The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-07-29
Mr.. TAFT NOTIFIED
Heard Formal Word That He Is
Choice Of Republican Party.

All Glasses Of Citizens United to Do
Honor to the city's First Nominee
For Observation-Disclosures Of Notfica-
tion Made by Senator Warner OF
Mssouri-speech Of Judge Brom'
we'll at Unfurling Of Flag on the
Taft Residence.
Cincinnati July 2S.-This is mem
orable day in Cincinnati, on occasion
| of the notification of William II. Taft
by the committee of the Chicago con-
vention of his nomination for the pres
ldency. The day had been made a
public holiday and all classes of citi-
zens united in doing honor to the
nominee.
At seven o'clock in the morning
there were salutes of twenty guns or
more fired from these four hilltops-
Price hill, Mt. Adams, Mt. Lookout
and Fairview Heights, as a welcome
to Cincinnati's first candidate for the
presidency.
AT s o'clock bands stationed in the
parks, squares and at prominent cor
ners began to make melody and kept
at 1t all day.
At 10 o'clock flag was presented
by the city of Cincinnati to Charles
P. Taft, brother of the nominee, to
be unfurled over the Taft residence
on Pike street. This presentation
was made at the Taft residence, the
lawn of which, exclusive Of walk and
driveway, was covered with an i'm
mense platform.
At II O'Clock the notification COM
mittee was escorted to the Taft resi-
dence and, on the temporary platform,
Judge Taft heard the formal word that
he is the Republican party's choice
for president. There were but two
speeches that of Senator Warner OF
Missouri, notifying Mr.. Taft and that
of acceptance by the nominee.
Judge J. H. Bromwell of Cincinnati,
in presenting the flag to Mr.. Charles
P. Taft, just prior to the notification
ceremonies, spoke as follows:
Fellow Citizens: A distinguished
honor has been conferred upon our city
by the selection of one Of our towns
men for nomination to the greatest
Office on the face of the earth, the
presidency of the United States
In appreciation of this high compli-
ment and as special tribute of our
regard and respect for our neighbor
and fellow citizen upon whom this
honor has been bestowed. We have set
apart this day to rest from our usual
vocations and to celebrate an event
unique in the history of our city.
Ohio the Mother Of Presidents.
Ohio, the mother of presidents, has
furnished other great and able men to
fill the office of chief executive of our
nation, but on this occasion our own
fair city offers, for the first time, one
of its sons for that high station.
This demonstration is in no sense
partisan or political. For the time be-
Ing We lay aside party lines and ig-
more national platforms. We are
here as citizens of Cincinnati and as
friends, neighbors and admirers of
William Howard Taft.
1t would be unbecoming under such
circumstances to enter upon any
! eulogism, however brief, of his ability
or his fitness for the high Office for
which he has been named. That will
come later, in the great battle of ora.
tory and argument which is to follow
the exercises of this day.
How appropriate, then that the for
NAL ceremonies of this occasion should
be opened by the function of raising
the flag. in which all may freely par
ticipate without sacrifice of party af-
filiations or political tenets.
For the American flag belongs not,
exclusively, to any man or body of
men; not to any political party, re-
ligious sect or social organization. 1t
is the priceless heritage handed down
by heroic ancestors to all the nation
and to every one of its people.
1t is to us an emblem of the unity
Of our government and the wonderful
progress and development 1t has made
in the brief space Of little more than
a century.
1t has been held aloft in the front
rank of that steady, forward march
which has transferred us from a hand
full of scattered colonies with rival in
terests and little in common, save
their need of protection from aggres-
sion by foreign powers, into a world
power, the equal Of any on earth, with
common purpose and a single in
terest
Every great national achievement,
whether in war or peace, has been
wrought under its beautiful folds,
which ever have been, and ever will
be, the glorious emblem Of civil and
religious liberty.
1t was with Washington at York
town, with Perry on Lake Erie and
with Jackson at New Orleans; it was
with Scott and Taylor in Mexico, with
Grant at Appomatox and with Dewey
at Manila, and with Sampson and
Schley at Santiago.