Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 33, Number 124, 18 June 1908 — Page 6

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Mi OF Htl GOES H CONVENTION IN SWING SPEECH (Continued From Page One) We welcome the friendly rivalry of candidates from other states from the great Empire state, the Keystone state, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin, form ing with Ohio a broad expense extending in unbroken sweep from bid ocean to the uppermost bound of the greatest of inland seas. Each of these presents a leader among leaders whose achievements and renown are not confined to the narrow limits of a single commonJwealth. Today with fervid earnestjness we wage a contest for the prize. iTomorrow, united for the fray and quickened by a common fiery zeal, the champions of all the candidates will go iforth with mounting enthusiasm to vanquish the foe. The most perplexing questions of today arise from the bountiful development of our material wealth. Such a development can not occur without the creation of Inequalities and dangers to Vhe social fabric I most strenuously deny that the American business man 'or the American citizen cherishes lower standards than the citizens of any other country. The American people are by no means depraved. But by reason of their busy absorption in vairled pursuits and of the glamour I which attends success in great undertakings, questionable methods have been able to engraft themselves upon the business of the country. Rich rewards have too frequently been gained by some who are none too scrupulous. Monopoly, dishonesty and fraud have assumed a prominence which calls for the earnest attention and condemnation of every man who truly loves the republic. - Against all these abuses and in the work for restoring old ideals of honesty and equality, as well as for higher standards of civic duty, one man has stood - pre-eminent and that man is Theodore Roosevelt., Against corruption In every form he has set his face with grim determination, prompt and fearless in action and with that intelligent leadership which has assured the establishment of a better era in which the strong and weak alike must submit themselves to the impartial execution of the law There was need of a strong, courageous spirit to restrain those destructive forces which have asserted themselves in this time of growth and plenty. The story of his achievements will make up one of the brightest pages in the history of this or any age and will prove that today, a3 in any critical hour of social unrest or of danger, the man will appear who can grapple with the emergency. Who so fit to take up the tasks which this wondrous generation demands should be wisely and impartially performed as his great war secretary? Since the day when, in Benjamin Harrison's administration, these

two first met, the one as Solicitor General, the other as a member of the Civil Service Commission, they have been bound together by like ideals and aims, by close ties of friendship, and by the exchange of mutual counsel, each with his own individuality and characteristics keeping constantly in view the ennobling vision of a better and a greater America. They have not been satisfied that the Temple of Prosperity should be decked alone by the jewels of the fortunate and the opulent, but have insisted that it should still more abound in trophies which commemorate the enforcement of even-handed justice and the maintenance of that equal opportunity which spreads hope and blessing even to the. humblest home. Since the day when, less than thirty years of age, Mr. Taft denounced, with burning words, a member of his profession who had been guilty of flagrantly vicious practices and had demoralized the community, he has ever been associated with the cause of true reform with that reform which will not content itself with academic dissertation or hollow words. He has been imbued with the spirit of action. His advocacy of sounder conditions has never arisen from a desire for the exploitation of himself. It has always been based upon unswerving integrity and the courage to speak the truth, as he understands it, on all occasions, no matter how influential or powerful the evils which he may attack. No one has ever yet assumed the presidential chair who had received a more ideal preparation for the duties of that great office. As judge in state and federal courts, as solicitor general, as governor of the Philippines, as secretary of war, which has includ

ed the work of colonial secretary and director of national public works, he has received his training and has always shown himself master of the situation and competent to make more honorable and beloved the American name. There have been no years of inaction in his career. He has been continuously engaged in weighty tasks and each successive service has been characterized by an increasing influence upon most vital questions. In our domestic affairs, in whatever position he has held, he has displayed the rare union of a judicial temperament with an unsurpassed gift for administrative management. To him belongs the extremely valuable faculty of eliminating the non-essential from complicated problems and going directly to their substance. His capacity for work is enormous, yet quite as helpful in Jiis equable temperament, which will not allow the annoyances of life to distract or hamper him. Although of an aggressive personality, he possesses an infinite good nature, a charm of manner and a poise which have made him a model for exalted station. In the final analysis even the highest officials must be judged as men. and under this criterion Secretary Taft is now and will ever be known for his broad sympathies with every grade of humanity and as one invariably actuated by that democratic spirit which should characterize a progressive American.

OTE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRA3I, THtTBSDAY, JXTSE 18,

And yet no one can for a moment hesitate to recognize his severity in dealing with wrong-doing. While no honest enterprise need fear him, no dishonest scheme could hope to hide its face from the light or to escape punishment. More than any other of our public men he has had to do with our outlying dependencies and colonial relations. It was he who took in charge the prosecution of that colossal enterprise on the Isthmus, the canal uniting the lesser and the greater oceans, and under his directing hand the completion of this most stupendous of public works is no longer a vague and distant hope, but an imminent reality. With his ever-ready skill as a pacificator, he restored tranquility in the fertile Island of Cuba, so often distracted by civil strife. In the far-off Philippines, under a blazing tropical sky, he found a people of many races and tribes, degraded by centuries of misrule and oppression; and there too he not only established the rule of law and local control in place of confusion and bloody strife, but showed the way to self-government, and a new recognition of the rights of man. For peoples and raCes, like individuals, under the inspiration of a friendly, guide, may lift their faces heavenward and seek to climb the . great world's altar stairs to nobler heights of liberty and opportunity. It is to his lasting honor that his desire was not to be known as "Taft, the ProConsul," but as "Taft, the Father of the Filipinos," who brought to them the light of modern civilization. In the larger sphere of world politics, we are entering into new and closer bonds with all the nations of the earth. Wbo is better qualified than he to lead America to her true position In this later day when the boundaries established in the centuries past are becoming less distinct and kingdoms and races are beginning to realize that they have all one common destiny? Secretary Taft has exceptional familiarity with conditions in the distant Orient in Japan, in China. We -may rest assured that our traditional friendship with Japan will continue. Moreover, the future promises that the slumbering millions of China will awake from the lethargy of ages, and she then will realize that the morning dawn of fresher life and wider outlook comes to her across the broad Pacific from free America, her truest friend and helper. We covet no portion of her territory. We desire from her as from all nations, increased good will and that mutual respect which knows neither bluster nor cringing on either side. Thus In this new era of larger relations, Secretary Taft, with his comprehension of national and international subjects, would furnish a certainty of peace and sustained .prestige. Under him, at home and everywhere, this mighty people would have an assured confidence in the secure development and progress of the country and would rest safe in the reliance that a chief executive was at the helm who, in peace or in war. would guide the destinies of the nation with a strong

hand and with a gentle, patriotic heart. And so today, In the presence of more than ten thousand, and with the inspiring thought of the well-nigh ten thousand times ten thousand who dwell within our borders, I nominate for the presidency that perfect type of American manhood, that peerless representative of the noblest ideals in our national life, William H. Taft, of Ohio.

MRS. MARY STUBBS EIS Horse Scares at Engine Overturned Buggy. and Indianapolis, Ind., June 18. Mrs. Mary Stubbs Moore, state statistician, was thrown from a buggy at Meridian and Twenty-fourth streets, when her horse became frightened at a traction engine. Mrs. Moore was bruised about- the shoulders, but escaped serious injury. When the horse became frightened it over turned the buggy so that Mrs. Moore fell onto the pavement. HEAVY LOSER. Hagerstown Carpenter Has His Tools Destroyed. Hagerstown, Ind., June 18. When the barn owned by B. A. Clark of near Economy, burned to the ground, Lee Rath, a carpenter of this place, was one of the heaviest losers. Rath was employed in making several improvements on the Clark farm and had tools valued at $200 stored in the barn. AH were lost. REPUBLICANS MUST COME THROUGH, SAYS WATSON. Chicago, June 18. Congressman James E. Watson was Introduced to the Republican national convention as "the next Governor of Indiana." And now he says the Republicans of his state dare not fail to elect him. For isn't the promise of Chairman Henry Cabot Lodge of the convention binding? Mr. Watson early in the convention managed to get a seat down on the floor with the-delegation, although there were thousands of other men in the hall who wouM have been pleased half todeath to have had as .good a seat as Mr. Watson held originally up among4 the other distinguished guests on the platform. The congressman-was on the floor conferring with some of the Indiana men when the discussion on the minority report of the roles committee came up for discussion. So they gave Watson a proxy just whose no one seemed to know and pushed him up on the speakers' stand to talk for Indiana.

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FAIRBANKS SAYS HE WILL MOT BE VICE-PRESIDENT

Appreciates High Honors Done Him by His Friends, But Will Not Accept Nomination If Tendered. HIS LETTER TO JOE KEALING MADE PUBLIC. Emphatic Tenor an Indication That He Is Out of the Running for Second Place on The Ticket. Chicago,. June 18. The promulgation of a letter from Vice President Fairbanks reiterating his "Irrevocable determination" not again to be a candidate for the-office he now holds, was the most important development of the day in connection with the vice presidential nomination. The letter was addressed to Mr. Falrbanks's manager, Joseph B. Kealing, and the full text follows: "Indianapolis, Ind., June 16, 190& "My Dear Mr. Kealing I appreciate fully the compliment paid me by my friends in their insistence that I should accept a renomination for Vice President, yet my determination not to be a candidate again, as announced before the close of the last session of congress through you, is absolutely irrevocable. My conclusion does not grow out of any want of appreciation of the honor, for the vice presidency is an honor which any man may well covet. No one is obliged to step down to it. "I have enjoyed the great honor which came to me unsought and by the undivided voice of the party, for all of which I am profoundly gratefuL "This renewed expression of the confidence of my friends touches me most deeply. They need no assurance that I have come to the conclusion I have reached deliberately, and I trust that the personal considerations which I have advanced will commend themselves to their approval. I am the more confirmed In the wisdom of my conclusion, because of the fact that there is no party or public exigency which would seem- to suggest a contrary course. "Accept for yourself and other friends my-grateful appreciation"" of

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your generous, unfailing and loyal support. "I remain, faithfully, "CHARLES W. FAIRBANKS." The news of Mr. Falrbanks's action spread rapidly through the crowds at the Auditorium Annex. Its emphatic tenor was generally regarded as conclusive evidence he would decline the nomination if it should be tendered to him and there was a general inclination, even among those who are most desirous that he should go on the ticket, not to press the matter further. It can be accepted as conclusive that the Fairbanks vice presidential boom is at an end. Following Mr. Falrbanks's letter a boom for Governor Cummins of Iowa attained large proportions. Senator Dolllver being regarded as out of it, the only man at all in the running for whom the white house has expressed a favorable interest, is Cummins. The nomination of Cummins is less vigorously opposed in Iowa than when his name was first sprung. Some of the Iowa Republicans of the opposing faction have reached the conclusion that it would be a fine thing to put Cummins on the vice presidential shelf, where he would be incapacitated from making a disturbance in Iowa politics. The boom for Representative Sherman of New York also received fresh impetus from Mr. Falrbanks's announcement He has opposition in New York state, however, which is a cloud on his candidacy. IN OLD CONNERSVILLE People Did Not Take to Abuse Of Roosevelt. Connersville, Ind., June 1& Carrie Nation, the Kansas hatchet swinger and miniature cyclone In vebosity alone, managed to induce the church people of Connersville to permit her to come to that city and deliver a -lecture. As usual, her speech was a tirade against the republican party and masonic order. She termed President Roosevelt a "beer guzzling Dutchman" the same name she called him In-this city several years ago and was hissed. She admitted that she was released from jail at Pittsburg three weeks ago upon the payment of her fine by friends. She had been sentenced for thirty days. Wmrsro: Gold MedaKFIour is best for rtry. Bsatbicb "RATS!" THEIR ORIGIN. Boston, Mass.. June 18. A ship yesterday brought to this port a ton of hair from-Chlna, taken from dead Chinamen, to make "rats" for women.

HIS EIGHTH STORE

C. C. Allen Comes Here to Establish a Furniture House. HAS ACHIEVED SUCCESS. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Allen have re turned from a trip to Richmond, Ind., where Mr. Allen had gone for1 the purpose of renting quarters for- a furniture store about to be established In that enterprising town by the Allen. Furniture Co. Mr. Allen succeeded in getting a lease on three business rooms together and In them they 'will put a large stock of furniture an dopen It up for business about July lSthMr. Allen will remove his family to Richmond during the. present month and will make that pleasant Indfana city their future home. When the Richmond store is, established there will be eight stores owned' and controlled by this enterpflslocj firm. The interested fpeopie are VL,F.j Hoover, Victor Bond and C- C Allen 1 and the stores are at lima, Mansfield.' Mt Vernon, Zanesvllle and Ashtabula,; O., and Richmond. Hartford City andj Dunkirk, Ind. These gentlemen are; all practical experienced furniture men and the success they hre; achieved In the stores already eitab-i lished is an assurance of the success of the new one about to be established, at Richmond. Lima, O., Time-Deini craL RUSH OF FOREIGNERS Thousands -Now Returning to The Lands of Their Birth. 1,000 LEFT BEHIND. New Yorkt June 18. llore; than lr 000 person's hojfMng steerage tlctet for European porta were left behind by the steamer Potsdam when she saUedwJtb ber-igteerage quarters- filled to t$eir, capacity of J.000. Tha thousand" who-' were enable to finda c-commodatlons-6n the sh'lp Were assuted that they would be taken on4Che next out-going steamer. The police had considerable difficulty in, holding back the " crowds or newcomers who attempted to "force thetr wax n-ooard and several times clubs were used. The grea hoaevaxd rushiof foreigners.-is beleTteJ- tobe4argely daeLo-the rextremely low rates now-bfferedV-tor eastward hnmirt sTfirirsffn imssenimsi