The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-10-02

temperance movement in the south
and west.
One month he is down at Panama
seeing that they are not trying to ri.
water up hill. the next he is OPENING
the PHILIPPINE Assembly SC. that they
WILL stay open. Then laying s..sde
his white duck suit and Panama hat
he puts on his furs goes ove: to St.
Petersburg to talk China and Jap,1n
with the Car. At times he ran the
war department by prescience
and was a month in ad-
vance Of his work. He carried hi.
Cabinet portfolio in his hat ON his
long trips.
He Is fair and honest without any
noise about it; he does the common
sense thing always without any pre-
tense OF being the source OF al wis
dom: he is intensely American with
out carrying a red. white and blue
handkerchief. Citizen Taft is happy
when he is doing the right thing as
hard as he can do it no matter
whether it pleases any one else or
not. He likes praise as my one
does but criticism cannot stop him.
When he is reused do not believe
anything on earth can stop him.
He is quick footed fighting elephant
of modern world politics.
| An,orioo hoe rn.-,
other countries now ask us to sit IN
the game. We have a magnificent
stack Of chips and our coming chief
Citizen is tue only man available big
enough, cool enough and honest
enough to play our hand.
Great Tasks Ahead.
A big man out for Z big Job. That
is the situation of this campaign.
never have there aeen bigger national
problems to solve than those which
will confront the next president.
First. there are the Roosevelt poll
cies to continue. This requires a
reformer and William Howard Taft
embodies the best reform spirit Of
this age. He is fearless, morally and
physically. He can sacrifice personal
interest for right. Financially he
is the poorest man in public life to-
day. By heredity and training he
has the judicial mind an element
most reformers. lack. Without lt
they lack balance and poise. With
it they a see from the other mans
standpoint and differences are adj
justed all right for the common good
together and not in divided camps.
against each other. Back of the ju-
dicial mind is the tremendous nerv.
Gus force which keeps him going.
He is a Veritable glutton for work.
There is a reason for this capacity
for work. Every human being ia
sort OF "a productive manufacturing
plant. Some have small outputs and
some big outputs. Taft is one great
big gigantic plant. equipped with
high grade, high speed, machinery
and there is such a demand for his
goods he is compelled to work over
time.
Summing Up.
Citizen Taft has a splendid ca
paclty of making friends. Without It
is impossible to get that broad and
grasp of other peoples feel
ing toward social conditions and no.
litical matters which the political
leader needs.
He has the wealth of knowledge
OF foreign customs and habits which
is priceless to a nation just begin
ming to take part in world affairs.
And this larger knowledge Of for
eign affairs comes as the direct re-
OF personal travel and acquain-
lance with the nations themselves.
He has the high culture and in
tellectual calibre which we have
come to regard as indispensable to
office of chief executive, and vet
is Simple and democratic in his taste.
serves the lowly and the strug-
Cling. he is free from all mputa-
lion OF p%lutocracy indignation he
has lived thus far with very moder-
ate means.
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