The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-21
THE THIRD PARTY
FILLS VACUUM Of
PARTY PHAN1OMS
Candidate Sherman Saws it
Will Pass into ,;vion
Like Other Third sstata A&.
SPEECH Of ACCEPTANCE
BR|sTLE WITH SARCASM
Crime of the Age is Frenzied Action
by lack of Thought and the Splrn-
ing of Deliberation and the Lack of
Weighing Consequences.


ing of Deliberation and the Lack of
Weighing Consequences.
Utica, Aug. 21.-Utica devoted itself
today to the notification Of James S.
Sherman of his nomination for the
vice presidency of the republican
tickets. The vice president was ill re-
Gently but has been steadily improv-
ing for the last fortnight and was fit
to meet the demands of the day.
Vice President Sherman, In accept
ing the nomination said in part:
Gentlemen, YOU represent the for
ty-eight states of the union and 6,00O.-
900 republican voters in our wide do
main. You bear the commission of
the convention which represented
them when it met in Chicago in June.
"The annals of American parties do
not record the proceedings of po-
litical gathering conducted with more
openness, fairness and deliberation.
Not deceived by the clamor of
those who attempted to bolster up
claims without basis by hundreds of
contests resting on foundations so
f1imsy that in the light of investiga-
ton most of them melted away like
snow in a furnace heat and were re-
jected by quite nearly a. unanimous
vote, the convention adopted a plat
form that rings true for patriotism
and constitutional government and
worthily hestows the nomination upon
our present chief executive.
"Our party never before conferred
the second nomination for the office Of
vice president upon any man. This
distinction was not sought by me. but
unsolicited, it is more appreciated.
"Our opponents are divided into two
camps. rivaling each other in their ef
forts to excel in disturbing the civil
and economic order of the country
The new party thrusts itself forward
into the vacuum left by the phantoms
passed into oblivion. Oblivion, too
awaits it.
Vice President Sherman commend
ed the recent vetoes of the tariff bills
by President Taft. and said the vetoes
cal! Cor tha support of every citizen.
THE crime Of this new age" he
continued. "is frenzied speech and ac-
tion by lack Of thought. the spurning
of deliberation and lack Of weighing
of consequence. Fakirs with projects
to get rich quick draw gaping
CrOWQS.
In closing MIR. Sherman said Con
fident that the American people are
not vet willing to destroy and discard
the constitution which had stood the
test of more than a century and that
they have not yet forgotten the dire
full result of the mistake of 1892. we
calmly await the Ides of November"
Speech of Notification.
Senator Sutherland of Utah was
spokesman for the committee.
Sutherland of Utah was spokesman
for the committee which today mott
fed Vice President James Schoolcraft
Sherman of his nomination by the
Chicago republican convention.
W Most of Senator Sutherland's
speech aside from short declaration
of principles of the republican party
and tribute to Mr. Sherman, was
composed to caustic references to the
vention which nominated Colonel
Roosevelt and Governor Hiram John
Son for president and vice president.
1--WE shall have arrayed against us
in the coming campaign our ancient
and hereditary enemy, the democrat
ic party" said he. 'In addition we
shall be called upon to contend with
some of our former associates who
have concluded to abandon their am
table custom Of firing upon the flag
they have been following, in order
that they may engage in the more
honorable, but no more effectual, oc-
cupation of assaulting 1t from the
front.
For the next few months our ears
will be filled with the voice Of mall
content. strident and many-keyed.
calling upon the people to forsake the
tried and beaten paths of constitution
al government. along which they
have walked with sure feet for more
than a. century. and enter upon
personally conducted pilgrimage
through the political wilderness to a
promised land as shadowy and unsub-
stantial as desert mirage.
"The advance agents Of this de-
lirious excursion tarried a few days
ago at Chicago, long enough to pool
their individual grievances. visions
and vagaries in a bewildering farrago
Of impractical political nostrums such
as never before has been collected at
one time outside the violent wards
pf a madhouse. And thus the SOCIAL
ed progressive party was born. its sole
excuse for existence being the un-
founded claim that it's nominee for
the presidency was defeated for a
like nomination by stolen votes at the
convention"
SelItor Sutherland briefly review
ed the question of contested dele
gates at the republican convention
with the contention that President
Taft's nomination was gotten fairly
and honestly. He referred to the pub
lished statement that some of the
Roosevelt contests had been set afoot
for a psychological effect.
"It would be strange rule Of evil
dence which would require us to ac-
cept the testimony of buccaneering
ologist who confesses to an at
tempt to purloin the larger portion of
a nhonest mans property. as conclu-
sive evidence of the psychologist IT,
tie to the remainder of the honest
mans possessions" he continued.
''There never has been in all his
tory a more unique convention than
that Of the progressive party at Chi
cago. Heretofore, when party has
been organized. its organizers have
In advance entertained at least a sus-
picion respecting their principles; but
the delegates to this convention. who'll |
" ignorant Of the things for which
they stood. waited, with patiently
folded hands the appearance Of Mr..
Roosevelt in the convention to tell
them what they believed.
upon his appearance he was re-
cetved with reverent alteration. With