The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1912-07-12
Taft the Logical Candidate.


From Charlotte Republican.
William Howard Taft was named
as the standard bearer OF the Republi'
can party last Saturday at Chicago
and the selection goes to show that
while thinking people may be carried
of their feet for time by brass band
methods and empty vaporings. In the
long run they will see the light and
follow the dictates of their conscience,
The American reople love fair play
the square deal If you please-and 1t
Is hard to get together any considerable
body of men who will not see to it that
justice and fair play is accorded the
man who is on the square. President
Taft was the logical candidate of the
Chicago convention, he is the man who
has given the Republican party the
wisest and most dignified administra-
ton since the days of the lamented
Lincoln. During his nearly four years
rs chief executive. President Taft has
displayed craftsmanship so broad,
dignified and comprehensive that the
future historian alone will be able to
grasp It's significance and far-reaching
effect on future generations and the
stability of our government. And it is
not in his administration alone that
Taft's craftsmanship shines forth in all
its untsrnished lustre. During all the
years of Theodore Roosevelt's admins
tration William Fl. Taft was the man
who kept the ship of state clear of the
rocks and shoals; he it was who per-
formed valiant and distinguished ser.
vice for Roosevelt in Alaska, in Cuba,
in the Philippines; he it was to whom
Roosevelt looked for counsel and ad-
vice when weighty matters perplexed
the administration and staggered the
conception of his other advisors; not an
important matter of state but was re-
ferred to Taft for solution; not q for
ward step taken without first being
submitted to the ever ready and willing
Taft. Is it any wonder then that after
sober reflection, the delegates to Chica-
20 saw the light aud gave unto Caesar
the things that were Caesars and to
Taft the things that were Taft's. Presi-
dent Taft is not now nor has he ever
been statesman of the noisy. vocifer-
Gus kind. He has preferred to conduct
the affairs of government in such man.
ner as to give the greatest good to the
greatest number, regardless of its i'm.
mediate effect upon his chances for
political advancement or the clamor of
the unthinking and mercenary. Presi-
Dent Taft has made mistakes, so did
Solomon, Washington and Lincoln,
but there is not man today who will
question the sincerity of his motives
nor the honesty of his purro se; not one
but who will admit that Taft is the
soul of honor and the embodiment of
integrity. Of all the names that were
suggested to the great gathering in
Chicago for the highest Office in the
gift of the people the name of William
Howard Taft led all the rest-not be-
cause the traditions of the party de.
manded that he be given renomina-
ton, nor vet because political expedi-
ence required that he be the man nam
ed. The real reason for Taft's NOM
nation can be found in the fact that he
is great man, the greatest statesman
in the ranks of his own or any other
party today and because the thinking
people demanded that he be given the
opportunity to carry to completion the
great work initiated during his first
term. The judgment of the Chicago
convention will be endorsed by the
voters next November and the Taft ad.
will devote itself to the
upbuilding of American industry, the
prot ection of American labor and the
extension of American commerce for
the next four years with the same care
and circumspection as has been the rule
during the past four years, and the
country will enjoy an era of prosperity
and progress unprecedented in the an
nails of American history.