Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-23
THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE.
Praise of TRft'a Qualifications by In
dependent and Democratic Papers.

frntse OF Tntta qualifications by Inc
dependent and Democratic Papers.
New York Tribune (rep)
The reception Of Mr.. Tafts nomination
by the Independent and the democratic
newspapers furnishes striking evidence Of
the unusual strength Of the republican
candidate. They almost vie with the re-
publican press in their praise Of his quail
cations In ability, experience and character
for the presidency; in fact, no other man
could have been named for the office who
would have been so universally conceded
to measure up to its requirements. They
dwell upon his remarkable record as an
efficient administrators in various branches
Of the public service, his possession of
that breadth of mind and judicial tenn
permanent" which will be called for in the
executive in the trying period of a busi-
ness revival, his independence and courage
in fact, not a word is said in dispar-
agement Of the republican candidate, and
he is universally recognized as one of the
big men of the country, whose fitness in
every respect for the highest office in
the nation is not for a moment to be called
in question. says the Baltimore Sun, a
leading democratic paper:
All that the American people know of
Mr.. TAFT the man is to his credit. He is
big of brain as we'll as of body, an honest,
wholesome. likable American, who has all
all the qualities which inspire respect and
confidence as between man and man.
The Philadelphia Record, which, how
ever, expects a democratic victory, calls
hin "a man of the highest character and
fine abilities. "He is a good man-for
a republican it concludes. The New
York Times expresses the general and
real satisfaction felt over the nomination
of Mr.. Taft" OF his qualifications 1t
says: I'm respect to brains and character,
which are fundamentals of fitness, he Is
| eminent. " " 1t is very high praise.
and just praise, to say that he has at
tempted a multitude Of great tasks and
has failed in none" 1t thus concludes:
William II. Taft is a man Of the Grover
Cleveland type" That from a Journal
which has for years been sitting at the
feet of Mr.. Cleveland and has never been
quite reconciled to any other public man
since the last democratic president is the
highest possible praise.
TIL New York World is so impressed
with his strength that 1t calls him Pres
ident Taft" at once without waiting for
the election, which 1t regards as a useless
formality when Bryan runs. He has, 1t
declares, conspicuous qualifications for
the office. with Mr.. Bryan as Mr.. Taft's
opponent" 1T predicts" the campaign can
end only in a republican victory" The
Springfield Republican, independent, with
radical democratic leanings, rays that
his personal fitness Is universally con-
ceded," and 1t thinks that he will make
a strong appeal to indepent voters. The
Brooklyn Eagle puts the prevailing i'm
preston regarding Mr.. Taft with great
felicity: AT the outset of presidential
nomination the republican party never
named a candidate apparently so well
equipped by great duties for the greatest
duty as Mr.. Taft has been. " " . His
antecendent record suggests the presi-
dency itself as but the natural climax of
a career Of progressive tutelage oward
it,