Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-08-03
FULL TEXT OF TAFT
ACCEPTANCE SPEECH

ACCEPTANCE SPEECH
Washington, D. c., Aug. 1.-The full
text OF President Taft's speech accept
Ing the nomination for the presidency
is as follows:
Mr.. Root and Gentlemen OF the No'ii''
7 accept the nomination which you
tender. do so with profound grali'
tude to the republican party, "n1ch
has thus honored me twice. accept
It as an approval of what ! have done
under its mandate, and as an eA-
preston of confidence that In sec
ond administration I will serve the
public we'll. The issue presented 70 the
convention, over which your chairman
presided with such a just ana even
hand. made q crisis in the party's NE.
A faction sought to force the party TO
violate a valuable and time-honored
national tradition by entrust1ng the
mower of the presidency for more than
two terms to one man, and that man,
ana whose recently avowed political
views would have committed the party
10 radical proposals involving danger
ons changes In our present constltu'
fional form Of representative govern
nent and our Independent judiciary.
The Victory Of Right at Chicago.
This occasion Is appropriate for the
expression OF profound gratitude at
the victory for the right which was
won at Chicago. BY that victory, the
r.nuhHcan marty was saved for future
rsefulness It has been the party
throngh which substantially all the
progress and development IN our
oountry's history in the last flfty years
has been finally effected. 1t carried
the country through the war wnlcn
saved the union, and through the
zreenback and silver crazes to sound
gold basis, which saved the countrys
honor and credit. It fought the Spanish
war and successfully solved the new
nroblems of our island possessions. 1t
met the incidental evils OF the enor-
mons trade expansion and extended
comhinations Of capital from 1897 u1-
~ NOW by a successful crusade against
the attempt Of concentrated wealth TO
control the country's politics and It's
trade. II enacted regulatory legisla-
tim TO make the railroads the serv-
ants and not the masters of the people
q has enforced the antitrust laws I'M
I'll those who were not content with
ANYTHING but monopolistic control OF
various branches of industry are now
aco,1iescent In any plan which shall
give them scope for legitimate expan-
s,on and assure them immunity from
reckless prosecution.
Republican Achievements.
The republican party has been ailve
to the modern change In the view or
the duty Of government toward the
people, Time was when the least gov
eminent was thought the best, and
the policy which left all to the In
dividual, unmolested and unafded by
the government, was deemed the
wisest. Now the duty Of government
by positive law to further equality OF
in respect of the weaker
classes IN their dealings with the
stronger and more powerful Is clearly
It is In this direction that
real progress toward the greater
human happiness is being made. 1t
has been suggested that under our
such tendency to So
called psternalism was impossible.
Nothing is further from the fact. The
power Of the federal government to
tar and expend for the general well
fare has long been exercised, and the
one feels for our const1tu-
ton is increased when we perceive
how readily that instrument lends
itself to wider governmental functions
in the promotion Of the comfort OF the
people.
The list Of legislative enactments
for the uplifting Of those OF our peo-
pie suffering disadvantage in their
social and economic relation to others
enacted by the republican party in this
and previous administrations is long
one. and shows the party sensitive to
the needs Of the people under the new
view OF governmental responsibility
Thus there was the pure food law
and the meat inspection law to hold
those who dealt with the food OF MIL
lions to a strict accountability for its
healthful condition.
Beneficial Labor Legislation
The frightful loss of life and limb to
railway employees in times past has
now been greatly reduced by statutes
requiring safety appliances and proper
inspection, of which two important
ones were passed in this administra-
ton.
The dreadful mining disasters in
which thousands of miners met their
death have led to a federal mining
bureau and generous appropriations to
further discovery of methods for re:
ducing explosions and other dangers
IN mining.
The statistics as to infant mortality
and as to the too early employment Of
children in factories have prompted
the creation of childrens bureau, by
which the whole public can be made
aware of actual conditions in the
states and the best methods Of reform
ing them for the saving and better
ment Of the coming generation.
The passage of time has brought
the burdens and helplessness Of old
age to many of those veterans of the
civil war who exposed their lives in
the supreme struggle to save the ma
ton, and recognizing this, congress
has added to previous provision which
-, %rso$lo gratitude had nr0mDted a