Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-08-02
Senator Root Declares Title is
FIawIess and in Perfect Ac-
cord with Past Party Usages
and Rules.
PRESIDENT MAKES
EXHAUSTIVE REPLY
Clear Views Are Presented on
Tariff and Other Economic
and Public Questions Of Cam
paign.

tBy Morning journal special Leased Wire.
Washington. Aug. 1.-RepubKcan
leaders who crowded the east room
uf The White House today to heal
President Taft's speech accepting re-
nomination for the presidency. were
confident tonight that his address
would be a real Keynote" for the
campaign ana expressed The belict
that 1t was one of the best speeches
Mr. TAFT has delivered since he en-
Tered the White House.
Members Of the presidents cabinet,
republican leaders, Senators Root,
Lodge Smoot, Crane and Represen-
tatives Mann, Payne and others were
confident that the presidents adj
dress win be used as a campaign
document and sent broadcast.
The ceremony itself was short and
simple. The president and senator
Root spoke from a platform raised "a
few feet above the floor of the east
room. Mrs. Taft. Mrs. Leonard Wood,
Mrs. Beekman Winthrop, wife of the
assistant secretary of the navy, and
Mrs. G. A. McClintock, the only
women present, sat just below the
platform, while around the half cir
cle were grouped members of the
committee, senators ana congressmen
and other invited guests.
The affair was informal. Most OF
the committee and congressman ap-
peared IN conventional dress. After
the speech the president dlsappeare'i
into his private apartments for few
minutes and returned wearing Il silk
house coat instead of his formal
dress and acted as waiter for Mrs.
Taft and the other women and
mingled among the guests asked 10
luncheon in the state dining room.
senator Newell Saunders, Of Ten
nessce, announced that he had con
tfibuted 81 900 to the Taft campaign
fund.
lnoffcially the word had gone out
that the notification ceremonies were
10 he as informal rs possible.
The state dining room was ready
for the unchers after the program OF
speech making and handshaking.
Members Of the notification COM
mittee in Washington for the event
Included Arizona, j. Lorenzo Hub
bell; California, Julius Kahn; Colora
DO, simon Guggenheim Mississippi,
z. II Mckissack; Nevada, X. B. Co
VAN; oklahoma, Il. p. stanford;
Texas. Eugene MARSHALL Utah. Reed
Smout: Wyoming, John Morton
ta. 4tt4
clear and unimpeachable as the title
Of any candidate since political con
ventions began" said Senator Root at
The notification.
accept the nomination which
You tender replied President Tart, |
besinning his speech of acceptance.
- accept ii as an expression of CON
fidence that in a second adniinlslia
lion ! win serve the public Well.
Mrs Taft. radiant and happy. stood |
lr her husbands side. Charles. the !
younger son. was there too.
As the president entered the room |
alone. the marine band played the
star Spanslcd Banner and the
guests applauded heartily. Mrs. Taft,
when she entered moment later
also was applarded. Charles D. |
NILES the presidents former secrc-
tary and now chairman Of the repub-
lifan national committee, came in just
helore senator Root began to speak
ind he also received round of APP
plause
Moving picture machine operators
perched upon points of vantage in
me corners of the room. clicked off
"ins, while Senator Root and tn,
president were speaking. It was the
'lst time a moving picture had been
IaNen In the White House. The state
l'parimcnt will preserve one Of the
reels in its archives.
When The president came to the
'ei'ion of his speech wherein he re
erred to the maintenance of the ma
l"N institutions and the preserva-
''h oi the constitution. many of his
'farers thought he spoke with feel
"s- hen when launched into a de
'nn'ihlon of those who he said were
'SP"nsihle for the popular unrest,
'e spoke with spirit, emphasizing his
N"lNs by gestures.
nile the president was being noti-
'T' "t his nomination the democrats
II" me house Of representatives were
'ui'sizing Woodrow Wilson. APP
''' use Interrupted the presidents
p'e'h- one outburst greeted his rel
= h'es 10 Colonel Roosevelt and Coy
'n"r Wilson. though he mentioned
inner hv name. He referred to the
'"'i as the leader Of those who
ieit the republican party and
" me governor as tn. deunocr,tfe
iominee.
'he conclusio Of Speeches a
ene eheon was served. !
-our tile to the nomination is as 1