Evening journal., 1912-08-01
PRESIDENT
LEARNS OF
NOMINATION

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photographers, and then the speeches
began.
Root Notifies.
Senator Root said:
Senator Roots notification speach
was brief and formal, but he laid
particular stress on the point that
Tafts title to the nomination was
as clear aud unimpeachable as the
title of any candidate of any party
since political conventions began" and
that he was regularly and duly
nominated"
Referring to the Roosevelt bolt Root
said:
For the SECOND time in the history
Of the Republican party. a part Of the
delegates have refused to be bound
by tho action Of the convention.
=. The reason assigned for this course
is dissatisfaction with the decision Of
certain contests in the making up OF
the temporary roll of the convention.
These contests were decided by the
tribunal upon which the law that has
governed the Republican party for
more than forty years imposed the
duty of deciding such contests. So
long as these decisions were made
honestly aud in good faith all per-
sons were bound to accept them as
conclusive in the making up Of the
temporary roll OF the convention, ana
neither in the facts and arguments
produced before the national commit
tee, the committee on credentials and
tho convention itself nor otherwise,
does there appear Just ground for I'M
peaching the honesty and good faitn
Of the commiittee's decisions.
Both the making up Of the tenn
porary roll. and the rights accorded
10 the persons upon that roll whose
seats were contested. were in accord
ance with the g-established and IN
questioned rules of law governing the
party. and founded upon justice and
commonsense.
Your selection has broader basis
than a mere expression Of choice be-
tween different party leaders repre-
senting the same ideas. You have been
nominated because you stand pre-
eminently for certain fixed and essen
tiai principles which the Republican
party maintains.
you believe In the rule Of law
rather than the rule Of men. You
realize that the only safety formations
as for individuals, is to establish and
abide by declared principles of action.
You are in sympathy with the great
practical rules OF right conduct that
the American people have set up for
their guidance and self-restraiut in
the limitations of the constitution
the limitations upon governmental
and official power essential TO the pre-
servation Of liberty and justice. You
know that to sweep away these wise
rules Of self-restraint would not be
progress. but decadence.
''You know that tho great declara-
tions OF principle IN our constitution,
cannot be made an eifectual guide to
conduct in any other way than by
judicial judgment upon attempts TO
violate them; and you maintain the
independence. dignity and authority OF
the courts OF the United States. You
are for progress along the lines Of
national development, but for progress
which still preserves the good we al
ready have and holds fast to those
essential elements OF American IN
stitutions which have made our coun-
try prosperous and great and free,
You represent the spirit OF kindly con-
slderation by every American citizen
towards all his fellows, respect for the
right to adverse opinion, peaceable
methods OF settling diiferences-the
spirit and method which make or
derly and peaceful self-government
possible. as distinguished from intoler-
ance and hatred and violence.
"In respect of all these things oui
country is threatened from many sides
II is your high privilege to be tho
standardbearer for the cause in which
you believe; and in that cause o
peace and justice and liberty. the mil
lions OF your countrymeu who believe
as you do will stand with you. and th'
great party which was born in th'
struggle for constitutional freedom
will support you"
President Taft's speech Of accept
ance will be found on page G.