati
declaration on that subject. That in
dorsement ! make"
The overshadowine Issue.
In closing, the nominee said:
"The overshadowing issue of the
campaign really is: Shall the admins
tration of President Roosevelt be ap
proved; shall party of demonstrated
capacity in administrative affairs be
continued in power, shall the reins OF
government be placed in experienced
hands, or do the people prefer &c
trust their destinies to an aggregation
of experimental malcontents and
theorists, whose only claim to a his.
tory is party name they pilfered.
with a record of four decades OF
wise legislation; two score years OF
faithful administration; offering its
fulfilled pledges as guaranty of its
promises for the future, the Repub
lican party appeals to the people and
with full confidence in their wisdom
and patriotism, awaits the rendition
of the November verdict"