The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-09-29
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frenzlsd advance followed. as such peri
DDS Of frenxiod advance must always be
! followed. BY equally violent periods Of re-
action. The evolutionary and the reac-
tionhry really play into one anotheTs
hands to the extent that each by his OK
ceases necessarily tends 10 arouse such
disgust such a feeling Of revolt, in the
minds OF quiet people as temporarily 70
restore the otllcr 70 power.
To permit the direction OF our public af.
fairs % fail alternately into the hands OF
revolut1OnaTfes and reaetiouaries. ofh the
extreme radicals OF unrest and of the big
oted conservatives who recognize no
wrongs TO remedy. would merely mean
that the nation had embarked on fever
ish coursq OF violent oscillation which
would be ffaught with great temporary
trouble ana would produce no adequate
good in the end. The true friend Of re.
form. the true foe Of abuses, is the man
who steadily perSeyeres In rightIng
wrongs. In warning against abuses. bur
whose character and training are such
that he never promises what he cannot
perform, that he always little more than
makes good what he does promise and
that. while steadily advancing. he never
permits himself 10 be led into foolish ex-
cesses which would damage the very cause
man who combines all of these qualities
TO degree which no other man In our
public Life since the civil war has sur
passed. To q flaming hatred OF injustice.
20 a scorn OF oil that Is base and mean. to
n hearty sympathy with the oppressed,
he unitcs entire disinterestedness. courage
both moral and physical OF tho very high
est type and kindly generosity of nature
which makes him feel that all OF his fel.
Inn ,att t3Ns Ten hTa
friends and brothers, that their interests
are his and that all his great qualities are
TO be spent with lavish freedom in their
service. The honest man Of means, the
honest and law abiding business man, can
feel safe In his hands because Of the very
fact that the dishonest man of great
wealth. the man WHO swindles or robs his
fellows. would not so much as dare TO de-
fend his evil doing in Mr.. Taft's presence.
The honest wugewoTlier. the honest la
boring man. tho honest farmer, the honest
mechanic or small trader or man Of small
menns can feel that In a peculiar sense
Mr.. Taft will be his representative be-
cause of the very fact that he has the
same scorn for the deEnagogue that he has
for the corruptionlst and that he would
front threats Of personal violence from q
mob with the unQuailin3 and lofty indlf-
ference with which he would front the
powerful corporations. Broad though his
sympathles arc. there Is in him not the
slightest lingo Of weakness. No consider
alton of personal interest. any more than
OF fear for his personal safety. could make
him swerve hairs breadth from tho
course which he regards rs right and In
the interest Of the whole people.
I have naturally peculiar interest in
the success OF Mr.. Taft and in seeing him
backed by majority in both houses Of
congress which will heartily support his
policies. For the last ten years, while I
have been governor OF New York and
president. have been thrown into the
closest intimacy with him, and he and j
have on every essential point stood In
heartlest agreement, shoulder 10 shoulder.
We have the same Views aa TO what is de-
manded by the national interest and hon
or. both within our own borders and as
regards the relations OF this nation with
other nations. There is no fight for de-
cency and fair dealing. which l have