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nominated for President by Representative
E. Burton of Cleveland, Ohio
William II. Taft, of Ohio, was placed
in nomination for President of the Unit
d States by Representative Theodore E.
Burton of Ohio, who aaid:
This convention enters upon the grave
responsibility of selecting a presidential
candidate with tbo serene assurance that
the Republican party will continue to rulfl
this people. What aHembled multitude
in any land has ever pointed the way tc
Mich lenficent results for home and foi
the progress of the whole human race,
as the recurring conventions of this grand
old organization Yet we do not relj
alone upon the record of that which it
Las accomplished. We emphasize, even
more, its supreme qualification to solve
the problems of the prewsnt.
It is especially appropriate that this
gathering should be held in this marvel
ous city of Chicago, whence the steel
bands of commerce reach out in every
direction, over plain and river and moun
tain, to almost boundless distance, bring
ing the richest treasures of a continent
to lay them at your feet. Here it was
that the righteous uprising against slav
ery and Bourbonism, sprung from the na
tion 's conscience, raised its first tri
umphant voice when Abraham Xiincoln
was nominated. And here, again, with
notes of thunderous acclaim, enraptured
throngs greeted the naming of Garfield,
of Blaine, of Harrisou, and of Koose
ve!t. Again Ohio presents a candidate to
the National Republican Convention. In
seven stubbornly contested presidential
campaigns, sons of lier sacred soil have
led the embattled Republican hosts to
victory. The Buckeye State has assur
edly contributed her share of statesmen
and generals for the upbuilding of the
nation. But that of which we are
prouder still is her stalwart citizenship
the mightiest bulwark of the Republic
in every commonwealth made up of
America's free yeomen, ever ready to
respond to the tocsin of alarm in days
of peril, or to crush corruption when
ever it raises its menacing head. From
this citizenship Ohio, in the supreme
emergency of the Civil War, sent forth
more than two hundred thousand sol
diers for our country's defense, a for
midable array easily surpassing in num
bers the world-conquering legions of the
imperial Caesar, and even larger than any
army ever mustered by Britain for the
tented field. But transcendent above all
is the fact that Ohio is one of a match
less union of States linked together in
everlasting bonds of amity and consti
tuting an. empire wonderful in power
and almost immeasurable in extent. Each
sovereign State alone would occupy but
a subordinate place in the great current
of the world's events, but when represent
ed by on of forty-six bright stars on
a field o stairless blue, every one forms
part of an emblem of union and of
strength more beautiful far than the most
brilliant constellation in the heavens.
P'riendly Itivalry AVlcomel
We welcome the friendly rivalry of
candidates from other States from the
great Empire State, the Keystone State,
Indiaii::. Illinois, and Wisconsin, forming
with Ohio a broad expanse extending in
unbroken sweep from old ocean to the J
uppermost bound ot the greatest of in
land seas. Each of these presents a
leader among leaders whose achievements
and renown are not confined to the nar
row Units of a single commonwealth.
Today with fervid earnestness we wage
a contest for the prize. Tomorrow,
united for the fray and quickened by a
common fiery zeal, the champions of all
the candidates will go forth with mount
ing enthusiasm to vanquish the foe.
The most perplexing questions of to
day arise from the bountiful develop
ment of our mineral wealth. Such a de
velopment cannot occur without the cre
ation of inequalities anil dangers to the
pocial fabric. I most strenuously deny
that the American business man or the
American citizen cherishes lower stan
dards than the citizens of any other
country. The American people are by no
means depraved. But by reason of their
busy absorption in varied pursuits and
of the glamour 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 as
Fumed 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 stan
dards 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 de
termination, prompt and fearless in ac
tion and with that intelligent leadership
which has assured ' the establishment of
a better era in which the strong and the
weak alike must submit themselves tc
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
r any age and will prove that today,
as 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
Lis great War Secretary! Since the day
when, in Benjamin Harrison's adminis
tration, these two first met, the one w
Solicitor General, tne other as a mem
ber of the Civil Service Commission,
they have been bound together by like
ideals and aims, by closa ties of friend-
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counsel, each with his own individuality
and characteristics keeping constantly ic
view the ennobling vision of a better and
a greater America. They have not been
satisfied that the Temple of Prosperity
fthould be decked alone by the jewels ol
the fortunate and the opulent, but have
insisted that it should still more abound
in trophies which commemorate the en
forcement of even-haaded justice and the
maintenance of that equal opportunity
which spreads hope and blessing even
to the humblest home. Since the daj
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 disser
tation 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 exploita
tion of himself. It has always been based
upon unswerving integrity and the cour
age to speak the truth, as he understands
it, on all occasions, no matter how in
fluential or powerful the evils which
he may attack.
Ideally Prepared for Presidency.
Xo one has ever yet assumed the
presidential chair who had received a
more ideal preparation for the dntiel
of that great office. As Judge in State
and Federal courts, as Solicitor Gen
eral, as Governor of the Philippines, at
Secretary of War, which has included
the work of Colonial Secretary and Di
rector 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 en
gaged in weighty tasks and each suc
cessive 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 tempera
ment with an unsurpassed gift for ad
ministrative management. To him be
longs the extremely valuable faculty of
eliminating the non-essential from com
plicated problems and going directly to
their substance. His capacity for work
is enormous, yet quite as helpful is his
equable temperament, which will not al
low the annoyances of life to distract
or hamper him. Although of an ag
gressive personality, he possesses an in
finite good nature, a charm of mannc
and a poise which have made him a mode,
for exalted station. In the final analysis
even the highest officials must be judged
as men. and under this criterion Sec
retary 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 pro
gressive American. 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 de
pendencies and colonial relations. It was
he who took in charge the prosecution
of that colossal enterprise on the Isth
mus, the canal uniting the lesser and
the greater oceans, and under his direct
ing hand the completion of this most
stupendous of public works is no longer
a vague and distant hope, but an immi
nent 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 inspira
tion 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 Pro
Consul," but as "Taft, the Father of
the Filipinos," who brought to them the
light of modern civilization.
Who Is Better Qualiiied ?
In the-larger sphere of world politics,
we are entering into new and closer
bonds with all the nations of the earth.
Who is better qualified than he to lead
America to her true position in this
later day when the boundaries estab
lished in the centuries past are becom
ing less distinct and kingdoms and races
are beginning to realize that they have
all one common destiny?
Secretary Taft has exceptional famil
iarity with conditions in the distant Ori
ent in Japan, in China. We may rest
assured that our traditional friendship
with Japan will continue. Moreover, the
future promises that the slumbering mil
lions of China will awake from the leth
argy of ages, and she then will realize
that the morning dawn of fresher lift
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 ov
either side. Thus in this new era of
larger relations, Secretary Taft, with his
comprehension of national and interna
tional subjects, would furnish a certainty
of peace and sustained prestige. Undei
him. t home and, everj-where this
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mifrhtv reotIe would have an assured
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eonfhlenee in the hocutp development an
proreHH of the country anl woul reft
pafe in the reliance t tuit a Chief Kxecu
tive was at the helm who, in peaee or in
wur, wouM ffuide the destinies of 'tht
nation with a strong hand and with a
gentle, patriotic heart.
And o today, in the presence of more
than ten thousand, and with the inspir
ing thought of the well-nigh to ten thou
sand times ten thousand who dwell with
in our borders, I nominate for the pres
idency that perfect type of American
manhood, that peerless representative of
the noblest ideals in our national lift,
William II. Taft, of Ohio.
7ERZ AFTIR ROOSEVELT
Prrtiy CilrU Wert-, but lie Was Busy,
Kii They Tagged All Others
In Sight.
Washington. June 15. Two automo
biles filled with pretty girls de-.-ked
with gorgeous Merry Widow hats
dashed tip to the White House ollice
building loaded with tags in the effort
to raise funds for the Washington
play grounds. The president had sent
a $." check for a tag on the day before
and Quentiu Roosevelt had already
gathered in a big fund by the sale of
tags, but the party of young ladies,
many of whom were prominent society
buds, desired personally to attach a
tag to the president. H
He was in the mlist of important
business, however, and the party con
tented themselves with tagging neitrl;,
everybody else in sight.
Itatlroad Commissioners Confer.
Chicago, June Members of the
railroad commissions of Ohio, Indiana.
Wisconsin. Michigan and Illinois met
here and decided to form a permanent
organisation, and discussed measures
for abrogating four considerable evils
in railroad conditions in the states
named. The dishonesty of railroad
conductors, trespassing on rights of
way, accidents at grade crossings and
confusing varieties of switch signals
were among the topics considered.
Committees were appointed to make
special studies of each of these suo
jects. Ithaca, Mich.. June 15. Benjamin
Slough, aged seventy-two, is under ar
rest on the charge of having attempt
ed to burn the hotel in Breckenridge.
It was found oil had been scattered
on the second floor of the hotel. The
prosecutor charges that Slough had a
grudge against J. W. Matthews, the ha
tel owner.
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DAILY PERSONAL NEWS
Short Items of Interest, From Wed
nesday Evening's Daily Journal
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J. P. Falter was a business visitor in
Omaha today.
Russell York was a visitor with friends
in Omaha this afternoon.
Frank Hunter of LaPlatte was a bus
iness visitor in the city this morning.
Ed Donatwas looking after some bus
iness matters in Omaha this afternoon.
August Bach, jr., was looking after
some business in Omaha this afternoon.
Miss Hall and father, Fielden Hall of
Rock Bluffs, were visitors in the city to
day. Horace Dunn departed for Omaha this
afternoon, where he will accept a posi
tion with the Burlington.
Mrs. Malissa Mullica of Pacific Junc
tion was a visitor at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. J. E. Parker this afternoon.
L. C. W. Murray and son, Guy, of
near Murray, are visiting in the city
today, looking after some business mat
ters. Walter Schneider, of Cedar Creek,
brought Louis Davis in this morning
for examination before the board of
insanity.
Miss Hattie Fight departed for Oma
ha this morning, where she goes to at
tend a house warming of her friend,
Mrs. McElwain.
J. W. Sage was looking after some
business at the South Omaha horse
market this morning, going on the early
Burlington train.
Mrs. G. W. Jones, of Creston, Iowa,
came in last evening and is visiting at
the home of her sister, Mrs. Grant
Owens and family.
Mrs. David Wallengren and three
children and Mrs. William Falsom and
two children are visiting with friends in
Omaha this morning.
C. K. Ward, of Lincoln, was a busi
ness visitor in the city this morning,
having some business matters to look
after at the county seat.
John Ewing, of the Plattsmonth tele
phone company, departed this morning
for Minneapolis, where he will be gone
for some three or four days.
Chas. Wilkins departed this morning
for Union and other parts in the county,
looking after some business matters
relative to the Wurl Bro. cigars.
Mrs. J. J. Kurtz and daughter, of
Lincoln, departed this morning for their
home, after having visited in the city
guests Bt the home of Adam Kurtz.
Mrs. John Gorder returned home last
evening from a visit of a few days at
Springfield with relatives, and was ac
companied by their little son, Harold.
Miss Myrtle Beeson, of Omaha, de
parted for her home this morning, after
having visited in the city for the past
few days with her friends, Mark lies
and wife.
J. W Boyd, the shooting gallery man
is shipping his baby rack to Elmood,
where he will try and amuse the people
during the Log Rolling and G. A. R.
reunion.
John Gallagher, of Falls City, was a
visitor in the city this morning, looking
after some business matters for the
Wilson Reinforced Concrete Sewer Pipe
company.
Mrs. James Nail and children depart
ed this morning for New Ply moth, Idaho,
where they will visit over the Fourth of
July with J. H. Vannata and family,
Mrs. Vanatta,' being a sister of Mrs.
Nail.
W. D. Wheeler and T. W. Vallery
were visitors in Omaha and Council
Bluffs this morning, where they are
looking after some business matters
with the International Harvester com
pany. C E. Metzger r.nd Burlington agent,
H. G. Frey, both of Cedar Creek, will
depart during the latter part of the
week for a two week's outing in the
Black Hills, where they will put in the
time fishing and hunting.
O. H. Edmonds, a baker of Sacre
mento, California, came in last evening
and is visiting. with his brother, Oliver
P. Edmonds, whom he has not seen be
fore for some ten years. Mr. Edmonds
expects to make his home at this place.
The Burlington has gotten a hustle on
themselves in regard to the repairing of
engine No. 1341, which was in the wreck
near the big Burlington bridge the
other day, for this afternoon Engineer
Thrall is using it for switching pur
poses. Mrs. Wilford A. Johnston, of Grand
Island, departed for her home this
morning, after having visited in the
city with her mother, Mrs. F. H. Wilson,
and was accompanied as far as Omaha
on her return by her mother.
Notice the change in the ad of John
S. Hall, the grocer, on South Sixth, in
which he makes an announcement of
the arrival of his Fourth of July goods.
In this he tells of having a string of
firecrackers ten feet long, on which are
some 2,000 firecrackers.
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District Judge H. D. Travis was a
business visitor in Omaha this after
noon. Will Henrichsen was looking after
some business matters in Omaha this
morning.
W. W. Walker, of Omaha, was a
visitor in the city this morning, look
ing after some legal matters.
Julius Neilson and wife departed this
morning for Omaha, where they will
visit with friends for the day.
Peter Keil of near Cedar Creek was
looking after some business at the court
house today.
Dr. F. L. Cummins was looking after
some professional business in Omaha
this afternoon.
Earl C. Wescott was a visitor in Om
aha this afternoon, where he is looking
after some business matters.
Baby won't suffer five minutes with
croup if you apply Dr. Thomas' Eclectric
Oil at once. It acts like magic.
Court Reporter Earl Travis departed
for Omaha this afternoon, where he is
visiting with friends for the day.
Miss Zelma Tuey was a passenger to
Omaha this afternoon where she will
visit for the day a guest of friends.
George Hild and J. P. Meisinger, cf
west of Mynard, were looking after
business matters in the city this after
noon. , Lloyd Gapin and C. D. Spangler, of
near Murray, were visitors in the city
this afternoon, looking after some legal
matters.
Soamel Duston of Auburn was a bus
iness visitor in the city this morning,
looking after the purchase of some Shet
land ponies.
John Hennings, of near Cedar Creek,
was a visitor in the city this afternoon,
looking after some business matters at
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the county seat.
The street commissioner, with a gang
of workmen, was cleaning the creek
which leads from Chicago avenue, of
rubbish this morning.
Miss Letha Adams of Lincoln departed
this morning for her home, after having
visited in the city, a guest of the Misses
Hazel and Claire Dovey.
Harry Poisal, who has. been working
at Memphis for some time past, ditch
ing for C. C. Parmele, came in this
morning for a short visit.
Peter Halmes was a visitor in the
city this morning, bringing his son,
Johnnie with him for treatment with
Dr. Livingston .for a trouble of one of
his ankles.
Bennett Chrisweisser returned yester
day from his sojourn at the springs at
Burlington Junction, Mo., and shows
evidences of being greatly improved by
the treatment, which he says is a fact.
Misses Frances and May McKinley
departed this afternoon for their home
at Los Angeles, California, having visit
ed in the city for some time with rela
tives, guests at the home of their uncle,
Perry P. Gass.
Bert Beyers, of Hastings, this state,
departed for Glen wood, Iowa, this morn
ing, where he will visit with friends, his
brothers and A. E. Stephenson, his
brother-in-law for the day.
John Boetel returned last evening
from Omaha, , where he was with Mrs.
Boetel's Grandmother, Mrs. Hulda
Gorham, whom he had taken to the
home of his son, S. C. Gorham.
The Olson Photograph company is
putting in another printing machine, for
the making of post cards. This will
make six machines in all and enables
the turning out of a larger number of
cards. -
The Lyman sand pit is not working
today on account of some repairs which
i3 being made, the light sand which is
run back into the river, and it is fof
this purpose that the repairs are being
made. They hope to be in operation
again by tomorrow.
M. C. Whitehead, of near Nehawka,
was a visitor in the city this morning,
and reports the farmers very far be
hind with their crops, and things look
ing very backward. He says he has a
good stand of sod in his cornfield, and
is going to turn his cattle in on it for
pasturage.
"Roco the Great," the man who has
been under hypnotic influence for the
past day or so was today, with the clear
ing of the skies, buried on the bluff
above the Methodist church building,
there to sleep until this evening, when
he will be taken up and awakened by
the hypnotist, Ahrensmeyer.
Alvin Winn, of Council Bluffs, Iowa,
departed for his home this afternoon,
after having visited in the city for some
days past, a guest at the home of his
uncle, W. T. Smith and family, and
was accompanied by his cousin, Miss
Kittie Smith, who will visit with rela
tives in Council Bluffs for a few days.
Allen Land, of Mynard, visited in the
city today.
Isaac Nelson, of south of the city,
was a visitor in the city today.
W. W. Coates was looking after some
business in Omaha this afternoon.
J. H. Thrasher was a business visitor
in the metropolis this morning.
Horace E. Rand, of Cedar Creek, was
a business visitor in the city this morn-
inrr
Fred Frick was a visitor -in Omaha
this morning, looking after some busi
ness matters.
Mrs. Chris Metzger, sr., of Cedar
Creek, was a business visitor in the
city this morning.
Attorney D. O. Dwyer was a visitor
in Omaha this morning, looking after
some legal business.
Fred Schoefer and wife, of Ixmisville,
were visitors in tjbe county seat today,
looking after some business.
Miss Anna Janda was a visitor in
Havelock this afternoon, where the
will be the guest of friends for a few
days.
Roy Pepperberg departed this morn
ing for Lincoln, where he will see to
the household goods which were shipped
yesterday.
August Bach, sr., is painting hi i
store building on the south side of lower
Main street.
Roy E. Wilson of Sioux City is visit
ing in the city with friends, a guest at
the home of Dr. A. P. Barnes.
D. P. Jackson, the furniture man,
had business in the metropolis this af
ternoon. Arthur Helps was looking after some
business matters in the metropolis this
afternoon.
J. W. Moneypenny, from west of the
city, was transacting business in the
city this afternoon.
Misses Almena Huffman and Hilda
Barwick were visitors with friends in
Omaha this morning.
L. C. Sharpe and mother, Mrs. H. A.
Sharpe, were visitors with friends in
Omaha this afternoon.
E. S. Winn, of Omaha, was a busi
ness visitor in the city this morning,
looking after some business.
A. W. Atwood was a passenger to
Omaha again today, where he is attend
ing the druggists' convention.
John Parker returned home last even
ing from a business trip extending over
a couple of days at Council Bluffs.
Glen Smith of Lincoln was a business
visitor in the city this morning, look
ing after some business matters at the
court house with the county commis
sioners. C. II. Wilson, of the Wilson Rein
forced Concrete Sewer Pipe company,
departed last evening for Creston, la.,
where he is looking after some business
matters.
A. S. Will shipped a car of hogs to
the South Omaha market today from
Mynard, and was a passenger to that
point this morning to look after the sale
of them.
Rev. J. H. Salsbury departed this
morning for Wayne, Norfolk and Cen
tral City, where he will deliver an ad
dress each night during the remainer of
the week. ,
J.M.Roberts departed for.Vln
this morning, where he' goes to meet
with the State Bankers' association for
the First congressional district, which
meets today.
Lemon Bates and daughter, Nellie.of
near Avoca, came in last evening and
departed this morning for Bartlett,
Iowa, where they will visit with re
latives for sometime.
"I have been somewhat costive, but
Doan's Ointment gave just the results
desired. They act mildly and regulate
the bowels perfectly." George B.
Krause, 306 Walnut ave., Altoona, Pa.
Chas Beverage was a visitor in the
city thi3 morning, having been in Oma
ha yesterday, with stock from Murray,
and returning last evening, staying here
over night and going home this morn
ing. J. R. Criley of Ottumwa, la., special
agent for the Northwestern and Hawk
eye Insurance company, was a visitor
in the city yesterday, having business
with R. B. Windham, but that gentle
man being in Chicago at the republican
convention, ne ianeu to see mm.
Ola White, of Sioux City, departed
this afternoon for his home after hav
ing visited with his sister, Mrs. M. C.
Whitehead and family, near Nehawka,
for some time past. It will be re
membered that Mrs. Whitehead went
to Sioux City to see her brother while
he was at the hospital and bringing him
home with her. He recovered without
the operation which was feared would
have to be made.
Dr. J. F. Brendel of Zionsville, Ind.,
accompanied by E."J. Pitts of the same
place, came in this morning on the Bur
lington and visited in the city a few
hours, departing on the Missouri Pacific
for Murray, where he will visit with his
brother, B. F. Brendel, while Mr. Pitts
will go to Union, where he will join his
mother, who in a 'few days starts for
the Pacific coast, where they will spend
about six weeks before returning home.
Dr. Brendel will visit at Murray, Union
and Avoca. The latter place is where
he practiced medicine some sixteen
years since.
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