Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1908-08-08

To the renders OF the long and la-
bored address Or Mr. Taft, especially
Of the early part Of It, says The New
York Times, there appears inevitably
the figure OF the gentleman at Oyster
Bay. ID whom II was submitted and
who must have approved could he
by any possibility have suggested?
the fiattering aIlusion 70 himself with
which the opening portion d the adj
dress teens. The figure Is vague,
necessarily, for ID has been given to
few OF us to witness such scene
IN real life. II. indeed, ii can be con-
ceiyed to have occurred before in
modern times and IN the Western
hemisphere. The official head Of a
great and powerful nation. passing
Judgment on praise os the most ex-
traordinary sort and degree, offered
by the candidate for the succession
to hts high office, and Offering them,
not at all as the tribute Of his personal
affection and admiration. but as the
basis OF the electoral campaign, on
which his party has entered. A Sc.
rious and able and experienced states
man, submitting TO his late chief In
the administration the amazing prop
ositlon that the success OF the party.
nay. the very safety OF the nation,
depends upon the fuIflIment OF the
work that chief had begun, and the
recipient Of this unprecedented sug-
gestlon giving II his assent, and per-
hitting II to 30 70 the country as the
final word on the issues OF the cleo
tionl
Imagine for a moment Mr. Roose-
welt IN the place OF Mr. Taft. open
ing the Republican campaign, and
making nutatis mutandis, the state
ments he consented that Mr. Taft
should make: Il led the movement
for practical reform laid down the
doctrine that the rich violators Of the
lazy should be as amenable to restraint
and punishment as the offenders with.
out wealth and without influence. /
demonstrated to the people BY what
! said. by what recommended "a
Congress, by what I did. the sincerity |
Of my efforts 20 secure equality for
al before the law and 10 save the
country from the dangers Of pluto
cratic government, toward which we
were fast tending. have set high
the standard Of business and obedi.
ence 20 law The chief function OF
the next administration, IN my Judge.
ment IL a progressive development
Of that which has been performed BY |
me-" Does that, IN cold tyne. look
. little mdicrous? Yet IL was IN cold
type that Mr.. Roosevelt read probably
the language OF Mr.. Taft In which
nothing Il changed but the pronouns,
Aud one cannot help recalling that
the period IN which the hydra was
born and nuTtured which the Presi.
dent appears 10 think that he has
put IN the way Of being struggled.
was IN large part the period during |
which the country was under the
presidency OF William Mckinley. was
he blind to the evils Mr.. Roosevelt |
saw aud ohallengedg Was he ignor.
ant Of or Indifferent 90 the principle
Of equality before the lawg Was he
indlaposed 20 recognise the standard |
Of buslness morality which Mr.. Roose.
Welt has cstablishedg Had he been
spared, would "the platocratlc govern.
ment toward which we were fast
tending when Mr. dooseyelt assume |
tho functions OF tho. Presidential Of.
ace have been fastened upon usg
These are questions which Mr.. Roosa.
vclts authorization OF the Taft enlo.
gism necessarily suggests Amoae |
the class 10 which the enlogism Is e.,
peclally addressed, memory may be
weak and respect and affection b.
shortliycd emotions. Hut among
thoughtful Americans. who can retain
Tor mora than seven years their
knowledge o. the coantry'a real hene.
factors h n known that eThefe were
brave men living before AgamemnOn.