The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-17
MAKING TT HOT FOR TAFT.

sThere was man in the land of
w whose name was job" He had
seven sons and three daughters. He
owned seven thousand sheep and three
thousand cam. Is and five hundred yoke
of oxen and five hundred she-asses and
a very great household He was the
principal citizen of his community and
he had a great deal of trouble. His
friends forsook him. His cattle were
stolen. He was visited by many in
tfrmties. He cursed the day he was
born. but he was an example to all the
world of all the ages of submission
under affection, of courage in the face
of despair No one like him has ap-
peared since he died, being old and
full of days and having lived for an
hundred and forty years to see his
sons and his sons sons, even four
generations of them"
The story of his life and times is
written in the Book, which Fir. Taft
will probably be able to borrow from
some Presbyterian mnister in Wash
ington for his careful reading and re-
Election, course which we would sug-
gest to him, in view of his many en-
barrassments in trying to administer
the affairs of a rlotous and gainsaying
people. 1t is true that Job was never
President of the United States. That
might have made a considerable differ
ence in his powers of resistance; but he
endured so much and achieved so much
that Mr. Taft might study his history
with advantage. II was not in safety;
neither had I rest; neither was | quiet;
yet trouble came" and that has been
the experience of Mr.. Taft since he
succeeded Anak, now temporarily en-
gagged in unsettling the thrones and
| municipalities and powers of the Old
| World. but soon to return to this coun-
try with all his honors thick upon him.
| We regard Mr.. Taft as a, fulfllment
| of prophecy only, and that he is "nour-
ished for a time, and times. and half
a time, from the face Of the serpent,
which Is now wriggling It's way back
TO the United States. We are sorry
1 for Mr.. Taft. He has had q. hard pull
He could not do the mighty things the
man who claims to have made him did
and for which we should be profound.
ly thankful, No sooner did he gel
/ we'll seated in the saddle than he be-
gan 10 make some excursions into en-.
/ nobling experiences" as the Ogdenite!
i used to phrase 1t. and then he begar
to slough off some OF the warts EN-.
/ ployed in the public service which hat
come to him with his Inheritance Tha,
meant trouble, of course. and a goot
!, deal of ii. He allowed Philander C
Knox to recall Crane from the mission
to China before Crane had ever reached
the Celestial shore. This comprise
, the second count In the indictmen
against him. Then he appointed tn
. ablest lawyer in North Carolina, an
the best Judge on the Supreme Cour
. of that state. TO place on the Fedora
: Bench That was m9ae than the Dem
ocrats of the TaReel State coul
}. stand. Then he permitted himself t
t be msled by the tariff grafters or tn
o country and placed his seal upon tn
@ Payne Aldrlch bill, All this wa
q enough to kill him. but he has kept o
y going until the other night in Wash
n ington he was Missed by a lot Of gees
it for having told them tbs truth Whl
he will do next nobody can anticipat
n but whatever he does we are pret,