Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-08-07
..|MR. TAFT ACCEPTS
THE NOMINATION
Presidents Speech to Senator,
Root and His Committee.
CAMPAIGN ISSUES DEFINED N
Achievements Of the Republican Party
In This and Previous Admins
trations Lauded-Agltation by
4 Democrats and Progressives
Is Denounced. ~

Washington, Aug. 1.-Presloent
Taft today was formally notified or
his nomination by the Republican con-
vention in Chicago, and formally &C
copied the honor. The committee,
headed by Senator Root. called on
the president at the White House.
Mr.. Taft's speech of acceptance was
carefully prepared for use as cam
paign document It was in part al
follows: ~ 81
Mr.. Root and Gentlemen of the Noti-
flcation Committee:
I'm accept the nomination which you
tender, do so with profound graft
stude to the Republican party, which
has thus honored me twice. accept
1t as an approval of what have done
under its mandate, and as an e1-
preston OF confidence that In sec
ond administration will serve the
public we'll, The Issue presented to
the convention, over which your chair
man presided with such just and
even hand. made crisis In the party q
life. A faction sought to force the
|sparty to violate q valuable and time
honored national tradition by entrust'
ing the power OF the presidency Tor
more than two terms to one man, ana
that man, one whose recently avowed
political views would have committed
the party to radical proposals involv'
Ing dangerous changes In our pres
ont constitutional form of representa-
tive government and our Independent
judiciary.
4 Achievements Of the Party.
" 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
Republican party was saved tor fu-
ture usefulness. 1t has been the party
through which substantially all the
progress and development in our
country's history in the last fifty
years has been finally effected. It
carried the country through the war
which saved the Union, and through
the greenback and silver crazes to q
sound gold basis. which saved the
country's honor and credit. It fought
the Spanish war and successfully
solved the new problems OF our isl
| and possessions. 1t met the incidental
evils Of the enormous trade expansion
and extended combinations Of capital
from 1897 until now by successful
crusade against the attempt of concen.
\. trated wealth to control the coun.
try's politics and its trade. 1t en-,
acted regulatory legislation to make
the railroads the servants and not
the masters of the people. 1t 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. VI. IS 81
The list of legislative enactments
for the uplifting OF those OF our peo
pie suffering . disadvantage In their
social and economic relation to otn'
ers enacted by the Republican party
in this and previous administrations
Il long one, and shows the party
sensitive to the needs OF the people
under the new view OF governmental
responsibility.
Public Mind lnhamed.
After mentioning in some detail
these enactments under the Republic
an administrations, Mr.. Taft contin
ued: N s$