East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-28

Cincinnati, July 2S.-Taft was Of
ficially notified OF his nomination as
the republican candidate for presi-
dent by Senator william Warner, OF
Missouri, on the lawn OF the residence
of Charles p. Taft, his brother. this
afternoon. The formal notification
and acceptance formed the climax to
the greatest day Of celebration Cincin-
natl ever saw.
Since early this morning daylight
fireworks have been exploded and the
city is simply covered with bunting
and decorations Of all kinds. 1t is a
celebration withut regard fr party as
far as a big majority Of the residents
are concerned.
Cannons booming from the hill tops
about the city marked the opening
program at o'clock. Crowds made
their way to the Taft residence where
a singing and prayer service were
held and flag ceremonies were car
ried out.
A flag which was made Of materi.
al sent by the republicans Of the
Philippines, was run up amid thun>
derous applause, as Taft stood with
uncovered head, saluting the Stars
and Stripes.
At 1880 the notification commit
tee headed by Warner. left the hotel
and were escorted through miles OF
decorated streets to the residence.
where the senator began to make his
speech.
The address was brief, and then
Taft, in accepting. began his speech,
which is the keynote Of the campaign.
William H. Taft spoke as follows:
Senator Warner, and gentlemen Of
the committee: l am deeply sensi-
BILE OF the honor which the republi-
can national convention conferred up
on me In the nomination which you
formally tender.
'T accept It with the full apprecia-
ton OF the responsibility II imposes.
Gentlemen. the strength of the repub-
lican cause in the campaign at hand
is, in fact. that we represent policies
essential to the reform of known
abuses, to the continuance of liberty
and to prosperity and that we are
determined to maintain them and
carry them on. For more than 10
years this country has passed through
an epoch of material development far
beyond any that has ever occurred in
the world before.
"In its cource certain evils have
crept in. Some prominent influential
members of the community, spurred
by financial success and in hurry
for greater wealth, became unmind-
full of the common rule OF business
honesty and fidelity and the limita-
tions imposed by law upon their ac-
tions. This became known. Revela-
tions of breaches of trust, disclosures
as to rebates and determinations by
railways, accommodating evidence, the
violation of the antitrust laws by a
number of corporations, the over
issue OF stocks and bonds on inter-
state railways for unlawful enrich
ing OF directorates and for the pur-
pose Of concentrating the controls Of
railroads in one management, all
quickened the conscience Of the peo-
pie and brought on moral awaken
ing among them that boded well for
the future of the country"
Labor Question.
In discussing the labor question:
Taft said:
"The interests of the employer and |
the employe never differ except when |
1t comes to a division of the joint |
profit of labor and capital into divi- |
dends and wages. To give employees |
the proper position in such a con-
troversy, to enable them to maintain |
themselves against their employers |
having great capital, they may well |
unite, because in union there is
strength and without 1t each individ-
ual laborer and employe would be
helpless.
The promotion of Industrial peace
through the instrumentality of trade |
agreement is often one OF the results
of such a union when It is intelli-
gently conducted. There is a large
body Of laborers. however, skilled and
unskilled, who do not organize into
unions. Their right before the law
is exactly the same as those of union
men and are to be protected with the
same care and watchfulness.
A Right 10 Strike.
"In order to induce the employer
into compliance with a request for