The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-16
III TAFT SIDE
BY the Rev. W. S. Grove, 49,

--p ppyAN Is eloquent and fascinating in his appeals to popular
1NfH emotion. especially whenithe emotion is nisappledi very espe-
W. cmny when the misappned emotion rouses a spirit of protest
against peaceful and safe and sure progress HIS pahos ir udu
mend of the Philippines is a sample Liberty Freedom! 1nde-
pendence! These are words to conjure an American pubic with. we
think Of the struggles of our colonial fathers against the tyranny OF Eng
land. OF course. If the cases were similar; If the Ffnpnos were, a $ We're
our colonial fathers. "the shted wisdom and morality Of a continent" II
their agitators were such men as washington and sal Adams no
Franklin and Jefferson and Madison; if our government We're tyrannizins
them, instead having redeemed them from tyranny; r. we we're restrict
Ing their trade, insteado Of creating it-then u hearts would properly IN
thuse to the spread eagle dream # a brandnew Philippine Sourth o 'uV
but these "ifs' turn Mr.. Bryans pathos into bathos.
The Finpinos are children, whom we gathered ron m SUM o
an ancient political corruption and from the jungles of barbarism, n
whom we have put in training for sef-government TO Whom MI.
Taft promises independence just a $ soon as they IRE toeraby row up
We do not hear Mr. Bryans eloquent appeal for the franchise liberty
of the Southern negroes. and for their independent government oi any
State 1T county in which they would a ne ma9orH yote' ol 1o
negroes re ute as capable of good government as are the FiIpinos.
Mr.. Tafts genius does not exhaust itself in rndsdrected monon' u
develops constantly new powers in solving the great problems OF prac
teal craftsmanship OF his ability as a executive, a n administrator a
builder Of civilization, his work in the Philippines is a magnificent fore
csta record in which every statesman 1.-THE world. has pride. You
take any chances or him Is a manager of national affairs He ! o an
experiment. He has shown what he can do. When heswent to the
philippines he found a seething caudron Of anarchy in every town. He
drew he Ire from those devnpots and let them cool off, He found tn
masses verging on chaos. He called forth their dormant sense o order
and resurrected their dead hope Of progress. He. revised their laws and
them reputable courts of Justice. He provided them with ef1clent
police forces and placed their municipal governments o a modern OASIS
and worked u a general government which has given them peace In
prosperity. He put their banking system in healthful and helpful cn
diuon. He organized their public school system mt started them on Inc
highway toward universal education. He built railroads o. tnem
wagon roads and water works and sewers, and taught them sanitation.
He gave them a good start in scientific agriculture and stock-breeding
and storekeeping and money-saving and private investment g did
more for them in three years than had previously been done In three
centuries, and he did it 50 quietly and pleasantly that n newspaper ever
had a sensational headline on the wonder of 1t. The most serious problem
in the Philippines today is % overcome the revolutionary I'M destructive
tendencies kept ahame by Mr.. Bryans misdrected. emotion. Mr.. Taft
Is upreme capable Of dealing with the Philippines and PORTO Fuco
and Cuba, and all of u vexing questions :