The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-29

Cincinnati. July 2s.--The following is the complete speech of William How ard Taft, which he delivered here to- day, accepting the Republican nomina- tion for the Presidency:
 Senator Warner and gentlemen of the
 committed:
 am dtepiy sensible of the honor which the Republican National Con yentfon has conferred upon me fin the nomination which you formally ten- der. accept it with full appreciation of the responsibility it imposes: :,
 Roosevelt Pollcfes.
 Gentlemen. the strength of the Re- publican cause in the campaign at hand is in the fact that we. repre- sent the policies essential to the reform of known abuses to the continuance of liberty and true prosperity. and that we are determined, as our platform un- equivacally declares. to maintain them and carry them on. For more han ten years this country sse..n, passed through gsr beyond any that ever occurred In the world before. In its course. certain evils erspt n some tSs 8rolnsTs dha spurred by financial success and tn their hurry for greater wealth. be- os business honesty ana fdeiitv and of the limitations imposed by law upon their action. This became known. The revelations of the breaches of trgst, gss, cFiminations by railways the aecunn- Iating evidence of the violation of the antsssrgst , lsw oSsr,ssua Sy numD of stocks and bonds on interstate railways for the unlawful enriching of directors and Tor tes rp,,Tss pn,TDoss E1 Soe SoscGns mansTemens all quickened the conscience Of the people, and brought on a moral awakening among them that boded well for the
 whmt Roosevelt Has Doae.
 The man who formulated the express Sa sSa ;sa S1 the aSs foT pfscea reform was Theodore Roosevelt lie 1aid down the doctrine that the lien Efclafor of the law should be as amen able to restraint antl punishment as the offender without wealth and With out influence. and he proceeded by le- commenting iegistat.on and directing axecutIve action to make that princi- pie good in actual performance. lie secured the passage of the so-caIIeo srain ress 1,aA eaessstye asss and fix reasonable rates and to punish secret rebates and dfgcrimInations which had been general M nb,cb the had done n much ss to p enable uu- lawful trusts to drive out O bushSss their competitars. It securef nucn Tions and brought within the opera fton of the same statute express com panies, sleeping car companies. iast freight and refrigerator lines, termlnMat M rnilroads and pipe lines, and for0ade is, f,,ture inc combination of the trans portation and shipping business unaea one control in order to avoid uhaos discrimination.
 President Roosevelt directed suits to be brought and prosecutions to be in- stitufed under the ansi-taSsIj assjr sew tbe most powerful of the industrial cor Dorations. He pressed to passage the pure food law and the meat inspection fnw in the interest of the health of che public, clean business methods and great ultimate benefit to the trades sare of a law, which the Republican convention has since specifically ap- proved. restricting the future issue or stocks and bonds by inse.Ssat,s ,.har,zag satlv by Eedera1 authority. He demonstrat,eaa a to the people by what ne sala' Dz what he recommended to Congress: ana E. what he did, the sincerity of his efforts to command respect Tor tne laM; shs "a secure equality of all before. the law: and to save ynlutocrstic dne S4nn goyernment. fosverd which we were fast tending. In this work MT. Roosevelt has had rhiIean .ns sappop party ga and it's chief hope of success in the present controxetss s 7 must rest on the confidence which tne people of the country have in the sln- cerifv of the partys declaration in its platform, that 1t intends to continue his policies. ,. s
 Permanently Securing Progress
 Made.
 Mr. Roosevelt has set high the stand ard of business morality and Si1f oin1efdienes me more useful possibly in the immediate moral effect of its passage than even in the legal efrect or i.s very usete dstes 1he voluntary abandonment or the practice of rebates and dfscriminatiohs s pSetr manaRers to obedience to law in inc fixing of rebates. The pure food and meat inspection laws ana Ine nnser the anti-trust law have had 9 similar moral effect in the RenseI I.lt st huetness community and have mAde IL 1ndusfrial corporations to consult the Jaw with q view to keeping Wlthlas. lss provisions. It has also mad the eatSSs er of protecting ana encouraglhs st et, ernnnetItive companies so that tnSy nave been enabled to do proLHao40 Oes,n Rut rSe should be blind to the ,ordi- nary working of human nature U We did not recognize that the moral stan i,I 1I ards set by President Roosevet VIII not continue to be observed oy tnose whom cupidity and desire for fnan- cial power may tempt, unless the re- ouisite machinery Is introduced into operation maintain these standards and secure the country against departure from them.
 Chief Function of Next Administration
 to CIinch what Has Been Done.
 The chief function of the next ad- ministration, in my judgment. Is dis tinct from. and progressive develop ment of that which has been per formed by President Roosevelt. The chief function of the next administra- tion is to complete and perfect the machinery by which these standards may be maintained, by which the law breakers may be promptly restrained and punishe ed, but which shall operate with sufficient accuracy and dispatch to interfere with legitimate business as little as possible. Such machinery