The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1912-11-01
FOR PRESIDENT
"A STATESMAN
Vim. H. Taft, a World Figure,
Statesman and Judge.
REFUSES TO PLAY POLITICS
For This He Has Been MalIgned and
sIandered by seIf-seekIng Poll
tIcians and Disaruntled Wire Pull.
iers--AmerIcan People Coming to
Realize His Greatness.

For President of the United States:
William Howard Taft.
For Vice-President:- James SCHOOL,
craft Sherman. o..
This Is the national ticket OF the
1912. It Is the same ticket with
which the party went confidently be-
fore the nation in 1908 and won a
splendid victory. With full conf
dence the party again proposes its
ticket to the nation, knowing full well
that a complete realization by the
voters of the country of the pros
perity benefits that have accrued
from the Taft administration will re-
suit in an emphatic endorsement Of
Mr.. Taft. e-
1t Is a peculiarly desperate effort
that has been made to discredit the
accomplishments of the Taft admin
istration. 1t is peculiarly futile in
that 1t will not bear the light of close
scrutiny and an examination of facts.
Even the most determined opponents
of William Howard Taft admit that
he Is a great statesman. He Is adj
mired and respected by all Ameri-
CauS. ADOuL tuc WOloI LnlUB uib UP
ponents have ever said of Mr.. Taft
personally is that he is Of too ju-
dicial a temperament" to be presi-
dent. And that isn't very bad. To
most people who stop to think the
matter over it seems to be a good
quality In a president to have jul
dicial temperament; a temperament
which induces him to investigate all
sides of a question and to weigh its
merits before arriving at decision.
Mr.. Taft might have made some
friends by playing politics" at times
and doing some things which his
judgment did not approve as being
eminently right, but he preferred to
be right.
The world at large looks upon Will
lam Howard Taft as one of the great
est statesmen and diplomats that the
United States has produced since it
took rank among the nations. His
life has been spent In laboring in be-
half of the American people. He has
settled tremendous problems In Cuba,
Panama, the Philippines; has brought
to remarkably successful conclusion
delicate diplomatic dealings with vari'
Gus powers; has ruled the philippines
so that to this day he Is the NOEL
American to them.
Mr. Taft has done many other
things that have commanded the re-
spect and admiration OF the entire
world. and all Americans have been
proud of his international fame. Peo-
pie abroad cannot understand why q
statesman with the brilliant record
that Taft has made, and who has
written his name indelibly on the
pages of history by his great work
for international peace, should be as
sailed as Taft has been. Few Amer
leans understand 1t either when they
stop to give the whole political situa
ton serious and thorough considera
| ton.
President Taft was born in Cincin
natl SIS years ago and Is the son oil
Alphonso Taft who was secretary OF
war in Grants cabinet. He graduated
| from Yale, and for a short time was
a newspaper reporter in Cincinnati
| studying law at the same time. II
| was at this stage of his career thai
he first attracted wide attention. Ht
| stepped into the llmelight when he
| walked into the office OF a black
| mailer named Rose, who had vicious
ly attacked the elder Taft in his
newspaper. and thrashed him. Rose
left Cincinnati that night and never
returned there.
/ Assistant prosecuting attorney