Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-08-29

SldnI HgureS III the HelQ or lnterna-
tional politics.
In a broad and wholesome sense,
he is a citizen of the world. He
knows both hemispheres, and is not
an unfamiliar figure in their capitals
and among their ministers. He
knows the Pacific as well as the At
lantic. He not only c~omprehends
our domestic situation and affairs,
but with a clear eye and far vision
he also comprehends our country and
III people in our relation to the
whole world. In these new days,
when we are fairly and irrevocably
launched upon the sea of world poll
tics, when the silent war for markets
is in full tilt-a tactical contest
among all the great powers to con
troll the channels and the highways
of trade which encircle the earth, in
volving the supreme issues of inter
national statecraft-isn't it vital to
our nation that its chief should know
the whole field of world politics and
be ranked as n of its chief crafts
men? If the presidency is the most
important Office in these United
States-if its duties require special
equipment and proven capacity-tell
me, when in the last two score of
years any great political party has
presented to the American people a
candidate the superior of William H.
Taft?
He will bring to the Office a pre-
liminary training in public service
comparable to McKinley's; a legal
equipment superior to Harrison's;
an intellectual independence like
Blaine's; an in~flexibility of purpose
equal to Roosevelt's; and a universal
affection of the people such as Gar
field enjoyed. In short, from the
standpoint of training, experience,
and natural endowment for an Office
whose duties are intricate and whose
responsibility is appalling, American
citizenship has produced no such
candidate since the time when the
Republican party was led to its first
victory a half century ago by Abra-
ham Lincoln.
md thn. n11 state ne NaWr WanIr han
given us James S. Sherman-for a
quarter of a century in the service of
his countryzas a fit running mate
for the Ohioan.
In SO far as it shall devolve on Taft
to enforce the Roosevelt policies,
those policies may be summarized as
a fixed purpose to enforce the penal
law as it is found on the statute
books; to punish both rich and poor
who offend the country's law; and
to recommend legislation where there
is one to meet current national
necessities. The pursuit of these pol
icies by a resolute, patriotic executive
who is at the same time a profound
lawyer, seasoned by a protracted
judicial training, will lend a new
stimulus to every artery of our ma
tional life.
A master of his country's laws,
with a deep insight into the federal
constitution and an innate respect
for its traditions, he knows that our
laws and our civil institutions, in the
main, are adequate to most of our
national needs, and that their letter
and spirit contemplate a fair chance
to every man under the flag. The
burden of his preachment to his
countrymen, and the lodestone of his
oflcial conduct, will be, not that We
specially need more instrumentalities
of government, but that we sim
ply need more tolerance, more
love of country, and more respect for
the plain law of the land; that we
most need a common acceptance and
daily practice OF the laws conception
OF corporate duty and responsibility
that the chiefs of corporate en-
terprise and finance will conduct
their affairs within the letter and
spirit of the law and for the benefit
of every man, woman and child who
owns a share of stock. Given these
conditions, and we shall have nc
need of a federal department of rail
roads; no need for $4,000, 900 fines;
no need to swamp the offices of state
and federal attorneys general with
corporate prosecution; and no need
for the %unspeakable distress and eco.
nomic waste of financial panic.
Though our country has fumblet
and blundered much the past decade
yet | believe that when the historian
writes the chronicles of this period
the mistakes will have been forgotten
and the rest will remain as a glorious
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