I thank you for very kind allusions to what the Government of the United States has accomplished for the policies you have at heart.

Nothing in this world comes to people who will not work.

I wish to greet you with all my heart here at the national capital.

Nothing worth having comes to those who do not or are not willing to make an effort to get it.

I am deeply sensible of the honor conferred upon me by the representatives of the Republican party assembled in convention, and I accept the nomination for the Presidency with solemn realization of the obligations I assume.

We know our own minds and we have kept of the same mind for a sufficient length of time to give to our policy coherence and sanity.

We do not have to propose to 'turn the rascals out', for we have shown in very deed that whenever by diligent investigation a public official can be found who has betrayed his trust he will be punished to the full extent of the law.

The problems with which we have to deal in our modern industrial and social life are manifold.

We make our appeal in a wholly different spirit.

We have placed the finances of the nation upon a sound gold basis.

Our performance in the past, our proved governmental efficiency, is a guarantee as to our promises for the future.

To the best of my ability I have kept the promise thus made.

Prosperity has come at home.

We have already shown in actual fact that our policy is to do fair and equal justice to all men.

A party is of worth only in so far as it promotes the national interest.

Our steady growth in power has gone hand in hand with a strengthening disposition to use this power with strict regard for the rights of others and for the cause of international justice and good will.

Clarence Reeder may be appointed as private secretary to the Director of the Geological Survey, without examination under the civil-service rules.

An exception to the requirements of the civil-service rules is hereby made to permit the appointment, without examination, of Dr. William L. Ralph as curator of the section of birds' eggs in the National Museum, at a salary of $100 per…