The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-07-02
Chicago Tribune.

ehe American nane. There have been no
gears OF inaction in his career He has
b<<n continuously engaged in weighty tasks
snd each successive service has been char
scteTized by an increasing influence upon
sspst vital questions.
Secretary Taft has exceptional familiar
AZ with conditions in the distant Orient
n Japan. in China. We may rest assured
tfat our traditional friendship with Japan
will continue Moreover, the future prom
zes that the slumbering millions OF China
mill swakp from the iethargy of ages. and
she then Will realize that the morning dawn
.v< fresher life and wider outlook comes to
her across the broad Pacific from free
America. her truest friend and helper. We
covet no portion of her territory. We de-
.zre from her, from all nations. increased
rood will and that mutual respect which
Knows neither buster nor cringine on eithef
eide Thus liz this new era of larger rela-
items. Secretary Taft, with his cCmprehen-
sjou Of tonsl and international subjects,
wsald furnish certainty of peace and sus-
ezfned prestige
mighty people would have an assured CONT
Aenee In the secure Development and prog
sezs of the country and would rest safe in
1ze reliance that chief executive was at
re helm, who. In peace or In war, would
skrung hand and with gentle, patriotic
Hart
And so to-day, in the presence of more
ma. ten thousand; and with the insp ,,ra
ssA thousand who dwell within our borders.
= nominate for the Presidency that perfect
aJpe Of American manhood. that peerless
Hpresentatiye OK the noblest ideals In our
nltSsnAi life. WILLIAM II. Taft of Ohio
Boufeu Lauds Cannon.
Congressman Henry Sherman Boutell,
"a .ominating Speaker Cannon for the
psesidelcy, said:
His opponents dwell upon his years as
. handicap, but with him years have
hrsoght no signs of age, but only the wis
aUn ~ experience and its serene philosophy
No ore Of this generation has demonstrated
often or so successfully his capacity for
attracting the confidence and the affections
a his fellow citizens. Nineteen times he
has been elected to high office by the voters
II q district that has no superior in the
United States for intelligence and patriot
am.
Posterity will revere forever the name of
Abraham Lincoln, not alone because he freed
The slaves, nut rather because he emanci-
pated his co'Intrymen from thraldOm 10 ig-
sebie ideals in our civil and political lie.
And posterity will honor always the name
If Theodore Roosevelt, not alone became
more than any living man he has lightene l
me burdens of the weak, but rather because
ne has emancipated his countrymen fro n
hraldOm to unworthy ideals in the vOr d
81 business and finance.
And tine name of Cannon will always b.
linked with that of Roosevelt the Speak
er who stood by the President and helped
TO erystailize his policies into law. To
whom could we intrust with greater conf
sence the perfection and extension of these
policies in execution of the peoples Will?
Mr. President and gentlemen of the con-
rention. I nominate the Republican can
didafe for President of the United States
the Speaker of the House of Representa-
ffres who cast his first vote for Lincoln,
catered Congress under Grant and crowned
A generation of service as Roosevelt 5
strongest and bravest ally, Joseph G.. Can
1nn Of Illinois.
Cochems Names Ian Toilette.
In presenting the name of Senator La
Toilette Henry f. CocheIns said:
We believe that the pioneer in this move
meat who was good enough to break the
stubborn soil and plant the seed, is good
enough to reap the golden harvest and bring
4 hone to the people in its bounty. Through
an the years Robert NJ. La Toilette has
stood like "a bold mountain about whose
sunnits the hurricanes have raved In vain
and upon whose base the angry waves nave
Dest their surge, mistaken and unshak-
nb3e- For ten years he has carried this
uar upon the point Of his sword and from