Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 83, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 June 1908 — TAFT BEST MAN FOR THE OFFICE DECLARES PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT [ARTICLE]

TAFT BEST MAN FOR THE OFFICE DECLARES PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT

WASHINGTON, D. C., June 18.—Immediately upon receiving news of the nomination, of Secretary Taft for the presidency, President RooseveH said: I feel that the country is indeed to be congratulated upon the nomination of Mr. Taft. I have known him intimately for many years, and I have a peculiar feeling for him, because throughout that time wc worked for the same object with the same purposes and ideals. Ido not believe there could be found in all the country a man so well fitted to be president. He is not only absolutely fearless, absolutely disinterested and upright, but be has the widest acquaintance with the nation’s needs, without and within, and the brqadest sympathies with all our citizens. He wpuld be an emphatically a president of the plain people as Lincoln, yet not Lincoln himself would be freer from the least taint of demagogy, the least tendency to arouse or appeal to class hatred of any kind. Hehasa peculiar apd intimate knowledge of and sympathy with the needs of our people—of the farmer, of the wage worker, of the business man, of the property owner. No matter what a man’s occupation or social position, no matter what bis creed, his-color, qr the section of the country from which he comes, if he is an honest, hard workings man who tries to do bis duty toward bis neighbor and toward the country, he can rest assured that he will have in Mr. Talt the most upright of and the most fqafless of champions. Mr. Taft stands against privilege and be stand pre-eminentiy for the broad principles of American citisenaiiip which lie at the foundation of our national well being. . ~r , . TH OPPOSE EOOSEVEET.