The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-10-08
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1903, to Conrad Kohrs of Helen.
Montana, President Roosevelt say.
1.-THE true friend of reform, III
true foe of abuses. is the man VIII
steadily prerseveres i'll rightin
wrongs, in warning against abuses
hut whose character and trainin
are such that he never promise
what he cannot preform, that II
always little more than make
good what he does promise, AM
that, while steadily advancing, h
never permits himself to be led int
foolish excuses which would dam
age the very cause he champions
'In Mr.. Taft we have mar
who combines all Of these qualities
10 degree VIII ich no other man il
our public life sine the civil wal
has surpassed. To flaming hat
red of injustice, TO scorn OF all
that is base and mean. to a hearty
sympathy with the oppressed, he
nnites entire disinterestedness,
courage, both moral and physical,
of the very highest type.
1.-THE honest man of means, the
honest and law: abiding business
man. can feel safe in his hands
because of the fact that the dis
honest man of great wealth, the
man who swindles or robs his
fellows. would not so much as dare
10 defend his evil.d"ing in Mr..
Taft 'spresnece. The honest wage
worker. the honest laboring man,
the honest farmer, the honest
mechanic or small trader, or the
man of small means, can feel that
in a peculiar sense Mr. Taft will
be his representative because of the
very fact that he has the same
scorn for the demagoue that he has
for the corruptionist
Broad though his sympathies are
there is in him not the slightest
tinge of weakness. No considera-
iion of personal interest, any
more than of fear for his per
sonal safety. could make h i'm
swerve a hairs breadth from the
course which he regards as right
and in the interest of the whole
people.
~ have naturally peculiar
interest iii the success of Mr..
Taft and in seeing him backed |
by majority in both houses of
congress which will heartily sup
port his policies. For the last ten
year,, while | have been governor
of New York and president, |
have been thrown into the closest
intimacy with him, and he and /
have on evey essential point stood
in heartiest agreement, shoulder
to shoulder. We have the same
views as to what is demanded by
the national Interest and honor,
both within our own borders and
as regards the relations of thiS!na-
ton with other nations There is {
no fight for decency and fair deal I
ing which have waged in which
! have not had his heartiest and ]
most effective sympathy and sup. a
port, and the policies for which / Z
stand are his policies as much as /
mine. /
81 believe with all my heart that |
nowhere within the borders of our i
great country can there be found a
another man who will as vigilantly 5
and defficiently as Mr. Taft supports
rights of the workingman as he I
will the right of every man who in Y
good faith strives to do his duty as a
an american citizen. He will pro- v
tect the just rights of both rich and e
poor and he will war releutlessly il
against lawlessness and injustice, {
whether exercised on behalf of v
property or Of labor. 1t
ION the bench Judge Tafrs how a
ed the two qualities which make a t
great judge-wisdom and moral "
-urage. They are also the two |
qualities which make a great pres "
ldent, - Ii
THEODORE ROOSEVELT T." |
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