The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-10-09
color, be treated fairly before the
Bishop HAllOws' Tribute.

ADA0hOV 1EADuHVCs~
In introducing Mr.. Taft at Toledo.
Ohio, Bishop Samuel Fallows Endorsed
him unreservedly, and in the course OF
his remarks said:
Il can aver, without fear of success
full contradiction, that no man ever
came before the American people for
the highest honor in their gift so thor.
oughly prepared to meet it's weighty
responsibilities as Mr.. Tatt. He is ripe
in the knowledge Of Jurisprudence and
clear and firm in judicial decisions.
He has won, as an executive officer in
our Oriental possessions. the plaudfts
Of his %countrymen and Of admitting ma
tions. He has satisfactorily settled in
| those islands of the sea some of the
most delicate and difficult. subjects. in
vo1vfng deep-seated racial and religious
| questions, ever brought up FOR djudi-
cation. He is deeply religious
without a trace of bigotry, fearing Goo
| ana working righteousness, as did the
two Adamses and Abraham Lincoln"
Taft's Idea Of Character.
In my effort to discover the quail
| tiles which led one to describe Mr.. Taft
as "the highest type Of Christian seII-
tieman" learn that the candidate
himself, within a month, has defined
just what importanc he attached to
Christian character in the building OF
a successful career. The question had
been put to him to develop his personal
views, and writing in response the Re
publican candidate said:
Your question suggests two" others
which must be answered In answering
this: First, what Is a Christian CHAR
acter, and, second, what is a successful
career? First, I consider a Christian
character that of one who holds ass his
ideal a compliance with the two COM
mandments given by Jesus Christ, and
who earnestly strives to live up to that
ideal. Second. I should define a. Z
cessful career to be that career wR1ich
brings more real happiness to those
who happen to be within the operation
Of the influence of the person whose
character is in question.
Coming now to answer" your in
| quiry, l should say that a. Christian
| character In the building OF a. success
full career is it's most important part.
The longer one lives the more con-
WINGED he must become that every other
incident and element Of a, career loses
Importance in comparison, and that
when a mans life work is done this is
what stands out, and whether the
career is one Of profession, business or
politics, the same thing Is true"
what an. Old Friend Says.
Mr.. Aaron A.. Ferris, a prominent
Cincinnati lawyer, who has known
Judge Taft for thirty years. said:
II have never had occasion to ask
Judge Taft what his creed was in mat.
tiers religious. I know that, when IN
Cineinnati, he has been quite regular
in attendance at Christ Episcopal
church. Of which members OF his fam
lily are communicates, and OF which
am q vestryman. I know very vel
that no one in trouble or distress evel
appealed to him without receiving
patient hearing and prompt and mate
rial aid, when in his power to give 1t
II q mans character is to he gauget
by what he does. and not by mere pro
fession; II leading q clean and up
right life Is tc be a guide, and dom,
righteous deeds is to be counted, thel
am confident that his %neighbcrs ant
fellow citizens who have lived will
him and know him well, without re
gard to creed, color or party associa
ton, would say that Taft has lived an'
acted In every station az . Christian
gentleman"