Show I I FIGS DO NOT GROW IHO PROM Inor Of course Mr Ir Bryan Dran Is expected to attack the administration of or Roosevelt the course of the Republican Re ne- publican party Ho lio does that er very faithfully We Ve Vel l know of no bett better r reply than this an extract from Mr 11 Tafts Taft's speech of ot acceptance The Tho truth is that It is known of or all alJ minded fair men that theme never h has s been an administration In Inthe Inthe the time government more efficiently c more free from froni scandal and In which the time standard of or official official of of- dut duty has been set ct higher than In tho the present Republican administration which tho the Democratic platform has thus denounced It has h hind had d to meet the pro problems lems arising from remit the enormous expansion of government functions under new legislative measures as well U sus as In the ne new nev dependencies andIn and andin in the tIle greatest constructive work worl of modern times the tIme Panama canal anal and its members ina may many well feel feela a n. just in the exceptional record l for efficiency economy honesty honest antI ami which it has made We e may rely upon our record In this regard In an appeal to the American people for their approval pro Long Lons- ago tho the Master said Do men gather Jigs Ils from thistles And the time answer of reason was that the they do not that figs do o not grow row on thistles Reason teaches the tho world worM that bad men do not accomplish good works The work of the national administration has been good It has helped the people of oC the republic It has helped the tho people of all the tile w world Only honest and antI able men could have accomplished these results It Is a n good answer to the time cavilling of Democrats Democrats Demo Demo- cats to point to the tho better bettel public conscience to the tho better business rules to tho the advanced good fortune f of or our people to the wl wider cr influence e of the United States in the tho courts of or tho world These aro are the fruits of statesmanship and antI capability of honor and mental equipment And AntI the party part which has done so much for tor the time nation io so o much for mankind er e everywhere where will be again commissioned to direct the affairs of or the republic Mr Ir Taft will be preferred by the electors of the nation because the they believe In him him and In Inthe Inthe intile the tile party which ho represents |