The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-10-22
SKETCH OF NOMINEE
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Big as his capacity for work. there
VIII be none to spare In the strenuous
life he Will be called upon TO live.
His training by travel has given
him the best equipment for diplo-
matte work that any American has
had within The last decade. Ateyery
stop on his journey from yladiyos-
took to st. Petersburg he was on the
train, accompanied by his Interpreter.
Many a uniformed delegation OF
inoblemen and high officials walked
while he spent an hour among the
common people. In the Philippines
he went over personally every part
OF the ground encompassed by the
plans for the Notifications OF Subig
Bay. He studied the needs OF the
planter in Pima del Rio till he knows
what is fair to him as well as the
man in Santa Clara. He worked at
the sanitation Of Colon, the transport
facilities OF the railroads in the
Pacific Coast and kept in touch with
the financial situation at home be-
sides the tariff and the temperance
movement in the South and West.
One month he is down at Panama,
seeing that they are not trying to
run water up hill, the next he is OPEN
ing the Philippine Assembly so that
1t will stay open. Then laying aside
his white duck suit and Panama hat
he puts on his furs, goes over to st.
Petersburg to talk China and Japan
with the Car. At times he ran the
war department by prescience and
was month in advance of his work.
He carried his cabinet portfolio in
his hat on his long trips.
He Is fair and honest without any
noise about 1t: he does the common
sense thing always without any pre-
tense of being the source of all wis
dom; he is intensely American with
out carrying red, white and blue
handkerchief. Citizen Taft is happy
when he is doing the right thing as
hard as he can do it no matter whetil-
Ter 1t pleases any one else or not. He
likes praise as any one does but
criticism cannot stop him. When he
is reused do not believe anything
on earth can stop him. He is a quick
footed fighting elephant of modern
world politics.
America had grown up and the
other countries now ask US to sit in
tho Uo~o Wo have n ,,,ocn.lno,.
stack OF chips and our coming chief
Citizen is the only man available big
enough, cool enough and homes,
enough to play our hand.
Great Tasks Ahead.
A big man out for big job. That
is the situation of this campaign
Never have there been bigger nation.
| al problems to solve than those
which will confront the next Presi.
dent.
First, there are the Roosevelt poll.
cies to continue. This requires a re.
former and William Howard Taft en-
bodies the best returm spirit of the
age. He is fearless. morally and
physically. He can sacrifice personal
interest for right. Financially he is
the poorest man in public life today
By heredity and training he has
the judicial mind an element most
reformers lack. without 1t they
lack balance and poise. With it they
can see from the other mans stand.
point and differences are adjusted all
right for the common good together
and mot In divided camps, against
each other. Back of the judicial
mind is the trem .ndous nervous
force which keeps him going. He is
a veritable glutton for work. There
is reason for this capacity for
work. Every human being is sort
of productive manufacturing plant,
Some have small outputs and some
big outputs. Taft is one great big
gigantic plant, equipped with high
grade, high speed, machinery and
there is such a demand for his goods
he is compelled to work overtime.
Summing Up.
Citizen Taft has splendid capac-
ity for making friends. Without it is
impossible to get that broad gen.
uine grasp of other peoples feeling
toward social conditions and political
matters which the political leader
needs.
He has the wealth of knowledge OF
foreign customs and habits which is
priceless to nation just beginning
to take part in world affairs. And
this larger knowledge of foreign af-
fairs comes as the direct result OF
personal travel and acquhintance
with the nations themselves.
He has the high culture and intel
lectual calibre which we have come to
regard as indispensable to the Office
lof chief executive and yet is simple
and democratic in his tastes. He
serves the lowly and the struggling.
He is free from all imputation OF