The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-08-01
TAFT STRIKES AT
7, R, IN His SPEECH
OF ACCEPTANCE
Assails "Demagogery, Fraud
and Misrepresentation" When
Told Officially of Nomination
ALSO SOUNDS KEYNOTE
Defends His Administration and
Says it Has Made Great
Progress
ALSO SOUNDS KEYNOTE

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-President
Taft Earned today that he is the
nominee OF the Republican party for
presidential honors. The national Re-
publican conventions notification
committee performed their perfume
tory fLnotion in ceremony remark
able for its informality.
Senator Elihu Root. who as chair
man OF the convention beaded the
notification committee, formally ten
dercd the nomination, in brief
speech, striking at Roosevelt for his
charge OF stolen delegates" and
glowir gly commencing Taft for his
administration.
The president replied with a 10000
"ord keynote" speech, outlining the
issues OF the campaign as he srW
them, and bitterly assailing "dema-
gogueiy, fraud and misrepresenta-
ton" against himself, and his admin
istraticn. He did not mention Roose-
welt by name in the entire speech, but
dubbed the colonel and his followers
as former Republicans who have left
their PARTY where he did not couple
them with adJectives of denunciation.
The president formally accepted
the nomination with profound graft
tude TO the Republican party
The speech-making took place I'm
the spacious east room of the white
house The original plan had been
for the president to speak to his audi
ence, on the lawn. from the south por-
tico of the executive mansion. Pos
sibility of inciement weather led to
the change.
The notification committee--one
representative from each state-met
at the executive Offices shortly before
IL O'Clock and marched in a body TO
the big ballroom. There they wese
met by the president and Mrs. Taft
the president smilingly ready TO re-
ceiye The expected news OF his re-
nomination. Charlie" Taft, the presi-
dents youngest son, was the only
other member OF the family present.
The president and Senator Root then
submitted TO a battery OF photograph.
ers and the ceremonies began.
! The Last Room held nearly 1000
invited guests cabinet officers, mem
bers of congress, prominent citizens
I and personal friends. They were
grouped about informally. Following
the exchange of speeches, a reception
Hire was started and the president
and Mrs. Taft personally shook hands
with the guests. A buffet luncheon
was then served.
/ President Tafts speech OF accept
Iance follows:
! Mr.. Root and Gentlemen OF the Notl-
7 hcation Committees
| accept the nomination which you
Itender. do so with profound grati-
/ tude to the Republican party, which
has thus honored me twice | accept
iit as an approval OF what ] have done
under it's mandate. and as an EXPIRES
sion Of confidence that in a second adj
lnlnistration | will serve the public
we'll The issue presented TO the con-
ivention. over which your chairman pre-
made crisis IN the party's life. A fac
4 ton sought 70 force the party TO vio-
/ late q valuable and time -honored ma
/ tional tradition by entrusting the pow
ler OF the presidency for more than two
terms To one man. and that man. ore
whose recently aYowed political views
would have committed the party To
radical proposals involving dangerous
iChanges in our present constitutional
form of representative government and
our Independent judiciary.
/ This occasion Is appropriate for the
tie victory for the right which was
Won az Chicago BY that victory. the
Republican party was saved for future
urefil ness. IL has been the party
Through which substantially all the
progress and development In our coun-
try's history in the last so years has
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