Show Gl GREATER MAN IAl THAN X lV I. kc Cockran Cochran one once onye a Tammany leather leader in hl New York and still a n. man mun of great Influence e in ia his party gives tho the following estimate of or Judge Taft the presidential nominee of ot tho party part against w which Mr Cockran has been heen fighting all alJ his lifo life Yos I shall support Bryan he lie i IB iR the 1 best est can can- dl di dato ato the Democrats could put up Taft raft however howe is the greatest and best qualified nominee ev ever r offered of In an any republic In the w He lie I is a ar gr r ller man than Roosevelt lt and when whon surrounded by hy the tame same environments en that made Roosevelt gr great eat will a 1 bigger man mun Taft is a n wonderful ad administrator the greatest the country has hus everen ever se seen en and is a wonderful workers worker II lh These so are arc not the morels of or fulsome praise by hy bya i a friend prejudiced because of or his friendship Itis It is tho the statement of oC a n. firm belief by hy ono one who vho in sp spite ite of or that estimate will ill ot not vote oto against tho the n of ot his own party And yet it Is probably probably-as as direct a u statement of tr truth lruth uth as us could bo ho made It Is no reflection on OIl M Mr r. r Roosevelt to say ay that this man will make malie 1 greater reater g President than he Mr 11 Roosevelt's pre preparation prep prel- a ration was precisely the sort to fit him bun for tIre the beginning b of ot that gr great mt worl work ot of reform n of t the tho nation stood in such urgent need But after t the he radical change necessitated in the awakening o of or f public conscience the recognition that there c could bo be no two standards of oC law tho the rich richand richand a and nd another for th the tho poor there was bound to come comen a an n era Cla of construction and Mr TalUs Taft's preparation w was as for that It was necessary to lo have ha war Wal in the tho Philippines B By y no other means could tho the United States Slates have o h honorably completed complete tho the work Worle tho lie God God of battles c aused caused It to begin And Antl after the tho war there was wasa a season of ot rebuilding of or construction of ot growth In I n that work Judge Tuft Taft proved himself wise an and s strong trong The seine same was wall true of his Iris service on tho ho I Isthmus of oC Panama It wa was the tho same samo while howa ho he was wa secretary of w war r. r Always Alwa's ho was preparing I in n that practical school schoel for tot tho the yet bigger work of 01 t the he presidency As s Roosevelt Hoose was fitted In a a. special experience for his mighty task so Judge Taft was fitted to for his own He lIe will b bo a greater I President both th because of ot Roosevelt's ells example and 1 because of his own ability |