The Nevada County picayune., 1908-08-20
FAITH OF THE INTERESTS TOO

Referring to Mir. Taft's sraaoh ., a,ceplance, the Chicago Record. Her. .,'u 'Rep) says: The speech iustifee 'iie laIth Of the Republican masses WHO believe, as We have said that 'he candidate is more proprass;yo plah hls platform. It stamns hin, os
 9,AeeFe progressive who heartily ap. proves and who would carry forward 'iie roosevelt policies. and who at the SaHIe llme would illustrate in his acts nIs thought that the chief function ol lhe next administration is distinct rom ana a progressive deyelonment v, 'nal which has been performed by ffesldent Roosevelt The character tia, shines through the speech is that VI 'He olg, sane, sober man bent upon oqEai justice for all. and it will nro. oaoiE nave no little effect with those Independent voters whose sunnort is lnFi'ed in the closing words
 Mr Taft did, it is true. have q great deaI 10 say about Mr. Roosevelt and the Roosevelt policies. But before the hecord-Herald can persuade the mas. seS that they may depend upon Mr 1att for reform measures ii will have io explain how it happens that in spite oi ms extravagant praise for the roosevelt policies Mir Taft yet re. talhs the enthusiastic support of the representatives of special interests.
 For instance, in the same issue in which the Record-H Herald says editor. lally' The speech justifies the faith or Inc Republican masses who believe that the candidate is more progressive than his platform" We find the fol- lowing extracts from editorials print. ed in newspapers that are generally recognized as the spokesmen for spec- ial interests:
 New York Sun: MT. Tafts speech, deplorab ble as it is, will not lose him a Republican vote. What a relief it must be to him today 10 have the fearful thing off his mind, and off his con. science; and how ardentIy he must look forward to the time when he can say things and do things not because they are to Iaake votes for him, but because they are the right things to say and the right things to do. The nauseating incubus beneath which he staggers in nearly every sentence would suffocate any ordinary man. William H. Taft deserves the prayers as well as the votes of every decent citizen in the country. And when he is freed from his dread obsession and once more walks in sunshine that knows no mortgage, he will show his fellow men that no vicissitudes save death alone can forever frustrate or subdue an honest man
 Milwaukee Sentinel: A pervading tone of calm good sense and a marked absence of stump oratory claptrap and stage thunder agreeably characterize Mir. Taft's speech of acceptance. It therefore affords a needed relief from style of Reclamation that has been much dinned in the ears of our people of late years. Come, let us reason to- gether,' may be called the keynote of the Republican candidates discussion of principles at issue between the par ties The speech, therefore evinces that genuine respect for the intelli- gence and fundamental fairness of the people which the harangue of the de- magogue always lacks.
 In the same issue. the Record-Her- aid prints an interview with George Gould in which that great railroad magnate gives enthusiastic endorse ment to the Republican candidate.