The Holly chieftain., 1908-10-02
oioF, be treated fairly before the
ni.hop Fallow., Tribute.


In Introducing Mr.. Taft at Toledo,
uhl", Bishop Samuel Fallows indorsed
0m uhreservedly, and in the course of
bis rcnarks said:
u can aver, without fear of success
mi contradiction, that no man ever
came beforc the American people for
.he highest honor in their gift SO thor.
ough!y prepared to meet its weighty
responsibilities as Mr. Taft. He is ripe
IN the knowledge Of Jurisprudence and
lear and firm in judicial decisions.
lie has won. as an executive officer in
our oriental possessions, the plaudits
't his countrymen and of admiring ma
lions. He has satisfactorily settled In
those Islands of the sea some of the
most delicate and difficult subjects, in
yolying deep-seated racial and religious
questions, ever brought up for adjudi-
cation. He is deeply religious
without a 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
itics which led one to describe Mr.. Taft
as "the highest type of Christian gen
tieman' 1 learn that the candidate
himself within month, has defined
just what Importance he attached to
Christian character in the building of
Il 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
career? First, consider Christian
character that Of one who holds as his
ideal n compliance with the two COM
mandments given by Jesus Christ. and
who earnestly strives to live up to that
ideal. Second. should define a sue
ccSsfuI rnrecr to be that career which
who happen to be within the operation
Of the Influence of the person whose
character is in question.
Coming now to answer your in
Iuiry, | should say that Christian
character in the building of success
ful career is its most important part.
The longer one lives the more con-
vincCl he must become that every other
incident and element of career loses
importance in comparison, and that
when mas life work is done this is
what STANDS out, and whether the
career is one of profession, business or
politics, the same thing is true"
What an Old Friend Says.
Mr., Aaron A. Ferris, prominent
Cincinnati lawyer, who has known
Judge Taft for thirty years. said:
q have never had occasion to ask
Judge Taft what his creed was in mat
tcrs religious. know that. when in
Cincinnati. he has been quite regular
in attendance at Christ Episcopal
church, Of which members of his fany
lily are communicants, and of which /
am a vcstryman. l know very well
that no one in trouble or distress ever
appealed TO him without receiving II
patient hearing and prompt and mate
rial aid, when in his power to give it.
If mans character is to be gnuged
by what he does. and not by mere pro-
fession; if leading clean and up
right life IS to be guide, and doing
righteous deeds is to be counted, then
| am confident that his neighbors and
fellow tiz.ps who have lived with
him and know him well, without re-
gard to creed, color or party associa-
ton, would say that Taft has lived and
acted in every station as a Christian
gentleman"