Show t 2 1 1 A PERSONAL SNAP SHOT SI SI T OF C A VV 7 1 o 11 lam Ii o d i T art r t 0 ci Olno O. O J 1 PRESIDENTIAL POSSIBILITY ZY Y Y h By ROBERT LEE EE DUNN I a Republican i lul Ial Service c.- c. MAN iAN with a t slightly y t bald spot a marvelous marvel matvel ou ous sus blue CY eye and anti a 0 for 01 hard hald capacity work work- A man who 1 smiles In tho the face race of or i. i d ter l' l and t displaces J a ith ith his bulk bulit a considerable con con- part a of the national won worry A Aman Aman man map who looks at nt you ami anti mh 1 feel l I glad and sociable and an l man ratan who snake male you rO foi t-C t the till petty things of or life lIre lie He laughs laush It is Jovo Jove patting you OU on the hc shoulder Ie Ne walks walls across the room It h is Iii Hercules swirl swift an and pow- pow I. I Where le Is Mars In our Secretary Secre Secre- tat tary of or Var U. J If U Tuft gets the presidency he willbe will willbe willi be ft jt i far r different sort son W df of ruler from o There will be a u. decided I calm h Its the executive mansion a large arc throe three c hundred pound calm not nol oh obese c but pt proportioned and en enough uh to toKO togo too KO go o round around For FOI T Taft rt has hns no love JO of oC display he reviews troops not for the troops signify but to 0 see ECO s c I Whether anything An is 18 the he matter mailer with oo soldiery lY He Is business hu I clear I h. h with an Innate re respect for the legality of oC thins things s. s Spell his name with I no newly made friendship has occur occurred rail cl while he WON was on business solely while he lie was vas inspecting the fortresses of the lands lauds about the Mississippi 2 this sum sum- mer A six foot man mall of oC ample amplo proportions with a kindly l blue bloc eye and ancl a massive though pl pleasant a face Cace gat sat at nt that in a tt hack In front of or the Leaven Leave worth Times nines at Leavenworth Kansas Kan trig bowing to the thc 3 people eople I him About all he did was to smile and amI lo to bow It was hot weather and he was perspiring Hell Ie ll do O said a l Kansas farmer fanner a as aslie lie Ito walked awa away from lom the l reception IIo lio Is all ail right I like that smile An And that Is the verdict o of or not only one but bUl a half dozen duzen Western 5 states ats s. s made upon this very tour tOUl It was watt nut not nota nuta a campaign tour tou tourIn In hn any sense l nor or j scheme for Cor political Anyone who knows Mr lr Taft TACt would know in an nn that ho would not credit such a n performance bul It gave Ra tho the Inhabitants of or tho the rich farm farmlands lands of or the thc Middle West iVest a chance to too observe w one of or lh the candidates who may nay possibly be a possibility pos o Utility In the thC Coining tamIng tom tam ing lag presidential election In person Mr r. r Taft Is a 0 surprise H He lie has f p. p always 1 ways been ben known a as a huge t.- t. i f ZM v L s if jf 8 a II I I t c t I I r I II I II H I j 41 I L II I L- L aS i 1 t A u un tutu Ji c e. e A J. J Y f J I r if sr fi i a v. v c c In ul of rA un en r f f and n hid you ou will wUI 1 I hid lind him another J John Jhn hn Hay In another r I department The Thu Th calm calla of ur the c r. r Hu I louse House o under such a man ratan will be Ilc I he t f j I calm c chin ln of or a b business ss well voll attended to tu So 4 without either blood bloat or thunder or orI I I lC rod red fire Mr 11 Taft Tart is a fortunate fortun- fortun ate nto cro cross s between the executive e ant and s. s the judicial In the Philippines he has I J 1 seen been tried out at the one in the lie liet t jf f loner lesser c cr COU courts l he has hns ha had ample opo op- op o to show his excellence as other athel The Tho law Jaw is his hrs umpired Inspired iI book oal the tho Supreme S Bench Is his sacred I fan fans fane He lie says himself In a a. Yale I f r r speech that The Supreme Court of I i the United States Stales js is the whole backs background back back- acl 1 I I It is 1 thel the s I ground 1 of the government g l body udy Ip tp Q determine whether cOn congress v t. t Is a within Its cons constitutional I I to determine whether hother the J I executive has ha exceeded his his' lea lesa not nut Roose I Roosevelt lt Vh Whether or 01 oo velt veil was vt in his mind mint when Tie he spoke i I II Ir I 1 r those tho e words Is Immaterial the pint p lInt i is is tilt that thc they show what sort orl f a I president MI Mr MiTa Ta la TaC would be c in Ho I velt's ace t Ho He b the sort Olt of man who is cu coi- coi I r g he is large gilds gild's gild iid s 's anti and and front from Malro Mahe Iah to rex s h lie he is the thc ort ort of or man mall who without losing his native dignity I is welcomed by m A Americans as fiR their free free- Ic level headed l friend Though easy and he has has not not had the Ule acquaintance nc of or orthe the o that Hoo has lias h h. h Is 1 nevertheless making rapid personal Onal progress west cst of the the- thelIe lIe hallis halli's It ItIs Itis is only V to Cah-to him to say that all th this s j man as fiR a mammoth gently sarcastic friends have likened him him to a n barn hal on wheels trundling amiably on its way Yet with all n his hull bulk he has kept kelt It Il well cell distributed as the lie athletes say ray and amI every ever muscle mu cle of or the one tine champion Yale Tale wrestler has lias assumed Its share of ur the tho en engrossing ro inS inS' corpulence In It appearance therefore he lie is Ig rather stocky he lie seems teems to be a thick set man he impresses you ou as being heln about live five feet fl six inches tall The habit of or stale statesmen o of indulging in large stomachs stomach stomachs achs ach is sedulously tulo pursued b by the smiling Mr Mi- 11 Tuft Tart yet ct this tIlls one Item of or physical magnitude In our mO most l affable affable af af- fable fahle warrior Is completely lost in inthe inthe the nl proportions of of oC his Mars Mars- like liko front Once for all he lie h himself refuted the ha base c calumny He lie said al in talking to a South Dakota audience audience I believe It Is 11 a a. goo good tiling for forme forme me to advertise rt e at least east one thing about m myself I come forward to you I this this' afternoon merely to prove to you I the thc fact that I am not really as large Jarge as some people would have you ou bei be- be not IlIc i not lieve not nearly the til human moving V van an for instance which my any friend tho I newspaper cartoonist would have Pu believe lIe He has proved time tins and time time again that his viewpoint I is the plain lInin cum com men sense viewpoint vic that lie he is no politician that he speaks i the Ote truth as os asI I he sees it mgr Dig amiable honest clear clear- ti Ise se these these- are arc the adjectives CS which must be he applied to the man manfrom from front Ohio whether he is to run for I rI rI r I I I w I. I 1 4 t I 1 t 1 J is Y 1 y 1 1 Tun HIlll t tit ili ahead of hint him ami wild l C mind major Junior That That's only I alu int l' let tin till lit little lie Ill things u ii 11 President or 01 not hint In I 1 Unix Jas IX There ThIe i is anold an Ill old Song bong ons of David which legend says was crawled b by Christopher Smart up- up n h the iv walls wO-Jl lis of or an nn English prison n among the lines are arc tonic some which f ith- ith ut uit exasperation exaggeration night well be he op- op oiled to I our own DIr Mr 1 Taft TaCt of at the r lh il tutu m century l Great valiant pious good and clean Sublime contemplative serene St Strung romig pleasant constant wise Ali Mi Taft fart Is hi a U bl big mutt man In every even sense of ur the lie WOI word 1 There Thero is no political political ical kal 10 rolling log or chicanery going poUt poUt-I pa bout about him so far Cal faras as h ho he is aware lieis Ile lie is i- no match 1 for fOl the local politician bent upon being sent with the tho secretary secretary secre secre- secle 1 tal tary of or war and I is unskilled h iii thi I Ia ways way a of such folk On one ono or ocr occasion the possibility of his presidential has been about h hIa h- h va ra forcibly mat made the l of oe three 1 leaders leade- In a n certain wesl we vest mid lT l- l T r r i n city A dozen other Ulea leaders w Vt 11 re tc locked cut Gut of the hotel dining room while the tIll victorious throe there pr prepared pre p.- pared eared t to make a II local reputation fill i themselves themselves' hem through their association I with the regenerator cf ct the Phil lu pines pine Sir l' l aft Taft smiled as IlS he d eJ and accepted their ho hospitality But imagine their amazement when he Iw at the end of or the meal pc-al made hl his way to the day ay coach I nut and t tx x himself with the heretofore ii hereto hereto- eret fore despised dozen to the exclusion cf tier tho t schemers Fats direct administrative ad nt- mind mild had felt the need of ot dealing dl only with such S at as a acamo came camo fO to 11 t hid n J n i l i Seto 11 tm ct t i 1 chi n thought hl of the thc poll political fa vors vO r d 1 ills ills' st- st appointments appointment which h he lie was conferring upon the I local I celebrities His ills method it ha has been said Is di di- di lct It is none nunc th the less pleasant for all ail that thai and anel am l none the less sincere though pleasant People who are ale use used to the shot hot-shot method of or our admira admirable ble bic Teddy will brill lJ be surprised e at ut th the I simpler in methods o of Mr lr Taft raft But to return to his in making mak mak- making i ing a speech The average c Tanner farmer or I citizen standing at the back end of ofa ofa a plain pa Ia passenger passenger- car car cal and the lie appearance of the secretary cf war tear will soon be he pleased to 10 see jec what looks Jools like lIle a stocky locky Individual appear r at the back of or the tho train This Tills gentleman I with his hands In hl his pockets lockets or 01 else folded across hi his ample stomach t f r I perhaps placed backward upon his I limps hips will dill lean over in hl a free and caS easy fashion n and begin stalling smiling That's all lie smiles Pretty soon oon the Infection I I of the famous l Taft raft smile Is caught by bythe bythe I the nearest hearer then by by bythe the rune next neat then b by the thc next and amI so su on on until before before be be- fore 01 he ha has ever opened his mouth he lie has an nn audience roaring with laughter laugh laugh- laugh laugh-I ter o of the good wholesome American sort I Is the The effect everywhere e SM same The Tho ferocious secretary cf cf c war no matter platter where he hc toes roes captivates th time the country b by his smile and und his cas easy method of or taking tali I things a as they come He lie is absolutely human one ant antof of the lie most human men who over O graced grace a judicial chair dud chair and that is a Baying aying a guu good deal backhandedly for Mr Air Tuft loft To Illustrate this slim point in his char acter It IL is on only necessary Y to his remark upon remark upon a recent r tout tour of or inspection tion ton lie Ite had hod conic come tV to a western tort fort mind the cavalry marching post past in lev re review review re- re v view ew was in rather a zigzag lIn line owing ow ow- illS ing to th the o nervousness s of one Of tf the die captains The officer of at th the lay stay was frantic spurring this thi way and and- that and nd shouting all nil sorts of olce orders Taft appreciating tJ the situation looked ahead abend of or him Tully chew ant and said Never mind mint major majol That's only numan AVi V mustn't let Ill the ho little pings bother r us u lm I AF A a n judge as a builder cf of new em empires r pires ps ph-ps th the Philippines for tor instance I em-I i. i I ns as usan an appraiser of or the Panama canal j jas I as a n. w war r and as a man it is the human side of everything which ap- ap j ap-j I peals peale to him In his summer home c by his family this trait Is IB everywhere i apparent To his Ms children children he he hJ has I he three three he is Just a big older l low On the golf gol links his humor i is contagious contagion He Hc I iW the kind of oC ma man n j i who makes good neighbors you can ran I sit at your porch in your YOUl shirtsleeves shirtsleeve I 1 anti and talk lalk across the fence to him him without with dig dig- out either nr n of f you l losing your yom ili nits nit nitHe He has the th habit of or making mal fn you I r ry I 1 II I I r f t ti r rM 4 M r rt r l ill ii 1 1 J air x i iI I c T 1 I I d dr r 1 ty r c r. r c j i Where There will trill be he- hea a tl d kd mini cuha In the tIll executive l' mansion a I large lar T three I hundred 1 l pound hound mini calm not nul oln's e. but butt amply proportional I and amid enough h to go goI o oa I a wound around 1111 III feel foel at Ll si v very ry human and amid deI delightful de- de I I J hlf habit c B 13 Bu k F there i is is 11 float l to Mr 1 Tall Taft than hiv bis bl in riving viii In to toll Ill I I land t ml occurrences Th The whole Amerl- Amerl i 1 in n nation ls is' is 11 to tu appreciate I Uis marvelous marvelous' capacity for fur forI I Cloudy brained clear Lr- Lr u work 1 I tar Cl tift old ohl m III saying lie he 1 has 4 been I called t gli Iv a u 1 In n 1 I p penis UC Sit n is by tunUS told and andI t I tactful J Jand and anti and andI I I humored good o In hi his J genet sly Ho lie HoIs lieIs Is UK at ln any number of IeL rc- rc L v. v have hn tried lo to nt Interview l' l heat iu le He Hc will not nut not alit lalU I poH pO possibilities but bol- tied up upi i within him 1 At t a In Kentucky f Q a t i t t this toast t Gen Gen- w AVe We UJ drink lo to th the tho health of or out our PIt jit t at Oyster Bay and to lo toI I our i President J at our tYbie t. t table ble I Tuft Tan d up with wl h a i smile s I 1 v. v ill to half balf of oC he ho said sold I asked a 0 politician pr pres- pres nl ete there was aM no 10 l' l reply ply The The best jest bet thing about t him a. a as people will trill d admit 1 after artel h hiving having v studied him is that with politics poHtIo seething all about loo ho Jollier I at all aU no pt o- o rr's nal l He lie dries does not play to tae LIe gallery In thy the manner of souse some s r w t 1 h Jc i W s r 1 1 g 47 9 yv p J 4 Jt j t r p. p r m. m tr J Ja a r f r 1 Charles 11 time taL t uny Father r a-r Sec o 1 to tJi East U j V V. V t. t T r I of r our mo mint t no leu Il- Il of Iff the chic I genus US statesman man I. When hn J Mr Ir Bryan in J- J Jan Kansas an a- a attempted cl to to I get Ct him to lo answer some seine of or the Commoners Commoner's Com Com- moner's already prepared notes Tart Taft said simply I 1 will dill nuke make my own speech a as I J see lit tit to make malte It it He lIe does toes not caler or trim rim his statements He lie talks directly and amid simply imply as ho he thinks This doesn't mean meau that he ho Is unpleasant Far Fm from it The whole hole effect of an nn audience Mr h Taft TaCt Isil is isa isa a il decidedly agreeable one He is c well-grounded well sane man honest an and clear sighted in all he does The he keynote keynote key key- note of or Taft is e. He lie Is JS an nil all round well poised man of uC the most substantial American type That hat the American people have ha not betaken themselves en masse Lo to Lotha toIto tha Ito standard i of Taft TaCt as thc they havo hae ilone one to that of Roosevelt ell and even cven of Bryan Brynn is athing a athing n thing not difficult to understand For Forno Forno no no thing f II r. Tuft lift cnn can scarcely bo ho said all to tu have waved hi his stan standard cianI and amid asked liC people to lo Hock flock to it ant and in the st cn place he lJ by no means mean employs tIP LIP an blood and el spread eagle methods of the popular Idols ve wo have loved so lon long Recently when he made matte a trip to Cincinnati no one ox- ox |