La Junta tribune., 1908-10-17
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u iAarodnrlng Mr.. TAN q Tels1A
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hin unreser .sily. apd In the ceurss sf
bic remarks sid:
- eau av~s. wiihont tar Of auccsss-
fui contradiction, that ~ nAn ever
came before The American people fer
the highest hosor In their GIN - sher-
onshiy rrep~r~d TO 'Nesi its wsighty
responslhili'' - - Mr. Taft Re 10 Tt1s
In the know edge Of juriaprudsscs asd
clear snd arm In judicial decIssens
lie has wan ~ sn executive ofacer In
our Oriental Innsseasions. the plsudits
Of bis countrym~n and Of sdmiriug "a
tious lie has ss,iafacterily settled In
those islands OF the sea some Of the
Gost delicate and diascuit suhIeets. IN.
volviug deep seated racial Snd religious
snestiens. ever brought up for adjudi-
cation. lie 10 deeply religious
without q trace Of biEotry. fearing God
and verking Righteousness. - az The
tws Adansss and Abraham Ilncola."
rs0's sass - CAassssss.
Il u,y effort to discover the quail
tiles which le.i one 10 dasrrii's Mr.. Tam
- "the highest type of Christias gen-
tlslnAn" I learn that the candidate
himself. within = month. has defined
Just what Importance he attached to
Christian character In the building Of
been put to him To develop his personal
Vows. and writing in response the Re-
publican candidate said:
Your question xmggesfs two others
which must he answered In answering
this: First, what 10 . Christian char
srfer. aud, second. what 10 . successful
car~erl First. consider Q Christian
character that of one who holds ss bis
ideal y compliance with the two COM
ma ndrnents given by Jesus Christ, and
who earnestly strives to live M TO that
ideal Second. I should drnne . suc-
ccsxfui career 10 he that career which
brings more real happiness to those
who happen To he within ihs Operations
NJ the influence of the person whose
character In in question.
Coming n"w to answer your In
quiry. ! should say that . Christian
cha rarter in the building of . success
fui career II It's most Important part.
The longer one lives the more con.
WINGED he must become that every other
incident aud element Of . career Loses
Importance In comparison. and that
when mans life work ia done this 10
what stands out. and whether the
career is one Of profession. business or
politics. the xamr thing 10 true"
what q. OiA FrIesS ssys.
MIR Aaron 4 Ferris. a prominent
Cincinnati lawyer. who has known
Judge Taft for thirty years said
II have never had occasion tn ask
Judge Taft what his creed was in mat
tiers religious know that. when in
Cincinnati he has been quite regular
In attendance at Christ Episcopal
church Of which members Of his fam
ily are communicates and Of which !
am vestryman know very well
that no one in troubl" nj distress ever
appealed to him without receiving 4
pat ticnt heariug and prompt and mate
rial aid. when In his power Ia give H.
" a mans character is to he gaux"d
by what he does, and not by mere pro-
fessiop: II leading clean and up
right life II I" he = guide and doing
righteous deeds is to he counted. then
I am confident that his neighbors and
fellow citizens who have lived with
him aud know him we'll. without re.
gard to creed, color or party associa'
ton. would say that Taft has lived and
scted In every station as Christian
gent leniAn"