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Show 11HFR1 ANI Utah Senator Tells Slier man of Nomination Slurs Roosevelt Utlca, N Y Aug. 21. Senato Sutherland of Utah was spokesman for the committee which today no tified Vice President James School croft Sherman of his nomination b; the Chicago Republcan convention Most of Senator Sutherland's speech aside from a short declaration of prln clplos of the Republican party and : tribnto to Mr. Sherman, was composei of caustic references to the Progres sive party and Its recent conventioi which nominated Colpnel Roosevel and Governor Hiram Johnson foi president and vice president "We shall have arrayed against us In tho coming campagn our ancieni and hereditary oneiu, the Democratic Demo-cratic part-," said he. "in additior wo shall be called upon to contend with some former associates who have concluded to abandon their amiable custom of firing upon the flag thev have been following, in order that they may engage in the more honorable but no more effectual, occupation ol assaulting it fiom the front. '- "For the next few months our ears aro to bo filled with tho voice of the malcontent, strident and manv-keyed, calling upon the people to forsake" the tried and beaten paths of constitutional constitution-al goemment, along which they have walked with sure feet for more than a century, and enter upon a personally-conducted pilgrimage through the political wilderness to a promised land as shadowy and unsubstantial as a desert mirage. Delirious Excursion. "The advance agents of this delirious delir-ious excursion tarried a few days ago at Chicago, long enough to pool their individual giievances, visions and vagaries vag-aries jn a bewildering farrago of impractical im-practical political nostrums such as never before has been collected at one time outside the violent wards of a madhouse. And thus the so-called Progressive party was born, its sole excuse for existence being the unfounded un-founded claim that its nominee for the presidency was defeated for a like nomination by stolen votes at the Republican Re-publican convention " Senator Sutherland briefly reviewed the question contested delegates at the Republican "convention with the contention that President Tift's nomination nom-ination was gotten fairly aii 1 honestly honest-ly He referred to the published statement that some of the Roosevelt contests had been set atoot for a ps thological effect. Would Be Strange Rule. "It would be a strange rule of evidence evi-dence which would require us to accept ac-cept the testimony of a buccannering I psychologist who confesses to an attempt at-tempt to porloin the larger portion of an honest man's property, as conclusive conclu-sive evidence of the psychologist's title ti-tle to the lemainder of the honest man's possessions,' he continued. 1 "There never has been n all iils- 1 tory a more unique convention than that of the Progressive party at Chi- Icago. Heretofore, when a party has been organized. Its oiganiz.ers hate In advance entertained at least n gus-piclon gus-piclon respecting their principles but the delegates to this convention, wholly ignorant of the thiDgs for which they stood, waited, with patiently pati-ently 'folded hands, the appoaranco of Mr Roosevelt in the convention to tell them what they believed. . Light Brigade Disclp'lne. ! "Upon his appearance he was re- i eel vert with reverent adoration With a spirit of seir abnegation never wit- ( nessed since the charge of the Light 1 Brigade at Balaklava a 'Theie's j not to reason wiry, there's but to do and die sort of exaltation led by I Iff.1 . -; vl;?2f.. ,J I - UE' , ' .rK-J' '-, - Ji the Grand Young Man from Indiana, devout but tuneful, the assembled vassals proclaimed their joyous intellectual intel-lectual aurrendei to the feudal lord In tho following hymn of driveling irresponsibility ir-responsibility Follow, follow. We will follow RoQievelt, Anv where, ev ervw here We will follow him. ' Follow, follow, Wo will follow Roosevelt, Anywhere he leads us, We will follow on. "All of which boing chanted to the ravishing air of that stirring ditty, entitled, 'We don'j, know where we're going, but we're on the way.' wrought the multitude Into such a state of blind and benighted idoltary that authentic au-thentic information to tho effect that the colonel had just waylaid a perfectly per-fectly respectable minister of the gospel and robbed him or his last oionth's donations would have brought forth enthusiastic cheers for the colonel and a vote of stern condemnation con-demnation for the man of God as the representative of a dangerous and Iniquitous plutocracy Roosevelt Convention. "In form two thousand delegates, more or less, gathered In the Coliseum, Coli-seum, In reality Mr Roosevelt met in convention in Chicap.o, made n confession of faith, gave his hand to the colored brother from the North and his foot to the colored brother from thc South, adopted a platform, nominated himself and Brother Johnson, John-son, and adjourned with the ease of a thoroughgh traindd thlmblo-ring-er plying his vocation among the lural visitors to tho midway plais-ance. plais-ance. "The campaign upon which we aro about to enter presents issueBof more serious moment to the American people peo-ple than any they have confronted since thc grave qustions which imino-dlatelv imino-dlatelv preceded and accompanied tho Civil war The over-sha"dowing question ques-tion then was whether the Union, under un-der tho constitution, could be perpetuated; per-petuated; that which confronts ub to day Is whether the constitution itself, and the government which the constitution con-stitution established, shall be pro-served pro-served a question of equal, if not greater gravity, since it would be of little avail to have presorved the Union from the chaos of disintegration disintegra-tion if the government of the Union 1b to be given over to thc chaos of disorganization. The Supreme Test. "The paity to which we belong, Mr Vice President, stands in this supremo su-premo contest for independence aud integrity of thc judicial tribunals of tho land, without which tho guaranty of life, liberty and property would be a. meaningless platitude. It btands for tho settled rule of impersonal government, gov-ernment, as opposed to tho shifty opportunism op-portunism of personal manipulation; for tho liberty and order of general law, as agalniit the tyranny of spechl edicts of changing men It plants it-felf it-felf upon the impregnable ramparts of the constitution, and, solemnly protesting pro-testing against an subversion of tho terms of that grat compact by the arrogant and revolutionary process of amendment by misconstruction, appeals ap-peals from a midsummer madness of that portion of tho people which can be fooled all tho time to the sober second thought of the great body at the American eletorate who will render ren-der judgment in November" Sherman Makes Reply. Vice President James S. Sherman, in accepting tie vice presidential nomination, said n part '"Gontlemen of the committee, you fepreaent IS stabs of the Union and S.OOO.OOO Republiian voters in our wide domain Yoi bear the commission commis-sion of the conveition which, representing repre-senting thcin, meut Chicago in June. The annals of Amcican pnrtles do not record thc proceedugs of a political gathering conductei with more openness, open-ness, fairness, delberatlon, sobriety and worthy purpose than that for which you speak. "Not deceived b.v the clamor of those who attempted to bolster up claims without basis by hundieds of contests lesting on a "foundation so flimsy that In thc llfbt of investigation investiga-tion most of thorn nelted away like mow in a lurnacc heit and were rejected re-jected by quite, or noirly. a unanimous unanim-ous vote, the conveition adopted a platform which rings true for patriotism patriot-ism and constitutional government, and worthily bestowed tho renoraina-tion renoraina-tion upon our present thief executive Nomination Not Sought. 'Our paity never before has con-feried con-feried a becond nonmniion for thc ofilce of vice president upon an man. This distinction was not sought by me, but unsolicited It Is appreciated' As a lo.val Republican I Btaud upon the part platform. I mprove of tho admirable statement of Republican principles and achievements made in the address accepting tie nomination for president by William Howard Tart. Upon that platfolm and associated with President Toft, I gratefully accept ac-cept the renominttion 'Our opponents aro divided Into two camps, rivallig each other to excel ex-cel in disturbing! the civic and economic eco-nomic order of thp country The new party thrusts Itself forward into the vacuum loft by tha phantoms of othor third parties whldi have passed inio oblivion. Obliviori too, awaits it. The Democratic part' in the nation hur. many times defected its Republican rival in August, but only twice has it done so in November " Wllcon Jus; Pedagogue. The speaker commented upon the platforms of the Democratic and Progressive Pro-gressive parties and lead excepts from a volume written by Governor Wilson, whom ho declared a pedagogue, not n' statesman , Ho upheld the protective tariff ami said the thoughtful could eee no prom-lao prom-lao of betterment "In tho frantic ciy for a change." He, commended the recent re-cent vetoes of the tariff bills by President Taft, and salu the vetoes called for the support of everv citizen, citi-zen, t Continuing, he said: I "The crime of tlils now age is fren-zlod fren-zlod npeccch and action; lack of thought, a spurning of deliberation and of the weighing of consequences Fakirls with projects to 'get rich' draw gaping crowds. Mn haste Is tho pastime of the multitude. Automobile Auto-mobile races to carry their passengers to doath at a mile a minute. Tho Brltlah board of trade attributes tho awful sinking of the Titimc with its cruel sacrifice of Wo to excosslvo Bpeed. The third term party and candidate can-didate will soon urge the country to live disaster nnd ruin. "We ank that thc Republican party and its candidate be tried upon the rrd of servica and accomplbili- rcents. We near tae end of President Tnffs term of service with our government gov-ernment at amity with all foreign powers, amid domestic tranquility, and with our people blessed with prospeiity and abundance, our navy among the foremost of the world, our army in a high degree of excellence, our postal service for the first time in its history self-sustaining; the colossal co-lossal dream of centuries, an Isthmiaji canal, almost a completed reality, our foreign and domestic commerce in a condition of activity, vigor and health, meeting the de3ires of the most optimistic, op-timistic, and every department of the government rendering proper and efficient effi-cient aid to law-abiding citizens in every calling Confident that the American people arc not yet willing to destroy the constitution which has stood the test of more than a. cen-tuiy cen-tuiy .that they have not forgot the direful result of the mistake of 1S92, we calm await the result In November." No-vember." I oo |