The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-07-01
VIM. II. TAFT.

began Presidential campaign with
. stronger ticket than the one named
by the Chicago convention. 1t has
bssn said and prshsps truthfully
that the nominee for President, VIM.
H. Taft, is better squittsd for the
Office Of President by education and
training, than any man who has ever
been called to that position. was at
the time of his election. Mr.. Taft
can not boast OF obstacles overcome
on his road to greatness. He has
had every advantage that birth, mon
sy, education and family prestige
could give him, and his merit oon-
sists in having made the best possi-
BILE use Of the many advantages that
Providence hiss thrown in his way.
He was born at Cincinnati, Ohio,
September 15, 1857, of New England
ancestry. As New England has gen.
orally shaped the policies and Ohio
has generally furnished the Presi-
dents for the republican party his
very birth was BY NO means unfavor-
able 70 future greatness. His father
was not only we'll to do, but was a
distinguished lawyer and RePubli-
can leader, and was Attorney General
in the cabinet Of President Grant.
As matter of course, Mr.. Taft's ed
ucation was not neglected. In the
due course Of time he became grad
usse of Yale, and OF the Cincinnati
Law School, and finally began his
professional career in his native city
In 1887 he became Judge Of the
Superior court Of Cincinnati, and In
1890 President Harrison appointed
him 10 Solicitor General. In 1892
President Harrison appointed him TO
the important position Of United
States Circuit Judge, and IL vas In
this office that he established the re-
putstion that caused President Nc
Kinley to send him TO the Philippi-
nss ss Governor General to organize
the American Governms Mt there.
HIS services in establishing the rule
Of law in the Philippines nd point :
ing the way 70 self gouernmsnt were
conspicuous. In 1904 he bscsn Q
Secretary of War. The questions
that have arisen ont of the Spanish
war, the Embellishments Of Colonial
relations with far of dependencies
and our peculiar relations with the
Island Of Cuba and the Isthmus Of
Panama have made the Secretary
of War one Of the most important Of
cabinet positions. As Secretary Of
War Mr.. Tsft's most conspicuous
rervices have been in paci6cat,on Of
Cuba, and IN the work that he has
done in the prosecution Of that col
losssl enterprise known as the Pans-
ma Canal.
Mr.. Taft's connection with the
popular administration Of President
Roosevelt, and the fact that he has
enjoyed the esteem Of the President
have been largely instrumentsl in
making him the Presidential nominee.
Some people affect to believe that
tn ere is great danger in President
naming his own successor, but it is
q curious fact that the people who
make this talk are the very ones
whose hystsrioal efforts to force .
third term nomination on the Prssi-
dent made it necessary for him to
see that some one else was nominated
and there was no one whom he could
more consistently support than his
great war secretary whose 9ualifi-
cations were so we'll known to him.
And Secretary Taft will surely make
. splendid candidate. It is more
than likely that he will receive q
larger electoral vote than either No
Kinley or Roosevelt has received.
While Judge of the United States
Circuit Court, he came in contact
with many southern lawyers and
business men and it is no doubt ow.
ing to this fact that the prediction
is 30 freely made that Taft will carry
the states Of Kentucky, Tennessee 9
and North Carolina. It is generally
conceded that he will carry Delaware
and Maryland, and any Republican
can carry West Virginia. Missouri
is promising territory for Republican
efforts. With Bryan for an oppon-
snt II is hardly conceivable that Taft