Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-06-19

| fined to the narrow limits Of a single
commonwealth. To-day with fervid
earnestness we wage contest for the
prize. Tomorrow, united for the fray
and quickened by common fiery zeal,
the champions OF all the candidates
will go forth with mounting enthusi'
asm to vanauish the foe.
1.-THE most perplexing questions OF
to-day arise from the bountiful de-
velopment of our material wealth
Pays Tribute to Roosevelt.
! Against all these abuses and in the
work for restoring Old ideals OF non
| esty and equality, as well as for high
err standards Of civic duty, one man
has stood pre-eminent. and that man
is Theodore Roosevelt. Against cor
ruption in every form he has set his
! face with grim determination, prompt
and fearless In action and with that
intelligent leadership which has as
sured the establishment OF better
era in which the strong and the weak
alike must submit themselves TO the
impartial execution OF the law. The
story of his achievements VIII make
up one of the brightest pages in the
history of this or any age and will
prove that to-day. as in any critical
hour Of social unrest or of danger, the
man viii appear who can grapple with
the emergency.
Who so hit 10 take up the tasks
which this worirous generation de-
mands should be wisely and impair,
TALLY performed as his great war sec
retarys Since the day when. in Ben
iamin Harrison's administration, these
TWO first met-the one as solicitor gen.
eral, the other as member OF the
civil service commission-they have
been bound together by like ideals and
aims. by close ties of friendship. and
by the exchange of mutual counsel,
each with his own individuality and
characteristics keeping constantly in
view the ennobling vision Of better
and a greater America. Since the day
when, less than 80 years of age, Mr..
Taft denounced, with burning words,
member of his profession who had
been guilty of flagrantly vicious prac'
tees.
Dealt with Dependencies.
More than any other of our public
men he has had to do with our out
lying dependencies and colonial rela'
tons. 1t was he who took in charge
the prosecution of that colossal enter
prise on the isthmus, the canal unit
ing the lesser and the greater ocans,
and under his directing hand the com.
pletion of this most stupendous OF
public works is no longer vague and
distant hope, but an imminent reality.
With his ever-ready skill as pacifi-
Gator, he restored tranquility in the
fertile island of Cuba, so often dis
tracted by civil strife. In the far-off
Philippines, under blazing tropical
sky, he found people OF many races
and tribes. degraded by centuries of
misrule and oppression; and there too
he not only established the rule of
law and local control in place of con-
fusion and bloody strife, but showed
the way to self government, and new
recognition of the rights of man.
Knows Conditions of Orient.
Secretary Taft has exceptional ia,
miliarity with conditions in the dis
tant orient-in Japan, in China. We
may rest assured that our traditional
friendship with Japan will continue
Moreover. the future promises that the
slumbering millions Of China will
awake from the lethargy of ages, and
she then will realize that the morning
dawn of fresher life and wider outlook
comes to her across the broad Pacific
| from free America, her truest friend
and helper. We covet no portion OF
her territory. We desire from her, as
from all nations, increased good will
and that mutual respect which knows
neither buster nor cringing on either
side. Thus in this new era Of larger
relations, Secretary Taft, with his
comprehension Of national and inter.
national subjects. would furnish Ger.
tainty of peace and sustained pres
tige. Under him, at home and every.
where, this mighty people would have
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development and progress Of the coun
try and would rest safe in the reliance
that chief executive was at the helm
who, in peace or in war, would guide
the destinies of the nation with a
strong hand and with gentle, patri'
otto heart.
and so today in the presence OF
more than ten thousand, and with the
| in nj ring thnuuht of the Well-nigh ten