The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-08-06
WILLIAM \. TAFT
IS NOTIFIED OF
HIS NOMINATION
Republican Nominee Covers
Wide Ground in Accepting
Commission as Standard
Bearer.

Cincinnati, Ohio July 30.-Senator
William Warner, chairman of the re-
publican notification committee, in the
enforced absence of Senator Lodge,
said, officially potifying Mr.. Taft OF his
nomination
Mr.. Taft: Iou are, OF course, not un-
aware, that Mr.. Rooseyelt's term as
president of the United States will ex-
pire on March 4 1909; that the political
parties of our country are perfecting their
organizations preparatory to presenting to
the people, at the general election to be
held IN November next, their respective
candidates for the high office; that the
composed OF delegates representing every
state and territory and the outlying pos
sessions Of the United States, assembled at
has completed its deliberations, that
II has outlined and submitted to
the citizenship Of the republic, for
mental policies, which II confidently be-
lleves will be OF the highest service to the
nation In her every part; that 1t has from
among It's strong and experienced states
men--mep whom services to the public
has demonstrated their worthiness In
: clearness OF character, devotion to the
country and the welfare OF the individual
nations needs in her highest and best as
piratipns, selected you as its candidate for
president, the highest honor that IAN be
conferred by this constitutional republic.
l would, therefore add, the most ex-
allied political office on this earth; and the
committee which you see before you,
whose craftsmanship / have the honor to
United States of the Honorable Henry
Cabot Lodge, of Massachusetts,, perma-
nent chairman of the republican national
convention, now tenders to you, at the
direction OF that convention, the formal
nomination OF the republican party for the
presidency of the United States, and 1
hand you an engrossed copy OF the plat
form of policies adopted by that conven-
tion.
/ cannot, sir, complete the discharge OF
his most agreeable duty without assur-
are held not only by those Of your own
political faith, but by your fellow citizens
without regard to the party,-of their adj
miration Of your ability, manifested
throughout your public service; OF their
knowledge of the preparation which you
will bring to the discharge of the high
and difficult duties of president; of their
belief in your deep conviction OF the
equality of all men before the law, n
In the practical application of that prin-
ciple by any administration of which you
may be the head, the rule by which every
Sasci bsea act sc or MT. R sS1ss as president a. s;,
the confidence and respect of his coun-
trynen throughout the land, and which
has brought to him at all times their un-
questioned and earnes: support. 1t was
his universal application OF this rule which
caused his party, in national convention,
20 pay him the following just and SPLEEN
did tribute OF approval
Tribute to Roosevelt.
His administration Is an epoch in Ameri-
can history. In no other period since the
national sovereignty was won under Wash
tngton OF preserved under Lincoln has
there been such mighty progress in those
ideals of government which make for JUS
tice, equality and fair dealing among men.
The highest aspirations Of the American
people have found voice. Their most exc
allied servant represents the best aims and
wQrthiest purposes of all his countrymen.
American manhood has been lifted up to a
nobler sense of duty and obligation. Con-
science and courage in public station and
high standards OF right and wrong in
private life have been the cardinal prin-
ciples of political life. Capital and labor
have been brought into closer relations of
confidence n interdependence, and the
abuse of wealth and the tyranny of power,
and all evils and privileged favoritlsm
have been put to scorn by the simple and
manly virtues Of justice and fair play.
II Is gratifying to your countrymen to
reflect hat Of that administration you
have been a conspicuous part, as you were
Of the administration of Mr.. Mckinley,
whose accomplishments mark a national
progress unsurpassed in all of our pre-
vious national life.
1T, therefore, gives me genuine pleasure,
MI. Taft, to present to you this formal
nomination from the republican party,
whose governmental policies ave for so
long kept In balance the mighty forces
Of the nation" and to whose continued
guidance of the nation we have every
reasonable right to believe that the peo-
pie are now looking.
-
CANDIDATE RESPONDS
TO NOTIFICATION SPEECH
Cincinnati. Ohio, July 30.-Respond-