The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-29
!" NOMINATE TAFT"
DRYDEN TELLS THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY
Former United States Senator
Says War Secretary Is Best
Equipped Candidate.
COMBINES QUALITIES OF
ROOSEVELT AND M'KINLEY"
"The Man to Succeed That
Other Great Man Who Has
Taken Himself Out of Race"

Secretary of War William Fl. Taft,
in my opinion, is the logical candidate
for the Republican nomination FOR
President said former L. S. Senator
John f. Dryden today.
'The time and conditions unmistak-
ably make this SO. There are number
of great Nmen in the Republican party
who are qualified for and worthy of the
great office, but no one, in my opinion,
so fully meets present party require
ments, or is SO especially we'll equipped
from every essential point of view for
undertaking the tremendous responsi-
bilities of the high office. These have
become of manifold Importance in con-
sequence of the enormous natural
growth of this country and of the adop
tioE of new policies. far-reaching ma
tionally and internationally in their
effects, presenting problems that can
only successfully be solved by a chief
executive well seasoned in experience.
a man strong in his physical as well as
in his mental force, a man with judi
cial turn of mind, who may always be
depended upon to do the right thing III
the right way.
such a man. in my opinion, we have
I'm Mr.. Taft. Braud- gauged in his
views, sound on the great ques; ons Of
the day and in his Republicanism, pro-
gressive in his ideas and aggressive in
his methods of dong business. he is,
withal conservative i'll his judgment.
With capacity for work equal to that
of our great and strenuous President,
and possessing in a high degree many
L. q L.
has, at the same time, the sweetness of
temperament of the revered Mckinley
a personality that makes him friends
and votes wherever he goes.
Knows the whole World.
"There is no man in public life to-
day, not even excepting President
Roosevelt, who has personally come
in contact with more people than Mr..
Taft. Not only has he Travelled extern
sively throughout the United States,
but in many parts of the world at
large. Wherever he has gone, whether
in this country, in Europe. in China,
Central or South America, his striking
and pleasing personality has left its
impress. His record for accomplishing
good results in the right way is as we'll
known abroad as it is at home. No
greater test is necessary to demon
strate a mans tremendous ability than
the handling of that great Philippine
problem. Younger then than he is now,
he took hold of a situation fraught
with many dangerous spects-dangers
which threatened the peace of the en-
tire world.
ITO have successfully escaped all of
these dangers is alone an accomplish
ment sufficient to make any man great.
But this is only one of the links in his
chain of big achievements and is only
referred to as indicative of What may
be expected of this remarkable man in
any emergency, no mattor how great.
No Doubt of Taft's Nomination.
Studying thu man and his record as
have, and reviewing conditions eco
nomical and political in every i'm
portant phase. there IS not. in my
opinion, the slightest element of doubt
about Mr.. Taft'5 nomination on the
first ballot:
"First, and all important, because of
the growing belief that he can be
elected.
Second. because thC'o is no con-
eerted opposition and because of the
thorough and systematic campaign
which has been in progress for some
months. and which has already result
ed in an assured Taft majority on the
first ballot.
"Third, because temperamentally,
mentally. physically. judicially, geo
graphically, logically and from every
other necessary point of view. he is the
right man to succeed the other great
man, who has removed all obstacles in
his way b. voluntarily and unequiv-
ocally taking himself out of the race"