The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-10-01
TAFTG GETS GREAT
OVATION IN IOWA
MET BY ENTHUSIASTIC CROWDS
AT EVERY STOP.
HE is A MAN WHO DOES THINGS
Popularity Not Alone Due to His Can
didacy, But to the Work he has
Accomplished in Pub
lie Life.

II the large crowds which turned
out all along the line, and the enthu'
siasm manifest everywhere are cri
terion, w. II. Taft, the republican
candidate for president will carry
Iowa by a plurality of at least $4,000.
Never before was any man given al
more loyal reception than was given
Mr.. Taft on Friday and Saturday, as
he whizzed through Iowa on his spe
cial train and stopped at every city,
every town and every cross-road toI
say How do you do; God Bless you,
and Good Bye" to the anxious crowds
of people who gathered to get a
glimpse of the next president of the
United States; and the best part OF
it all is, every one who saw or heard
w. H. Taft are better friends to him
than they possibly could have been
before. In place of only voting for
him, as thousands had planned before,
they will now go out and work for
him, and will tell their friends of the
virtues and the magnetism Oh this
great American.
Made Great by His Work.
Even if he were not a candidate for
the presidency, it is probable that no
other man in American public life
except perhaps President Roosevelt,
would attract more attention on his
visit to Iowa than the man who has
Just been the states guest of honor
The interest manifested in him and
the desire of the people to see and
hear him are not only due to the fact
that he is a candidate for the high
office of the nations chief executive
He has a record of achievement.
reputation for having done things
which make his place in history Sc
cure, even if he had not been the pop
ular choice of the last republican ma
tional convention, for it's leader.
1t was President Mckinley who frs;
recognized Mr.. Tafts mental powers
which fitted him for the work of re
organizing the government of a PEG
pie and transferring them from an
ancient and rotten to the modern
Americanized system of a self-reliant
self governing body. Here he demon
strated executive capacity, which with
his judicial training and his remark
ably democratic and human traits OF
personal character, accomplished what
detractors of American diplomacy
declared was an impossible feat. The
Filipinos now occupying a position
which eleven years ago no one real
lied they could ever attain to. They
enjoy a greater measure of freedom
than any Spanish governed country,
, EXCEPT Cuba, and are on the high road
to nationality.
His Work and Magnetism.
His task finished there, he was call
cd home to exercise in the president S
cabinet and the department of war
those qualities which had reflected
so much credit on his nation in the
Orient So admirably did he fill this
position that although ne brought the
army of the United States to its high
est degree of efficiency. he won the
somewhat anomalous title of "Secre
tary of Peace.
When the Cubans encountered a
'snag in their progress towards ma
tional independence it was Taft who
was sent to straighten out the tangle
When the peaceful relations of the
government with Japan were threat
ened by lingo Vaccinations in both
countries, Taft was dispatched to Wis
it the Mikado and break bread with
the troubled Oriental merchants
The result in both instances was a
peaceful settlement of all difficulties
When problems of Isthmian canal
construction were to be solved, Taft
of all members of the cabinet. the
one best qualified to see through to
the bottom of the difficulties and
bring order out of chaos, was assigned
the work In every task which has
been assigned to him, Mr.. Taft has
achieved success. His experience has
been along every line of government
tai endeavor. He has done things.
Personally, Mr.. Taft is one of the
most magnetic and agreeable of men
He is big, wholesouled and filled
with that nobler humanity that counts
above fame, ambition or great wealth
He is a man of the people and alive
is true to the trusts of his public ca
reer No man who votes or works
for william H. Taft will ever live to
be ashamed of it.
Taft's Visit to oskaloosa.
Tafts reception in Oskaloosa was
only fairly indicative of the ova
tons that were given him every few
minutes from Clinton around the cir
cult to Burlington, Ottumwa, Des
Moines, Cedar Rapids, Waterloo and
Mason City. His special train was
two hours late, but the people waited
patiently to see and hear him, and
though mis- voice was in bad condi
ton, made so by the long automobile
ride to the George AIDE farm on
wednesday, all were satisfied with
few words spoken.
The train was met at the ID street
crossing of the Rock sland about five
minutes before six O'Clock. Mr.. Taft