Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-21


place.
Mr. Sherman was ill recently, but has
been steadily improving for the last fort
night, and was quite mt to meet the de-
mands OF the day. He had great many
callers yesterday and last evening. but
retired early in order to get rested Tor
the work before him today
Speech of Notification.
Senator Sutherland OF Utah. spokes-
man for the notification committee, de-
livered an address. in which he spoke
of the achievements of the republican
party and complimented its nominees
for the campaign of 1912. He said in
part:
I'VE shall have arrayed against us
in the coming campaign our ancient
and hereditary enemy. the democratic
party. In addition we shall be called
upon TO contend with some former as
sociates who have concluded to abandon
their amiable custom of firing from the
rear upon the Nag they have been Iol-
lowing in order that they may engage
in the more honorable, but no more
effectual, occupation OF assaultinS it
from the front
For the next few months our ears
are to be filled with the voice of the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and many keyed
the tried and beaten paths of con-
stitutional government, along which
they have walked with sure feet for
more than a century, and enter upon
a personally conducted pilgrimage
through the political wilderness to
promised land as shadowy and unsub-
stantial as a desert mirage.
1.-The advance agents of this de-
lirious excursion tarried a few days
ago at Chicago-long enough TO pool
-fefn NO
and vagaries in a bewildering farrago
of impractical political nostrums such
as never before has been collected at
one time outside the violent wards of
progressive party was born, Its sole
excuse for existence being the un-
founded claim that its nominee for the
presidency was defeated for a like
nomination by stolen votes at the re-
publican convention.
Reviews Convention Contests.
Senator Sutherland briefly reviewed
the question of contested delegates at
the republican convention with the
contention that President Taft's nomi-
nation was obtained fairly and hon
estly He referred to the published
statement that some of the Roosevelt
contests had been set afoot for psy-
Geological effect.
1T would be a strange rule of evil
dence which would require US to ac-
cept the testimony of buccaneering
tempt to purloin the larger portion of
an honest mans property. as con-
elusive evidence of the psychologists
title to the remainder of the honest
mans possessions" he continued.
There never has been in all history a
more unique convention than that of the
progressive party at Chicago. Hereto
fore, when a party has been organized
its organizers have in advance entertain
ed at least a suspicion respecting their
principles. but the delegates to this con-
vention, wholly ignorant Of the thing for
which they stood. waited. with patiently
folded hands. the appearance of Mr.
Roosevelt in the convention to tell them
what they believed.
I'm form. two thousand delegates more
or less, gathered in the coliseum; in real
ity, Mr.. Roosevelt met in convention at
made a confession of faith, gave
his hand to the colored brother from the
north and his foot to the colored brother
from the south. adopted platform. NOM
mated himself and Brother johnson. and
adjourned with the ease of thoroughly
trained thimblerigger plying his vocation
among the rural visitors 10 the midway
plaiSance.
Momentous Issues Presented.
The campaign upon which we are
serious moment to the American people
than any they have confronted since the
grave questions which Immediately pre-
ceded and accompanied the civil war. The
question then was whether
the Union, under the Constitution. could
be perpetuated. that which confrontS us
today is whether the Constitution itself,
and the government which the ConStitu-
ton established. shall be preserved.
THE party to which We belong. Mr..
Vice President, stands in this supreme
contest for the independence and integ-
rity of the judicial tribunals of the land.
without which the guaranty of life. lib
erty and property would be a meaning
less platitude It stands for the settled
posed to the shifty opportunism of per-
sonal manipulation; for the liberty and
order OF general law, against the
tyranny of special edicts of changing
men, 1t plants itself upon the impreg-
nable ramparts of the Constitution, and,
solemniy protesting against any subver-
sicn of the terms of that great compact
oy the arrogant and revolutionary process
Of amendment by misconstruction. ap-
peals from the midsummer madness Of
that portion of the people which can be
fooled all the time to the sober second
thought of the great body of the Ameri-
can electorate who will render judgment
in November
Mr.. Sherman was formally notified of
his nomination and there was a general
of felicia tions.
Vice Presidents Acceptance.
In accepting the vice presidential nomi-
nation Mr.. Sherman said. in part:
Gentlemen of the committed YOU
represent the forty-eight states of the
Union and the 100000 republican voters