The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1908-07-31
TAFT TOLD or
NOMINATION
Notification Ceremonies Took
Place in Cincinnati.
WAS An ALL-DAY PROGRAM

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William II Taft was Tuesday for.
mally notified. on the spacious lawn
of his brother. Charles p Taft. at
Cincinnati o.. of his nomination for
president of the United States by
special committee appointed by the
Republican national convention The
exercises attending the notification
was on magnificent scale a holiday
| had been declared and the city is
decorated and illuminated as never be-
I fore Many excursion trains unloaded
thousands upon thousands OF people az
their stations. and almost every Re
publican politician of any standing in
! Ohio is here. and many of national
reputation
There are large delegations here
from Indiana, Kentucky Illinois. West
Virginia and neighbOring states
The program started IN the morn
ing when salutes were fired from
big guns stationed on Mt Adams. Mt. /
Lookout. Fairview Heights and Price
Hill as a welcome To- Clncinnatrs first
citizen
Bands stationed in the parks, squares
and at prominent corners rendered ,
concerts all day
The city of Cincinnati presented a
flag TO Charles p Taft. and it was nm
furled over the Taft residence on Pike
street The iagraising was marked
by ceremony of invocation. singing.
n speech Of presentation and a speech
of acceptance.
The Notification.
The notification ceremonies took
place on the lawn which was covered
with an immense platform. The rocep
tion committee Of citizens escorted the
notification committee 10 the TAFT
home Judge Taft was then escorted
% the platform. and United States Sen
ator William Warner of Missouri. de-
livered his speech notifying Mr. Taft
of his nomination for the presidency
When Judge Taft arose 90 deliver
HIS speech of acceptance he was greet
ed with tumutuous applause. He ont
lined the party's policies and sounded
the keynote of the campaign He
praised the administration and poll
cies of President Roosevelt and re.
bukod the Democratic stand on Philip
pine independence. Tie promised steps
toward tariff reform Immediately after
his Inauguration. # elected. and be-
lieves in an income tax by statutory
law II necessary for revenue only.
rather than by amendment 10 the con.
stitution On the labor question. he
said the rights of both organized and
lnorganized labor should be impair
Tally upheld. and favors notice and a
hearing before iniunctlons arc issued
Mr Taft declares for physical val
iati0n Of railways. and says II prop 6
'rly used IL will not generally impair q
iecurities. and concluded by pointing ,
lut the difference between the d0mi.
iant political parties q
Following the notification the march !
ne clubs formed and passed In review. q
nd then a public reception was held
N the lawn. and Judge Taft shook
ands with thousands This was fol- ,
owed by a luncheon 10 the notification
given by Charles =. Taft q
lfter luncheon the visiting committee Al
'as taken IN automobiles over the !,
ity and suburbs. the objective point n
eing tho Country club where there q,
'as a dinner and a smoker II
At 5 o'clock several thousand bal.
IONS were sent up. and az S O'Clock ~
n immense display of fireworks from =,
le river bridges and craft IN the har- \,
Or took place mi