Evening journal., 1912-08-01

In accepting the nomination fre5-
ident Taft today addressed the noti-
fcation committee as follows
Mr.. Root and Gentlemen OF the Mott.
hcation Committee accept the nomi
nation which you tender I do so with
profound gratitude to the Republican
party. which has thus honored me
twice. | accept it as an approval Of
what I have done under its mandate.
and as an expression OF confidence
that in a second administration 1 will
serve the public well. The issue pre-.
sented to the convention, over which
your chairman presided with such
just and even hand made a crisis In
the party's life. A faction sought to
force the party TO violate a valuable
and time honored national tradition by
intrusting 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 pro
posals involving dangerous changes in
our present constitutional form OF rep
resentative government and our indie
pendent judiciary.
This occasion is appropriate for the
expression OF profound gratitude at the
victory for the right which was won at
Chicago. BY that victory the Repub
lican party was saved for future use
fulness. II has been the party through
which substantially all the progress
and development IN our country's his
tory In the last fifty years has been
finally effected. II carried the country
through the war which saved the Un-
ion and through the greenback and sill
yer crazes to a sound gold basis. which
saved the country's honor and credit
1t fought the Spanish war and sue.
cessfully solved the new problems OF
our island possessions.
II met the incidental evils OF the
enormous trade expansion and extend
ed combinations Of capital from 1897
until now by a successful crusade
against the attempt OF concentrated
wealth to control the countrys politics
and its trade. II enacted regulatory
legislation to make the railroads the
servants and not the masters Of the
people. IL has enforced the antitrust
laws until those who were not content
with anything but monopolistic con-
troll OF various branches of industry
are now acouiescent in any plan which
shall give them scope for legitimate
expansion and assure them immunity
from reckless prosecution.
Tho Duty Of Government.
The Republican party has been alive
90 the modern change in the view OF
the duty of government toward the
people Time was when the least gov
ernment was thought the best and
the policy which left all to the indi-
vidual unmolested and unaided by
government, was deemed the wisest.
Now the duty OF government by posi-
tive law to further equality Of oppor-
tunity in respect Of the weaker classes
IN their dealings with the stronger and
more powerful is clearly recognized.
II is IN this direction that real prog
ress toward the greater human hap
piness is being made. 1t has been
suggested that under our constitution
such tendency to so called paternalism
was impossible. Nothing is further
from the fact The power OF the fed
eral government to tax and 'expend
FOR the general welfare has long been
exercised, and the admiration one feels
for our constitution is increased when
we perceive how readily that instru-
ment lends itself to wider govern
mental functions in the promotion OF
the comfort of the people
The list OF legislative enactments for
the uplifting Of those OF our people suf-
fering a disadvantage I'm their social
and economic relations TO others enact
ed by the Republican party in this and
previous administrations is a long one
and shows the party sensitive to the
needs Of the people under the new view
OF governmental responsibility.
Thus there was the pure food law
and the meat inspection law to hold
those who dealt with the food OF mill
Hons 10 a strict accountability for its
healthful condition.
The frightful loss OF life and limb
10 railway employees in times past
has now been greatly reduced by stat.
utes requiring safety appliances and
proper inspection. OF which two i'm.
portant ones were passed IN this ad.
ministration.
The passage OF time has brought the
burdens and helplessness Of old age "a
many OF those veterans OF the civil
war who exposed their lives in the
supreme struggle to save the nation
and. recognizing this. congress has
added to previous provision which pa
triotic gratitude had prompted. a sub
stanual allowance. which may %
properly characterized as an old mems
pension.
Railways and Employees.
In the making OF the contract OF EN-
plOyment between a railway employe'
and the company the two do not stanc
on an equality. and the terms OF th'
contract which the common law I'm
piled were unfair to the employee
Congress In the exercise Of its contro
over interstate commerce has re-forme
the contract to be implied and h;
made It more favorable 10 the er
ployee. Indeed. a more radical bi
which fully approve. has passed Il
senate and is now pending in Il
house which requires interstate RAJ
ways in effect TO insure the lives
their employees and to make provisiS
for prompt settlement Of the amou
due under the law after death or iniui