The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-09-03
THE WINNING TICKET.
Taft and Sherman on a Repub-
Iican Platform.
STRONG AND SAFE LEADERS.
Both Candidates Are Men of Marked
Ability and Wide Experienes-Why
They Should Command the Support
of Conservative Voters.


They Should Command the Support
of Conservative Voters.
Taft and Sherman" is considered
the winning ticket not only by all Re-
publicans, but by thousands of Demo
Gratis IN every state of the Union. 1t
is believed that the ticket is the strong
est that could possibly have been NOM
mated Mr.. Taft's career in his public
and private life and his every official
act has been such that there will not
be word of apology or defense neces-
sary during the campaign. Never has
breath of scandal been connected
with his private or official life. and
never has he made a mistake that will
need explanation or defense in the
coming weeks before election.
While he had the presidents indorse-
ment and help In gaining the nomina-
is any mans man, but will be abso-
lutely Independent and carry out to the
full what seems to him best In every
issue that may arise during his stay at
the White House. While he will to
large degree continue to strive to
perpetuate the policies of the present
administration, yet he will act at all
times and i'll all circumstances simply
from the viewpoint of what he may
consider best and wisest for the gov
erlment and for the people.
Congressman Sherman, who, though
not so widely known as Mr.. Taft per-
haps. is yet national character who
| will need no Introduction to the people.
I3r twenty years he has served In con-
CESS with marked ability. being one
OF the most able parliamentarians
among our public men and. besides.
having judicial mind and such eXpe
ricnce in banking and business life as
to make his counsel and standing Of
importance second Only TO that OF Mr.
TAFT himself
The nomination of Mr.. Sherman in
SurCs the state of New York to the
Republican ticket and means the cleo
! tion of perhaps fifteen or twenty Re-
| publican congressman who" districts
before the convention seemed in doubt
The ticket is we'll balanced one In
every way, and as the qualifications OF
| the candidates and their ideas as to the
| issues before the people become better
and better known it is believed thai
| the ticket will grow stronger and
Inv
every state carried by the Republicans
: four years ago will again be found In
the same column on the Sd of Novem-
| Der next.
Not only is Mr.. Tafts fitness for the
| Office to which it is believed he will be
elected to be considered. but his posi-
| ton upon various subjects which can
not exactly be called issues are so well
| known that they will to Il large extent
| influence the conservative voter For
| instance, 1t is believed that during the
next four years some four or five mem
| bers of the supreme court may be
| named, and the general voter must de-
| clare at the polls as to whether these
members Of the supreme court should
be appointed by Mr.. Taft or Mr. Bry-
an. Mr.. Taft himself has not only Oc-
cupied high position in the courts OF
| the United States, but has been spoken
of as member of the supreme court,
| and it is likely that few voters would
hesitate long in declaring that he was
| by far the better man to make the ap-
pointments to that most important
body.
The question of foreign war Is al
ways in the minds of the people Of the
| nations. and in that event man OF
peace, a man of tact. a man Of diplo-
macy. of calm judicial temperament.
| should be at the head Of n nation rath-
pr than a man Of fads and foibles and
without the power to even control him
self.
OF the living issues it can be said
that the position of both candidates
| is well known as regards the tariff
| question Mr.. Taft is for revision of
the tariff upon such lines as will not
take away the employment of single
| American workman. Mr.. Bryan is for
q revision of the tariff that would end
in vast foreign importations of goods
| that would displace American manu-
factures, resulting in idleness Of mil
| lions of wOrkingmen and reduction
of wages in every factory and mill In
the United States.
In financial matters there Is hardly
any comparison to be made. Mr.. Taft
| is for an honest dollar, Is for the gold
standard and for maintaining the hon
esty and integrity of national finances
in domestic as we'll as foreign rela-
tions Mr.. Bryan, while he admits that
the free coinage of silver is no longer
an issue, yet maintains that he Is
right on that subject, and no doubt II
ever the chance came and he could
have his way our finances would go to
a silver basis and to fifty cent dol
| lar.
But perhaps, after all, the one great
thing to be considered is that Taft and
Sherman are Republicans and will
stand upon the platform Of their party
and will point to their party's record
in the past and to what 1t will do In
the future, and the voter must con-
trast this position with the Democrat
ic platform and past record. Parties
are greater than men, and principles
are greater than great leaders. The
voter must decide between the Repub-
lican party and its candidates and the
Democratic party and its candidates.
! prinainloS ara moro enduring than