The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-29
Formal Notification of the
Nominee the Occasion.
For an Outpouring.
HEAT CAUSED HIM TO
CUT SHORT ADDRESS
Enthusiastically Applauded
by Vast Crowd as He APP
peared Upon the Portico of
His Brothers Residence
and Accepted the Honor.
2Y Associated Press.

Cincinnati, July 2S.-OfficiaIIy Motif
led to-day of his nomination for the
presidency of the Republican party
lWm. H. Taft, standing on ths porticC
lOf his brothers home in this city
formally accepted the honor.
Senator Warren's speech was brief
and when Taft appeared, wearing his
spectacles and with a smile, he was
greeted with enthusiastic applause
He shortened his speech somewhat
as he explained, on account of the
intense heat. Following the speech.
making was the parade and a ban
iquet at the Cincinnati Contry Club.
Roar Of Cannon.
Notification day broke with a roar
of cannon from the seven hills which
looked down at Z o'clock this morning
through the customary haze and
smoke to discover the city In the fut-
ter of liveliest animation, bedecked
and garlanded. flags flying and ban
ners waving, streets thronged, bands
playing, and a budding carnival of
lrlotous enthusiasm in the process of
going into full bloom
The notificati ton ceremonies at the
historic old Taft mansion on Pike
street We're led up to and followed
! by minor displays in the programme
iof the day. These ceremonies were
impressive in directness and SIM
plicity, in the appropriateness of the
surroundings, in the presence of ma
uonal party leaders and visiting Re-
pubiicans from Ohio and the surround
ing states. and in the regard and pride
OF the Deighbors and personal friends
or the candidate-citizens of Cincin,
nau, who for the first time have been
tnonored by the selection of a presi-
Dental candidate from their number.
Name on Every Lip.
The name of TAFT was on every
lip and the Taft" smile was com
mented upon as being universally in
evidence. 1t was half after 9 O'Clock
when the crowds began to participate
In the exercises. This early ceremony
constituted simple expression of
lnelghborly affection. Charles P. Taft
was made custodian of "a huge Ameri-
can flag, which was raised to the ton
OF 5O-fOot mast erected in the front
yard OF the Taft mansion-the gift
OF the people of Cincinnati to the
t1aft family. with the single stipu!a.
ton that it be raised whenever the
candidate is in the city, and lowered
during his absence. The presentation
was made the occasion for an -invoca-
Ition by Bishop David II. Moore. an
address by former Congressman ia
COB Bromwell and a response by Char
Eles r. Taft. The yard and streets had
Ioeen thrOnged with people from early
morning to witness :he flag ceremon-
pes. America" sung by the assem-
lblage. selections by a band and by
smembers of the Yale and Woodward
alumni formed a part of the program.
FBenedictiOn was pronounced by Rev.
EGeorge A hayer. while a band con-
cert was being enjoyed ny an i'm
mense crowd surrounding Government
square, some blocks away.
Taft'S Address.
Senator William Garner, of Mis-
souri,, past commandcr-in-chief of the
Grand Army of the Republic. chair
man of the notification committee, es-
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