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PRESIDENT ROOSEYELT OFFICILLY NOTIFIED CEREMONY AT OYSTER BAY ON WEDNESDAY. Addresses of Speaker Joseph G. Can non and President Theodore Roosevelt. Oyster Bay, N. Y.. July 27.-Presi dent Roosevelt learned offciallv to day that lie was nominated at Chic ago to lead the forces of his party through the campaign thi4 year. In addition to the committeemen from the various states who gathered at the president's home to witness the ceremony. there were a number of distinguished guests especially in vited by the president. and a goodly gathering of his own kin. The special train bearing the com :nittee and the guests arrived at Oyster Bay shortly after 1.o30 o'clock. When the procession reached the top Of the hill the committeemen and guests mounted the steps leading to the veranda and were received by the presiden'. Most of the guests remained on the porch. although a few scattered them &i.lves over the lawn surround,ng the house. Promptly at 11.30 o'clock Speaker Cannon stepped forward, and, after waiting for the applause which greet ed him to subside. he delivered the speech formally notifying the presi dent that he had been nominated for president of the United States by the republican national convention which recently met in Chicago. Mr. Cannon's Address. Speaker Cannon began by saying that the people of the United States, by blood, heredity, education and practice are a self-governing people. He defended the policies of the re publican party. taking up first the the revenit laws, and the policy of protection. The policy of protection. he said, has always been opposed by the op ponents of the party and is still op posed by them today. In their last national platform. adopted at St. Louis, they denounce protection as robbery. They never have been giv en power but they proceed by word and act to destroy the policy of pro tection. Their platform is as silent as the grave touching the the gold stand ard and our currrency system. Their chosen leader, after his nomination, having been silent as the sphynx up to that time, sent his telegram. saying in substance that the gold standard is established, that he will govern himself accordingly if he should be elected. I congratulate him. It is better to be right late than never. It is better to be right in one thing than wrong in all things. I wonder if it ever oc curred to him that if his vote and sup port for his party's candidate in 1896 and 1900 had been decisive we would now have the silver standard. I w~on der wvhat made him send that message after he was nominated. and why lhe did not sendl it before. When did he have a change of heart and jiudgment? And do'es he at heart believe in the gold standard and our currency sys tem, or does he .now try to reap where he has not sown? If perchance he should be elected by forcing to gether dicordant elements, I submit that, with a democratic house of rep resentatives or house and senate, there would be no harmonious action in legislation or administration that worrld benefit the people, but that doubt and discontent would every where distress production and labor. Consumption would be curtailed. In uhort, we would have an experience similar to that from 1893 to 1897. If this chosen leader and his friends are converts to republican policies, should not they "bring forth fruits meet for repentance" before they ask to be placed in the highest positions to af fect the well-being of all? Or if they profess all things to all men, then they are not worthy the confidence of any man. If clothed wvith powver, will they follow in the paths of legislation according to their loves and votes as manifested by their action always heretofore, or wvill they stand by, pro tect. and defend the gold standard and our cttrrency system that have been created tunIer the lead of the republicatn party? Since thle republican party wvas re sto'red to its power. in 1897. under the lead of McKinley. our cotintry has prospered in produtction and in cmmerc as it has never prospered before. In wealth we stand first among all nations. In the history of the republic, in time of peace. no executive has had greater questions to deal with than yourself and none have brought greater courage. wisdom, and patriot :sni to their solution. The republican party. under your leadership. keeps its record from the beginning under Lincoln of doing things. the right thing at the right time and in the right way. notwith standing the opposition to those who ioppsg the right p(licies from the se! .ah 4r partisan standpoint. They dare nt tell the truth about your of ncial action or the record of the party and then condemn it. They can. for sclhi t- partsan reas'ns. abuse yot perisnally and misrepresent the par ty which you lead. It is true. how ever, that, so far. their abuse of your acition and their alleged fear of your personality is insignificant as com pared with the personal and partiisan c..rping.rs against Lincoln. Grant. and McKinley when they were clothed with pwerhy the people. The office ,f president of the United States is the greatest on earth. and many competent men in the re publican party are ambitious to hold it, yet the republican convention met at Chicago June last, and cordially, Swith one accord. nominated you as the candidate of the party for presi dent. I am sure all republicans and a multitude of good citizens who do not call themselves republicans said "Amen." In pursuance of the usual custom the convention appointed a commit tee, of which it honored me with the chairmanship, to wait upon you and inform you of its action. which duty, speaking for the committee. I now cheerfully perform. with the hope and confident expectation that a majority of the people of the republic will in November next approve the action of the convention by choosing electors who will assure your election to the presidency as your own succesor. Hand-Clapping Followed. At the conclusion of Speaker Can non's address there was more hand clapping. Then Came Roosevelt. President Roosevelt walked over to almost the same spot where had stood Speaker Cannon, and began his I address of acceptance. At the con clusion of his address he was en thusiastically cheered and congratu lated and handshaken. The committeemen and the guests were then invited to luncheon, and did ample justice to the danity meal. They left on a special train at 3.30 o'clock this afternoon. President's Address. Following is the full text of Pres ident Roosevelt's address accepting the nomination: tion for the Presidency. Alr. Speaker and Gentl(men of the Notinecatio'n Comtmittee: I am deeply' sensib!e 'f the htigh honor conferredI upon me by~ the rep resentatives of the repulican party assembled~ in convention. and I ac cept the nomination for the presiden ev wh solemn realization of the ob ligations 1 assume.'I hear:ily approve the declaration of the p)rinciples wIch the rep)ublican national con vention has adopted, and at some fu ture day I shall communicate to you. Mr. Chairman, more at length and in detail a formal written acceptance of the nomination. Three years ago I became presi dent because of the death of my la mented predecessor, I then stated that it was my purpose to carry out his principles and policies for the honor and the interest of the country. To the best of my ability I have kept the promise thus made. If next No vember my countrymen confirm at the polls the action of the convention yotu represent, I shall, under Prov'i dence continue to wvork with an eve single 'to the welfare of all our peo ple. A party' is of worth only in so far as it promotes the national interest. and every' ofiicial, high or low can serve his p)arty best by rendering to the people the best service of which he is capable. Effective gov'ernment comes only as the result of the lov'al co-operati n of mnany' different per sons. The members of a legislative majority', the ofneers in the various departments of the administrat ion. and the legislative andI executiv'e branches as towards each othier. must work together with subordina tion of self to the common end of been entrusted with power as publi servants during the past seven years of administration and Icgislation nov coieU before the people content te be judged by our record of achiev ment. In the years that have gone bv we have made the deed square witl the word: and if we are continued it power we shall unswervingly follov out the great lines of public p,lic. which the republican party ha. a! ready laid down: a pubiic policy t" I which we are giving. and shall give a united. and therefore an eticient support. In all .f this we are m 're frn aie than our opponents. who now ap peal for confidence on the ground which some express nd son seel to have confidentially tinderstono(l that if triumphant they may be trust ed to prove false to every principl which in die last eight years the' have laid down as vital. and to leavt undisturbed those very acts of th administration because of which the: ask that the administration be drive1 from power. Seemingly their pres ent attitude as -to their past recor( is that some of them were mistakei and others insincere. We mak. o, appeal in a wholly different spiril We are not constrained to keep silen on any vital question: we are divide on nco vital question; our policy i conitinuous, and is the same for al sections and localities. There i nothing experimental about the gov ernment we ask the people to continu in power. for our performance in th past, our proved governmental effic iency, is a guarantee as to our prom ises for the future. Our opponents either openly or secretely, accordin to thei- several temperaments. nov ask the people to trust their presen promises in consideration of the fac that they intend to treat their pas promises as null and void. We knot our own minds and we have kept o the same mind for a sufficient lengtl of time to give to our policy coher ence and sanity. In such a funda mental matter as the enforcement o the law we do not have to depen( upon promises. but merely to ask tha our record be taken as an earnest o what we shall continue to do. Ir dealing with the great organization known as trusts, we do not have to explain why the laws were not en forced. but to point oult that they ac tually have been enforced and tha legislation has been enacted to in crease the effectiveness of their en forcement. We do not have to pro pose to "turn the rascals out." for w have shown in very deed that when ever by diligent investigation a publi official can be found who has betray ed his trust he will be punished to th( full exten of the law without regar< to whether he was appointed unde a republican or a democratic admin istration. This is the efficient wa: to turn the rascals out and to keei them out, and it has the merit c sincerity. Morevoer the betrayal c trust in the last seven years havy been insignificant in number whet compared with the extent Of the pub lic service. Never has the admin istration of the government been cet a cleaner and a higher level: ne've has the p)ublic wo rk of the n a:iml been done more honestly and etTi ci e:rl - Assuredlyv it is unwvisc to chang< thet pelicies wvhich have workel 1 , well and which are now working er well. Prosperity has come at home The national honor and interest har' been upheld abroad. We hav4 placed the finances of the nation up on a sound gold basis. We have don' this with the aid of many who wver< formerly our opponents, but wh< would neither openly support nor si lently asquiesce in the heresy of in sound finance: and we have done il against the convinced and violent op position of the mass of our preseni opponents who still refuse to reca..1 the unsound opinions which for th< moment they think it inexpedient tc assert. We know what we mean whet' we speak of an honest and stabl< currency. We mean the same thing from vear to vear. WVe do not hav< to avoid a definite andl conclus.ive committal on the most important is sue wvhich has reccntly been befor< the people, and which may- at any time in the near future be before theni again. Up. ni the principles which underlie this issue the conviction1s 01 half of I ,r nmber (10 not clash wvith tose of the other half. So long a.s the repubbeIan party is in powver the CnIdI standard is settled. not as a mat ter If temporary political expediency. Broad & 9tb Sts., RICHM01 Commercial. Stenoraphic. Telegrapble ard Erg. Depts. 1"It Is the leading Business College soutb of' the Potoi "When I reached Richmond. I inquired of several business In the city. ard, without exceptior), they all rcomIment E. Ross, LAW SreNoeRApmrt. Rlcbmord. Bookkeeplog. SI Comrn cen,1C-d t'r in-Ies Nearl but ple g R inae Kingars Porer. gU2 we call ROBERT NORRM, General Agent, Over F HAMS AC !*Tot those mtentione 11but a freS*h lot jist r Kingans Reliable. Kingaris Porters. Kiigans Dried BE Try our Pinacli F1 DAVENPORT.& I Phone 110. A CANDID We hereby announce c candidate for more busin ourselves to satisfy all cu MAYES' DRUG We believe in woman Genuine Reduc . We have a great m goods that we arE half their value. l Oc. Muslins and Lawi 12 I-2c. Musilins and LU 1 5c. Muslins and Lawr 20c Muslins and Lawr 25c. Muslinv and Lawr White Damask W aistings Ladies', Misses' and Childi reduced from $3.00 to $1.5 $1.25; from $1.50 to 95c.; f from 75c. to 49c. The above are not seconc goods. Yours truly, S. J. SFountain * "Answer the Purpose" and "Pretty *like "Don't Care" and "Maybe'' Peop *gory of Unreliables. . If yon want something reliable you v . man's Ideal at. ! MAYES' BOOK iD,VA. Ladles & genltleMn. No vcwtiOnls nac River."-PaA. STENoGRAF"M n)n for the best Business College *ed Smftkdealps as the best 11--w. iorthand. Writing, taug)t bV mall. y Forty Years Ago it the largest -not the oldest by reason of its peculiar legal anization, the strongest life In ance company in the world. he Pacific Mutual Life writes he plainest terms the most lib I policy sold. ri taking life insurance it is not mates (guEsses) that the peo want but Guarantees. ur Guaranteed values, writen he policies, are greater than the .rantees o. any other company. o find out all the good thinge offer send date of birth to, or, on ostoffice, Newbery, S. G. AIN. d heretofore eceived. ef Hams. our. FAVENAUGH Main Street. ATE >urselves as a * ss and pledge . stomers. STORE. 's suffrage. lion Sale! any Summer . offering at ~s now 5c. ~wns now 7c. s now 8 I-3c. is now lic s now 13c. 50c., now 35c. 40.c., " 28c. 35c., " 22 I-2c 25c., " 1 6 I-3c ren's Oxford Tie' )0; from $2.00 to. rom $1.00 to 69c.; Is, but first class JOTEN. Pens: Good" Fountain Pens e, belong in the cate ill get it in a Water $TORE.