Show I PRESIDENT PRESIDE PLEASED LEASED Says Sayi Country Is to be Congratulated Upon Nomination of ot Taft Washington Immediately upon re re- news news of the nomination of Secretary Taft TaCt for tor the presidency President Roosevelt said aM I fool feet that the country is I. indeed to be congratulated upon the nomInation nomI nomI- nation of ot Mr Taft I have hav him Intimately for have hare many years and I a peculiar feeling for Cor him be be- cau Cause e throughout that time we werk work ed cd for tor the tho same same object with the samo same purposes and Ideas I do not believe there hero could bo be found in all an the country country coun coun- try a man so well fitted to be dent He Is not only absolutely tea fear fearless feat feat- less absolutely disinterested and upright up up- right but ho he has the widest acquaintance acquaint acquaint- ance anco of ot the tho nations nation's needs without and within and the broadest sympathies sympathies thies with all an our citizens He would be emphatically a president of ot th the plain people as much so as Lincoln yet et not Lincoln himself would be bo freer from the least taint of ot demagogy the tho least last tendency to arouse or appeal to class hatred of ot any kind lelnd He has a a. peculiar and intimate knowledge of and sympathy with the needs of ot all cur people of ot the farmer of ot the wage wage- worker of ot the business man of tho the property owner No matter what amans aman's a n aman's amans mans man's occupation or social position no matter what his creed his color or the section of ot tho the country from which he ho comes if It he Is an honest working hardworking man who tries to dohis dohis do dohis his duty toward his neighbor and toward toward to to- ward the tho country ho can rest assured that he will have In Mr 1 Taft the tho most upright of ot representatives and the most fearless of ot champions Mr Ir Taft TaCt stands against privilege and he ho stands Mands pre-eminently pre for tor the tho broad principles of American citizenship which lie at tho the foundation of oC our national national na na- well being |