The Honesdale citizen. [volume] (Honesdale, Pa.) 1873-1908, 1908-07-30

hopuDllchn CLUBS. Inc streets are
crowded with thousands Of Republic
ans from many states. gathered to do
honor to their purty's standard bearer.
The ceremony Of notification took
place In the home OF Charles L. Taft,
brother Of Judge Taft.
Homo Of TsFt's Brother.
This home, beautiful one. is sit.
uated In one Of the most prominent
factory districts Of the city The house
is more than II hundred years old. The
business part Of the city has grown
up around II. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
T.. Taft, however. are W attached tO
It that they will not move out to the
new fashionable hill section. The home
IL filled with beautiful pictures by fu.
NOUS artists and with curios from all
over the world
Mrs. william ii. Taft. accompanied
by Mrs. Henry &. Corbin of Washing.
ton, wife of Major General Curhin.
came from Hot Springs In time to ut.
tend Judge Tafts Notification. They
will he the guests of Charles l.. Taft
until tomorrow. when the party. com.
posed ~ the secretary and Mrs. Taft.
General and Mrs Cnrhin and several
others will leave on the return trip To
Hot Springs. reaching there Thursday
morning. Charley Taft. son OF the
presidential candidate, remained AT
Hot Springs while his parents attended
the notification ceremonies here.
The festivities preliminary to the
speeches at Judge Taft's temporary
home included salutcs in the early
morning from hill tops, consisting Of
twenty or more guns fired from each
OF the four hill tops-Mount Adams,
Mount Lookout, Fnirview heights and
Price hill.
Flag Raising In Taft's Honor.
Later there was II flag raising In the
grounds Of Charles J.. Taft. the cere-
mOny consisting Of an Invocation,
singing the presentation and raising
Of the flag, Its acceptance, singing and
the benedictiOn.
Then came the escort OF the notifica.
tiOn committee from Hotel Sinton to
the residence of Charles l.. Taft, the
reception committee escOrting the no.
tihcation committee TO the Taft home,
where an Informal reception WAS held
by Judge Taft.
The notification committee was head
ed 10y Chairman William Warner. Unit
,d States senator from Missouri. In
delivering to Mr. Taft the formal no
tice of his nomination Senator Warner
said:
You ara of course not unaware. Mr..
Taft. that Mr. Roosevslts term a. prSsi-
| dent OF the United States will expire on
March T. iU9. that the political parties
| OF our country are perfsctinE their or
| HanizAtlona preparatory TO presenting TO
the people at tho general election TO he
| held Ia November next their respective
| candidates for that high ONCE that the
| Republican party In national convention.
| composed Of delegates representing eV-
| cry state and territory and tho outlying
| possessions OF the United States, assam-
| bled at Chicago on June 10 to 10 inclusive
| has completed It's deliberations. that II
| has outlined aud submitted to the citiIen-
ship Of the republic for consideration and
| adoption governmental policies which II
confidently believes will be OF the high
est service to the nation In her every
| part; that II has from among its strong
| and experienced statesmsn-men whose
| service TO tho public has demonstrated
their worthiness IN clearnesA OF chRrac-
ter. devotion TO the country and the well
fare OF the individual citizen and with
full understanding of the nations needs
In her highest and best aspirations-ss-
leoted you as Its candidate for president.
the highest honor that can be conferred
by this constitutional republic. and
would therefore add the most exalted po'
litical once on this earth. and the com
mittes which you Ass before you. whoss
chairmGnship l have the honor to hold In
the temporary absence from the Uniteo
States Of ths Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge
OF Massachusetts,. permanent chairman ol
the Republican national convention now
tenders 20 you al the direction Of thai
! convention fho -is'nal nomination OF tn.
'oasblinan - ~ the DTAAldeAa1 ol