Arizona republican., 1908-06-19

Ieuerdl courts, as SOLICITOR general, as
governor of the Philippines, as secre-
tary of war. which has included the
work of colonial secretary and direc-
tor of national public works, he has
received his training and has always
| shown himself master of the situation
and competent to make more honora-
BILE and beloved the American name.
There have been no years of inaction
in his career. He has been continu
ously engaged in weighty tasks and
each successive service has been char
acteriZed by an increasing influence
upon most vital questions.
In our domestic affairs, in what
ever position he has held, he has dis
4 ployed the rare union of a judicial
temperament with an unsurpassed gift
for administrative management To
him belongs the extremely valuable
faculty OF eliminating the non-e5s en-
tial from complicated problems and
going directly to their substance His
capacity for work is enormous yet quite
as helpful in his equable temperament,
which win not IlolW the dnnoyanccs of
life to distract or hamper him. AL
\ though of an aggressive personality,
he possesses an infinite good nature,
charm Of manner and a poise which
have made him a model of exalted sta
ton. In the final analysis even the
| highest officials must be judged as
men, and under this criterion Secre-
tary Taft is now and will ever be
L known for his broad sympathies with
every grade of humanity and as one in
variably actuated by that democratic
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\ gressive American. And yet no one can
for a moment hesitate to recognize his
severity in dealing with wrong doing
While no honest enterprise need fear
him, no dishonest scheme could hope
to hide it's face from the light or to
escape punishment
1 The Proconsul.
! Moro than any other Of our public
men he has had to do with our outIv-
ing dependencies and colonial relations.
I 1t was he who took in charge lie pros
ecution of that colossal enterprise on
the isthmus. the canal uniting the less
er and the greater oceans, and under
! his directing hand the completion of
/ this most stupendous of public works
( is no longer a vague and distant hope,
! but an imminent reality. With his
ever ready skill as a pacficator, he re-
stored tranquility in the fertile Island
of Cuba, so often distracted by civil
strife. In the far-off Philippines, I'M
der blazing tropical sky, he found a
people Of many races and tribes. de-
graded by centuries Of misrule and OPP
preston; and there too he not only
established the rule Of law and local
control in place of confusion and
bloody strife. but showed the way to
government. and a new recogni-
ton of the rights of man. For peoples
and races, like individuals, under the
inspiration Of a friendl. guide. may
lift their faces heavcnWard and seek
to climb the great worlds altar stairs
to nObler heights of liberty and oppor-
tunity. 1t is TO his lasting honor that
his desire was not to be known as
Taft. the Pro- Consul" but as Taft.
the Father OF the Firipinos." Who'll
brought to them the light of modern
civilization.
In the larger sphere Of world poll
tics, We are entering into new and
closer bands with all the nations of
the earth. who is better qualified
than he to lead America to her true
position in this later day when the |
boundaries established in the centuries |
past are becoming less distinct and
kingdoms and races are beginning to
realize that they have all one COM |
mon destiny?
For the Larger Relation.
Secretary Taft has exceptional fam !
iliarity with conditions in the distanct |
Orient-in Japan. in China We may
rest assured that our traditional friend |
ship with Japan will continue. More !
over, the future promises that the |
slumbering millions of China will |
awake from the lethargv of ages. and |
she then will realize that the morning |
dawn Of frcsher life and Wider outlook |
comes to her across the broad Pacific |
from free America, her truest friend |
and helper. We covet no portion Of |
her territory. We desire from her as |
from al nations. increased good will |
and that mutual respect which knows /
neither buster nor cringing on either
side. Thus in this new era of larger
relations, Secretary Taft, with his COM
prehension Of national and information
al subjects. would furnish a certainty /
Of peace and sustained prestige Tn
'''l li'ilir ct ii'itlt anu very NItIt, llllS |
mighty people would have an assured
confidence in the secure development
and progress Of the country and would
rest safe in the reliance that chief
executive was at the helm who, in peace
or i'm war, would guide the destines Of |
the nation with a strong hand and with
a gentle patriotic heart.
And SO today. in the presence of
more than ten thousand. and with the
inspiring thought of the well-nigh ten
thousand times ten thousand who dwell
within our borders. I nominate for the
presidency that perfect type of Ameri-
can manhood, that peerless representa-
tive of the noblest ideals of our ma
tional life, William II. Taft of Ohio.
THE NAME OF LAFOLLETTE.
In presenting the name of Senator
Mr.. COchems said:
-Four years ago the people of the
state of Wisconsin sent to the repub-
ican national convention a message
and a man. Four years ago that {
message was derided and the man
5courged from the temple. Today the
man and the message return in
triumph. The report of our resolu-
tons committee perSuadeS mo that tba