The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-19
SECRETARY TAFT NOMINATED FOR
PRESIDENT ON THE FIRST BALLOT
LATER HIS NOMINATION WAS MADE UNANIMOUS CONGRESS.
MAN BURTON MADE NOMINATING SPEECH SECONDED
BY GEORGE A. KNIGHT OF CALIFORNIA.
CANNON FAIRBANKS FORAKER. HUGHES, KNOX AND lAF0l.
LETTE PLACED BEFORE THE REPUBLICAN C6RvEn.
Tl0N-PLATe0RM READ AND ADOPTED.

Chicago. June ts--Fo- president Of tho
United states, William H. Taft cf Ohio
Taft on the first ballot: TAFT by 702 votes
TAFT by the unanimous choice Of the con
vention
Such Is the record OF the cuminatinr
day of the Republican national conven
tion Of 1908, effected amid scenes of
tumulious enthusiasm and after a nerve
rhcking cor inuous session lasting nearly
eight hours. With president named and
platform enuncia ted. there remains only
the nomination OF the vice president to|
complete this momentous work, Thurs
day night the whole city was given over to
wild exultation In honor OF the new can
didats whose name goes echoing through
the country.
The picture within the walls Of the vast
amphitheater as the presidential candi-
date was named Thursday was one truly
grandiose In It's magnitude In front to
the right and left below and above. the
billowing sea of humanity, restless after
hours OF waiting and stirred from one
emotion to another. was in a fever of ex-
peetancy for the culmna ting vote. The
favc~ite sons OF other states had been
named, save Knox and La Toilette. and
now on the roll cell came Ohio. AS the
Buckeye state was reached, the tall
eaunt form OF Theodore b. Burton, with
student-like face and severe black cler-
ical garb. advanced 10 tho platform to
nominate Ohos candidate. He spoke
fervently with the singing voice of an
evangelist, which went ringing through
the great building. lie said in part as
follows.
This convention enters upon the grave
responsibility OF selecting q presidential
candidate with the serene assurance that
the Republican party will continue % rule
this people. What assembled multitude
In any land has ever pointed the way to
such benehcent results. for home and for
the progress Of the whole human race,
as the recurring conventions of this grand
alone upon the record of that which II
has accomplished. We emphasize, even
more. Its supreme qualifica tons TO solve
the problems OF the present.
Again Ohio presents a candidate to the
national Republican convention. In seven
stubbornly contested presidential cam
the enIbattled Republican hosts 10 vic
tory. The Buckeye state has assuredl:.
contributed her share 81 statesmen and
generals for the upbulldng Of the nation.
But that Of which We are proudor still II
her stalwart citizenship--the mightiest
bulwark OF the republic in every common
wealth--made up Of America s free yeo-
men, ever ready 10 respond 20 the tocsin
Of alarm In days OF peril. or 10 crush cor
rIiption whenever II raises IT'S menacing
head.
From this citizenship Ohio, in tile su-
preme emergency OF the civil war, sent
forth more than 200 000 soldiers for our
oountry's defense, formidable array
easily SURPRISING In numbers the world
conquerlng legions of imperial Caesar, and
even larger than any army ever mustered
by Britain for the tented field. But
tTanscendent above all is the fact that
Ohio is one OF a fnatchless union Of states
linked together In everlasting bonds ot
sniity and constituting an empire wunder
fu In power and almost immeasurable ~
extent. Each sovereign state alone would
occupy but a ~ubordinate place IN the
great current OF the worlds events. but
when represented by one OF i6 brigh,
stars on a field of stainless blue, every
one forms pact OF an emblem OF union
and OF strength more beautiful far than
the most brilliant constellation In the
si1,s most perplexing questions OF to-
DAY arise from the bountiful development
of our material wealth. Such develop
nnent can not occur without the crea tion
rf ineauslities and dangers TO the sOclal
fsbfic / most strenuOusly deny that the
American business man or the American
citixen oherishes lower standards than the
citIzens of any other country. The Amer
lean people are by no, means 'deprated,
Hut hy reason OF their busy absorption M
varied pursuits and of the glamour which
sftends success In great nndertaSings
Questionable methods have been able Il
Sngraft themselves upon the business Of