Evening journal., 1908-06-18
BURTON PUTS
UP TAFT'S NAME
Ohio Congressman Causes
Great OutburSt in NOmi-
mating War Secretary
THE PLATFORM IS ADOPTED
BY unItea Presr Lea.ea speeIal wIrs.

BY United Press Leased Special Wire
CHICAGO, June 1s.-William Il.
Taft's name was placed in nomination
for President before the Republican
Convention this afternoon by Congress
man Theodore Z. Burton, Of Ohio. He
extolled the fitness of the Secretary
of War.
Mention Of Tafts name caused pro-
longed cheering.
Congressman Boutelle, of Illinois,
made a speech nominating Uncle joe
Cannon.
Platform Adopted
The majority report Of the platform,
containing the anti-injunction plank,
was adopted.
The roll call Of states for presiden-
tal nominations is now going on.
Congressman Burton said:
Burton's Speech
This convention enters upon the grave
responsibility Of selecting 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
benehcent results for home and for the
progress Of the whole human race, as the
recurring conventions Of this grand-old
organization7 Yet we do not rely alone
uror the record Of that which it has ac-
complshed We emphasize, even more, It's
preme qualification to solve the problems
0s the present
1t is especially appropriate that this
gathering should be hsld in this mac
velous city Of Chicago, whence the steel
bards Of commerce reach out in every di-
rection, over plain and river and mountain,
to almost boundless distance, bringing the
Richest treasures of a continent to lay
them at your feet. Here II was that the
righteous uprising against slavery and
Bourbonism, sprung from the nations con-
science. raised its first triumphant voice
when Abraham Lincoln was nominated
And here. again. with notes Of thunderohs
acclaim, enraptured throngs greeted the
naming Of Garfield. Of Blaine, Of Harrison
and OF Roosevelt.
| Again Ohio presents a candidate to the
N5tional Republican Convention. In seven
stubbornly contested presidential sam.
paigns, sons Of her sacred soil. have led
the embattled Republican hosts to victSry.
The Buckeye state has assuredly contrs-
buted her share of statesmen and generals
! for the upbulldng Of the nation. But that
of which we are prouder still is her stall
wart ciuzenshp-the mightiest bulwarS
Of the Republic in every commonwealth
made up Of Americas free yeomen ever
ready to respond to the tocsin of alarTn
In days of peril, or to crush corruption
whenever 1t raises its menacinR head
Ftcm this citizenship Ohio. in the su.
preme emergency Of the Civil War, sent
forth more than two hundred thousand
soldiers for our countrys defense, a form
liable array easily surprising in numbers
| tile world-conquering legions of imperial
Caesar, and even larger than any army
ever mustered by Britain for the tented
field. But transcendent 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 immeasur-
able in extent. Each sovereign State alene
would occupy but a subordinate place in
the great current Of the worlds events.
but when represented 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 brillinat constellation in the
heavens.
Welcomes Rivalry.
We welcome the friendly rivalry of can.
didates from other States-from the great
Empire State the Keystone State, Indiana
Illinois and Wisconsin. forming with Ohio
broad expanse extending in unbroken
sweep from old ocean to the uppermost
Hound Of the greatest Of inland seas Each
OF these presents a leader among leaders
whose achievements and renown are not
cenhned to the narrow limits of a single
commonwealth. To-day with fervld earn
estness we wage a contest for the prize.
Tomorrow, united for the fray and quick
ened by a common fiery zeal, the cham
rions Of all the candidates will 60 forth
with mounting enthusiasm to vanqrish
the foe.
The most perplexing questions Of to-day
orise from the bountiful development Of
cur material wealth. Such a development
cannot occur without the creation Of in
oqualities and dangers to the social fabric.
most strenuously deny that the Ameri-
can business man or the American citizen
cherishes lower standards than the citizens
Of any other country. The American people
ave by no means depraved But by reason
Of their busy absorption in varied pursuits
ond OF the glamour which attends success
in great undertakings. questionable meth
eds have been able to engraft themselves
upon the business OF the country. Rich
refards have too frequently been gained
by some who are none too scrupulous
Monopoly, dishonesty and fraud have as
smed a prominence which calls for the
earnest attention and condemnation Of
every man who truly loves the Republic.
Against all these abuses and in the
work for restoring old ideals Of honesty
\ ana equality, as we'll as for higher stand
ards OF civic duty, one man has stood pre-
eminent and that man is Theodore Ro0se-
welt. Against corruption in every form he
has set his face with grim determination,
prompt and fearless in. action and with
that intelligent leadership which has as
sured the establishment of a better era
In which the strong and the weak alike
must submit themselves to the impartial
execution Of the law There was neei o.
a strong, courageous spirit to restrain
those destructive forces which have as
serted themselves in this time of growth
ana plenty. The story of his achievements
will make up one of the brightest pages in
the history OF this or any age and viii
prove that to-day. as in any critical hou'
OF social unrest or OF danger. the mar
viii appear whe can grapple with the