The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-09-05
TAFT IS LEADER
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Senator Beverldge further said:
Comparison of Bryan and Taft.

Senator Beverldge further is&id:
Comparison of Bryan and Taft.
This Is a campaign OF candidates
even more than PLATFORM. This
question Is not which candidate is
most upright, patriotic, bravts Tor
both are equally so. Both mean
equally well toward their country.
The real question is which candidate
will make the best president? Which
is the wiseset and sreadicst? Which
man would you choose as admins
traitor of your estate? Which would
you select TO manage your business?
Which has the best training and the
most experience?
MIR. Bryan never ha handled a
single foreign problem. He has gov
Ierned no Philippines, regenerated no
Cuba, built no. canal. avoided no allen
danger, saved us from no threaten
ed peril.
Mr.. Taft has done all. 1t was his
genius for the practical and deyotion
to humanity that took Philippine
chaos and made Philippine order:
took Philippine bate, and changed 1t
by the alchemy of his tact, to Phil
ippine love. 1t was his craftsmanship
that achieved the. Impossible. con-
verted an or8enda people into a vo-
ting citizenship. and laid the founda-
ton for future which. as God wills,
may become separate natlons or a
glad and patristie part of this great.
Republic. III
TT was William H. Taft who set
Cuba in order, established her feet in
civilizations upward path; and 1t was
he who, when so directed by Presi-
dent Roosevelt. who first advised with
Mr.. Taft, when these children of lib
crtyN tore his work to pieces, set up
once more the blessed rule of order
and liberty and law with a fathers
patience and statesman's wisdom.
1t Is he who is commanding the
practical work of tRat greatest enter
prise OF human history, the building
of the Panama canal.
Taft the Experienced.
TT was he whoso4co,rnsel President
Roosevelt sought at avery crisis Of
his historic administration; who who
helped avert .war.7sgben little politier
ians and narrow minds would have
plunged siis int6 cohAi6t 1t was VIII
liam IL. Taft whom our President,
! wheh confronted with foreign per-
TpIexitIes and with the awful weight
of our ninety millions welfare ON his
heart sought for strength and wis
dom; and 1t was Winiam H. Taft more
tithap any man eyer, called to theilcad-
crship of the American speoplel who
has had the best training, the widest
experience and the wisest teaching to
fit him for that glorious but serious
taak. FIT II n
."In domestic affairs Mr.. Bryan has
written not one law, administered not
single department ~ advised. no
President--while. lecturing ALI file Is
a, preacher of Righteousness. but not
an administrator of AFFAIRS. He never
conducted the government cot a city
county, state or nation. Wiuiat'
II. Taft has been judge on the bench
governor Of n people. administrator
OF ID department 4 Ills hands have
helped to shape most Of the progress
Sivc laws We have passed in the last
seven years, and his great heart and
splendid mind are behind every law
we propose today. The sought for
counselor of three prcsidents-as diff
fcrcnt yet as wise as Harrison, Me-
kinley and Ronsevelt-fatc has
equipped him to be the trusted leader
of the people who loved and honorcd
these three chief magistrates. Al.
most It seems that there is man
prepared by Providence to he the
captain OF the chosen people"