The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-07

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who. when go directed by. President
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tore his work q, pieces. set NJ one:
more tho blessed rule OF order and
liberty and law with fathers pa
is he who 10 Commanding the practi-
cal work Of that greatest enterprise
Of human history, the building Of the
Taft the Experienced.
II was he whose counsel President
Roosevelt sought at every crisis OF his
historic administration; he who helpsd
into conflict. II was William n. Taft
whom our president. when confronted
sw 1a '" weigh, p Of our ninety millions
strength and wisdom and It is william
II Tart more than any man ever called ,ls
pie, who has had the best training, the
widest experience and the wisest teach
ing to At him for that glorious but
serious task.
In domestic affairs Mr.. Bryan has
written not one law. administered not
single department advised no presi-
dent--whiie lecturins all He IL
preacher OF righteousness. but not an
administrator OF affairs. He never con
Quoted the government OF city. a
county. state or Il nation. william
II. TAFT has been Judge on the bench.
governor OF people administrator OF
Il department. His hand hes helped to
shape most OF the. progressive laws We
md his great heart and splendid mind
are behind every law we propose to-
day The sought-for counselor OF
wise as Harrison. McKinIey and Roose-
velt--Fate has equipped him To be the
trusted leader OF the people who loved
and honored these three chief nagis-
trates. Almost IL seems that here is
a man prepared by Providence 20 he
the captain OF this chosen people.
Brysn's RightfuI and Useful place.
Let no man denounce Mr.. Bryan.
Such men are necessary to human prog
ress. Always such men have been the
voice OF protest, but never the states
man OF cause. Always they have been
the urgers of reform. but never the
doors OF the work
Mr.. BRYAN Is an Aaron. but not
Moses. Henry. but not Washing
ton Wendell Phillips, hut not an
unrest which clears the atmosphere.
but not the trade winds that carry to
port the freighted ships OF peoples
hope.
Four years ago. In his own home,
paving tribute to his character and
mind. called him a dreamer who be-
holds happy visions but achieves no
useful deed. His is the mind that thinks
OF the barren field bending with grain;
but his is not the plowman's hand. the
sewers craft or the cleaners husband
ry. The poets dream Of an undiscoy-
cred Utopia has cheered us all; but the
Piigrims. actually landing on Plymouth
Rock, planted the real tree OF liberty.
beneath whose real shade we rest ana
by whose real fruits We live.
No AstroIoger.
VIM. II. Taft Is OF the Pilgrim stun
his 10 the wisdom that makes the
ideal vision living fact. Tried In
every realm OF government tested IN
every department. Of ststesmanship, he
never yet has failed. lie Is a skilled
seaman Of craftsmanship who takes Lis
reckoning by the fixed stars or human
nature and trperience--not an uncer-
tain astrologer casting absurd horo-
scopes from fmagfrIry sfErI- rfttf SYM
bols. And not once on all his voyages
hos the reckoning he has msde been
scope that Mr. Bryan has east been
right ~ - ,o
We dare not trife with our future:
Humanity with all it's fears.
with all It's hopes OF future years,
Is hanging GREATNESS on our fate
when the great commander who has
rul.IaA ahip of state throngn
storms OF opposition and amid the
rocks of hatred straight for the port
OF our higher hopes and our larger
liberties, voluntarily steps from the
bridxr and delivers TO us his nigh com
mission. lct us hand II TO the ahlest
ofFcer abroad aud safely make the har-
nor OF our Uearfs desire.