| Show I WHY TAFT LEADS Boston Doston Herald In a recent poll of or the tho He Republicans pUblicans In the legislatures of or Nebraska and antI South Dakota to lo ascertain ascertain as- as certain their preferences as to tho the presidential candidate candidate candi candi- date of their theil party part next year eal Secretary Taft ha had as many votes voles as all an the other aspirants combined with President Roosevelt reckoned out o of It it Three-fourths Three of oC the Republicans Republicans Re Re- publicans in the Missouri legislature are arc said to have ha havethe havethe the same preference The state stale convention In Kentucky to be held on Juno 13 the first of oC all the tho states will it is thought lead lend off ott of in declaring for the big Ohioan aided and antI abc abetted t tIt thereto ato by th lnE of tha h thaI I Pol ro i o nu tl r or r n I Taft Tart boom it fl is announced from Ohio that certain differences differences differ differ- having ha been arranged tho the delegation from his own state stale will be bo heartily for him The reason for this preference for Cor Secretary Taft as the successor to Roosevelt elt was indicated b by tho the Herald Her Her- aid ald immediately after aCter last years year's elections He Ue Is not only of or the presidential size in respect to ability t and anda a statesman o of widely varied experience who has filled with credit er e every office to which he has been called but he occupies a desirable and antI fortunate middle middleground middleground ground position between the extreme radicals and an the reactionary conservatives es of or his party This strongly commends him to the multitude of oC voters who are gre as much opposed to going too far ar as to moving backward In the policies and antI measures inaugurated by President ent Roosevelt With LaFollette or Beveridge on one side and Fairbanks or Spooner on the other they would woul turn to o Taft Nobody would woul rank ranI Mr Ir Taft with the reactionaries obo thinks pf lf f him as an extreme radical Ho is con con- progressive shaped that way by temperament temperament tempera tempera- ment b by legal training and administrative experience He Ic spoke a plain wor word for tariff revision in the tho last cam- cam Ho He believes in ultimate self government s for or the Philippines He lie is Isso so inherently opposed to corrupt boss rule ule that he risked and helped to insure tho the defeat of or his ils party part in Ohio In 1905 by bol boldly l ag against Boss Cox and antI tho the machine Finally Taft Tat has haa strong clements elements ele cle- dc- dc ments meats o of personal popularity an and would inspire a ratling rattling rat ling campaign Th These o arc are the reasons why he leads In n the preliminary canvass eun and why ho will most like likely be nominated |
