The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-18

HE NAMES TAFT.
Congressman Burton of Ohio
Places in Nomination
For President the Buckeye
States FavOrite Son.
SEVEN TIMES BEFORE
He Says She Has Furnished the
Standard Bearer
And on Each Occasion the Party
Has Been Victorious.

Convention Hall Chicago, June IS.
william H. Taft was placed in NOM
nation for the presidency by Con-
gresham Burton of Ohio, who spoke
as follows:
This convention enters upon the
grave responsibility of selecting a
presidential candidate with the serene
assurance that the Republican party
will continue to rule this people.
What assembled multitude in any land
has ever pointed the way to such ben
eficent results for home and for the
progress of the whole human race, as
the recurring conventions of this
grand old organization? Yet we do not
rely alone upon the record of that
which 1t has accomplished. We en-
phasize, even more, its supreme quail
ihcation to solve the problems of the
present.
1t is especially appropriate that this
gathering should be held in this mar
velous city of Chicago, whence the
steel bands of commerce reach out in
every direction, over plain and river
and mountain, to almost boundleSS
distance, bringing the richest treas
ures of continent to lay them at
your feet. Here it was that the right
eous uprising against slavery and
Bourbonism, sprung from the nations
conscience, raised its first triumphant
voice when Abraham Lincoln was
nominated. And here, again, with
notes of thunderous acclaim, enrap-
tured throngs greeted the naming of
Garfield, of Blaine, of Harrison and of
Roosevelt.
Seven to Her Credit.
Again Ohio presents a candidate to
the National Republican convention.
In seven stubbornly contested pres1-
Dental campaigns, sons of her sacred
soil have led the embattled Republic
can hosts to victory. The Buckeye
state has assuredly contributed her
the upbuilding of the nation. But that
of which we are prouder still Is her
stalwart citizenship-the mightiest
bulwark of the republic in every COM
monwealth-made up of Americas
free yeomen, ever ready to respond to
the tocsin of alarm in days of peril,
or to crush corruption whenever it
raises its menacing head. From this
citizenship Ohio, in the supreme
emergency of the civil war, sent forth
more than two hundred thousand SOL
diers for our country's defense, for
midable array easily surprising in
numbers the world-conquering legions
of imperial Caesar, and even larger
than any army ever mustered by Brit
ain for the tented field. But trans
cendent above all is the fact that Ohio
is one of a matchless union of states
linked together in everlasting bonds
of amity and constituting an empire
wonderful in power and almost i'm
measurable in extent. Each sovereign
state alone would occupy but sub
ordinate place in the great current of
the worlds events, but when repre-
scented by one of forty-six bright stars
on a field of stainless blue, every one
forms part of an emblem of union and
of strength more beautiful far than
the most brilliant constellation in the
heavens.
We welcome the friendly rivalry Of
candidates from other stateS-from the
great Empire state, the keystone state,
Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin, form
ing with Ohio broad expanse extend
ing in unbroken sweep from old ocean
to the uppermost bound of the greatest
Of inland seas. Each Of these presents
a leader among leaders whose. achieve
ments and renown are not cOnnned TO
the narrow limits of a single common
wealth. Today with fervid earnest
ness we wage a contest for the prize.
Tomorrow, united for the fray and
quickened by a common fiery zeal, the
champions of all the candidates will go
forth with mounting enthusiasm to
vanquish the foe.
Perplexing Questions
The most perplexing questions of to-
day arise from the bountiful develop
ment of our material wealth. Such a
development can not occur without the
creation of inequalities and dangers to
the social fabric. 1 most strenuously
deny that the American business man
or the American citizen cherishes low
er standards than the citizens of any
other country. The American people
are by no means depraved. But by rea-
son of their busy absorption in varied
pursuits and of the glamour which at
tends success in great undertakings,
questionable methods have been able
to engraft themselves upon the bust
ness of the country. Rich rewards
have too frequently been gained by
some who are none too scrupulous
Monopoly, dishonesty and fraud have
assumed a prominence which calls for
the earnest attention and condemna-
ton of every man who truly loves the