The Washington times., 1912-08-08

who in this convention represent the
high and honest purpose OF the people
of all of our country, l come forward
to thank you from my heart for the
honor you have conferred upon me,
and to say that, of course, l accept.
my words when say / hold 1t
greatest opportunity that has ever come
to me to be called by you to the lead
ershfp for the time being of this great
movement in the interests of the Ameri-
can people.
And, friends / wish now to say how
deeply sensitive I am to the way In
which the nomination has come to me,
and to tell those who proposed and
seconded my nomination that 1 appre-
Ing such men and such a woman put
me in nomination; and wish to thank
the convention for having given me the
running mate 1t has given; ..
Governor johnson. Nearly two years
ago, after the elections of 1910 when
what l had striven to accomplish In
New York had come to nothing, and
when my friendsh the enemy. exulted-
possibly prematurely-over what had
befallen me, Governor Johnson, in the
flush Of his own Triumph, having just
won out, wrote me a letter which l
shall hand on to my children and chill
dren's children because of what the
letter contained, and because Of the
man who wrote it.; a letter of trust
and belief, letter Of ardent cham
pionship from the soldier who was at
the moment victorious. toward his conf
rade who at the moment had been
struck down.
Praises Johnson.
In Governor johnson we have a man
whose every word is made good by the
deeds that he has done. The man who
as the head of a great State, has prac-
tically applied in that State for the
benefit of the people of that State the
principles which we intend to apply
throughout the Union as a whole. We
have nominated the only type Of mar
who ever ought to be nominated for tine
Vice Presidency; we have nominated q
man fit at the moment to be President
of the United States.
Friends, have come here merely tc
thank you from the bottom of my heart
| for the honor you have conferred upor
! me, and to say that appreciate 1t ex
| actly as I know you meant it. For the
| can be given to any man Is the oppor.
| tunity, II he has the stun in him, tc
do something that counts in the inter
ests Of nnsSo1a the Sommon good; IAN .n. ,,,rosr
Of responsibility, the burden of obliga-
| ton that you have put upon me. / ap-
] preciate to the full that the trust you
| impose upon me can be met by me ir
| one way, and that is by so carrying
myself that you shall have no cause tc
regret or to feel shame for the action
you have taken this afternoon.
And friends, with all my heart and
SOUL with every particle Of high purpose
that there Is In me, 1 pledge you my
! word to do everything l can. to pu
every particle of courage, of common
sense and of strength that I have a.
your disposal. and to endeavor 80 fal
as strength Is given me to live up Il
the obligations you have put upon me
| and to endeavor to carry out IN the In
terests of our whole people the policies
to which you have today solemnly ded
| icated yourselves to the millions OF mel
and women for whom you speak
| thank you"
When the applause which greeted
Colonel Roosevelt's speech of acceptance
had ceased, Governor johnson was In
troduced by Chairman Beveridge.
Governor Johnson. in accepting hi
| nomination. said:
TT is with the utmost solemnity. tn,
deepest obligation, that I come to tel
you that l have enlisted for the war
I enlisted long ago, and I enlisted II
that fight that is your fight now, thu
fight of all the nation. thank God. a