The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-08-09
TAFT FORMALLY ACCEPTS POSI-.
TIoN AS REPUBLICAN
LEADER.
STANDS ON PARTY PLATFORM
In Speech Addressed to Senator Root
Present Occupant Of White House
Declares Willingness to Appeal
to Voters on His Record.

for the presidency OF the United
States. listened TO the following speecl
from the chief executive:
Mr.. Root and Gentlemen OF the Mott
fcation Committee:
accept the nomination which yo,
tender. | do so with profound graft
tude to the Republican party. which
has thus honored me twice. | accep
1t as an approval OF what | have done
under it's mandate, and as al ex
preston of confidence that in Il SECOND
administration / will serve the public
well. The issue presented to the con
vention. over which your chairman
presided with such a just and ever
hand. made a crisis in the party's life
A faction sought to force the party
to violate n valuable and time-honoreC
national tradition OF entrusting the
power of the presidency for more
than two terms to one man. and that
man, one whose recently avowed
political views would have committed
the party TO radical proposals involv
ing dangerous changes In our present
constitutional form of representative
government and our independent
judiciary.
Achievements of the Party.
This occasion is appropriate for the
expression Of profound gratitude al
the victory for the right which was
won at Chicago. By that victory. the
Republican party was saved for fu.
ture usefulness. II has been the
party through which substantially ell
the progress and development in our
country's history in the last fifty
years has been finally effected. II
carried the country through the war
which saved the Union. and through
the greenback and silver crazes 10 .
sound gold basis, which saved the
country's honor and credit. II fought
the Spanish war and successfully
solved the new problems of our island
possessions. 1t met the incidental
evils of the enormous trade expansion
and extended combinations OF capital
from 1897 until now by a successful
crusade against the attempt OF concen-
trated wealth to control the coun-
try's politics and its trade. II en-.
acted regulatory legislation to make
the railroads the servants and not
the masters Of the people. II has en-
forced the antitrust laws until those
who were not content with anything
but monopolistic control Of various
branches Of industry are now acquies-
cent in any plan which shall give
them scope for legitimate expansion
and assure them immunity from reck.
less prosecution.
The list OF legislative enactments
for the uplifting of those Of our peo-
pie suffering a disadvantage In their
social and economic relation to others
enacted by the Republican party in
this and previous administrations Is a
long one. and shows the party sensi-
tive to the needs OF the people under
the new view Of governmental respon.
sibility.
Public Mind infamed.
After mentioning In some detail
these enactments under the Repub-
lican administration, Mr.. Taft con-
tinued:
In the work Of rousing the people
TO che danger that threatened u CIV
ilization from the abuses OF concen-
trated wealth and the power II was
likely to exercise. the public magma
ton was wrought upon and a reign
Of sensational journalism and unjust
and unprincipled undertaking has fol-
lowed, In which much injustice has
been done to honest men. DeEa-
gogues have seized the opportunity
further to infame the public mind
and have sought to turn the peculiar
conditions to their advantage.
We are living In an age In which by
exaggeration OF the defects OF our
present condition. by false charges
of responsibility for It against indivId-
uals and classes. by holding up to the
feverish imagination of the less for
tunate and the discontinued the pos
sibilities Of q millennium, q condition
Of popular unrest has been produced.
New parties are being formed, with
the proposed purpose Of satisfying
this unrest by promising q panacea.
In so far as inequality Of condition
can be lessened and equality of oppor-
tunity can be promoted by improve
ment Of our educational system, the
betterment of the laws to insure the
quick administration Of justice, and
by the prevention OF the acquisition of
privileg- without just compensation In
so far ~ the adoption Of the legis-
lation above recited and laws of a
similar character may aid the less
fortunate in their struggle with the
hardships OF life. all are In sympathy
with q continued effort to remedy in.
justice and to aid the weak, and I ven-
ture to say that there IL no national
administration In which more real
steps Of such progress have been
taken than In the present one. But
in 20 far n the propaganda for the
satisfaction OF unrest involves the
promise Of q millennium. Q condition
IN which the rich are to be made rea-
sonsbly rich BY the law. We 3 chas-