Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-08-08

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Washington. Aug. 1.-Republican lead
Frs, who crowded the east room of the
White House to-day to hear President
Taft's speech accepting the partys
nomination for the presidency. were
confident tonight that his address would
be the real Keynote for the campaign
and Expressed the belief that 1t was
one Of the best speeches Mr.. Taft had
delivered since he entered the White
House.
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 with
the treasury and east end OF the White
House as a background.
Mrs. Taft, Mrs. Leonard Wood, wife Of
the chief of staff of the army. Mrs.
Beekman Winthrop. wife of the assistant
secretary of the navy. and Mrs. G. Nc
Lintock, the only women present, sat
just below the platform while around
them in a half circle were grouped the
members of the committee, senators and
congressman and other invited guests.
The affair was Informal. Most OF the
committee and congressman appeared IN
conventional dress but former Speaker
Cannon. who was told yesterday he could
attend in his shirt sleeves and be com
Portable, was one of the few to wear a
frock coat.
The President apparently enjoyed the
occasion immensely. After his speech he
disappeared in his private apartments for
a few minutes. returned wearing a 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 to luncheon in the state
dining room. After the last visitor had
departed. he motored to Chevy Chase
TO play golf.
SENATOR ROOTS SPEECH.
The committee OF notification" said
Senator Root, here present, has the
honor to advise you formally that on the
END day of June, last. YOU were regular
ly and duly nominated by the national
convention Of the Republican party, to be
the republican candidate for President
for the term beginning March 4, 1913.
For the second time in the history of
the Republican party a part of the dele
gates have refused to be bound by the
action of the convention. Now. as on the
former occasion. the irreconcilable minor
ity declares It's intention to support
either your democratic opponent, or a
third candidate. The reason assigned for
this course is dissatisfaction with the
decision of certain contests in the making
up of the temporary roll of the con-
vention. Those contests were decided by
the tribunal upon which the law that has
governed the Republican party for more
than 40 years imposed the duty of deciding
such contests.
so long as those decisions were made
honestly and in good faith all persons
were bound to accept them as conclusive
In the making up of the temporary roll
Of the convention, and neither in the facts
and produced before the ma
tional committee, the committee OF
credentials and the convention itself. mol
otherwise, does there appear just round
Tor fmpeaching the honesty and good
faith of the committees decisions. Boti
the making up of the temporary roll
and the rights accorded to the person.
upon that roll, whose seats were con,
tested, were in accordance with the Ions
established and unqGestioned rules o
law governing the party, and founded
upon Justice and common sense. You
title to the nomination is as clear an,
unimpeachable as the title of any candi
date Of any party since political conven
lions began.
TAFT STANDS Fer PARTY.
Your selection has a broader basi
than Il mere expression of choice be
tween different party leaders represent
ing the same ideas. You have been nom
mated because you stand pre-eminentl
Cor ,ortas. fi,,J apd essential pripriplo
which the Republican party maintain.
You believe IN the rule of law rattle
than the rule of men. You realize tina
the only safety for nations, MS for ir
dividuals, is to establish and abide b
declared principles of action. You are l
sympathy with the great practical rule
of right conduct that the American pei
pie have set up for their own guidano
and self-restraint In tho limitations {
the constitution, the limitations upo
governmental and official power essei
hal to the preservation of liberty an
justice. You know that to sweep ava
these wise rules of self-restraint wouI
not be progress but decadence. Yo
know that the great declarations
principle in our constitution cannot ,
made an effectual guide to conduct
any other way than by individual jud,
. ment upon Attempts to violate them; ar
you maintain the Independence, dignit
and authority of the courts of the Uni
ed States, You are for progress along a
the lines of national development, b.
for progress which still preserves u
good we already have and hold fast
those essential elements of American Il
situations which have made our count
prosperous and great and free. You re-
resent tie spirit OF kindly considerati
by every American citizen towards q
his fellows. respect for the right of a
verse opinion. peacable methods of Sc
Ting differences THE spirit and meth'
which make ordered and peaceful sci
government possible, as distinguish
Gom Intolerance n hatred and violenc