The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-19
REPUBLICAN CLUB HAS TAFT RALLY First in United States Accom- panies Ringing Out of a Campaign Banner at
 Clubhouse.
SHERRY PRESENTS GIFT
Speakers Laud Nominee as Best Fitted Man in Country 10 Fill Office He Is Candi-
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bly, the first Taft rally in the United States In conjunction herewith was also raised the first Taft banner which will swing across Grown street until after the election in the coming No vemoer. The banner raising came first. AS soon as the news of the choice on the first ballot arrived the throng in the club house who had come to learn the news and see the banner swung gave vent to its enthu- siasm and the picture of Taft which had been prepared in expectation of his nomination was quickly adjusted to the banner and with the legend For President, William Howard Taft of Ohio" the banner was swung out to cheers, fireworks and a great demon stration.
 Adjournment was then taken to tho hall of the club house where several hundred members of the club and their friends united in applause of the nom inee and in praise of his selection by the convention When things settled down enough for orderly proceedings, President Seymour l.. Judd of the club mounted the boards and started them off again with cheers for Taft. James IS. Macdonald. state highway commis- sioner was the introductory speaker of the evening, He alluded first to the fact that it was nine years since he had laid down the mantle of chairman of the town committee and that every thing had been done since in the most approved fashion. Tho business men of the country and the citizens at large he declared were looking for man peace and in William H. Taft dnter- mission of several minutes for storm of applause to pass by) they had the ideal, He then went into a brief re- counting of the characteristics of the man whom the party had nominated as standard bearer stating that he was a man of great tact and also of decision, one in whom the clements were so mix ed and balanced that he would make a splendid president In closing he spoke of his Yale connections and espe- cially of his close relation with the city of New Haven and declared that both Ehis university and his adopted city would be proud to have him as presi. dent of tho United States
 Congressman Nehemiah D. sperry received his usual tumultuous welcome when he arose to speak He presented to the club a handsome volume which will not only be prize as a beautiful | piece of book making but even more so as a volume full of interesting and val uable material It contains copies of the original Washington portraits of all the presidents of the United States with copies of their autographs and with a short account of their policies and the principles which they favor annexed. The book Is on the best of heavy paper bound in full Russia and with gold edges
 Tn presenting the gift the congress. man said:
 ITO my friends of the Young Mems Republican club:
 Whenever the bugle call for politi- cal action sounds. we know where you af~ to be found and that is in the iron, rank, fighting for the principles of the republican party. The fathers of l71t and the patriots of 1861 like meteors bursting from the clouds of midnight darkness ilumined our nation with light and the world with glory, raised our starry banner and planted the tree of liberty deep in the soil of freedom. II They gave us a country worth fighting for and each presidential year finds the true American citizen ready to do bat lieves. Your presence here tonight indi- cates that you are again in the field tc do your best to bring about another republican victory.
 T have always taken great interest and much pleasure in sounding your praises abroad. Your patriotic deed. and your loyalty to the republican par ty deserves this. And tonight l brlne with me a slight memento of the higf regard and esteem l entertain for eact and every member of this club l am personally under great obligations tC you all and l take this opportunity tC thank you sincerely for your labors 1T my behalf
 Tn the course of my congressiona duties at Washington this winter
 came across a book of national import ance which at once struck me as be | ing suitable work to present to { | club of this kind It contains copies o the portraits of all the presidents o the United states from Washington t | Roosevelt These copies are from th originals owned by the nation and hun; on the walls of the White house il Washington. Accompanying these DOT traits you will find a brief history O the principles each president advocated during his term of office
 T present to you this volume wit my very best wishes for continued sue cess and prosperity and with the sin cere hope that this club will continu it's patriotic labors as long as the re publican party lasts,
 Very sincerely yours,
 IN. D. Sperry."
 The last speaker was Prof Edwar' E. Reed of Yale. He spoke in glow ing terms of Taft, of his record ant of his fitness for the office. Fo fourteen years this man has been fit ting, unconsciously for he is not l -