The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-10-14
color, be treated fairly before the
bishop Fnllow., Tribute.

color, be treated fairly before the
courts"
bishop Fnllows' Tribute.
In introducing Mr.. Taft at Toledo,
Ohio, Bishop Samuel Fallows indorsed
him unreservndly, and in the course of
his remarks said
II can aver. without fear OF success
full contradiction, that no man ever
came before the American people for
oughly prepared to meet its weighty
responsibilities as Mr.. Taft 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 plaudits
Of his countrymen and of admiring na-
tions He has satisfactorily settled in
those islands of the sea some of the
most delicate and difficult subjects, in
volvins deep-seated racial and religious
questions. ever brought up for adjudi-
cation. He is deeply religious
without trace of bigotry. fearing God
and working Righteousness, as did the
two Adamses and Abraham Lincoln
Taft,s Idea of Character.
In my effort to discover the quail
titles which led one to describe Mr.. Taft
as the highest type of Christian gen
tieman" | learn that the candidate
himself within month, has defined
just what Importance 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 successful
character that of one who holds as his
ideal compliance with the two COM
mandments given by Jesus Christ. and
who earnestly strives to live up to that
ideal. Second. ! should define n sue
ccssful career to be that career which
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. | should say that Christian
| character in the building of success
| full career is its 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 Il mans life work is done this IS
| what stands out, and whether the
career is one of profession, business OF
politics, the same thing is true"
What an Old Friend Says.
Mr.. Aaron A. Ferris. a prominen'
Cincinnati lawyer, who has know
Judge Taft for thirty years, said:
II have never had occasion to ash
Judge Taft what his creed was in mat
tiers religious. know that. when ii
Cincinnati, he has been quite regula1
in attendance at Christ Episcopa
church, of which members of his fam
lily are communicates, and of which
am a vestryman. ! know very wei
that no one IN trouble or distress eve
appealed to him without receiving
patient hearing and prompt and mate
rial aid, when in his power to give ii
If mans character is to be gauge,
10y what he does. and not by mere Pre-
fession; If leading a clean and up
right life is to be guide, and doin
righteous deeds is TO be counted, the
l am confident that his ncighlnrs an
fellow-citiZens who have lived wit
him and know him WE'LL without II
gard to creed. color or party associa
ton. would say that Taft has lived an
acted in every station as a Chrstia
gentleman"