Show IA r TAFTS TAFT'S I PREPARATION When hen au an important and amid delicate mission is to tobe tobe be undertaken tho thio preparedness of ot th time tho man undertakIng undertaking undertaking un un- un- un it Is Is of or Interest Thero has never been bean beana a a. L candidate for or tho the Presidency so peculiarly fitted for or the place as is William Tart Taft Other men havo o been big biff enough for tor the tho Job Other men have 0 been truly of or President timber Umber to adopt a a. familiar expression But this man has dono done the he work logically leading right up to tho the of or the office to which ho aspires As Ss Judge as governor so as administrator as citizen equipped quipped with tho the Inside Information to the past ast achievements and future futuro purposes of or tho the government gov- gov he lie has laid tho the foundation on which the structure of or his career as President will secure securely rest cst To no other oilier man has actual experience so ex- ex CO come coute lJ c. c Men have graduated from the senate into tho White House Men havo have moved from rom comparatively comparative obscure obscuro positions to tho the high high- highest est cst authority in the republic No matter mailer how big he the the man thero have for such been beci worlds of or new p problems to solve And In the tho time of or the solving m man many any mistakes must be made But this man will c ome come to tho the Presidential chair proven In tho the courts o or f the countr country Ho lie will not riot be questioned Ho h haa as stood his examination and his rating Is assured is nil all tho the difference in the tho world between h hIm ilm and his chief opponent Mr Bryan The latter Jatter i is s a man o of or thought In theol theory there Is no man manin mann in I n the country who can so plausibly pronounce or more express He has opened his heart hearton o on m n every subject from government ownership of or r railroads all road 3 to the immortality of or tho the soul Thero There Is no closed book with him He has laid down his I Ipso dIxit on every topic Ho has spoken the last word And yet ho has not proved a a. thing Theory is good but practice is better and ho has bias had no practice He Ho has Ideas about the tho Philippines Mr Taft has y y experienced contact with and government of ot them Bryan has notions o on the relations of oC federal and state authority Mr 1 raft Taft h has s' s handled the tho problem in fn practical operation Ono One has notions that look beautiful jn in print touchIng touchIng touching touch- touch Ing currency and tho money question The other has found by y actual test the thc fundamentals of oC the subject Mr Ir Taft Is ready to be President The other man might be be It if ho he had hall the tho experience and tho the backing of ora ofa a solid party part and tho the support of party majorities in senate and hous houe The Tho best that can possibly be said of or Mr Bryan Is j what has been conceded from rom tho the beginning lie He is a thinker and a public speaker with a character charac charac- ter for honesty and social purity All that thal can be said of ot Mr Taft and Taft and more Added to all creditable creditable credit credit- able that can cami be cl claimed for tor Mr Bryan Bran there thero is tho the tact fact of ot preparedness In favor of ot the Republican nominee |