The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-08-22
MAKES CAUST|C
REFERENCE To
THE NEW PARTY
Senator Sutherland of Utah
Officially Notifies Vice Presi-
dent Sherman of His Re-
Nomination.
STREETS OF UTICA
GAlLY DECORATED
Multitude Of People Assemble
in Roscoe Conklin Park to
Do Honor to Their Illus
triouS ToWnsman.

I1lCA, y. y, Aug. 2l.-Utica de-
voted Lself today to the Motif
cation of James 8. Sherman Of
his nomination to the vice.
presidency By the Republican party
Large numbers of people came TO the
city, for the event was prepared with
an idea of making it holiday for the
central and northern part of the state.
About twenty members Of the commit.
tee of notification were present, headed
by United States Senator George Suth"
erland of Utah, the chairman. They
were escorted to the Sherman residence
by thousands Of citizens headed by
bands and military companies, moving
through street gAily decorated and
lined with multitudes of people. From
the Sherman residence they went to
Roscoe Conkling park, where the speak
ing took place.
Mr.. Sherman was i'll recently, but
has been steadily improving and was
quite fit to meet the demands Of the
day.
Senator Sutherland of Utah was
spokesman for the committee.
Most of Senator Sutherland q speech,
inside from a-short deslarstiou Of prin.
ciples Of the Republican party, and a
tribute to Mr.. Sherman, was composed
Of caustic references to the Progressive
party and it's recent convention which
nominated Colonel Roosevelt and Gov
ernor Hiram johnson for president and
vice president
sutherland's Speech.
Senator Sutherland spoke as follows:
Mr. Vice President--rt has become
my pleasant duty, speaking for the
committee appointed for that purpose,
to convey TO you the formal inforIna-
tion that at the national convention
recently held in Chicago you were re-
nominated as the ca ndidnte of the Re-
publican party for the high office Of
vice president of the United States-
an office which you have SO credita-
bly, filled during the past four years.
1t has seldom fallen to me to per-
form duty in which my sense of per-
sonal pleasure and my Judgment have
coincided in such equal proportions.
with you in the house of representa-
tivcs and in the senate qualify me TO
say that IL the people of this coun-
try have not lost their ability to ap-
preclate faithful. conscientious and
unselfsh public service, your re cleo
ton may be predicted with confident
assurance.
Sherman Commended,
You have presided over the dchb-
crations OF the senate with such fair
ness courtesy. ability and constant
devotion to duty as TO win the uni
form and unanimous commendation
of the entire membership OF that
body.
Tho vice president should always be
selected with the possibility In mind
OF his being called upon TO assume
the lnrger duties Of the presidency,
and I but give expression to tho opin-
ions OF all those who know you best
when I say that II the contingency
should ever arise In your case the
duties of that great office would fall
into hands fully capable of bearing the
new and Increased responsibilities.
Bull Moose Party.
We chall have arrayed against us
In the coming campaign our ancient
and hereditary enemy. the Democratic
party. In addition we shall be called
upon to contend with some former as
sociates who have concluded 70 aban-
don their aniabie custom Of firing
upon the flag they have been fol- 7
lowing In order that they may engage i
In the moro honorable, but no more
cffectual. occupation of assaultIne II
from the front. For the next fow (
months our earn to be filled with
the voice OF the malcontent, strident {
and many keyed, calling upon the pso-
pie to forsake the tried and bcatsn |
paths OF constitutional government,
along which they have walked with il
sure feet for more than century T
and enter upon n personally. conducted
pilgrimage through the political will b
derness to q promised land as shadowy A
and unsubstaDtal as a desert mirage.
Pool of Grievances.
The advance agents Of their de- Il
ago at Chicago. long enough to pool
their individual grievances. visions h
and vagRries In bewildering faIrago -
OF impractical political DostTums such
ns never before has been collected at
one time outside the violent wards
OF a madhouse. And thus the So called
Progressive Darty was born, It's sole .
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