Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-07-08

shall have plenty of coarse carica,ures representing him as great, fat, huhy creature. scarcely able to waddlc about, lsnd smothercd in his own adipose mat ter. but these will be caricaturcs of tho coarsest and stupidcst description, and nothing more.
 He is a man of uncommonly genial disposition, of sanguine and iovial temperament, frank, hearty and utterly free from all pretentiousnoss and exclu' siveness. llc IS n man of the people and from college days he has always been 2 great fnvorite with all who know him at all well. Even yet nis old class mates at Yale accost him as "old Bill Taft
 In type, temperament, and general make up hr is very unlike Roosevelt, and yc, in deeper sense, they are very much alike. They are deeply akin m their moral nature, spirit and sympa thies. They share the same ideals, principles, purposes and essential traits of character. Taft is n calmer man than Roosevelt, less impulsive, more dc- liberate. perhaps we may say, better balanced, while no less stern in His moral convictions and his hatred of dis honesty, injustice and meanness; no less determined, resolute and fearless of consequences when once he sees where his duty lies.
 The two men frs, me, in Washington eighteen years ago, when Roosevelt wns United States civil service com missioner and Mir. Taft was solicitor general of the United states. \ friendship at once sprung up between them which has continually grown closer, stronger and deeper as the years have gone by. Now the president, by resolu,ely standing ou, of the way him. self. and by aggressive effort, has been able ,o realize his cherished purpose of securing for his friend the nomina. ton for the presidency. The whole history of this is without parallel out. side of the fables of old. No man liv. ing IS more determined than the pres ident that his distinctive policies shall be carried out; no man living knows Taft better than he does, and we may be sure tha, he deeply and without doubt believes that Tpft is the man of all others 10 keep mp his battle and carry it to victory.
 As soon as the president heard the news of Tsft's nomination he at once issued this fine eulogy: "I feel that the country is. indeed. ,o be congratu. lated upon the nomination of Mir. Taft. have known him intimately for many years, and I have a peculiar feeling for him, because throughout that time we have worked for the same objects with the same purposes and ideals. l do no, believe there could he found in all the president He would be as emphatical ly a president of the plain people as Lincoln, yet not Lincoln himself would be freer from the least taint of dema. gogy, tho least tendency 10 arouse or appeal To class hatred of any kind. He has . peculiar and intimate knowledge of and sympathy with the needs of all our people of the farmer, of the wage worker, of the business man, of the property owner. No matter what a mans occupation or social position, no matter what his creed. his color or the section of country from which he comes, if he is an honest. hard.working man who tries to do his duty toward his neighbor and toward his country, ne can rest assured that he will have in NIT. Taft he most upright of represen. tatives and the most fearless of cham. pions. Mir. Taft stands against priyi. lege and he stands pre.eminently for the broad priciples of American citizen. ship which lie at the foundation of our national well.being.'