Arizona republican., 1912-08-22
Tn Accepting the Honor MT. Sherman Notes Fact That No Other Vice President Was Ever Given Renom- ination
OPENING REMARKS
 OF MIR. SUTHERLAND
Utah Senator Devotes Some Eloquence Mixed With Sarcasm to the Origin and Aims of the Bull Moose Party
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPArCH1

l large crowd composed of many leading republicans of this state and the na- tior. Vice President Sherman was for maIly notified of his renomination by United States Senator Sutherland. rep resenting the notification committee.
 Replying to the speech of Mir. Suth- erland, the vice president said in part:
 Do not be deceived by the clamor of those who attempted to bolster up their claims without basis. The con- vention adopted a platform that rings true for patriotism and constitutional government and worthily bestowed the renomination upon our present chief executive. Our party never be- fore has conferred a second nomina ton on the vice president. As this distinction was unsolicited, it is all the more appreciated. I stand squarely upon the platform. I approve the re- publican principles as made in the ad dress accepting the nomination by MT. Taft Our opponents are divided into two camps rivaling each other in their efforts to excel in distributing the civic and economic order of the country. Oblivion awaits the third party which has thrust itself forward into the va cuum left by the other wo parties. The speaker commented on the platforms of the democrats and progressiVes and read excerpts from volume by Will son whom he declared to be peda- gogue but not a statesman.
 Sherman upheld the protective tar if and commented upon the recent Ve- toes of the tariff bin Continuing, he said. We near the end of Taft's term, at peace with all foreign powers; our DeopIe are blessed with prosperity; our navy is among the foremost of the world: our army is in high degree of excellence: our postal service IS self sustaining. and the Panama canal is almost completed in reality; foreign and domestic commerce are in a condl- ton of vigor. and confident that the American people win not destroy the constitution. we await the ides of No- vember.
 Most of Senator Sutherlands speech aside from short declaration or the principles of the republican party ana a tribute to MT Sherman, was com nosed of caustic references to the pro gressive party and its recent conVen- tion which nominated Colonel Roose- welt and Governor Hiram Johnson for president and vice president
 "We shall have arrayed against us in the coming campaign our ancient and hereditary enemy, the democratic nartv.' said he. "In addition we shall bo called upon to contend with some former associates who have concluded to abandon their amiable custom of firing upon the flag they have been following. in order that they may en- gage in the more honorable. but no more effectual, occupation, or assault ing it from the front.
 "For the next few months our ears are to be filled with the voice of the malcontent. strident and manY-keNed' calling upon the people to forsake the tried and beaten paths of constitutions al government. along which they nave walked with sure feet for more than a century, and enter upon personall! conducted pilgrimage through the pc liticaI wilderness to d promised idhd as shadowy and unsubstntial as deS- crt mirage.
 "The advance agents of this delirious excursion tarried a few days ago at Chicago, long enough to pool their m dividual grievances, visions and Vaga- ries in a bewildering farrago of i'm practical political nostrums such as never before has been collected at one time outside the violent wards ot nadhouse. And thus the so called progressice party was born, It's sole excuse for existence being the un- founded claim that it's nominee for the presidency was defeated for like nomination by stolen votes at the re- publican convention
 Senator Sutherland briefly reviewed the question of contested delegates at the republican convention with the contention that President Tafts nom ination had not been gotten fairly and honestly. He referred to the pub lished statement that some of the Roosevelt contests had been set afoot for a psychological effect.
 Tt would be a strange of evidence which would require us to accept the testimony of a buccaneering psYchoi- ogist who confesses to an attempt to purloin the larger portion of an non est mans property, as conclusive eVl- dence of the psychologists title to the remainder of the honest mans posses sions," he continued.
 There never has been in all history q more unique convention than that of the progressive party at Chicago
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