The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-09-17

In favor of Mr.. Taft He has had
large experience in variety of offices
Of trust and authority, exhibiting ad
ministrative ability of a very high or
der in every position to WHICH he has
been called. His rule in the Philip
pines and Cuba excited most favorable
comment throughout the country. His
superb equipment for the presidential
office must appeal to the judgment of
a large class Of more or less independ-
ent voters when compared with Mr..
Bryan's entire lack of experience as an
administrator and his supera bundant
endowments as a theorist and a manu-
facturer OF phrases. | can never for
get that he has been defeated in al
most every contest, whether national
or local, into which he has ever en-
tered, while the only two issues, the
distinct product of his own brain, six.
teen to one silver and government
ownership of railways" have been
fOrcibly repudated, the former by the
American people in the elections of
1896 and 1900 aud the latter by the
Democratic party itself. OF the two
men ! anu inclined to regard Mr.. Taft
as the broader and less sectional and
the less inclined to arouse class hostil-
ity.
Two years ago could not have voted
the Republican ticket. but should have
stayed away from the polls altogether.
Recently, however, | have come to
consider my duty as an American citi-
zen as paramount to any obligations
that | may owe to my party, Though
admiring him personally, really fear
Mr.. Bryan politically and believe it
my duty and for the good of the coun-
try to vote for his opponent.
You will ask if am not afraid to let
the Republicans stay longer in power
A decade ago | should have answered
Yes" but when reflect upon the pa
triOtic administration of Mr.. Roosevelt.
who has ruled as one of the best and
wisest presidents of our entire his
tory, and when | further reflect upon
the great strides which we have made
In the production of wealth and gem
eral prosperity and that under the
guidance of the Republican principles
the American people have become the
richest nation In the world, with
wealth today exceeding that of Eng
land and all her colonies and that of
France and Germany combined, why,
then am forced to say NO" If this
great prosperity has come to us un-
der Republican rule we can, think.
then safely trust it in Office for four
years more
In consideration of the somewhat
questionable tilibusterinc of the Dem
ocratic minority in the house of rep
resentatives during the past session
there were nevertheless many whole
some and progressive laws enacted
which will prove of great benefit to
the country. A congress has little
need to apologize for lack of work &C
complished which has passed an emer-
gency currency bill, appointed ma
tiQnal monetary commission, an en-
plOyers' government liability bill, a
widows pension bill. child labor law
for the District of Columbia a new
statute for the safety of railway en-
gineers and flremen and repealed the
unfair statute applying the American
coastwise laws to the Philippines.
In word, my dear boy, much as
regret the necessity, l nevertheless
feel it my duty to vote the Republican
ticket and sincerely trust that you will
upon the outset of your career ally
yourself with that party which has
done so much for the laboring and
agricultural classes in particular and
the entire people in general. Affection
ately, YOUR FATHER.