The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-03-29
HE DESERVES THE TRIBUTE.


Taft is not campaign buncumbe, but
a calm, well weighed expression Of
confidence and approval from a man
who knows the presidents sterling
qualities, and whose statement no So
called progressive in the country can
gainsay. 1t is true statement of
what President Taft is and always has
been. He sizes up to the full measure
OF a perfect man, and here is Roose-
velt's own words to prove it:
ITO permit the direction of our pub
lie affairs to fall alternately into the
hands of revolutionaries and reaction
aries, of the extreme radicals of I'M
rest and of the bigoted conservatives
who recognize no wrongs to remedy
would merely mean that the nation had
embarked on a feverish course of vio-
lent oscillation which would be fraught
with great temporary trouble, and
would produce no adequate good in
the end.
THE true friend of reform, the true
foe to abuse. is the man who steadily
perserveres in righting wrongs, in war
ring against abuses, but whose char
acter and training are such that he
never promises what he cannot per-
form; that he always a little more
than makes good what he does promise
and that, while steadily advancing, he
never permits himself to be led into
foolish excuses which would damage
the very cause he champions.
IN Mr.. Taft we have a man who
combines all of these qualities to a
degree which no other man in our
public life, since the civil war. has
surpassed.
In Mr.. Taft we have a man who
scorn of all that is base and mean,
to hearty sympathy with the OPP
pressed. he unites entire disinterested-
ness. courage both moral and physical
of the very highest type and a kindly
generosity OF nature which makes him
feel that all of his fellow countrymen
are in very truth his friends and
brothers, that their interests are his,
and that all his great qualities are to
be spent with lavish freedom in their
service.
THE man to trust is the man who,
like Judge Taft, does not promise too
much. but who could not be swayed
from the path of duty by any argument
by any consideration; who will wage
relentless war on successful wrong
all other men; who will do all that
can be done to secure legitimately low
rates to shippers and absolute even
ness among the rates thus secured.
but who will neither promise nor at
tempt to secure rates so low that the
wage-earner would lose his earnings
and the shareholder whose money
built the road his profits.
Ha
pertinent like government ownership
of railways; he will stand against any
kind of confiscation of honestly e.,
quired property; but he will WORK
effectively for the most efficient type
of government supervision and con-
troll of railways. so far as 20 secure
just and fair treatment OF the people
as a whole.
IF there is one body of men more
than another whose support | feel |
have a right to challenge on behalf OF
Secretary Taft it is the body of wage
workers of the country A stancher
friend, fairer and truer representa-
tive, they cannot find within the bor-
ders of the United States. lie will do
everything in his power Tor them ex-
cept to do that when is wrong; he
viii Wv "iOA6 iOt III man, Nuu tueIc-
fore can be trusted by all men.
During the ten years of nv init
mate acquaintance with him, since |
have myself, as governor and presi-
dent, been Obliged to deal practically
with labor problems, he has been one
of the men upon whom | could always
rely in doing everything possible for
the cause of the wage-wOrker, of the
man who works with his hands, or
with both hands and head"
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
tFrom letter written to Conrad Kohrs,
Helena. Montana. September 3. l90S.)