Show i Pa to I pa paThe The American Spirit P PRESIDENT p RESIDENT TAFT fAFf was full fully justified in his calm belief even when the storm was raging most fiercely against him rn that history would set him right and an that his services on behalf of the American Ameri Amen can people ultimately would be appreciated A Already the he tide of sentiment has changed Even in the newspapers that fought his nomination and election most bitterly there evidence of appeals appeal's a disposition disposition tion ion to admit that taking it by and large Mr Taft has has been las been n aI headed clear and conscientious executive with long vision and the single purpose of progressing progressing progress progress- in ing safely toward needed reforms Now Kow that the smoke of battle is is clearing away there is a growing feeling of admiration for Mr Taft His opponents now admit what hat they would not have admitted before that before that President Taft never once failed in his duty and that he continued to strive from the beginning until the end for the public welfare Coming into office at nt a time when the thc business world ha had been shaken to its very foundations when wh-en the people had been stirred to a feeling of many wrongs and when it was so easy to fan passion into open Opel revolt re President Taft labored hard to bring the ship of state into a safe harbor He has raised the stan standards ards of public service has preserved peace with all nIl other nations and has brought to tho the United States a period of prosperity No word of bitterness has escaped the President since tho the verdict of the people was rendered against him On the contrary he has preserved his good humor antI his and his warm feeling of gratitude to the country for having ing once elected him President Taft is not the kind of a man who could sulk in his tent He has been proceeding with his official duties as tb ugh political reverses were nothing to him From c J quarter of the country there comes a chorus of praise for a great Pr President who has accepted his defeat like a man The speech made by bv the President President President dent at the Lotus club the club the one h called his swan song song will will go down in history his as one of the finest ex examples m les of or the tl e r real ril l Ameri American im spirit Washington Post I 4 r 7 f 1 |