The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-06-23
SKILL AS PACIFICAToR.

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SKILL AS PACIFICATOR.
More than any other of our public
men he has had to do with our out
| lying dependencies and colonial rela-
tiUns. 1t was he who took in charge
the prosecution of that colossal en-
| terprise on the Isthmus, the canal
uniting the lesser and the greater
oceans, and under his directing hand
the completion of this most stupen-
dOus Of public works is no longer a
vague and distant hope, but an immi-
nent reality. With his ever-ready
skill as a paciiiCator, he restored
tranquility in the fertile Island of
! Cuba so often distracted by civil
strife. In the far-off Philippines, UNI
der a blazing tropical sky. he found
a people of many races and tribes,
degraded by centuries of misrule and
oppression; 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-
ton of the rights of man. For peo-
pies and races, like individuals, under
the inspiration of a friendly guide,
may lift their faces heavenward and
seek to climb the great worlds altar
stairs to nObler heights of liberty and
opportunity 1t is to his lasting hon
o. that his desire was not to be
known as Taft the Pro-Consul."
but as Taft. the Father of the Fill
pinos,' who brought to them the
light of modern civilization.
In the larger sphere OF world poll
tics, we are entering into new and
closer bonds with all the nations of
E 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 centu-
ries past are becoming less distinct
+ and kingdoms and races are begin.
ming to realize that they have al
one common destiny2
l. FAMILIAR WITH ORIENT
= Secretary Taft has exceptional fam
d iliarity with conditions in the distant
d Orient--in Japan, in China. We may
G rest assured that our traditional
e friendship with Japan will continue
e Moreover, the future promises thai
r the slumbering millions of China viii
d awake from the lethargy Of ages, ant
u she then will realize that the morn
70 ing dawn of fresher life and wide
st outlook comes to ner across the broa
IL Pacific from free America, her trues
: friend and helper We covet no POI
II ton of her territory. We desire iron
II her, as from all nations, increased
d good will and that mutual respec
IS which knows neither buster no
e Bringing on either side. Thus in thi
II new era of larger relations, Secretar,
II Taft with his comprehension of ma
tional and international subjects. woult
IL furnish a certainty of peace and sus
Il tanned prestige. Under him, at hOm
a and everywhere, this mighty peopl
l. would have an assured confidence il
n the secure development and pro
'e gress of the country and would res
Is safe in the reliance that a Chief Exc
W cutive was at the helm who, in peac
N o. in war, would guide the destinie
of the nation with strong hand an
with a gentle, patriotic heart.
lie And so today, in the presence c
a more than ten thousand and with tn
rs inspiring thought of the well-nigh tie
in thousand times ten thousand VIII
)r dwell within our borders, l nominal
p for the presidency that perfect typ
IS of American manhood, that peerles
e. representative of the noblest ideals i
ic our national life, William II. Taft, c
lg Ohio.