The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-06-26
TWO MEN IN LIMELIGHT.
William H. Taft. Secretary of War.
Of Ohio, for President.

James S. Sherman, a Congress-
man. of New York, for vice president.
Such is the action of the national
republican convention In Chicago.
These two gentlemen have been Sc
lected to stand as the highest repre-
sentatives In republicanism in the
United States today.
1t was a foregone conclusion that
Secretary Taft would be nominated
for the presidency, but the second
place on the ticket was not so set
tied. There is great confidence ex-
pressed all over the nation that Sec
rotary Taft will be the right man in
the right place, and that he will car
ry forward the policies of the Roose-
welt administration. OF that the
country can be assured from the fact
that President Roosevelt cast the
whole influence of the administration
In the direction of the secretary. Mr..
Taft has travelled throughout the for
eign countries, and he is thoroughly
in touch with all the important ma
lions of the world, who have honored
him to a high degree, believing that
the time was coming when he would
be the chief executive Of the United
States, as he will be when the polls
close in November and he is induct-
ed into Office on the fourth of next
March. The entire country has been
aflame since the candidacy of the
secretary was announced, and it has
been more or less Of a procession
through the months of time until
the eliminating point was reached
in the Chicago convention. True, eff
forts were concentrated to bring
about other results, but the people
of this country were not going to be
fooled by trying an experiment when
they knew they were getting a man
whose influence would be with the
policies that have become so popular
in the past years.
James s. Sherman is a congress-
man from the state Of New York.
and he received the nomination With
practically the same unanimity that
was extended to Secretary Taft. MIR.
Sherman was nominated on the first
ballot, and in the nominating speech
Timothy Woodruff made the point
that NJ republican ticket had ever
been defeated when a New York man
was on it, with the exception of once
and that was when the opposing par
ty was bright enough to put a New
York man at the head of their ticket.
Speaker Joe Cannon, Of Illinois, Sec
onded the nomination of Mr.. Sher-
man. and in paying a tribute to the
fitness of Sherman for the position,
said:
III v a contingency should arise,
which God forbid, that he should be
called upon to supplant the presi-
dent. there is no man I could trust
more to fulfill all the duties of that
high ONCE than Sherman"
Mr.. Cannon also paid a magnificent
tribute to Secretary Taft, saying:
81 say without mental reservation
that William H. Taft is my candidate.
He is q broad, cultured and judi
cial minded executive omcial who
has answered every draft upon him
with unfailing zeal and fidelity to
public service"
The other vice presidential candi-
dates. when 1t came to the nominat-
inb speeches, yer not regarded as
suhicient strong timber to be consid-
cred. A gentleman close to the adj
ministration. speaking Of Governor
CUMMING possibility, said that the
Iowa governor did not represent the
true type Of republication Of the ma
ltfonal character-that when 1t came
to being q strictly party man that the
governor had never been classed az
"a man Of that type-that he was in
clined. In view of his past political
history, to separate from the domi-
mating wing, and that could not be
tolerated in a national administra-
ton that the vice president must
be q nan to stand in perfect accord
with the national administration.
Taft and Sherman are the magnetic
names which will be heralded
through the United States for the
next four months and a half. Both
men have the greatest qualifications
for leading the United States to .
higher position in the world and that
their election is assured there can be
!. NO doubt.
GROWTH OF A NATION.
J The Omaha Bee gives the follow
ing summary OF the growth Of the
nation In the period Of four years,