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Show I Tho vote today will count; it won't he any "straw. " A "safe and snno" vote today i? for President Taft. The onward march of the victorious allies npainsl the Turks h a practical exemplar of tho hymn-lino. "Onward, Christian Soldiers!" Thoso who deny the present prosperity prosper-ity that the country is enjoying arc pessimist? of the deepest dyo; those who would vote to break up that prosperity pros-perity are suicidal cranks. Colonel ftoo?cvclt claims that all the political machines (except his own) arc trying to beat him. Curious, isn't it, inco he is sparing no pains to boat them? What did ho expect 1 President T;ift uys the origin of the Progressive bolt from 'tho Republican party to revenge upon the party - because be-cause it would not submit to tho domination dom-ination of "its radical and divsruutled minority." A just judgment, concisely oxpiesicd. In speaking of political .'contributions, it must not bo forgotten that t lie sums oulributcd by Messrs. Kyau nm Belmont Bel-mont to the Democratic campaign of, Hint really eclipse any contributions made by nidivjdimls at , any , t jino, , in. any cahipaign. . , - ' . Thr opposition-is shouting that tho "Taftvnrosperily " is "km accident of good crops." Hut it is a most woJcomo accident, which has immense bouelita that cannot bo donicd. Kcside.s. it taken good judgment miJJ; ouiiil administration administra-tion to niako such a.n "accident" count for the utmost bonoflt to tha pcoplo. LVom iill indication!", the California liepublicau voto will be either filent not cast for President or clue it will be cast for Wilson in an effort to carry the Plato for him in revengo for the usurpation of putting Roosevelt elee- tors in the Republican column, and nil- ing tho" Taft electors off the official A nation once crest and powerful, a menace in the day of it glory to all of Jiurope, wiped off tho map because it had no navy and no otfective amy! It is an example that all the peace sonti- moii t cannot meet, in so far as that sen- timent would dony to a nation the inil- I itary power to defend itself from any ' There used to be a gentleman in th"se parts of whom some said he hadn't as much tet as a cow; othora ? (Contended that he had; but.no quo i 'held that he had more. Of 'that sstmo i order of tadtfulrtes is cvirionUv that ?,.N"ow Vork. preacher Vho regaloilVrcsi- dent Taft with a gTnt eulogy of : Roosevelt in his sermon on Sunday. f In most of the prospective cabinets ; made up for "President Wilson," Colonel Bryan is put down as Secretary ' of the Treasury: in othors as Secretary i of Stale: but they all have him; and j in case of Wilson's olaction it is hard '- to sec how ho could be ignored, though Wilson may yet verify hU old-ox j pressed longing to knock Bryan into a ' It should be remembered to the credit 1 of President Taft that ho as Proaidcnt. j by the appointment of his economy and J efficiency commission, turnori back th tide of oxtmvagnne -which characterized character-ized the Roosevelt administrations and administered the public business at u !-Avjng of tix million dollar last ytr, . compared with the last year of the Roosevelt admiaiistrntiou The campaign is reported to hare "got on the President' nerve.'' But he shows little indication of ft, his letters being tnbcla of .torse niul forceful force-ful presentation. Yet if the campaign has got on li.lf? norvee, thore would be small blnmo to him, for'il has haeii the longest, the moan est, the - most vindictive vin-dictive Presidential campaign tfot known and chiolly directed against President Taft. Colonel Roosc volt's eharge that the Republican Icadors are advising their follower to vote for Wilson in order to beat Roosevelt is true only in Cali-lornia; Cali-lornia; and it is tmc ther" onl h t-ii'jse lh" R"Osoe!t u rn-. rn a,l J i nrka hae made it impos.Mb.o for the Republicans in that State to vote for Taft." Aud it is childish to complain that voters aro doing precisely what the Roosevelt tactic3 have compelled them I to do. |