River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-10-01
color, be treated fairly before the
Bishop FaIIows' Tribute.


In introducing Mr.. Taft at Toledo,
Ohio Bishop Samuel Fallows Endorsed
him unreservedly, and in the course of
| his remarks said:
Il can aver, without fear of success
| full contradiction, that no man ever
| came before the American people for
| the highest honor in their gift so thor
| oughly prepared to meet it's weighty
responsibilities as Mr.. Taft. He is ripe
| in the knowledge of Jurisprudence and
clear and firm in judicial decisions.
| He has won, as an executive officer in
our Oriental possessions, the plaudits
| Of his countrymen and of admiring ma
| tions. He has satisfactorily settled in
| those islands of the sea some of the
| most delicate and difficult subjects, in
volying deep-seated racial and religious
questions, ever brought up for adjudi-
cation. He is deeply religious
without trace of bigotry, fearing God
and working Righteousness, as did the
two Adamses and Abraham Lincoln"
Taft's Idea of Character.
In my effort to discover the quail
tiles which led one to describe Mr.. Taft
as 1.-The highest type Of Christian gen
tleman" l learn that the candidate
| himself, within a month, has defined
| just what Importance he attached to
| Christian character in the building of
a successful career. The question had
been put to him to develop his personal
views, and writing in response the Re
publican candidate said:
'Your question suggests two others
which must be answered in answering
this: First, what is a Christian char
acter, and. second what is a successful
career? First, /. consider a Christian
character that of one who holds as his
ideal a compliance with the two COM
| mandments given by Jesus Christ, and
who earnestly strives to live up to that
ideal. Second, ] should define a sue
cessful career to be that career which
brings more real happiness to those
who happen to be within the operation
of the influence of the person whose
| character is in question.
Coming now to answer your in
quiry, l should say that a Christian
character in the building of a success
full career is its most important part.
The longer one lives the more con-
vinced he must become that every other
incident and element of a career loses
Importance in comparison, and that
when a mans life work is done this is
what stands out, and whether the
career is one of profession, business or
politics, the same thing is true"
What an Old Friend Says.
Mr.. Aaron A. Ferris, a prominent
Cincinnati lawyer, who has known
Judge Taft for thirty years, said:
Il have never had occasion to ask
Judge Taft what his creed was in mat
ters religious. / know that, when in
Cincinnati, he has been quite regular
i'll attendance at Christ Episcopal
church, of which members of his fam
lily are communican ts, and of which
am a vestryman. I know very well
that no one in trouble or distress ever
appealed to him without receiving a
patient hearing and prompt and mate
rial aid, when in his power to give it,
If a mans character is to be gagged
by what he does, and not by mere pro-
fession if leading a clean and up
right life is to be guide, and doing
righteous deeds is to be counted, then
l am confident that his neighbors and
fellow citizens who have lived with
him and know him well, without re-
gard to creed, color or party associa-
ton, would say that Taft has lived and
acted in every station as Christian
gentleman"