Middletown transcript., 1908-10-24
THEREFORE, TAFT
BY WALTER ]. BALLARD

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a man able to go to the Philip
pines and bring order out of
chaos, it sent William Howard
Taft and he succeeded-there-
fore, Taft.
When the United States needed
man of tact, skill and impres.
siveness to go to Rome and ar
range with the Vatican for the
purchase of the valuable and
needed lands held by the friars
in Philippines, it sent William
Howard Taft and he succeeded
therefore, Taft.
When the United States needed
a man to go to Cuba and by a
proper explanation and applica-
ton of it's purposes toward that
island, to nip revolution in the
bud, it sent William Howard Taft,
and he succeeded - therefore,
Taft.
When the United States needed
q man to go to Panama with
force enough to make the dirt fly,
itsent William Howard Taft, and
he Observation-Disclosures, Taft.
When the United States needed
a man of vigor, brains and fair
mindedness as head of its great
War Department it called and ap-
pointed William How ard Taft and
he Observation-Disclosures, Taft.
When the United States needed
a man of all-round capacity, abil-
ity and energy to act as virtually
President at several times for
varying periods it found William
Howard Taft and he succeeded
therefore, Taft.
When the United States needed
a man officially to visit Japan,
China and other countries to give
assurances of our good intentions
toward them, it sent William How
ard Taft and he succeeded
therefore, Taft.
When the United States needed
a man able to materially help the
election of Theodore Roosevelt
in 1904, it found the man and the
result in William Howard Taft
therefore, Taft.
When in earlier years, the
United States needed a fearless
and honest Judge on the bench,
it called William Howard Taft
and he succeeded therefore,
Taft.
When, in 1890, the United
States needed man of legal Ca
pacity sufficient to fill the re-
sponsible Office of Solicitor Gen
'eral of the country it appointed
William Howard Taft-and he |
succeeded-therefore, Taft.
Now that the United States
needs man of experience, ability, |
diplomacy, honesty, fairness, |
high character, courage, and pa
riotism 10 occupy the White
House and guide the nation right |
to still higher things; to uphold |
the honor Of the flag and the flag
itself as the emblem of liberty
the wide world over; to see that
justice is fairly and impartially
administered and that every man
gets a square deal; to guard that
in the coming revision of the
tariff, the schedules that should
go up do go up and those that
should come down do come down;
to appoint only honest and able
men to positions in the govern.
ment; to encourage and assist in
the upbuilding of our navy, our
army, and our mercantile marine;
to see that the money of the
people deposited in good banks
and with honest bankers shall
not be taken to pay the losses in
Cured by bad banks and dishon-
est bankers; to prosecute and
punish all violators of the laws
of the United States irrespective
of their nominal position in the
community; @ preserve and ex-
tend the influence of the United
States in the councils of the
world; to ensure that the Filipino
and the Porto Rican, the Hawai-
ian and the Alaskan gets their
rights under the law equally with
the men from Maine or the man
from California; 10 realize that
i meriea is for the Americans,
native and adopted. and that
every man be he born American,
or one who has taken the oath of
allegiance and complied with the