The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-01
TITLE CLEAR AND
UN|MPEACHABLE.
So Declares Senator Root in
Concluding His Address
of Notification.
NOMINATION TAKEN As
EXPRESSION OF CONFIDENCE
Il Accept the Nomination as an Ex.
preston of Confidence that in a Sec.
ond Nomination will Serve the
Public WE'LL" Declares President.


Washington. Aug 1-President y
Taft was formally notified today y
of his nomination by the national =
republican convention AT Chicago. =
Surrounded by his family and y
friends in the historic east room
of the white house. the president
received Senator Root chairman =
of the committee of nitification. =
his first official information of the
conventions action. .
Your title to the nomination =
is as clear and unimpeachable as =
the title OF any candidate since .
political conventions began. said y
Senator Root at the conclusion Of y
his address I.
y accept the nomination which =
You tender" replied the president v
in beginning his speech of accept =
ance. Il accept il as an express =
sion of confidence that in a sec e
ond administration | will serve .
the public we'll" .
Washington. Aug President
Fafts formal speech of acceptance of
| the nomination of the Chicago conven-
ton was delivered here today to the
| oHlcial committee of notification head
| ed by Senator Root and a few invited
guests.
Although Mr.. Taft defined in detail
the issues of the campaign as he saw
them. he reserved the right to amplify
his statement in a letter as the cam
paien develops.
ne supreme issue that confronts
the voters. the president declared. was
| that of the maintena nee of the ma
tions institutions and the preserva-
tlon Of the constitution. threatened he
said. on the one hand by the demo-
cratic party and or the other by those
republicans who had left the party to
try their fortunes in q new one.
Next IN Importance Mr.. Taft placed
the tariff. In the proposals of the
democrats for reductions in the pres
ent schedules. he said. lay danger Of
business depression and hard times.
The republican principle of revision
only where scientific investigation
shows II necessary marked the straight
road 10 continued prosperity and com
naerolal peace.
In discussing The tariff. the presi-
dent said that it was untrue that to
Its door could he traced the high cost
Of living and pointed out that condi-
tlons nt living We're alike over the
world. A political promise could not
remedy such condition he said
AS an issue only less important than
ulation Of trusts. He said the Sher-
man law had heen enforced with sue
cess hut added that specific acts Of
unfair trade should he denounced as
nisdemeanors that such acts might be
avoided or when committed punished
by summary procedure Interstate
business enterprises. he said. should be
oHered a federal Incorporation law
Aside from those issued the presi-
re- -
publican party and particularly his
own administration as an earnest Of
what ii might he expected to do in the
future If the people returned il to
power in November He attacked the
democrats al other points than the
! tariff making special reference to the
refusal of that party in the house Of
representatives TO continue the naval
policy Of two hattleships year. Taft
did not mention either Colonel Roose-
Welt or Governor Woodrow Wilson bv
name but referred to each While he
did not accuse either of embracing
doctrines of socialism. many of the
proposals they had made. the presi-
dent said savored of it strongly He
closed With review of his admins
tratlve achievements and appealed di-
rectly to the conservative voters of the
democratic party to join with the re-
dl lne polls.
Opponents Near Socialists.
Il know that in this wide country
there are many who call themselves
democrats who view. with the sama
aversion that We republicans do. the
radical propositions of change in our
form of government that are reckless
ly advanced to satisfy what is suppos-
ed to be popular clamor,' said the
president
They are men who revere the con-
stitution and the institutions of their
government with all the love and re-
spect that We could possibly have. men
who deprecate disturbance in business
conditions. and are yearning for that
quiet from demagogic agitation which
is essential to the enjoyment by the
whole people Of the great prosperity
which the good crops and the present
conditions ought to bring us.
To them 1 appeal, as to all repub.
licans. to Join us in an earnest effort
to avert the political and economic
revolution and business paralysis
which republican defeat will bring
about. Such misfortune will fall most
heavily on the wage Garner. May ve
not hope that he will see what his
real interest is, will understand the
shallcwness Of attacks upon existinr
institutions and deceitful promises a.
underlined benefit by underlined chane-
esq"
The president had heard ofY,cially az
his nomination at Chicago from the