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Show PRESIDENT PLEA8ED. Says Country Is to be Congratulated Upon Nomination of Taft. Washington. Immediately upon receiving re-ceiving nows of tho nomination of Sccrotnry Tnft for tho presidency, President Roosevelt said! "I fuel that tho country is Indeed to bo congratulated upon tho nomination nomi-nation of Mr. Taft. I havo known him Intlmatoly for many years, and I havo a peculiar feollng for hlra, be-causo be-causo throughout that time wo work- ed for the same object, with tho samo purposes and Ideas. I do not bcllovo thero could be found in all tho coun-try coun-try a man so well fitted to bo president. presi-dent. He Is not only absolutely fearless, fear-less, absolutely disinterested and upright, up-right, but ho has tho widest acquaintance acquaint-ance of tho nation's needs, without and within, nnd the broadest sympathies sympa-thies with nil our citizens. He would be emphatically a president of tho plain people, ns much bo as Lincoln, yet not Lincoln himself would be freor from tho least tnlnt of demagogy, tho least tendency to arouse or appeal to clnss hatred of any kind. Ho has a iccullnr and Intlmnto knowledge of nnd sympathy with the needs of all cur people, of tho farmer, of the wage-worker, wage-worker, of tho business man, of tho property owner. No mnttor what n man's occupation or social position; no matter what his creed, his color or tho section of tho country from which ho comes, If ho Is nn honest, hard-working man, who tries to do his duty toward his neighbor and toward to-ward the country, ho can rest assured thnt he will have In Mr. Tuft tho most upright of representatives and tho most fonrlcss of champions. Mr. Taft (lands against privilege nnd lro ftaiuls pre-eminently for tho broad principles of American citizenship, which llo nt tho foundation of our 11 a-ttonal a-ttonal well-being." " |
