The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-26
Presidential Nominee Will Be
 Notified on Tuesday
FLAG RAISING ID PREcEDE
Senator Warner Will Deliver Address of Notification and MT. Taft Will Reply, After Which citi-
 zens Will Celebrate.

Cincinnati, July 25.-Notifcation day seemed suddenly to become a realization in this city on the arrival today of Will liam Howard Taft. The work of plan ming and of preparation for the event has been going steadily forward for some time but it took the presence of the re- publican candidate for President to incitc the unfurling of flags, the draplng of bunting and the general breeziness of the holiday atmosphere, all of which is 10 eliminate on Tuesday in official func- tions. for the few and unofficial festivities for the many. The reception of MT. Taft. as he stepped from the train which had brought him from New York, could not have been less simple. It had been planned to avoid any suggestion of a function. !" Charles P. Taft and one or two old friends were at the station to greet the candi- date: "A crowd stood back of the station gafeand could not resist a modest demo~- stratibn of approval and a few friendly expressions were shouted here and there as the two brothers made their way to a waiting carriage.
 Holiday Attire.
 During the drive to the c. P. Taft res- idence in Pike street a glimpse of the holiday attire of the city was had, and when the old colonial house was reached, there was decided evidence of the coming event. Two large temporary porches, just nearing completion on either side of the piliared entrance. showed the necessity for providing for the notifica- tion committee and the local reception and arrangement committees. Directly in the center of the stone steps protrud- ed a speakers platform, which looked on the right and left to the spacious lawns, where standing room for 15O0 per- sons will be eagerly sought on Tuesday, and perhaps many times during the coming campaign.
 On the south lawn is new iagpole on which is mounted a gilded eagle, erected to bear the flag which Mir. Taft's en- thusiastic Filipino friends have sent to be raised daily throughout the campaign. When it is raised for the first time Tues day morning, amid a general salute of guns and whistles throughout the city, the raising is to be the occasion of q brief address of acceptance by C. r. Taft. This fag-raising begins the cere- monies for the day. The escorting of the committeeman from the Hotel Hinton and an Il o'clock breakfast in their honor will follow.
 Taft's Speech.
 The breakfast over the committeeman will take their places on the two plat forms. Senator Warner, chairman of tle notification committee of the national re publican convention will escort w. H. Taft to the speakers platform and there in a brief speech communicate to him the formal announcement of his nom1na- tion for the presidency. Then will fol- low the speech of acceptance of MT. Taft.
 Then a reviewing stand will be thrust quickly through the gates of the Taft yard. and for an hour and a half MT. Taft will witness the passing of march, ing clubs.
 Automobiles will follow the parades to the Taft home and the committee Will be driven throughout the city, bringing up at the Cincinnati Country club, on the Grandin road. MT. Taft will join the committees at the club and his au- tomobile will head the procession
 When the party boards the steamer Island Queen after dark for sail up the stream the night display will begin. One hundred and sixty tiny craft all ablaze with illumination, will escort the Island Queen on the journey, and tho Cincinnati Hills will burst into illumina- tion and detonation while riotous dls- play of fireworks Is given.
 Mr. Taft spent the afternoon and even ing quietly at the home of his brother. -.~~~~~~ vanced--old sympathes, prejudices, old as sociations are being invoked-to shake the purpose of the new party men. There are scouts here from both of the big parties. rlnx-a fo ,Aoo oIr,,o of ha which the big party men feel about the ever-growing strength of this national iA- dependence party. But these men havs twice, thrice, and yet again forgiven tiieir titacherous leaders and followed them to the polls once more, only again to be be- trayed and now the die has been cast.
 Old Party Principles.
 One of the favorite arguments advanced here, and it is also interchangeable, is that both Roosevelt and Bryan have had infused into their party platforms the doc- trines which the independence party al- vocates.
 As to this it is being pointed out that MT. Bryan has altogether abandoned the referendum, which for years has not been left out of a democratic platform.
 Aside from this the Independence party men have no difficulty in recalling that both of the big parties have consistently advocated all sorts of reforms in their platforms and with equal consistency have failed to carry them out when they got into power.
 The idea of the independence party men is this: To get the country back into the old path it is necessary to take 1t over the chasm of fraud, corruption and broken promises Shall the independence bridge be used, or an imitation of that bridge which has been weakened by the &i,,l<, of
 For the rest the discussion of cand!~ dates goes on with Hisgen of Massa chu- setts in the lead for the presidency and John Temple Graves of Georgia and How ard of Alabama dividing the honors for the vice presidency.
 William Randolph Hearsts positive re- frsal to run is generally accepted as talk ing him out of the race.