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Show AIT'S SPEECH OP ACCEPTANCE Republican Candidate Makes Ad dress from Steps of Brother's Home in Cincinnati. Discusses Trusts, Labor, Injunctions! the Physical Valuation of Railroads, Rail-roads, the1 Currency, and Other Issues Which He Regards as Pertinent In Campaign. Cincinnati. Standing on a flag-draped flag-draped platform in front of the old colonial portico of his brothor'a home, Judge W. H. Taft, at noon on Tuoa-day, Tuoa-day, accepted tho nomination of tho Republican party to bo Its candidate for tho presidency. Political lcadors from far and near gathered to give tho affair Its political politi-cal significance, while from tho city and surrounding suburbs tho friends, neighbors and admirers of Judgo Taft among his own townspeople turned out In countless numbers and without regard to party nrflllntlon. Senator William Warner of Mia-sour), Mia-sour), past commandcr-ln-chlcf of tho O. A. It., headed tho notlflcntlon committee, com-mittee, which consisted of a mombor of every atnto, territory nnd Island possession of tho nntlon. Tho representatives repre-sentatives of tho commlttco wore chosen from tho delegations attending attend-ing tho nominating convention at Chicago. Chi-cago. There also woro present many memborn of tho nntlonal committee, Including Frank II. rlltchcock, who mado n flying trip to Cincinnati en routo from Chicago to Washington and Now York. Senator Warner's speech of notification notifi-cation was brief, and whon ho hnd concluded npcnklng thoro wns nn enthusiastic en-thusiastic outburst of npplnuso na Judgo Taft stepped forward. After formally nccptlng tho nomination tendered by tho chnlrmnn of tho notlflcntlon notl-flcntlon commlttco, Judgo Tnft launched out nt onco, without picture, npostropho or nny attempt nt oratory, Into tho vory essonco of his declaration declara-tion of principles, tho first portion of his remnrka being a declaration that Republican strength Ilea In n maintenance mainte-nance of "tho Roosovolt prlnclplca." Ho dwelt at somo length upon what tiro president has done In tho lino of reform, and doclarcd tho chlof function func-tion of tho administration to bo a clinching of whnt nlrcady has boon accomplished. Ho asserted, In comparing com-paring tho platforms of tho two old parties, thnt tho Itopubllcan declaration declara-tion Is progresalvo and regulntlvo. while tho Democratic la radlcnl nnd destructive. Judgo Taft dlacusaed trusts, labor, Injunctions, tho .physi-cnl .physi-cnl vnluntlon of rnllronds, tho currency, cur-rency, tho postnl savings bnnks. vlrlch ho dcclnred woro profornblo to tho Democratic plan of government guarnnteo of doposlts, publicity of cnmpalgn contributions and nil other lssuos which ho regnrds ns pertinent in tho coming campnlgn. Ho concluded con-cluded with tho declnrntlon that nn between be-tween tho two old pnrtles tho difference differ-ence conalated of tho fact thnt with Republlcnn euccess thoro "would bo proaporlty; with Domocrntlc victory thoro would bo dlaoator. When tho flnnl nddreas wna llnlBhed thoro wna a procession of locnl nnd vialtlng marching clubs, militia nnd various civic organizations. From nn Improvised roviowlng stnnd on tho Bldownlk Judgo Taft reviewed tho passing hosts. |