The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-10
TAFT SNAP SHOT.
Personal Study Of a Presi-
Dental Possibility.
He Is in No Sense Like
Roosevelt.
SMILE WON'T COME OFF
Only an Indication of His Rare
Good Nature.
No Matter What They Are
Takes Things as Come.
SMILE WON'T COME OFF

A man with a slightly bald spot, a
marvellous blue eye. and. a capacity for
hard work. A man who smiles in the
face Of disaster and disDlaces with his
bulk a considerable part of the ma
tional worry. A man who looks at you
and makes you feel glad and sociable
and sincere. A man who makes you
forget the petty things of life.
He laughs. 1t is a Jove, patting you
on the shoulder. He walks across the
room; it is Hercules. swift and power
full. Where is Mars in our secretary
of war?
If Taft gets the presidency he will
be a far different sort of ruler from
Roosevelt There will be a decided
calm in the executive mansion, a large,
three hundred pound calm; not obese,
but amply proportioned, and enough
to 20 around. For Taft has no love
of display; he reviews troops. not for
what the troops signify, but to see
whether anything is the matter with
the soldiery. He is business clear
Through. with an innate respect for the
, a &C. instead of an e." and you will
find him another John Hay. in another
department. The calm of the White
House under such man will be the
calm of a business we'll attended to,
without either blood or thunder or
good red fire. Mr.. Taft is a fortunate
kcross between the executive and the
Judicial; in the Philippines he has been
! courts he has had ample opportunity
to show his excellence as the other.
The law is his inspired book; the
supreme bench is his sacred fame. He
says himself. in a Yale speech, that
THE supreme court of the United
States is the whole background of the
government. 1t is the body to deter
mine whether congress is acting within
its constitutional limitations; to deter
mine whether the executive has ex-
ceeded ihs legal auth GRITTY" Whether
or not Roosevelt was in his mind when
he spoke those words is immaterial;
the point is that they show what sort
of a president Mr.. Taft would be. in
Roosevelt's place.
He is the sort of a man who is con-
stitutionally generous; he is large and
anna BILE and lovable. and from Maine
to Texas he is the sort of man who,
without losing his native dignity. is
welcomed by Americans as their free
and easy. level-headed friend. Though
the west that Roosevelt has, he is
nevertheless making rapid personal
progress west of the Alleghanies. It
is only fair to him to say that all this
newly made friendship has occurred
while he was on business solely, while
he was inspecting the fortresses of the
lands about the Mississippi this sum-
mer.
Mr.. Taft ct LeavenwOrth
A six foot man of ample proper
lions, with kindly blue eye and a
massive, though pleasant face, sat at
that time in a hack in front of the
Leavenworth Times. at Leavenworth
Kansas. bowling to the people around
him. About all he did was to smile
genially and to bow. 1t was hot
weather and he was perspiring
He'll do" said Kansas farmer. as
he walked away from the impromptu
reception. He is all right. 1 like that |
smile'
And that is the verdict of not only one |