OCR Text |
Show j PRESIDENT PLEASED. Saya Country la to be Cnngratulataa Upon Nomination of Taft. Waahlnuton Immediately upon re-relvliiK re-relvliiK iicv-a of the nomination of Secretary Taft fur Ihc presidency, l'realdriii llnoaevelt aa'.d: "1 fori thut the country la Indeed tn be couxratulated 11 lain tho nomination nomi-nation nf Mr. Taft. 1 have known him Intlmntely for many yeara, and 1 have a peculiar fouling fur him, he-cause he-cause throughout that time we work- jrd fur the same object, with the aume pitrHiaea atifl lilrua. I du not bellavo there rniild ha futind In all the conn- 'try a man ao well ntted to be preal-ilrnt. preal-ilrnt. He la not only aliaoiiitrly fi'.ir. ;raa. al-aulufely dllltlterealed and tin-rlltht, tin-rlltht, but ha haa the wldeal nrqualnt-lima nrqualnt-lima of the nut loll a neeila, w It hunt j n ml within, and the bmadeat aympa-tinea aympa-tinea with all our rltlena lla wnuld be I'tnphaf Irally a pieatdent of tha plain people, ua tuin-h ao na Unroln, rt not l.lneolll blmaelf wn'llll be freer front the b at Inlnt uf detuuKUKy. thaj h aat tcmleliey to arnitae ur llpp' lll tel laaa batted of any kind He h.ia a cnillnr 111.1l Iti'lmiite knoMledi:" of nml aympatliy with the tn .-.U ut ull 1 1 ur people, of tin- r. inner, uf the wane, jvurker. nf th-' bua.tiraa Iran, uf Ihn ipmprrty uwii'-i-. Nu matt, r what n ipian'a nrrnpiitlnii ir ao- ial po.-iltlutl ; 'no inatirr vtnt bis eri-ed. hta rulor nr the a. rtli. a ot the rniiulry fiinn lhlch h" r.itn.a. If he la lilt liotie.t, ' I .m 't i.rl, 1 11 .: m. hi. who til. -a lo d'i jinn duty lin.vir.l bla nrithliui- ami to- wntd the rniiulry, he rim f -t naauri .1 mint ha will lone In Mr T.:t the moat liinh:ht of n pi " r:i'i 1 , its ami thn It, oai tenth of rlinniiilona. Mr Taft cnt:i'' ai::il.'st .,r!illei:o Hud lm Mlitlila lo . liil.rtlly fur 111.' bro u l'lnrlp. a nf Amnlran elt ialialilp. Iwhli h lla ill H e I l.il loll uf our II. I- t oral Well lielliK." |