The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-06-18
SPEECH OF BORAH
Address SecOnding Nomina-
tiCn of William H. Taft.
fAV0RITE SON OF COUNTRY
Idaho Senator Says Efficiency of Ohio
an Has Been Tested and Proved
from PARKWAY Possessions-speaks
in Name of Great Northwest.


Chicago. - Senator William H.
Borah of Idaho, seconded Burton's
nomination of Taft for the presidency
in brief speech. He spoke in part as
follows:
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen of
the Convention: We are met as the
representatives of a great political
party to select the next president of
the United States. If we were simply
selecting candidate our task would
still be a serious one, but We are do
ing something more. With the COM
pleted work at Denver already within
our prophetic vision we catch the in
spiration of the conflict just ahead,
/ feel for a time the thrill of nervous
preparation for battle and then read
, the results of November by the light
OF that perennial smile which has
made Nebraska famous and Democrat
ic defeat a great investment.
When the Republican party came
into power under the inspired leader
ship of Abraham Lincoln, it consecrat-
ed the days of its youth first to the
| preservation of constitutional govern
ment and second to the throwing ajar
the door of hope to every man, wom-
an and child beneath the flag 1t has
never aDostatized from the faith Of
those old heroic days. 1t has never
forfeited its aptitude for achievement
nor forgotten its pledge to humanity.
Issues have changed and questions
are entirely different now But the
task is no less, the result equally as
momentous, an exalted leadership for
the party just as essential as when
Lincoln walked with patience and COM
passion the paths of power and Grant
in his imperturbable silence wrestled
with the wreckage of reconstruction
days. Peace has Der victories no less
/ renowned than war and the men or
class of men who are to adjust the
equities between the contending forces
in the industrial world of today-in-
sure to property its rightful protec-
ton, ald labor its rightful portion of
the worlds wealth and teach to all
obedience to the law-they, too, will
Aie fC tti4 4INN JllC SAdlllllut q III Tic lOS q
of their countrymen for all time. There
never has been and there never will
be a greater problem imposed uDon
a political party than that of adjust
ing the machinery CT the government
50 as to control, not destroy but con-
troll, tie gigantic industrial forces Of
the land. that capital may have it's
fy-I1 roll -,
dom and its reward. Each and all
should enjoy inviolate their rights
under the broad shield of the consci-
tuition, and neither rich nor poor
should ever under this government ap-
peal in vain to the law for full pro-
lection of his rights, but the Republi-
can party must continue to do as it
has done from its birth-take it's ini-
tiaive in governmental action from
the viewpoint of the men who dig the
nations glory from the earth or COM
pei her grandeur from the factory and
field.
In the midst of this marvellous era,
with these vast duties just ahead, with
an aroused public conscience calling
for men of capacity aud experience, Of
tried and known courage. calling for
a leader true to the great cardinal
principles of a peoples government, a
leader whose heart is in sympathy
and intellect in unison with Ihe I'M
chained energies of this republic. a
vast majority of our countrymen have
turned with enthusiasm and conf
dence to William H. Taft Indiana
and Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania
and Wisconsin are proud of their favor
I lite sons, and well they may be-they
are men of remarkable worth and pow
er-they are part of the Intellectual
wealth of this nation. But we bring
you the favorite son of our common
country, the chosen candidate of the
voter from every part of the land, one
whose force and efficiency in state
craft have been felt, tested and ap-
proved from the far-away possessions
whose belated people are learning for
the first time the duties of citizenship
to the Atlantic seabcard teeming with
the highest civilization of the world
to-day.
ITO nominate him is but to record
the wishes and obey the commands of
the countless thousands who are to-
day watching the result of this great
gathering, anxious that nothing be
done to dampen the ardor or chill the
enthusiasm that is turning again to
the old party of so many brilliant vic
! tOries-anXious, not only anxious but
/ determined-that no backward step
/ shall be taken in this great civic strug-
a gle now going on under the banner Of
the Republican party for the full re-
Mobilization Of the individual rights Of
I the common people.
The great northwest, rich with her
/ imprisoned wealth. with her wondrous
combination Of undeveloped resources, T.
4 rich in a citizenship which yet adhe"es
/ to the old precepts and political princi-
/ pies which have made this the great
/ est government in the world, cognizant
! Of his experience and ability, believing
! that he is broad enough and patriotic
| enough to appreciate the demands Of
! the present and progressive enough
| and hopeful enough to comprehend
| our future, believing, too, in his un-
sWerying devotion TO those underlvinp