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Show PRESIDENT PLEASED. 'Says Country Is to be Congratulated Upon Nomination of Taft. Washington. Immediately upon revolving re-volving nows of tho nomination of Secretary Taft for tho presidency. President Roosevelt said: "l feel that tho country Is Indeed to bo congratulated upon tho nomination nomi-nation of Mr. Taft. I havo known him Intimately for many years, nnd I hare a peculiar feeling for him, because be-cause throughout that time wo work- cd for the sntno object, with the samo m purposes nnd Ideas. I do not bollevo 'rl thoro could bo found In nil tho coun- 'i try n man so well fitted to bo presl- dent. Ho Is not only absolutely fear- ' less, absolutely disinterested and up- rd light, but ho hns tho widest ncqualnt- l mice of tho nation's needs, without ",.i nnd within, nnd tho broadest syrnpa- fl thlcs with nil our citizens. Ho would bo emphatically a president of the plain people, 11s much bo as Lincoln, j ot not Lincoln himself would bo freor from tho least taint of demagogy, tho j lenst tendency to nrouso or appeal to " class hatred of any kind. Ho Iras n jorullnr anil Intimate knowlcdgo of jl nnd sympathy with the needs of nil tur people, of tho fanner, of thewugo- I'l worker, of the business man, of tho II property owner, No matter what man's occupation or social position; ( no matter what his creed, his color t or the section of the country front 1 v.lilch he conies, if he Is nn honest, ' hard-working man, who tries to do ".' his duty townrd his neighbor and to- ,, ward the country, he can rest assured j that lie will have in Mr. Tuft the most ': upright of representatives nnd tho ( luost fenrless of chamtilons. Mr. Taft Hands against irlvllego nnd lm Hands pre-eminently for the broad ' principles of American citizenship, which He nt the foundation of our national na-tional well-being." |