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FLOOD OF ORATORY
ENGULFS CONVENTION
Chicago, June 18. Nominating
speeches of the principal presidential
candidates were mado ua follows:
BUKTO.V'H KPKKCM
XOMI.N'ATIXi; TAFT
"This convention enters upon the
grave responsibility of selecting a
presidential candldute with the se
rene assurance that the Hepubllran
party will continue to rule this peo
ple. What assembled multitude In
any land has ever pointed the way to
such beneficent results for home and
for the progress of the whole human
race, as the recurring conventions of
this grand old organization? Yet we
do not rely alone upon the record of
that which it has accomplished. We
emphasize even more, its supreme
qualification to solve the problems of
the present.
"It is especially appropriate that
this gathering should be held in thin
marvelous city of Chicago, whence
treasures of a continent to lay them
the steel bands of commerce reach
out In every direction, over plain and
Tlver and mountain, to almost bound
less distance, bringing the richest
at youi' feet. Here It was that the
righteouB uprising against slavery
and Bourhonism, sprung from bhe
nation's conscience, raised Us first
triumphant voice , when Abraham
Lincoln was nominated. And here,
again, with notes of thunderous ac
claim, enraptured throngs greeted the
naming of Garfield ,of Blaine, of Har
riBon and of Roosevelt.
"Again Ohio presents a candidate
to the National Republican conven
tion. In seven stubbornly contested
presidential campaigns, , Bons of 'her
sacred soil have led the embattled
Republican hosts to victory. The
Buckeye State has assuredly contrib
uted her share of statesmen and gen
erals for the upbuilding of the na
tion. But that of which we are
prouder still is her stalwart citizen
ship the mightiest bulwark of the
Republic In every commonwcnltlv
made up of America's free yoemen,
ever ready to respond to the tocsin of
alarm in days of peril, or to crush
corruption whenever It rajBes Its
menacing head. From this citizen
ship, Ohio, In the supreme emergency
of. the Civil Wur, Bent forth more
than two hundred thousand soldiers
for our country's defense, a formid
able array easily surpassing in num
bers the world conquering legions of
Imperial Caesar, and even larger than
any army ever mustered by Britain
for the touted field. But transcend
ent above all Is the fact that Ohio Is
ono of a matchless union of Slates
linked together In everlasting bonds
of amnity and constituting an em
pire wonderful In power and almost
Immeasurable In extent. Kncli sover
eign Stale alone would occupy but a
subordinate place In the grcnt current
of the world's evonls.but when rep
resented by one of forty-six bright
Hlars on a field of stainless blue,
every one forms pnrt of an emblem of
union and Btrenglh more beautiful
far than the most brilliant constel
lation In the ihoavens.
"We welcome the friendly rivalry
of candidates from ; oilier states
from the great Kmplre State, the
Keystone state, Indiana, Illinois and
Wisconsin forming with Ohio n broad
expanse extending In unbroken sweep
from old ocenn to the uppernuist
bound of the greatest of Inland sons.
Kach of those present a leader among
lenders whoso achievements and re
nown are not confined to tho narrow
limits of a single commonwenllih.
Today with fervid earnestness we
wnge a contest for the prize. Tomor
row, united for tho fray and quick
cned by a common fiery zeal, the
champions of nil the candidate! will
Ko forth with mounting cnlhuslusin
lo vanuu sh the foe.
The most perploxlng questions of
today arise from the bountiful devel
opment or our material weuun. Burn
a development cannot occur without
the creation of Inequalities ana dan
eers to the social' fabric. 1 most
strenuously deny that the American
business mnn or the American citizen
cherishes lower standards Hum the
citizens of any other cnunlry. The
American people are by no means de
prived. Hut by reason or llu'lr busy
absorption In varied pursuits and ol
tho glumtiur which attends success in
great undertakings, . qucstlonauie
methods have been able to engrart
themselves, upon the liuslness ol the
country, Rich rewards have too fre
quently b.cn gained by some who are
none t.io scrupulous. Monopoly, dis
honesty and fraud have assumed a
prominence which culls for the ear
liest i attention tin. I condemnation or
I'verv man who truly loves the re
publl'. Against all thes,- abuses and In the
work for restoring; I he old Ideals of
lionc-ly and iiuulliy. a well as for
the higher standards of civic duly,
one 111:111 has stood pre-eminent, and
that uiau Is Theodore Itoosovolt.
Against corrupiloii In every form lu
has set his face with grim ilelennl
nailon, prompt ami fearless lu act Ion
and with that. Intelligent leadership
which has assured lite establishment
of a bell i' era In wliich s long ami
weak alike must submit themselves
to the Impartial execution of the law.
There was need of a ijli'ong. courage
ous spirit to restrain (huso destruc
tive fores which have assorlot them
selves In this time of growth
have been bound together by ideals
and alms alike, by clo.se ties of friend
ship, and by the exchange of inutuul 1 the
would furnish a certaintv of peace tect honesl'y acquired wealth, but to national welfare may reulr:.
and sustained prestige. Under him. destroy Industrial piracy. w-hose life has been one i Conu lete de
al home and everywhere, this mighty 1 "He must be a man whose faith In votion to private and public duty, one
people would hive an assured confi- the hewer of wood and drawers of who has earned for hlinseir ine
dence In the secure development aud ;water is elemental and profound, and proudest eulogies at the hands of hlB
progress of the country, and would 1 who deema their rights to bo as 6a- countrymen, and whose public tri
rest safe in the reliance that a chief j cred as the rights of the captains of uniphs in the Interest of the people
executive was at the helm who, in Industry, and not one In whom this have been crowned with every ais
utace or lu war. would guide the Bense is recently acquired or cultivat- tincllon at the hands of his bbsoci-
riostlnffH of the nation with a strong I ed. ate:!.
patriotic
counsel, each with his own Individual
Ity and characteristics keeping con
stantly in view the ennobling vision
of a better and gwater America.
They have not been satisfied that the
temple of Prosperity should be deck
ed alone by the jewels of the fortu
nate and opulent, but have Insisted
that it should still more abound In
trophies which commemorate the en
forcement of even-handed Justice and
the maintenance of that equal oppor
tunity which spreads hope and bless
ing 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 lia.l 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 i
spirit of action. His advocacy of
sounder conditions hus
from
hand and with a gentle,
heart
And so, today, In the presence of
mure thun ten thousand, and with
Inspiring thought of the well
nlgh ten thousand times ten thous
and wlu dwell within our borders, I
nominate for the presidency that per
fect type of American manhood, that
peerless representative of the noblest
Ideals in our national life, William il.
Taft, of Ohio.
GOVKRXOR H XI,KY
PKKSKXTS KAIItllAXKS
Governor Hanley, of Indiana, pre
sented the name of Vive President
Fairbanks as his state's choice for
the presidency. He said in part:
"He has convictions concerning the
fundamental principles of right and
wrong and the great public questions
that vex our people, and he Is not
afraid to stand for them In public
and in private. Had he lacked' either
principle or courage he could not
have acquired the leadership In Indi
ana. Without thorn her people would
never have honored or trusted him.
We publicly opposed the free coin-
never risen Uge of silver when many of the party
desire for the exploitation of leaders hesitated and were afraid to
himself.. It has always been based 1 apeak. Under his leadership Indl-
upon unswerving Integrity and thel
courage to speak the truth, as ne un
derstands it, on all occasions, no mat
ter how influential or powerful the
evils which he may attack.
No one has ever yet assumed the
presidential chair who has 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 Philip
pines, as secretary of war, which has
included the work of colonial secre
tary and director of national public
works, he Iiub received his training
and has always shown himself mas
ter ofthe situation and competent to
niake'more honorable and beloved
the American name. There have been
jl
ROBERT M. LA FOLLETTE.
no yours of Inactlom In his career.
Ho has been continuously engaged In
weighty tasks, and each successive
Bervlco has been characterized by an
increasing Influence upon tho most
vital questions.
In the larger sphere of world pol
itics' wo are entering Into new and
closer bonds with all tho nations of
earth. Who Is bettor qualified than
he to lead America to her true posi
tion In this later day when the boun-
ana Republicans declared for the
maintenance of the gold standard
many months before the party spoke
at St. Louis. To him and to them de
feat with honor was preferrable to
victory at the cost of a debauched
currency and a ruined national cred
it. These being morally wrong could
not be politically right.
"With equal courage he haa led
his party In Indiana months since to zen, Robert N. Lafollette.
aeciare ior tne . prompt ana eiiec-i
tlve revlBlon of the tariff 'Immediate
ly after the November election, what
ever the result of that election shall
be, to the end that the business Intre-
eBts of the country may not long be
subjected to uncertainty and that the
principle of protec'.lon to American
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J. iliANK 1IAXLY.
CHARLES W. FAIRBANKS.
dalles csiab'.;..'..oil III i he centuries
past are lie.iiir.ing less distinct aud
kingdoms an. I races are beginning to
teallze that they all have one common
destiny?
Secretary Taft lias exceptional fa
miliarity with condllloiia In the dis
'ant orient in .lannn. In Chins. We
and may rest assured that our traditional
plenty. The story of his achieve
ments will mal e up one of the bilgi'
esl pages In I ho history of I his or
any age and will prove that today, as nwao from ih, letlmrgv of ages, and
she will then realize t hal the morning
;an 01 iresncr llle and wider inn
friendship with Japan will continue
Moreover, the future promises thai
the slumbering millions of China will
Industries Bhall be preserved.
"His character Is as pure and
white as a marble shaft. His life, pub
lic and private, isclean and as whole
some as the morning light. Imbued
with a deep religious sense, he is too
conscientious for hypocrisy, too scrup
ulous for dishonesty, too candid for
deception, lie has In marked degree
the genius of goodness that charac
terized McKlnley nnd hlB.home lire Is
typical of tho host ther els. Across
lla thrcshhold no shadow haa ever
fallen. He lives In the open a man
ly mnn, nn American gentleman.
"It Is said he Is conservative,
and so he Ib, nnd yet withal progres
sive. Ills sense of right, his judg
ment, his poise, his balance, and not
his 'Indiscretions," make him great.
As president he will build up, 110:
tear down, crea'e ,nnd not destroy.
There will be 110 'timid doubt, 110
halting fear, no government by Im
pulse. Correction oj nhiires. the reg
ulation of rarpoiatlons and the pun
ishment of offenders against the law.
whether Indlvldiri! or corporate, will
go on, but they will go on through
tlu impartial enforcement of the law.
and through riec:sions of the conns
and n it througl. headlines of the d il
ly press. i;'n him the 'squar? deal'
will be transferred from the forum of
academic discussion to the field o:'
accomplished fait. Ills 'spear wl'l
I. now no friend. ' There will be' no
favorites, no 'immunity tnths.' '.11'
In llevi s not ony in 'government or
the people, and 'for the people,' but
ill 'government by the neoplo.'
"Mr. Chairman, f.ir these reason 1.
reasors which seem to be cigent and
abiding. Indiana nominates tile Hon
orable Charles Warren Kiiirhaiilts for
president of the United Slates."
"Ho should be a man who will be In the strenuous years mai we
the successor of President Roosevelt, have lived, no man charged with re
neither hlB heir nor crown prince, sponslbllity haa ever acquitted hlm
lfthere be danger of Mexicanizlng 'lf in high office more, acceptably
the government by the election to a than this man. His legal training,
third term, that reason obtains with his foresight, his marvelous comprer
equal force against the wisdom of hension of the powers of govern
the second term incumbent dictating ment, have added .to the luster and
the candidate for the third term. We the renown of the republic. In the
hold It to be dangerous for a cabinet triumphs of the administration of
officer of an administration, equip- Mr. Roosevelt, and they are many, no
ped -with the power of federal pat- man haa done more In contribution
ronage, to exercise his personal In- than this man, for upo nhis shoulders
fluence so that a candidate, before fell the succeBB or failure of the poll
the fight Is started, shall be able to cies that have, made the present ad
guarantee In his column the vote In. ministration great. His life repre
this convention from every state sents accomplishment! his life repre
south of the Mason and Dixon line, sents things done; nnd today he
and east of the Mississippi, not one stands before the country as the most
of which will add one vote to the accomplished man In public life In
Republican electoral college. America. Unperturbed by clamor,
"We believe that the pioneer in free of prejudice, devoted to
this movement who was good enough highest Interests of the country at
to break the stubborn soil and plant large, he constitutes in himself and
the seed, is good enough to reap the his record the 'positive guarantee of
golden harvest nnd bring It home in what the country demands today,
all Its bountv. Through all the years ' "The elevation of this man to the
Robert M. LaFollette has stood like chief magistracy of the nation counts
"bold mountain about whose sum- for confidence, counts for business
mitB tho hiirrinnna have raved in prosperity. The assurances demand-
vain and upon whose base the angry ed with the hour cannot be given in
waves have heat their surge, unsha- a higher degree than by his selection I
ken and unBhakeable." For ten years as your candidate. 1 His quallfica
he has carried this war upon the . tlona of mind and heart appeal to
point of his sword and from the light "his countrymen. In the performance
that gleamed from his shining blade arpubllc trust and In the service of
was lit the blaze that carried forward hli country, a statesman of the hlgh
the war In Wisconsin, fired the heart' est rank. Gifted with genius and
vt Roosevelt, an dtoday, like the backed by a record as proud as any
face of the morning, is leading the ever accorded to any living man, he
national crusaders along the pathway 18 the representative of a common-
of reform. . wealth of seven millions or people
"The laborer Is worthy of his hire, unsurpassed in Intelligence and pat
Wlsconsln -offers her foremost cltl- riotlsm, and testifying In person to
, the most splendid type 01 American
1 citizenship. The time Is at hand, the
.om-r c ,,...,.,. opportunity is here, the hour and
KNOX IS NOMIXATKI) the occasion demand that you should
BY KOBfcKT MLRrHi .today honor the great state of Penn-
. , . laylvanla by naming as the candidate
Lieutenant-Governor Robert S. , hu convention for the hleh of-
Murphy, of Pennsylvania, placed nce ot Dresldent our distinguished
Meet mem
Eugene, Oregon
on
1 Saturday, June 20th!
1908
and don't forget
the Day and Date
Philander C. Knox in nomination for senator, the Honorable Philander C.
Knox.
nOl'TELLK NOMINATES
JOSEPH G. GANNON
In presenting the name of Speak
er Joseph G. Cannon to the conven
tion Representative Henry Sherman
Boutelio said:
"Speaker Cannon knows the peo
ple and sympathizes with them In
their struggles because his .own life
has been one constant struggle,
crowned by success. His sympathy
for the suffering and oppressed came
to him naturally by inheritance and
early association. His father, Dr.
Cannon, was a pious Quaker who
bore testimony against slavery,. He
was an early director In the railroad
took all the passengers; the road op
from whicji the Republican party
which men journeyed only one way.
from the dark underworld of bondage
up Into the joyous light of freedom
It Is little wonder thut with such n
father the son's first campaign work
and first vote should have been foi
the great emancipator.
Not only does Speaker Cannon
know the people, but what is more
important in a presidential candidate
the people know him, and those who
know him best love him best. His
personality Is made up of those man
ly traits that attract the admiration
of his fellow men. He' has met in
the lists the bravest champions of his
Cnmallmoa ha lino haan tha vlr.
net of Willlaiil McKlnley and tor; often the vanquished; but al
throughout his brilliant senatorial ca- -ways he has been cheerful and stout
reer the American people have never 1 hearted, remembering the past and
been in doubt as to the attitude of ita defeats without resentment,' and
Pennsylvania upon every vital ques-,facng the future ever with undim
tlon afrecting the public Interest. No med hope and courage undismayed,
man in public life and occupying thet -His opponents dwell upon his
post of senator in congress has more! years as a handicap, but with him
cieany ueuueu nis position upon ev-, years have brought no signs of age,
PHILANDER C. KNOX.
the presidency.. Ho said:
r rom his entrance into the cabl-
ery leading issue of tho day.
"For the great office of president
G.
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1 Voll"tie. cf Wisconsin,! ,,f his
li lo'iilnati in by llenr' 'duration
1 .- I MII5IT-V .,,,,. f ,,.. ,.
1 tiv. raw ,,, r ,,i ,', ,,..'
man that ever held the offl
the l.a'.'.lllem. T n ml no III 1 II.. , .1 ;,,''.'"' '.'' " "" eu Mates.
: vine u uo
Ml o:i':
.i'na'or
was p'.aec
F. Coeli-'ii
and coi to
of l.i ! 'I
the 'nil'.'
e;0'V rove
'It Pi well-as ilisriissinc
I I'Mii B of the hour from
but only the wisdom of experience
and its serene philosophy. If he
should be elected president next No
vember nnd re-elected In 1912, he
would at the end of his second terni
be four j-ears younger than was
Gladstone when he made his fare
well speech ins prime minister in
the house of commons. Why should
not the United States have her grand
old man
I "No one of this generation has
demonstrated so often or so success
fully his 'Capacity for attracting the
confidence and tha affection of his
fellow citizens. Nineteen times he
voters of a district that has no su
perior in the United States for In
telligence and patriotism. Nineteen
times the seal of approval has been
placed upon his character, and his re
ord. by those who know him best.
Thrice he has been chosen by the rep
resentatives of nil the people to fill
the highest legislative office in the
land. Wh.it living man tan give like
I promise of retaining, as presidential
candidate, the support of the Repub
licans and attracting the suffrages
of the three million first vuters of
the country who can control the coni
; ing election?
.Priority will revere forever the
. name of Abraham Lincoln, not auie
svlvanla offers 'o this cor.ven- because he freed the slaves, but
man of splendid attainments rather because he emancipated his
ripened experience; in private countrymen from thrnl loai to Ig-
oMI.'lal life without a stain: noble Ideals In our civil and ptillt-
l solely to i he performance leal life. And posterity will honor
y. and who, by training and ahvays.the name of Theodore li iose
. has become in lho 1 ml . velt. not alone because more than
the first law- any living being he has lightened
greatest svttcs- the burdens of the weak, but rather
f at- because he has emancipated his
countrymen from thraldom to un-
JOSEPH
CANNON.
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Everybody
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First Monthly
MARKET DAY
, , ' : Horse Show Parade
! Public Wedding (sure thing).
;i Band Concerts and
.Grand Merchant's Bargain Day
Carnival
11 Bring in the whole; family, all the kids ari
the hired 'girl.
WANTED
WW I
H All the kids in Lane county to jcin in the
Ragmuffin Brigade. A feature of thejj
parade. $5.00 in gold to the mostX
comically dressed k)d.
H'Come to town early, it's 10 times;
H better than a circus. j
H Band Concerts in the morning. j
tiThe merchants will give the most;
If i amazing, the most astonishing, thejj
S most surprising BARGAINS everjj
heard of in the state of Oregon.
The one that shouts the loudest sells
the moit goods. It's fun from the
start to the finish, and Dollars in
your pockets; Help Boost and In
augurate the first Market Day.
No One Stay at Heme
Come to Town Everybody
in any critical hour of social iinrcH
or of dau-icr, the man will appear
wliu can giap'ile tli i he cin"i';; -in y.
Who so fit to lake up l lie la -ks
which tbl'i woiitlro'.i!' ca notation ile
ninni! sioiild lie f.o l.- ly aad im
I'lirlll'lly i"i'foi-nie I r hi: g" at m '.'
partially performed as hls;',reat sr. re
laiy or v.ar? t'ln.-e I'.'..' lime v.'i' ii, lit
llenjnmln Harrison's ii'laiinMratlon.
these two first mei -the one as si-Hrltor-gcneral.
the other as a ill onlier
of the civil service commission they 0f national and international subjects
look com s
I'm illc i:o:u
iiini noatet
port ii n . f I
f.'oin h.
i l'eased i:
as
her across t he broad 1
" America. lici:rucst
iper. We cjvel no
ei ". Horv. We ,e
ill nations. In
cur
od v 10, and i h:ii mutual re-
v. Mch kn. k noli her bluster
rlncin ; on cither side. T ills I'l
f '.ir'f'r relations
' i'iie I'lovossor of Theodore ll.iose.
veil sl Mild be a man who is neither
a ran lant r:i li -ul nor a cowardlv
conscrv. Mve, Ion a man strong to ne
(Icr.stand. f arless to exeenie. tir.d
just to consi';'v - rights of all. He
must Ii" a man !ilg e' ninth In ivnun'o-
Kl t'l- pl' d'leeis' riglll .' iOt,e-
tlon from ill" ta q'. hut w !io s
! 1 1 ' I",' lY.tge; t'e Ciill.:u leer' - ri.'.ll
prof 'ctlon f.'o'p rO"l'.n. O'
rnoioih o s.vnre f u;' rat" from 'oil -He
S":'viiv i orti m-.i' ! oi i at.d y "t r.ot
lot'! c'ove ; h.'ir lie'ilt I'v aio'imo'i: lo
el'ou.;ll t eVteed elle ih.l ". 'Ill tr l.i
our new l.iKHi'smini, bat resi !:i
follOWillg In the f.int.l.. M-oWllV I, I. Mils 111 lllo tvorl.l r.t l", o I I 6
of the great Marshall, pierced wlih ness and finance. And the name of'
the vision of genius Hie obsenritv lv- Cannon will r.lwavs be linked with!
ing between lhe power of th" federal that ot Konserelt as the Speaker wh
government an.l that of th.- state: stood bv the President and helned 1 it
one whoso i.uimate knowledge of the to. crystallre his policies Into law I
cheeks and balances upon both great To whom .could we entrust with it
powers gave to him the power to greater confidence, the perfoeiuoi 1
point th,. pathway of sceio'lty to nun and itension cf thrs.. p-illeii-, lu e-!
minors, one WHO lii;..ves that ec'l' I ;C, of f be people's ill !
" I ' lie con , tit a: Ion shall not he ti-,. ,i.,,t , i-,... o,;.,, . .i ......li ... ! T
111 1 I. ' i ' '.'It er of .1 r iv:iNijih i... i',,,,,. ... i ,. . ..
rct'iiy 'rati, wi'h his couiiichcii(Qu I'11'
eoiintvy froie
imperialism ;
l cere v r al'-
i hi ova to .r
treat
j hi".,. i'i;o"'ivt;Uio'i
f I' e lei 'or .-f ,,o jj.ftr
r. 'all?., s i ha i this u ,i ii-.ti,,.,
Sine :!! ti,. powers of lutlr-ial sov
jer igiu ; ,ni,, who brieves that th
, principles ixor. ss d In th,. I'liisiltu
tion shall he applied to lhe Chang ..,!
I ton.liti.iiis of the national life as th?
S, fH4r i?B i?8
e 20tn
Ml
is cotilfteii lo li. 1..0..I1 -in i tt!: for Tr
utti-in: ,. who of th.. I'a!;,.! funs ... So-al;i
l!f. H.-as.. of ;,';. ns.'!i',.tv. O w!o,
cast his I'r.a vole f,.r l.'t.e In, ,.ti-ter-d
f.'oncre-'s er.lvr lir.ia: ' .nil
com in d a getc re ;ion f s,,rV,.,,
i;e.-.velt's strongest and hravsi
of a!" Joseph C. Cannon, ot Illinois
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