The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-04-09
ADDRESS MADE TO
KENTUCKY PUBLIC
BEHALF OF TAFT

terence neld IN LOUISVILLE about 4
month ago by the supporters of VIII
liam ". Taft for the Republican nom-
ination for president has prepared an
address TO te Republicans of Ken.
lucky putting forth reasons why the
secretary of war should receive the
nomination for president. At this
conference Republicans were present
from every congressional district. in
the state. In fact, the conference was
held on the same day that a confer
euce of the Fairbanks followers was
held.
The address. as prepared by the
committee, follows: d.
Without malice and without de-
traction from the claims of any other
candidate We submit. confidently, the
name of William Howard Taft. OF
Ohio. TO the Republican voters of Ken
lucky for their consideration for the
Republican nomination for president
He is available. His past is an
open book. There is no smirch upon
its leaves. There is no suspicion of
his motives. Men may question the
wisdom of his Judgment or his policy
~ man questions his integrity. He
was a great judge. He was and is a
great executive. It would be tedious
t. recount his achievements. They
are history now.
The people OF this country want
corporate regulation. and they are in
earnest about Il. They want wise
and just national regulation of the
public utilities which have become ma
tional public servants, to the extent
and insofar as they have become ma
tional and the constitution permits.
To what has been accomplished and
attempted in this direction by the
present national administration under
the leadership of Theodore Roosevelt
Is due, in a great measure. the admin
STATIONS enormous popularity.
The people justly expect and insist
entity demand that this great work
shall go forward. Any backward step
will be disastrous. Wherefore tn
nomination must go TO someone
known to be in accord with the gen
eral policies of the present admins
tration.
More than any man alive William
II. Taft Is regarded, and justly so, as
the exponent of the policies of reform
which have been inaugurated, execut-
ed or attempted by the administra-
ton. Without any demagogism he
has been the wise and consistent
friend of labor. and, without in any
wise STOPPING to appeal to race preju-
Dice or passion, he has striven sanely
for the uplifting and betterment of
the colored race.
And he is fit for the place: In him
great ability is joined to special train
II ing and wide experience. He unites
splendid lawyership with executive
ability of the highest type. He is cap
able Of enormous labor and knows
how to work effectively. He is pat
| lent in hearing, wise in counsel, firm
and temperate in execution. He never
shrinks from duty because 1t is un-
popular. He never yields principle
for the sake of success. What seems
to him his duty that he does without
fear or favor. And he possesses those
virtues which every man may prac-
tice, and without which no man, how
ever high his station, Is worthy of re.
rect-the homely virtues of courage,
fairness and honesty.
William II. Taft Is both available
ard TT. and we ask you to aid. in his
Nomination.
Signed: Ed Farley, James Breath
it,, John Allen Dean, w. II. Jones, A.
In. James, John w. Lewis, David w
Fairleigh, Morris b. Belknap, Richard
p Ernst, John T. Shelby, Daniel W.
Lindsey, A. II. Burnam, George w.
Welsh, V. V. Adkins. Ed c. O'Rear,
John W. Langley. A. T. Siler. W. W.
Jones, J. r. Hindman, Don c.. Ed
wards.