Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-06-24
TAFT BY TEMPERAMENT AND TRAINING, IS IDEAL CANDIDATE

crnment by full and free cxn,os.,
 their own will But almost imro9i. VI ly the provisional povernmcnt diso"'e dis''a'e cd the fundamental mistake ,nsao' the earlier American adminis,.",," II found that the Cubans had hoon n tempting to administer povo,n,.'N. which never had been orpanizod a, 'l existed only by virtue of tho r,a aaa dents will. Patiently tine proyison. government set to work, under ,be a rection of Mr. Taft, 10 provide ,bs ganization under the fundamen,sl ,.. which the Cubans had never kpown the essential of successful self ooyo.. mont. The work is now nearins onu plction, and when next the AmeY;... quit Havana it will be after ,n,n;.s over to the Cubans goycrnmen,I, machine properly established and snn. equipped, whose operation they Lsr, been taugnt to understand and co, trol. Thus, to two peoples has M, Taft been called upon to give ins,m, ton in practical self government.
 The character of Mr. Taft is A, resultant of strongly contraAis, forces. He is n man who laughs s,1 fights. From his boyhood good na,n,, and good humor have been the ,r,s, which always received notice first pn, all the time he has been capable of :, splendid wrath, which now and ther has blazcd out, under righteous pto,o cation. to the utter consterna,ion m. undoing of it's object. Because be {. always ready to laugh, and has grea, roar of enjoyment to signify his an prcciation of the humorous, men xI. have not observed him closely have o, ten failed to understand that he i, just as ready to fight, with energy and determination, for any cause that a,. won his support. But it is almost al ways some other man 's cause which on lists him. His battles have been i. other interests than his own. First of all he is an altruist, and then a fphte,
 A Cumulative Altruist.
 This cumulative altrusm is Mir Taft. most distinguishing characteristic. A, Secretary of War he has earned ls worldwide sobriquct of "Sccretary of pcacc.' He has fought some hard battles. but they were with bloodle. weapons. and the results were victories for peace. The greater the degree of altruism the keencr was his zeal, the harder and more persistent his battle The greatest struggle of his career, ial which he disrcgarded utterly his sel tied ambition. and chccrfully faced al continuing and serious menace to liis itself. was on behalf of the weakest. and most helpless object in whose cause he was ever enlisted - the Hli| pino people. That was the purcst and lofticst altruism.
 But although this is the dominant trait of Mir. Taft. he is well known ior other qualities. His judicial tempen- mcnt, founded upon q deep seated, comprehensive and ever alert sense of right and wrong; his courage, proved by repeated and strenuous tests; hs calm, impcrturable judgment, and his all.cmbraeing sympathy are character istics that have been often and widely noted. They are his by right of inhen tancc from generations of broad mind cd. upright men and women. The de. vclopmcnt of his country has extended the range of his. opportunity and given greater scope to bis activities than was enjoyed ny Alphonso Taft, hs father. of Peter Rawson Taft, ns grandfather, but in character and iu. tcllect he is their true descendant,
 The American people know MT. Tail ns n man of pervasivc good humor al. ways ready with n hearty laugh, and quick to see fun in any situation. lli' other side has not often appeared, but he is capable of tremendous wrath Nothing arouscs if more quickly ihaa unfaithfulness to trust or an eNhibi1 tion of deceit. Injustice in any form stirs him to the bottom instantly. he has broad, keen, quick, allcmbu' ing sympathy, always ready to rosPo'i to any call. His sense of justice \ wonderfully quick-springing and aleHI And he has genuine fondneSs io1 work, which enables him to derive Iea1 pleasure from his task. These quallhI cations arc the endowment of an un1 usually gifted man. The people know because they have seen, his ability t1 turn off an enormous amount of wohI They have seen him prove an exeep1 iional executive ability. They na'7 seen him manifest m equipment io1 the Presidency such ns no other ms' has shown before his election to 'na1 office, Mir. Taft has amply proved n'f fitness for the chief magistraey Of ''p nation.