Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-06-19

formed as his great war secretary?
Harrison's administration, these two
first met, the one as solicitor general,
the other as a member OF the civil
service commission, they have been
bound together by like ideals and
aims, BY close ties of friendship, anu
by the exchange Of mutual counsel.
each with his own individuality and
characteristics keeping constantly in
view the ennobling vision Of a better
and greater America. They have not
been satisfied that the Temple Of
Prosperity should be decked alone by
the Jewels of the fortunate and they
should still more abound in trophies
which commemorate the enforcement
OF even-handed justice and the main
tenance Of that even-handed justice
and the maintenance of that equal OPP
portunity which spreads hope and
blessing even to the hnmblest home.
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No one has ever yet assumed the
presidential chair who has received
a more ideal preparation for the du-
ties of that great offloe. AS Judge in.
state and federal courts, as solicitor
general, as governor of the Philippines,
as secretary of war, which has incllfd-
ed the work of colonial secretary and
director of national public works, he
has received his training and has al
ways shown himself master of the
situation and competent to make more
honorable and beloved the American
name. There have been no years
of inaction in his career. He has been
continuously engaged in weighty tasks
and each successive service has been
characterized by an increasing in
f1uence upon most vital questions.
Equal to Every Emergency.
In our domestic affairs, in whatever
position he has held, he has display
ed the rare union of judicial temper.
ament with an unsurpassed gift for
administrative management. To. him
belongs the extremely valuable faculty
of eliminating the non-essential from
the complicated problems and going
directly to their substance. His capac-
ity for work is enormous, yet quite as
helpful is his eQuable temperament,
which will not allow the annoyances Of
life to distract or hamper him. Al
though of an aggressive personality, he
possesses an infinite good nature and
charm Of manner and a poise which
have made him a model for exalted
station. In the final analysis even the
highest officials must be judged as
men, and under this criterion Score,
tary Taft is now and will ever be
known for his broad sympathies with
every grade of humanity and as one
invariably actuated by that demo
cratic spirit which should characterize
a progressive American. And yet no
one can for a moment hesitate to
recognize his severity in dealing with
wrong doing. While no honest enter
prise need fear him. no dishonest
scheme could hope to hide its face
from the light or to escape punish
ment.
More than any other Of our public
men he has had to do with our outly-
ing dependencies and colonial rela-
tons. It was he who took in charge
the prosecution of that colossal enter.
prise on the isthmus, the canal, unit.
ing the lesser and greater oceans and
under his directing hand the compile
ton of this most stupendous Of pub
lie works Is no longer a vague and
distant hope, but an imminent reality.
With his ever-ready skill as pacif.
icator. he restored tranquility in the
fertile island of Cuba, so often dis
tracted by civil strife. In the far-off
Philippines, under the blazing tropical
sky, he found people of many races
and tribes degraded nv cenfurios rf