Putnam patriot., 1908-06-26

 quentls ecen gained aS sone who are
 none tee scsusaleus Moacreis. diShen- esgN and fraud have assumed prorat@ nrnes which esiiS for thc earnest Stsen- tios aud condemnation ef every man whs l traiy ievrs the repehlic
 AGssast all these abuses and Tn the work ] for restoring old Ideals Of honesty and equality. as well teF higher standards of ctxfc duty ane man has stood prs-emi. ns nt and that man Is Theodore RNase- veli Against corruption in every ferm he has set bis fsc~ with eritn aeteriuina. tiaH. prompt and fearless in action and with that iuteiltSrn, leadership which has assured the establishment of a better era in which the strong and the weak alike must submit themselves to the impartial execution of the law. There was need or strong ccarsxeous spirit tc restrain those destructive forces which have as sorted themselves sn thts time of growth and plenty The story Of hts achievements will rsske up one of the brightest pages in the history of thts ar any age and will prove that today. as tn any critical hour of social unrest er ot danger. the man Will apYear who can grarpie with the emer- geucN.
 Who so rt to tske up the tasks which this wandroas generation demands should be wisely and tnrsrtsatly performed as his great war secretarys Since the day when in Benjamin Hsrrisons administra< ton these two nrst met-the one as so- ltcitoG general, the other a member of the civil service commission they have been bound together hs like Ideals and aims by close ties of friendship and hy the exchange af mutual counsel. each ~ith his own individuality and character sites keeping constantly in view the en- nobiinr vision af better and greater America They have not been satisfied that tue temple Of prosperity should be ieoked alone hs the jewels of the fortu- nate and the epuient. but have insisted that il should stiil more abound in tros phies which commemorate the enforce
 ment of even handed justice and the maintenance ot that equal opportunity which spreads hope and hlessing even 10 the humbiest home. Since the day when. less than thirty years of age, MT. Taft denounced with burning words member af his profession who had hcen guilty of faxranliy vicious practices and had de- mrralized the community he has ever
 been associated with the cause ef true rcfarmszwtth that reform which will not
 content itself with academic dissertation
 or hollow words. He has been tnbued
 with tho spirit of action. His advocacy
 of saunaer conditions has never arisen
 from desire far the exploitation of him
 self II has always been based upon un
 sweTXinE integrity and the caaraxe to
 speak the truth aS he understands tt on
 ali ooe5siens, no matter huw influential
 or powerful the SNtls NilSh ne may at
 tack.
 No one has eVer yet assumed the presis
 le,,flsI char who had nees lVed a more
 ideal preparation for the duties q thas
 great office. Az judge in state and federal
 courts. as solicitor EennI al, as governor ef
 the Philippines. as secretary ot wal which
 has included the work af colanlai sccres
 tafy anI director ol national public works.
 h. has received his training and has ai-
 ways shown himself master of the situa-
 tion and competent tn make more honor
 able and beloved tho American name,
 There have been no years of tnaetiou in
 his career He has been continuously en-
 gagged III weShts tasks. and each success
 sive service has becn characterized by an
 Increasing influence upon most sitat aues- tons.
 In our domestic affairs in whatever pos
 sitian he has held he has displayed the
 rare union of A judicial temperament with
 an unsurpassed gift for administrative management.
 More than any other of our public men he has had te 1e with our outlying de- pendeneIes and colonial relations II was
 he who took in charge the prosecution of that colossal enterprise on the isthnus. the canal uniting the leaser and the sreat- or oceans and under his directing hand
 the completion of this most stupendoes Of public works is nc longer vague and distant hope. hut an imminent reality. with Ha ever ready skill as a paHifieatof he restored tranquility in the fertile iss land af Cuba. sa eftcu distracted hy ciYie strife In the faenff Philippines. under hazing tropical sitv. he found a psaiAie ef | nany races and tribes degraded ny cen- fnries nf misraIe hnd oppression and | there too he not only established the rule nf law and local control in place or cphs fusion and hieadv strife. but showed the way to self government and new recos- nitieu ef the rights of man.
 Secretary Taft has exceptional fauii- iaritv with conditions in the distant ori- ent-in Japan, in China We may reSt assured that enr traaltIanai friendship with Japan wifi continue. Moreover, the l future promises that the slumeering mli- l lions Of China will awake from the leth= | arey of ages and she then will realize | that the morning dawn of fresher He ard wider outlook comes to her across | the broad Pacific from free America. her truest friend and helper. We eoxet no portion of her territory We desire from her as from all nations. increase sea good | will and that mutual respect which knows l neither buster nor cringinE on either l side Thus Tn this new era of larger re- | lations Secretary Taft with his eompre- l hensien of national and international sub- | iects would furnish certainty of peace and sustained prestige. Under him at home and everywhere this mighty people
 
 | secure development and progress ot the country and would rest safe in the reif- ance that a chIef executive was at the | helm who in peace or in war would guido l the desfinieH af fhe nation with strong l hand and with gentle patriotic heart, 1 And so today fin the presence of more | than Ie.UaA and with the inspiring thought of the well nigh i9He9 timos gHp who | dwell within our borders l nominate for l thc presidency that perfeel type Of Amer l lean manhood that peerless representa- 1 tive af the uohlfet Ideals n our national | life, William H Taft of Ohio
 l Demonstration For Big Bill" When Representative Burton ended | his eloquent speech nominating the | secretary of war with the name oi | Ohio,s favorite son there occurred the | real demonstration of the day. When | the name of Ohio WAS reached in the I roll call of the states the delegates started a cheer which lasted for tive | minutes. but they desisted to listen te the forceful address of the distinguish | sd OhIoan. As he finished the Ohio delegation gave q cheer which started the ball rc::.BE. and one delegation after another joined in. Texas led the shouting and displayed . banner con
 sisting of a huge pair of trousers Ia lseied As Pants the Hart For Cooling Streams, So Texas Pants For Taft"
 The Taft banner of the Blaine clut
 was produced. the Philippine dele gates raised . little girl to their shout ders and ciseered like mad. and finally the Ohio delegation started 'marcf
 around" headed by ex-Governor Her rick. Charles F. Taft. half brother oi the candidate. and Governor Harris