Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-07-16

myself as a shining light, as a colossal
Ego. the center of a system, with multi
OF men and things revolving like
satellites around me ! have done the
State some service. but I remain con-
scious of the fact that that service is
so exceptionally conspicuous as to
warrant me in lifting myself by my OWN
bootstraps to the admiring gaze OF man
kind, nor yet so illustrious as to OBJ
scure the achievements of other men. 1
content to be a plain, blunt man-an
average c~itizen-neither better nor worse
than any other man who loves his coun-
try and strives to do his duty. l am not
endowed with special omniscience, virtues
or powers, and l know l am anlcteo
with the foibles of my kind. All / can
do is to do my duty as l see It, ana
contribute whatever / can to n progress
OF my country and the retirement !"
mankin 1 am not a pessimlst ee-
heve that most men are honest, ooh
scientious n courageous peieVe
through the passing centuries ue "orlu
has been moving and still moves aiohs
a mounting a peieVe uhal tie aNei
age OF intelligence, morality ana citi1en-
snip rises from one eeherauoh " iolhe
That the world grows better from year
to year I haye no DOUBT. but TO say Una.
we are upon the verge VI t"e h
Is l thihk' Wholly
peiieVe that we nave 'us. enseieeu
a 1resn eoieiSh ol une uaih aees nv ~
light OIL a new cav winch s,ee
In an age OF ehoiess perieeion-
Simply moving as olu oul a.ne :" -
ages with measured seep a
upward. MEN, Fishes he
surviving now DIS III 'no pas',
evil ana promote uhe soou.
forward movement the inuiviuuai ~,
Tree 70 act on ins own hii'a1,~' -
safes. -rs4h aood
thoueht anu ae'ioA ~ - go
order is the pest, fNo" -
mere anu lhere' .ieio wa"
iaWiesshess' aSa 80
Against az lhese ''e D..
puoiic auei's nus - MI
crime Is eAcepeohai' y.
rule IS progress y Ho"' w 70
ways peen' anu WIZ oe -
THIS were NOT 81 ING - ss
imnossihle In the work men do for
progress I have striven in my day to per-
form NV mart. as I shall strive to do in
future. But l shail not hahs W. D
ners upon the outer wan y :" "n'
trumpets from the patape- Wy ;,
shall let stand to speak for itself.
7 +,rn now NV fellow citizens, from
thase reflections, which to some extent
and of necessity have been semi-persona
in character. to other things. I have
said nra oticallv all I have to say of q
norsonal nature I come to YOU as 6
nar,ocra+ 70 talk democracy. [ am mo-
here 70 sneak for myself. but for the
namocratic partv: not to arraign Demo.
oro+s and sow the seeds of dissension
hut To attack the Republican party ant
~axnose It's unworthiness no to pro
noa,nca a Typographical eulogy. on myself
h,t to d;scnss great questions of part,
a;ffaronce in which the people of tn,
state and Nation must inevitably be pro
foundry interested. We are entering upol
camnaian of unreasonable import t
the American people. The two grea
~nol,+;oaJ narties have promulgated thei
~ot;ona1 nIatforms and nominated thei
nrasidantial candidates. And now ono
soain these two old combatants, tn
nan,ocratic and Republican parties
raadv for the fray. confront each othe
like radiators in the arena. of the Ma
tion TODAY I shall talk chiefly of ma
tiona, 10 didatas and national questions
later on. after the State tickets hav
been nominated and the State platforr
adon+ad T will devote more attention t
state questions and discuss them a
greater length than on this occasion.
TAFT.