Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-06-19

means deDraved. But by reason Of
their busy absorption in varied pur-
suits and OF the glamor which at 1
tends success in great undertakings
questionable methods have been able
to engraft themselves upon the bust i
ness of the country. Rich rewards
have too frequently been gained by
some vino are none toe serupulous.
Monopoly, dishonesty and fraud have
assumed q prominence which calls
for the earnest attention and condem-
nation of every man who truly loves
tbs republic.
Against all these abuses and in
the work for restoring old ideals OF
honesty and equality. as well as for
higher standards of civic duty, one
man has stood preeminent, and that
man is Theodore Roosevelt Against
corruption in every form he has set
his face with grim determination.
prompt and fearless in action and
with that Intelligent header ship which
has assured the establishment OF
better era in which the strong and
weak alike. must submit themselves
to the impartial execution OF the law,
There was need of a strong, coura-
20 Gus spirit to restrain those de
structive forces which have asserted
/ themselves in this time of growth and
plenty The story of his achieve
ments viii make up one of the bright
est pages in the history of this or
any age and viii prove that today,
Z as in any critical hour of social un-
rest or danger. the map.ywill appear
who can grapple vita the emergency.
! Who SO fit 10 takeup the tasks
which this wondrOns generation de-
Inards should be wisely and impair
tally performed as his great wal
secretary? Since the day when, in
Benjamin Harrison's administration,
these two first met,-the one as so
licitor general, the other as a mem
Der Of the civil service commission
they nave been bound together by
like ideals and aims, by close ties of
friendship, and by the exchange Of
mutual counsel, each with his own
individuality and characteristics
keeping constantly in view the en-
nobling version of a better and a
greater America. They have not
been satisfied that the temple of
Prosperity should be decked alone
by the jewels of the fortunate and
iopulent, but have insisted that it
should still more abound in trophies
which CONNIE merate the enforcement
of even-handed justice and the main
tsnance OK that equal opportunity
which spreads hope and blessing even
to the humblest home Since the
day when. less than thirty years of
age, Mr. Taft denounced, with burn
ing words, a member of his profes-
sion who had been guilty of flagrant-
lily vicious practices and had demon
allied the community, ne has ever
been associated with the cause of
true refoTnl-with taat reform which
will not content Itself with academic
dissertation or hollow words. He has
been imbued with the spirit of &C
ton. His advocacy of sounder condi-
tons has never arisen from desire
for the exploitation of himself It
has always been based upon unswery-
ing integrity and the courage to
speak the truth, as ne understands
ii, on all occasions, no matter how
influential or powerful The evils
which he NAY attack.
No one has ever yet assumed the
presidential chair who had received
a more ideal preparation for the du
ties of tAat great office. As judge in
state and federal courts, as solicitor
general, as governor Of the Philip
pines, as secretary Of war, which has
included the work CT colonial seCFe-
tary and director of national public
works, he has received his training
and has always shown himself mas
tier of the situation and competent
to make more honorable and beloved
the American name. There have
been no years of inaction in his ca
reer. He has been continuously en-
gagged in weighty tasks and each sue
cessiye service has been character
lied by an increasing influence upon
most vital questions.
In our domestic affairs, in what
ever position he has held, ne has dis
played the rare union of a judicial
temperament with an unsurpassed
gift for administrative management.
To him belongs the extremely yalua
BILE faculty of eliminating the non
Essential from complicated problems
and going directly to their substance