The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1916-08-04
OF His Nomination For
President of the
United States
N NEW YORK CITY
Great and Distinguished Gather
iDs--Delivers Able Speech;
Flags Democracy.

Nv Yrk. Inly 81 -Charles E,sns
Hughr~ Was f,rmslls notified 81 hi- nom
lnxsion here tonight as the Rrlutiicar.
candidate for the presidency The rere
mony Was held in Carnegie Hail ana
witnessed by thousands OF people from
all over the union.
Senstor Warren e.. Harding, of ohio.
who wss chairman Of the RsInbli.. n
national convention, made the -peeci,
net flying Mr. Hughes OF las nomination.
speaking in part follows
Mr.. Hughes: The committe.. here
assembled representing all of the United
States and territories. chosen by the Re-
publican national convention which met
In Chicago on last June =. IL directed by
that convention formally t. notify ynu
of - scsson in selecting you As its nom
inee Tor the presidency of the republic.
That convention uttered the prin-
ciples of . confident, determined, ~
unit-d and enthusiastic Republican party
which turns to you, I'm highest Respect
and trust, As a Nominee best typifyinr
the party's purposes and the peoples d.
sires"
Judge Hughes responded IN am rx-
haastiye speech from which the follow
lng extracts are taken:
This occasion IL more than mere
ceremony Of notification We are not
sere to indulge in formal expressions
We come to state in plain and direct
manner Our faith. our purpose and our
pledge. This representative = thering j.
. happy sugury. IL means the strength
OF reunion. Ia means that tho party (
Lincoln Is restored. alert effective IN
means the unity of q common T.s-c.t,tinn
OF paramount national needs If nran-
that we are neither dec~ived nor i.enum
bed by abnormal conditions. We know
that We are in a critical pericd, perhaps
more critical than any period since the
Civil War. We need dominant sens.
OF national unity; the eNercisr Of our
best constructive pOwer-; the vigor and
resourcefulness oi qnickened Aueric
We desire that the Republican party ~.
great liberal party shall be the ag.ory
OF national achievement. the organ of
the effective expression of douilran.
Amsriesnism. What 10 mean 10y that
i mean America conscious Of power
awake To obligation. erect IN self respect.
prepared tor every emergency. Devoted
70 the III. als Of peace, instinct with the
spirlt Of human brOtherboDd, ~ sf,.guar.i
ing both individual opportunity AMI flI,.
public interest, maintaining a we'll ORDER
ed constitutional system adapted D. local
sell government without the -acriiice 81
essential national authority approaching
the necessIty Of stability. expert knoul-
edge ard thor ugh organization - tie
Indispensable conditions Of security snd
progress; a eountry Ioved by IT. citszen-
with patriotic fervor permitting n, ~
vision in their slieiaure and o., rivals
IN their sfetion-I mean America hr-t
and America efficient. II . M thi- -pirif
that ] respond % your simmons
When ~e contemplate industrial and
commercial Conditions We - that we are
living IN f'~f's ysr@ui-r The teni,o
rsry PROSPERITY Co ~ii,ch oar opponents
point hs- lsen created ny the abnormal
conditions incident o. Tie war. With
the end 81 the war there ~iil H. the new
conditions detrrmiHed by new Eurol,e
Millions men Ia the trencl,es ~iil then
return O. work The energie- of eaci. u
the now b~Iiigerent ns'icns. highly train
ed, will thsn H. turned o. prodnction
On the ,sher hand. In this country.
with the -toPpsee 81 tie Manufacture Of
munitions, ho~t "a men all he turned
out Of employment. ae must nlset the
most severe cOmpetIti'.n in industry. We
are ubdlscIplIned, d.te.tive m organ
izstsoD, iOoseiy KNIT. industrisiIy unpre
pared
Our opporents prom I'D o. reduce the
cot Of hvins. The h:y have failed 70
eos bns ny did rsioce tf.s opposssni