Show I I I I KE KENTUCKY IS FOR FOH lArT TAFT Lexington K Ky L Leader The Lattie battie battle bat Lat tie tle for the Presidency is now on CertaInly Certainly Certainly no intelligent ent man believes that Fairbanks has a chance for tor the nom nom- Of course Indiana is for him ilm but who could name another state that It Is possible for tor him to rr c. carry Hughes will viii get a solid delegation from New York through the grace graco and courtesy of oC William II Taft Knox Cannon and La LaFollette Follette are only mentioned mentioned mentioned men as candidates Secretary Taft Tart looms up everywhere as the choice of the people There is no objection to him In an any section of tho the country on his own account Ills enemies are those hose who are Ire opposed to Theodore Roosevelt Poosevelt Ills His friends are arc those who are aro for tor him because he is worthy an and 1 well qualified and those who know that ho lie represents more tully fully than an any other aspirant the principles and purposes of ot the present federal ad- ad ministration Judge Taft Tot Is a great Teat man an and 1 has I made goo good in all the high he helas I Ihas has las been baen called on to fliT character is irreproachable Ills His father nth lath cr er x was as an able man and a pure puro patriot pa pa pa- triot Called to the tho bench Lench at a n very carl early age William H. H Taft raft was known all aU o er the country countr as one of the ablest purest and most fearless Judges in the tho lan land 1 Selected to be governor of the Philippines by McKinley Mc- Mc Kinley he lie made a won wonderful erCul record as an nn executive Ills administration of tho the high office of ot secretary of war has not been surpassed b by arl arty any pre pre- He has lias beon been officio ex chief of ot our Insular service and ancl has so conducted conducted conducted con con- ducted it as to gain new laurels for tor himself and rind In a wa way to win tho the con- con and ancl esteem of ot the people of ot our new now possessions He Is entitled to tin tho presidency 1 IC It should go to merit ability and patriotic devotion to duty cluty And then more than all this ho lie hoIs hois lieIs is the choice of ot Theodore Roosevelt and will vill continue tho policies of that illustrious man who has shown himSelf himself him him- self to be e the he greatest executive this country has ever had Some Somo people from lad lack of at any other objection M say they are opposed t to him hint as lS a rebuke to the president for tor having a choice of or a successor Theodore e Roosevelt ROMIC would not be bo tho the men man that he lie heIs heis lieis is if It he lie were not anxious to take talco part partIn In the selection of the man who shall come after altol him Jefferson was v for Madison 1 and Jackson had Van VanBuren VanBuren Buren nominated Taft aft is 18 a stron stronger cr man mOon than either Madison or Van Buren Duren Madison was an accomplished able statesman but the tho condition of ot the country when the war of ot 1812 began hegan showed sho how weak weal ho was as asan asan an nn executive Van Burcu Buren was a shrewd able New ew York politician but nothing more Judge Taft laft has hns ability abil ity lly culture character and md experience He will make an ideal deal President arid and his Intimate connection with nith th ad administration administration ad- ad ministration of ot Roosevelt elt will make malte him powerful all-powerful In his race for th the nomination and in the struggle the people He will excite more en enthusiasm en- en than any other candidate and will give fuller satisfaction as the chief executive of or this great country Why hy then should the Republican party part hesitate or why should we in Kentucky Kentuck be divided in Sri our support of him Ho no is as much our neighbor neighbor neigh neigh- bor Lor as Is Mr Ill Fairbanks Ho He stands to for for- l' l all that we want as President of or orthe the United States I do hope that Kentucky will vote for him with an all enthusiasm which will show how heart hearty an and earnest earliest is our support ort My I own opinion is that he lie will most probably b be he tho only only- candidate named before tho the convention The Thc Influences that are arc opposing him cannot cannot cannot can can- not fool the American people With William H. H Taft as our standard- standard bearer no one can doubt the result In November o W W. M. M r. r BECKNER |