The San Francisco call., 1908-10-15
DO[LWfR EvOKES
CHEERS FOR TAFT
Iowa Senator Shows Nominee Is
Logical Successor of Presi-
dent Roosevelt
High Ideals of Morality and
Political Honesty Presented
as Paramount Issue

Senator Jonathan P. Dolliver Of Iowa
was the central figure last night in the
most successful meeting which has
been held by any political party in this
city during the present campaign. In
enthusiasm. in numbers and in apti-
tude to appreciate the finer points of
political argument. the big throng of
men and women which filled Dream
land pavilion surpassed all previous
gatherings.
Senator Dolliver does not belong to
any Of the recognized types OF cam
paign orators For one thing he
reached up to a higher plane Of argu-
mentation and appeal than inferior
spellbinders would dare 10 aim at and
he had the satisfaction of finding that
his auditors followed him closely and
applauded more enthusiastically the
greater demands he made upon their
intelligence.
The claims of William H. Taft to the
presidency have never been presented
so impressively in this city before. SEN
stor Dolliver has been behind the
scenes Of American history for years
and he took occasion to unfold before
his audience a sequence of unknown
causes for Tafts nomination which
were as interesting as they were un-
expected
MCKINLEY PICKED TAFT
DoIiver told how President McKin-
ley had picked out Taft as a logical
successor in the presidency before
President Roosevelt dreamed Of oc-
cupying the White House; he narrated
q vivid scene in the executive mansion
Of which he was an eye witness which
changed the whole course Of Tafts life;
he told how Roosevelt. while still vice
president. had prophesied in maga-
zine article that Taft would occupy
the White House; and finally. in an i'm
pressive peroration. he linked Mckln-
ley. Roosevelt and Taft in a trinity
foreordained to carry out the prophecy
Of William A. Seward as to the future
Of the great west and our intercourse
with the nations of the orient.
DOlliver is a big man and he has a
big mans expansive good nature and a
big voice. Black haired, black mus
tached. portly. bearing himself easily.
he stretched out his hands TO the audi
ence last night. warmed them into good
nature with humorous sallies and then
worked them UP 10 a higher and higher
pitch Of enthusiasm with warm blooded
argument. Dolliver needs no manner
isms 10 hold his audience, but he has
one Of an eccentric kind, a drolI ex-
preston Of face and a beating of the
air with his outstretched fist when he
mas naGe a humorous point.
The singing OF the Star Spangled
Banner" and Ny own United States"
by Mrs DR.. Stitch. while the big audi
ence waved flags, prefaced the speech
making. Senator Perkins introduced
Dolliver as the representative of Ohio
IN the senate. but corrected his slip
when the crowd good naturedly laughed
There was prolonged applause when
Dolliyer got up.
NO HARD WORDS FOR BRYAN
4 make no pretensions as an orator
or a statesman" he began. Il am a
plain country politician, but 1 am not
making any apologies on that account.
an sorry Senator Perkins brought up
that vice presidential matter. I got
into it by the favor Of a few friends
and got out OF it by unanimous con-
sent.
You may expect me TO give the dem
ocratic party part at least of what is
coming 10 it but I am going to disap-
point you 1 am not here to say hard
things about anybody, especially about
the democratic standard bearer. I served
with him In the house Of representa-
tives and know him better than you
90. There is a lad not yet 50 years
old. who. without the help of money or
influential connections Of any kind. by
the force Of his own genius and char
acter, has made himself beloved by
millions.
"A man told me the other day that
Bryan was God made man and Taft
both Of them, but I am of the opinion
that he made a better job on the big
one than on the little one
The democratic party has it's uses.
We must have a party to administer
the government and party to stand on
guard and see that the job is properly
done. The republican party is especially
qualified to administer and the demo-
Gratis TO stand on guard
Bryan presents a pathetic figure as
he stands before us. hugging the demo-
cratic platform, which, he saws. con-
tains everything Of Importance, and all
that was left out was unfit for polite
conversation. But my reverence for
that document has been impaired since
learned that it was dug up in an
alfalfa field In Oklahoma
POLITICAL HONESTY FIRST
The paramount issue in our political
life, the first concern Of a nation like
this, is national character. conscience
and fidelity to the ideals that are found
at the scattered flresides throughout
the land; not the tariff, not banking
not currency, not war, but the preserva-
tion in the life Of this community of
those fine. high ideals Of morality and
political honesty that have made the
seven years OF Roosevelt's administra-
tiOn famous.
Right after that comes the cues
ton Of making a good living for us and
for our children, and one reason for
my affection for the republican party
is that IL has made the country pros
porous, contented and happy; IL has a
practical genius in preserving the mar
ket place Of the United States for the
people who live in the United States"
Dolliver then entered on a detailed
discussion of the tariff from the repub-
ican and democratic viewpoint and de-
tailed the framing of the Dingley bill
as a personal Renaissance.
There should be no objection TO the
revision Of the tariff" he declared, but
] would like TO see the fellows who
framed il on hand when it is taken
apart. They know all about It. Dc
the democrats? Well. the democratic
platform demands that FIVE articles be
put on the free list and three of then
have been on the free list for 25 years
The tariff ought TO be revised, If not b,
its friends, at least by its acquaint.
ances.