The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-28
TAFT, ACCEPTING,
SAYS HE'D DO AS
ROOSEVELT HAS

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rejoicing at the honor which has re-
Gently been conferred upon me. We
are deeply touched. We offer our
sincere thanks to the committees of
arrangement who have organized n
made beautiful this expression of neigh
borly goodwill. Popular elections are
uncertain. but whatever betide me as
a candidate we can never be deprived
of the joy we feel at this welcome
home
Excerpts from Warmers speech.
Senator Warner, notifying Mr.. Taft
of his nomination. said in part:
"Mr. Taft:
"The committee which you see before
you, whose craftsmanship l have the
honor to hold in the temporary absence
from the United States of the Honor
able Henry Cabot Lodge, of Massachu-
sets, permanent chairman of the Re-
publican national convention, now ten-
ders to you, at the direction OF that
convention, the formal nomination of
the Republican party for the presi-
dency of the United States, n 1 hand
you sn engrossed copy of the platform
of policies adopted by that convention.
II cannot. sir, complete the discharge
of this most agreeable duty without as
surfing you of the high respect in which
you are held not only by those Of your
own political faith, but by you fellow
citizens without regard to the party; Of
their admiration of your ability, mani
Tested throughout your public service;
of their knowledge of the preparation
which you will bring to the discharge
OF the high and difficult duties of presi-
dent; of their belief In your deep con-
viction of the equality of all men be-
fore the law. and in the practical appli-
cation of that principle by any admins
tration of which you may be the head.
the rule by which every official act of
Mr.. Roosevelt has won for him the
confidence and respect of his country
men throughout the land.
"It Is gratifying to your c~ountrymen
to reflect that 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 Il previous national life.
"It. therefore. gives me a genuine
pleasure, Mr.. Taft, to present to you
this formal nomination from the Re-
publican party. whose governmental
policies have for so long kept In bal
ance the mighty forces of the nation
and to whose continued guidance of the
nation we have every reasonable right
to believe that the people are now look
ing
In his speech accepting the nomina-
ton, Mr.. Taft said in part.
Senator Warner and Gentlemen of the
Committee:
I am deeply sensible of the honor
which the Republican national conven-
ton has conferred on me in the nomin-
alton which you formally tender. Lac
cept 1t with full appreciation of the re-
sponsibility 1t imposes.
Gentlemen, the strength OF the Repub-
iican cause In the campaign at hand is
hin the fact that we represent 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 unequivocally declares.
to maintain them and carry them on.
For more than ten years this country
passed through an epoch of material de-
velopment far beyond any tina ever
: occurred in the world before. In its
course certain evils crept in. Some
prominent and influential members of
the community, spurred by financial
success and in their hurry for greater
wealth. became unmindful of the COM
mon rules of business honesty and idel-
ity and of the limitations imposed by
law upon their action. This became
known. The revelations of the breaches
Of trust. the disclosures as to rebates
and determinations by railways, the
accommodating evidence OF the violation
of the antitrust law by a number Of
corporations, the over-issue of stocks
and bonds on interstate RAILWAYS for
the unlawful enriching of directors and
for the purpose of concentrating control
of railways in one management, all
Quickened the conscience of the people
and brought on a moral awakening
among them that BODIED well for the
future of the country.
The man who formulated the ex-
preston of the popular conscience and
reform was Theodore Roosevelt. He
laid down the doctrine that the rich
~violator of the law should be as amen
able to restraint and punishment as
the offender without wealth and with
out influence, and he proceeded by
recommending legislation and directing
executive action to make that prin-
ciple good in actual performance.
President Roosevelt directed suits to
be brought and prosecutions to be in
stituted under the antitrust law, to
enforce its provisions against the most
powerful Of the Industrial corporations.
In this work MIR. Roosevelt has had
the support and sympathy of the Re-
publican party, and it's chief hope of
success In the present controversy must
rest ON the confidence which the people
of the country nave I'm the sincerity of
the party's declaration In It's platform,
that 1t intends to continue his policies.
Mr.. Roosevelt has set high the stand
ard of business morality and obedience
to law.