A history of the United States of America; its people and its institutions . onal navy, made without delay or accident, is withoutprecedent in the history of the w^orld, and added greatlyto the prestige of the United States as a naval power. Presidential Election of 1908.—In the nominating con-ventions of 1908, the Republican Convention nominated for President William H. Taft, ofOhio, late Secretary of -War, and forVice President, James S. Sherman,of New York, and the DemocraticConvention nominated for PresidentWilliam J. Bryan, of Nebraska, andfor Vice President, John W. Kern,of Indiana. This
A history of the United States of America; its people and its institutions . onal navy, made without delay or accident, is withoutprecedent in the history of the w^orld, and added greatlyto the prestige of the United States as a naval power. Presidential Election of 1908.—In the nominating con-ventions of 1908, the Republican Convention nominated for President William H. Taft, ofOhio, late Secretary of -War, and forVice President, James S. Sherman,of New York, and the DemocraticConvention nominated for PresidentWilliam J. Bryan, of Nebraska, andfor Vice President, John W. Kern,of Indiana. This was Mr. Bryansthird nomination for this office, theothers being in 1896 and 1900. Hewas again defeated, receiving 162Electoral votes, while the Republicancandidates were elected by a vote of 321. President Roose-velt had declined to be a candidate for another term, and,immediately after the close of his term of office, set out ona hunting expedition to Africa, to obtain specimens of ani-mals for the Smithsonian Institute, from which he returnedto Europe in March, Copyright by Clinedinst. William H. Taft. TAFTS ADMINISTRATION. 469 10. xrafts H&mtnistrat(on. Revision of the Tariff.—In the platform of the Conven-tion that nommated William H. Taft^ for the Presidencycertain promises of legislation were made which he deemedit his duty to carry out. One of these was that the tariffwould be revised and the rates made lower. For this pur-pose the President called an extra session of Congress inMarch, 1909, which passed a new tariff bill on September lowered the rates on many articles, but not enoughto give general satisfaction. Congress also adopted anamendment to the Constitution which, when passed by thelegislatures of three-fourths of the States, would give theGovernment the right to lay an income tax on the people. Discovery of the North Pole.—In September, 1909, theinteresting news came that two Americans had reachedthe North Pole, a goal that had been sought
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