‘ limits“ way
Mi rural» or
in wruW distill i’i‘aft‘Tth'U ii‘bub:
ilcan New QDWHN twill bomb
auto for t pgtsidency a man excep
tionally e ibpiid. but only by nature
and trailing. lull ’u’y fineness. ‘shd-
. achievement. to perform the delicate
,s‘nd arduous duties of the greatest of-
fice iii the gift of any people. "For
3 nearly thirty years he has given him-
s'L‘dr with"iin'gleminded “devb‘tfon to
9 public service. He has displayed
rolliiibut a broad grasp of affairs.
s literally donation; charge". an un-
shsunie ln‘t’ég’r‘ity. a quick and an
embracing sympathy, a deep and abld
log sense of justice, a marvelous in
, 3; Into human nature, a sure and
t. executive abil-
ps ash
T in s libtlo'nsl campaign
a man so tried
beforehand. a'i‘ri‘ply prayed
canal to the task.0
twill“! a; Jurists.
dim
'-. lt
distill
lc ser-
n
, k. in0 this tr they turned
the st yous egristi’oa of the law.
was mot ‘a‘fnaller and an
. disparate! of laws avlng served as
tO’V. fie menus;
cilia "it's-ta "dishes 6'
son of- Pe l}. . dated f .
Coils e. m .”’went out to-
the as Reserve to practice law.
e se tied in Cincinnstl‘ssd it was at
7‘ that his son. Wil-
'I'-<
' untry.x His fathe e’drfi l“dis-
lithe‘ Service of c t'y 'ahd s is
and nation, going qfrom the Supei' pr
be c sly Wifhb iii shalt: been elected
e co f's
ca t‘ildW'Vehe‘id ”hing-obi?” m duh:
attorney 1, to did [:er pari'ii‘i'd’l‘l'fan of
Justice. diff filto‘ i alumnus
Harries. and inform fatal to Austria
h‘bd tthen, Hi of or. who
"Was Miss “‘ng is bi nilso came
of that I lid stock
with whom conscience is the arbiter.
3:} ind duty performed the goal
,. i‘ ‘
is Methods influence. .
tow tier easier. 'cdrnmaud that
sent him away fr: her last fall' When
both knew that” e wd‘s entering up-
from“. 3%.; 9111’s: life. He had
the pines that he would
goto M ila l! person formally
open the r as it was to be
their“. cdnci'efe experience in self-
government. and he, more than any
otb , made it possible. If
he grins, sweep ills ’Fomide there
that the ‘e plnldus Fill-
lacs 1 ilh‘p‘lite his afford to did
with? re'eult vastl union
edpurnpfi‘.
one to us. , i. Taft
" some leesri yet in l w
are health lid would indie
_‘ ' Tut, home. 'But lilo' forbade.
.. ‘ said his duty lay to the eople
started on the Hi to if lerty,
j tabbed“ ~"'if iii ‘whit each
" ftiie‘ d iii parting, she
_ xnotified“ iii to 'go‘. He went, and
this bh espouse of a boy
has: parentage. hid": young Taft
-. the expectatiop. He began
. Ibig physically.l He has a
4m 4 cartoonists
millennium of rum
. . eater lib Myles. him
a modntaln of flesh. But
‘ , fifths ‘samd extreme
, .~ 'nd diill 'h’onestly pér-
§ Md liaise they would hays rep
~ Business above the average
~ l
Yale. file
i sputum
CIOI‘ rat on. an w on
Maui tabulated tennis Dre-
"Harts rib is ”e which?
moraines lit-3”"
“gained play, db acetiu not run
' “nature
d‘eoougli iii ath-
$2.125 phi!hds of mus-
condition. but gall: mast
,- m hi .mdies. on e
8 was‘grsduated Taft was
dried. having failed sec-
" has no He was then not
,. r‘s
91?? solid
as...
“Jory of 836.“; week»:
. was doing this he wss
. b stu dies.
55., $1)“ ”glitz-fish! ,alholii
'5 ’4‘» million
_ ill: another
fli' Ligdlpitth to the
bid ’3», s lilseklllsll‘oir.
hi! there occurred one of the
: or in “anneal
1igator, ad a limit- '
k? if.
whit.
ctedM its Wrestle.
Mt. Auburn. a suburb of“ that bit'y'.‘ on
W i “’ a if film?”
as c u y 00
,1, 2% p" 23nd lotus
fimm te‘rf yids-u 65:853.
. stel- motives, to indifference pr alter.
'5
ya: rishould. it bite
hit a
1 s blackmaillng pap-
He had the reputa-
“an elite film‘s dangerous man. He
lisd been a prise fighter. and was us-
ually accompanied by a gang of roughs
ready to assault any whom he wanted
ipunished. Alphonso Taft had been the
unsahesaiul candidate f'r governor
to n and oseslpaper also.
demiidl ssliail lint/T r once young
Taft 1° got his in lots) temperament
and legal training. and instead of set-
ting the law on the bfaclrmaller he
marched down to his office and gave
Rose ,a terrific tthashluF. When Rose
'ieggdd fbr'inol’cy Taft said:
"if "yell‘il agree to leave town I'll
ct up. 1'" come down here again to
milk, and if you are still here, then
his hilts‘ is only a start ”
”binds" will gludc to get. off on such
He quit Cincinnati that night
dd his p or never up ared again.
at Tdft all had his art spectrum
t; abdtll wan in behalf of some-
00 y 6188
t is hilt the purpose of this little
ik%0 h to attempt a detailed biography
r. Taft. It merely seekd. by a dis-
tusslon of a few of the more import-
Lnt events of his life to show what
manor of man he is. They reveal
him as a student of application and
fabliity; a man with an abiding sense
‘of jusilcé. slow to wrath, but terrible
in anger: courageous. aggressively
h ritual and strnl tforward; rerldier
to take up another's cause than his
own. This is a foundation on which
‘xperlence may build very largely.
no that it what It has done for Taft.
The Call to Public Office.
e was hardly out of his boyhoou
W on be was called to public office. and
in rpo‘st of the years since then he has
i‘évoi'ed himself to the public ser-
vice. Flint he was assistant prose
toting attorney of Hamilton County.
ind helped to drive out the old
Campbell ring. whose influence long
"had dominated the. Cincinnati court
house. in 1881 he became collector of
internal revenue for the first Ohio dis-
trick? nd'dsmonstrated the some abili-
y‘qiffb tisinese that he had shown in
fig; A year later he resigned that
as arid went back to the practice of
law. with his father's old partner. H.
P. Floyd. in i889 he became assistant
éfiuhty (orig iior. Two days later Gov-
érnor tyii'ol‘a or appointed him Judge of
e‘ Buperii' i'Court, to succeed Judson
noon w 0 had resigned to enter
President Cleveland s cabinet
in 1886 Judge Taft married Miss
Helen Herron, daughter of Hon John
.W. Horton, of Cincinnati. They have
three chlldi‘en. Robert Alphonso. a stu-
dent at Yale, Helen, a student at Bryn
Mawr, and Charles Phelps. 2d. who at-
tends the public schools In Washing-
on.
:
His Judicial Career Begun.
His appointment ‘as ‘Jndge of the Su-
pérlor Court was the beginning of the
Judicial career which was Taft‘s nmbi
lion. and for which he was so eminent-
ly fitted. He made such a record as a
Judge that at the class of his appointed
term he was triumphantly elected for
another term. But already he had at-
tracted attention outside his state. and
be had served bllt two years of the five
years far which he had been electett
when President Harrison asked him to
take the difficult poet of Solicitor Gen-
eral of the United States. ,_ This was an
office of the utmost importance, involv-
lug not only wide learning and tromen
dons application, but the power of clear
and forceful presentation of argument.
Two of the cases which he conducted
as solicitor general involved questions
of vital importance to the entire coun
try The first grew but of the seal
fisheries controversy with Great Brit
nent counsel as Joseph H. Choate.
who is widely recognised as a leader
of the American bar. The other was a
tariff case in which the law was at-
tacked on the ground that Speaker
Reed had counted a quorum when the
bill passed the House. That. too he
won. It was during his term as solici-
tor genersl that Mr. Taft met Theodore
Roosevelt. then civil service commie
sinner. and began the friendship which
has continued and grown ever since
and which has had such far- reaching
influence upon the lived of both men
On the Foflrsbpench.
Mr. Taft‘s record fistso‘licltor general
so clearly proved his fitness for the
bench that after three years in Wash-
lngton he was sent back to Ohio as
judge of the Sixth Federal Circuit. a
post generally recognised as a prelimi
nary step to the Supreme Court. which
was then the goal of his ambition.
It was during his seven years on the
federal bench that Mr. Tafl' s qualities
as a judge became known throughout
the country. He was called upon then
to decide some of the most important
cases that have ever been tried in the
edersl courts. in the conduct of which
he established enviable reputation for
learning, courage and fairness—three
essential attributes of a. great jurist.
His power of application and his abili-
‘y. to turn off enormous masses of work
eceived ample demonstration during
his time. It was in, this period of his
service that be rendered the labor de-
cisions which hiive made him famous
as an upright and fearless judge. In
his treatment of both labor and capital
lbd showed that. here was a judge who
{knew no distinction of parties when
they appeared as litigants before him
llie vo ed the law as be how it and
the rig t he saw it. no matter where
the blow fell or whom it struck- If
gometimes the decisions went aglilnst
'what' ofgahi‘zed ldbOr at that time be-
lldvsd to be its cause. it must not be
.forgottcn that no clearer or broader
atonement of the true rights of labor
has éver been made. than in same of
byhis indicts! utterances. Lawyers con-
.licting- litigation in other courts on be-
tif'of diahpr unions have often cited
jplmed ens. Judge Taft in I“?
ate); oil's}, Neither
'r'gott'en tube of the
, most important and for reaching of all
his judgments was that mlnst the-
Addystcne Pipe Company. in‘ which for
the first time the Sherman anti-trust
law was made a living, vital force for
'tlle curbing and punishment. of monop
of, When this case reache the Sn-
li ”nigh“. urt. Mr. Taft ‘rdc‘e v'ed
Wt trig unuiusl honor of
d’g ‘llllie ec‘lsion quoted in full and
hiaded down as part ii! the Opinion
aln Mr. Taft won against such emf-'i
. lie
at ever; lnt.
pioneering the sod-over. Policy.
This Addystone Pipe decision mdrknt"
ed the beginning of the struggle for fed-
eral control of interstate corporations
‘which in the litter years has coats to
be known as the “Roosevelt policy
Mr Taft in an address to the Amer lcun
Bllr Association at Detroit, in the sum
mor of 1896. had’ enunciated the prin-
olple on which President Roosevelt
‘liss made his great fight for the slip-
pression of monopoly and the abolition
of special privilege. Thus illr. Tut
pioneered the way for the “Resell-ll
policy."
Blazing the Philippine Trail.
Since the settlement of the recon-
struction questions no more dliiCllii‘
0r fateful problem has confronted
American statesmanehip than that of
the Philippines. The sudden pitching
of over-sea territory into our posses-
sion as a result of the war with Spain.
creator] a situation not. only unexpect-
ed but entirely without precedent.
There was no guide for our statesmen.
The path had to be bowed out new
.from the beginning. There was no
crystallzation of opinion among the
American people as i0 what should be
done with the Philippines. A consider-
able element was vigorously opposed to
retaining them, but the vast majority
demanded the maintenance of Ameri-
can sovereignty there. , Among these.
at first. the desire was undoubtedly
due to the glamour of uggrnndise'
ment. The possibility of wealth some»
where beyond the skyline always
catches the imagination. and there can
be no question that the great lands of
the people moved. withorlt serious
thought of the consequence toward
American exploitation of the islands.
Brit even at that early day there
were a few-ea very few—among the
leaders of American thought. and ac.
lion, who saw clearly the responsibili-
1y thrust upon the country by the ad-
vcntltlous possession of the Philip-
pines and determined to meet it frilly.
no matter what clamor of opposition
might arise Among these President
McKinley was one. Mr. Taft was an-
other. Mr. Taft hild been opposed to
taking the islands. He was opposed to
retaining them. More than all he op
posed their exploitation for American
benefit. He believed that the Philip-
pines belonged to the Filipinos. and
should be developed in the interest of
their own people.
Shoulderlng the “White Man's
Burden."
He saw the possibility of ir.‘.lllg rr
feeble, ignorant people into the light
of liberty and setting them upon file.
path to lntelllgcut.-cfllclent :rolfgov
urnmcnt. ’l‘llat possibility reconciled
him to the continuance of American
authority over the islands. for none
saw more clearly than he the chaos
certain to result from immediate in
dependence for the Filipinos. with its
inevitable and speedy end in couiploto
rind hopeless subjection to sonic other
power Therefore when President Mo-
Klllley asked him to go to Manila and
undertake the difficult and thankless
task of starting the Filipinos upon
their true course. he srlcsificoli the
judicial career which his lites i~llllili
tlon and shouldered the "l\ bite Mdll' s
be received his appointment as chair-
man of the Philippine Commission.
prehended thoroughly the size of Mr.
Taft's undertaking. or the full mean-
ing of hisachlevemeut. Through a
burlgle in our first dealings with Aguin‘
lve population of the islands bad
onto to believe. with some reason.
but the Americans were their on-
vmles and had betrayed them. Mr.
"aft arrived in Manila to find ll people
:ubdued by force of arms. but unani-
uously hostile. sullen and suspicious.
l‘lley were still struggling. with the
rlttcrncss of despair. against tilt pow.
1r In' which they all saw only the
rand of tho oppressor.
Overcoming the Barrier Between
. East and West.
Moreover, their leaders had been
‘noculated with the belief that be-
".weep west and east there is an my
passable barrier which will always
irevent the Occidental from under
standing and sympathizlng with the
Oriental. The experience of genera-
tions had confirmed them in that bel
list. The only government in their
knowledge was tyranny. The only
education in their history was deceit.
The only tradltlon theypossessed was
hatred of oppression, made concrete
for them by their experience with
western domination. .
That was what Mr. Taft had to
face. and in three years he had over
come and chdnged it all. He did it
by the persuaslVe power of the most
.virinlug personality the Filipinos had
:ver known. He met. them on their
lwn level. He lived with them. ate
with them. drank 'with them. dancéd
with them, and he showed them that
here was an Occidental who could
-end and sympathize with the Oriental
reart. He gave them a new cpncep
tics of justice, and they saw with
imazement that it was even handed,
respecting neither person nor condi-
tion, a great leveler. equalizing all be
fore the law. They saw Mr. Tait on
standing them better than they had.
apderstood themselves. comprehend-
lng their problems morevwlsely than
their own leaders had done, and stand
lng all the time like a rock solidly for
their interests. They saw him oppos
ed by almost all his countrymen in
their islands. denounced and assailed
with the utmost vehemence and you
cm by Amer-i as simply because he
steadfastly roasted American éxplolia
tion and persisted in his declaration
that the Philippines should be for the
Filipinos They saw him laboring day
and night In their behalf and facing
death itself with cheerful resignstin
in order. to carry 0 their cause. oil
was a: revelation to m. it was some.
thln Beyond their previous ken. out,
side of all their experience, their edit
cation and theip trildltion. It can
vineed them.
A Revolution to ’tho Ptllplnbs. *
MY. Taft sue them concrete ex-
amples of disinterestbdness and seed
faith which they could not fail to com-
prehend. die gave em schools an
e‘the opportunity of Macedon. oue"o
the dearest wishes of the whole pe‘o
pie. No also who was not in thé
i
Burden. " It has in March, lift“). that lleggt ll liiui not to go.
Not many Americans have ever conr‘
side and the Filipinos. the entire lia- .
tolearu.
whit'e haired graufatllers and grand-
mothers craved abovo everything the
opportunity to go to school and receive
instruction In the simplest rudiments.
it is difficult to .tell how deeply that
anger desire touched Mr. Taft and bow
Larrloslly he responded to it.
But education was only a begin
iring. Mr. 'l‘uft gave the Flllpin the
opportunity to own their own ii mama
IL‘ Was unolbeh llcrete example of
.Jnrplo justice. ,lllen they saw him
negotiating for tile friur lands, and at
a grant expense to the Americal gov-
ll'flm‘l‘lli. securing for the Fllplnos
lllt! right to buy those lands on easy
terms, it went. home to the Llullest
uniting them that he was working un-
uelfisllly lnihelr behalf.
And they saw hisjustlce in their
courts. ll or the first time in all their
experience the poorest arid hulrlblest
Filipino found himself able to secure,
an eyes-banded, honest decision, with
out purcllade and without influence.
Even that was not. all., They saw
Mr. Taft literally and faithfully keep-
ing his promise and calling Filipinos
to share In their own government. riot
merely in the subordinate and lowly
places which they had been able to
purchase from their old masters, but
ill the highest and most respL’lhla
posts. They saw men of their race
called to lncrrlberslrip iii the commis-
sion, ill the supreme court. and in all
the other branches of their govern-
ment. And they believed the promise
of even wider experience of solbgov-
ternmcnt to come.
An Unparalleled Achievement.
it was a practical demonstration of
honesty and good faith stroll as the
Philippines had never known. it was
it showing of sympathy, justice and
:urupr'L-lrcnzrlon which Could not be re-
slstcd. Conviction followed it fur-vii»
.lbly. The whole people llutw-»bo-
oullsc they sow—thin the Philippines
were to be maintained for the ll‘ill»
pluos, and they recognized their own
urriltiicss for the full responsibilities
of independent Scif~g0\‘t'l'lllili.‘lli. and
cheerfully set themselves to the task
of preparation.
'l but is the flChit‘Vi‘lllfmi of Mr. 'l‘ufi
in‘ the Philippines. It has scarcely rl
parallel ill history. What it cost lrinl
he paid without question or complaint.
lie had given up his judlclal carer-l-
when he went to Manila. llut three
limes ill the course of Ms service. for
the Flllpluos the opportunity to re-
L-ntr-r it came to hlrll. each time with
all offer of a place on the supreme
court whidh had been Ills lilo-long goal.
.l'iucll time he refused, it. Not. even
President Roosevelt understood the
call to Mr. Taft from the Filipinos“
and when he often-r! a supreme court‘
3justlceship to Mr. 'l‘uit he accompan-
rled it with al of a command. llut
‘Mr. ’l‘uft doc He saw clearly
his duly lay to the people whom be
had led to believe lrl him as the per
soniflcation of American justice and
good faith, and he lruldo the president
«so it. loo. How the Filipinos felt
was shown when on healing of lili‘
danger that Mr. 'I .llt might be (iliifld
r'llluy from Millliiih lliuy ilrrLkLLl in
thousands about his residence and
W llL-ll ultlurrlto-
ll ilt‘ LllLl lLdlc lllr' island it was only
to Cilml‘ home as secretary of war. in
which oillce he could continue his Lil-
rectlon of Philippine affairs and make
from the. successful line of policy he
had marked out.
The Bird. of a Nation
What is flu» result? Tile birth of a
nation The grant, powerful American
people, llirougll the compelling agency
Lf Mr. Taft, has paused over so slighh
iy ill its triumphant onward march. to
sloop down and lift up a feeble. ig-
llcrant and helpless people and set it
-u the broad highway to llbcrly.
Jugrrely. ullL-Ll'lulrily. not comprehend-
ug clearly just what it was doing, not
understanding ulwnys frilly either the
lbject or the means of accomplish-
uenl. but its ilt‘llf'i. right, and submit-
lng confidently to the leadership of
. man in whom it trusted liiiplicitly.
his nation hull assisted in it new birth
rf freedom for a lowly and oppressed
lcople. To William Howard Tait be
’ongs the lion's share of the. credit.
\lol often is it given to one man to do
such work fer llurnanlty. Seldom ls
iiiCh altruism as his displayed. Many
lther honors have collie to him; many
lthelw will yet come. Among them all
‘lorle will be of greater significance. or
if more lasting value than his work
or the Filipinos.
, Secretary of War.
it is. not important here to discuss in
letall Mr. Tuit's administration of the~
War Department. since he succeeded
rilllm Root as Secretary. of War on
February 1. 1904. He has been at the
greed of it during the years of lls
"(realest range of activity. lie is not
merely secretary of the Army. as al~
most all his predecessors were. He
is Secretary of the Colonies. Under his
firectlon fall matters of the utmost
importance affecting every one of the
women. possessions of the United
itates. The affairs of the army alone
‘lave. often proved sufficient to occupy
the whole attention of .an able secre-
ary Mr. Taft has had to handle not
)nly those and the Philippines and
Juban business but to direct the con‘
ltruction of the Panama Canal as well.
lad at not infrequent intervals he has
been called on to participate in the Lil
rection of other weighty affairs of gov
ernment. He has been the general ad-
yviser of President Roosevelt and has
been called into consultation on every
important matter which has required
governmental action.
The administration of canal affairs
has required in a high degree that
guality describe as executive ability.
be building of canal is a tremen-
.dous enterprise. calling constantly for
the exercise of aound business judg-
ment. in it Mr. Taft has displayed in
ripened prhportlons the abilities hc
foreshadowed w on solicitor general
and collector of hternai revenue ‘
Building Ch. Canal.
. )
When Mr, Taft came Secretary of
War his country all just taken pas
Senate of the canal sons. under treaty
with the republic of Panama. and of
file: old calls! property. including the
French company. The work was all to
Philippines in the early days of the
amt railroad. by purchase from the
do. The country expected the dirt ‘to
”is“ . . figural he? imml'w'he
all. women wads children.
sure that liltll‘i‘ should be no deviation-
to d at once. The n my I
liodylcals were full 0? 6"th
redrabresont'ing fibrils 8am in fling boots
With a spade on ills shoulder strid-
ing down to tile isthmus to begin LllK‘
glug But before there could be any
l‘llili excavation there was a Human-
Liollii. task to meet. First of all the
isthmus must be changed from a dis-
ease bleeding pestliole to a place
where Americans could live and work
in safety. The canal who must be
clan, hell up, mosquitoes stamped out
id lilo place made sweet and healthy.
abltutlons must be constructed for
man thousands of workmen and their
film! fall. The cities of Panama and
Colon, at the terminal of the canal.
must be made thoroughly sanitary and
Supplies with water and sewers. An
organization for the work of canal coil
stluctlon nlurll bo perfected and Hill
lions of dollars worth of rrlrlclllnery
and supplies must be purchased and
ri‘arlsportod to tho istllmus. .
All these things, however, were of a
purely business character. It required
only time and ability to bundle thoill
properly. But there was another mat-
ter to be taken care of before these
could be undertaken. and it was of a
decidedly different nature. The Hay-
Varilln treaty with Panama hurl secur-
Led to the United States all lili‘ rights
necessary, for complete control of the
curlnl none. and it became of the lit-
most lrnportancc to insure the nlnlilte
liulchr of friendly relations with the
people of .tbe lsllllllus republic. it
would certainly greatly increase the iI‘~
dillary difficulties of building the canal
if our people bad to encounter the lies
lllltles of the l’urlamarlluns.
Here was a problem largely similar
to that met b Mr. Taft ill the Philip-
pines. and caillig for the exercise of
the same qualities of loci, sympathy,
justice and patience which he had ex-
hibited in the Ear East,
it became his task in convince the
Panamanian people and government
that the United States had not gone
to the isthmus to build a rival state
instead of ii cullill. As head of the
War iropartlllenl, and tile slrpcvlor oi
the Canal Coulrlllsslou. he has conduct
all all the affairs of this government
with the republic of Panama since the
ratification of the original treaty. and
has sllcceded in keeping our relations
with the isthmus unliorluly pleasant.
Always. at least once ll year. he has
made a trip to the canal zuuo ulld ex-
amined affairs there, wltll his own
eyes. lie has just returned from the
isthmus, thr- Pr‘usldent having sent
lllul there to settle a number of ques-
tions which required ills pursolllll con.
sidL-l‘llllml on the ground. l’erllnps
suiuc conception of his l'ospcrruilrlll.
lies on the lslliirius may ill' lliill from
iii" “It"! that since the actual work of
canal building begun there. has been
spent (in it upward of $80,000,000. and
every dollar of that expenditure rc-
qulrcd and received his approval.
Real SalvaOVCl‘flmol'lt for Cuba.
Aside from the Philippines lllld the
Canal, the greatest call that has bL-L-u
made upon Mr. Tait since he became
Secretary of err_ (-uirlo from Cuba.
This was a case largely similar to tilt-
l’lllllpplnc prrlblcrll. The AlrlcrlL-ull pru-
plu have so long llublbL-Ll the theory
and proofin- of self- -i;t2l‘('lllnlt'lll with
their lllUihii‘S' iilllk that they li: no do
i
v.clopI-d a land» my to believe any poo '
pie fitted for it who desire ll. To us
liberty is solf- gull-,rrlluLill but to marry
a people with neither oxper Emu c nor-
tradition of anything but pl'aLtiLal .lli- I
itomuLy, sL-lf gov‘ornnlcrrt is only li
vcellse. So it was with the Cubans.
When our intervention llnd irccd that
island from the. Spanish yoke, wr,
deemed it sulillleut lusur: lncc hf suc-
,LLssful government for t Cubans to
require them to adopt a oustilutlou
before we turned the island (nor to
iillem. We ignored the fact that Cuba
had no experience of constitutions or
iundersiundlrlg of their functions. so
[when Cuba bad conformed to our rc-
oulrernents we sailed away from Hil-
‘ vans. and left her to work out her 0er
i salvation unaided and untuught.
l“ The result of that folly was lncvllu-
zble. and not long delayed. 'l‘lro Cu~
buns. having adopted it constitution.
they find not the slightest ideal of what
to do with it. Tllev proceeded to gov
elrl under the only system of willLll
they had ally knowledge. The proclu
motion of the president took the place
of the old royal dccroo He created
by his flat the departments of govern-
ment, whlch‘ should have been estab-
lished by the law of congress under
authority of the constitution. Froc-
dorn in the Ammericnn sense was urr
known in Cuba. Justice was a mock-.
cry, because It was a matter of pur-
chase, and government was oppres-
sion
l
Order Out of Chaos. I
The experiment was aimed towardsI
chaos, and its expectation was (prickly
realized lrl September 1906. the Unir-
bd Slates bad to intervene again, and
the task fell on Mr ’l‘ufi. Fortunate
it was. both for the United States and
Cuba, that it was so With his exper
lence of the Filipinos as a guide, and
the management of his pcrsdilallly as
a lover, Mr. Taft plucuted the warring
frictions, and secured permeable inter-
vention. Then be devised and set up
a provisional government. whlcli all
the Cubans accepted.
It was the intention then to main-
taln that government only long enough
to give the Cubans a fair election, at
which they might select their own gov-
ernment by flrll and free, expression
of tlielr own will. But almost imme-
diately the provisional government
lscovered the fuanmental mistake
m do by. the earlier American admln~
istrutlon. It found that the Cubans
had been. attempting to administer a
government which had never been or-
ganized. and existed only by virtue of
the president's will. Patiently the pro
vlslonal government set to work, un-
der the direction of Mr. Taft, to pro-
vide the organization under the funda-
nrenial ’iaw, which ‘the Cubans had
never known was the essential of suc-
cessful self-government. The work is
now nearing completion. and when the
next Americans quit Havana. it will
be after turning over to the Cubans
a government machine properly estab
lished and fully equipped, whose oper-
atlon they have been. taught to Wander
stdnd and control. Thus to two peo-
ples has Mr. Taft been called upon
to give instruction in practical self-
government.
The character of Mr. Tait is the re
sultant of strongly contrasting‘ forces.
He is a man who laughs and fights
i
‘ oillro.
w... .«fiw s..-
From hisbo ylland nature and
‘good hduror have been the traits which
always received notice first. llut fill
the time he has been capable of a
splendid wrath, which now and then.
has blazed out. under righteous provo-
cation. to the ultra consternation and
undoing of its object. Because he is
always litld) to laugh and has a great
roar of enjoyment to signify his ap
precluliou of the humorous men who
live not observed lliln closL-iy have 01'-
ten failed to understand that ho is
just as ready to light. with energy and
def crmilulliorr, for any cause that Kill“
won his support But it is lllirlout
always some other mnn‘ s cause which
enlists him. His bullies have been
ill other interests than his owrl. First
of all hr,- is an album, and then a
lighter.
A Combstlve Altrulst.
combative nllluisrn is
This Mr
Tufts most dlsllrlgulalrlllg character-ls i
tic As Secretary of War he has carn-
ed the world wide sobr‘lquct of ‘Secr-Jo
«was, c. ruuo.
Supreme Court'lsllds Ca‘ss Back to
Superior Court for Hearing.
NEW llAVFiN,)tlno ‘63-‘1'iiii Su‘
promo court of errors Saturday declin-
ed to bear the arguments ill the friend-
ly suit brought by James Mesklll, of
New Britain. et nls.. against the rlll~
tlorlal officers of the Knights of (ioluni-
bus, to determine the beneficial-Ins ill
the distribution of a fund of $621,000
uccumlaicd by i l of it LlulllgL- irl
assessments of flu? .‘illflllltlllf‘ii depart-
ment of the older irl 1902.1‘llu Hil-
pl'ClllC (-oul‘t solids lilo. case burl. to
the superior court. for a bearing, lrl
Dl'dfll' that any one who may \l'in'il
to intervene may do so at that slugu
of the case. The case ilil.'l been sub
milled upon briefs, and further urgu‘
nlcrris were to have been made today.
Ill anticipation of a decision, id. l..
"i‘flln, supremo. knlght of ill» Llrurlol
had appointed u. cornmlllclt to look ill-
fury of Peace? He has fought 801"“ for the disilibution of illi‘ i’ulld willLll
hul'Ll bullion, bill they were with blood-
loss weapons and the results were
victories for peace. The greater the
degree of altruism, tho kccner was iris
soul. the harder and more persistent
his battle. The greatest struggle of
his career. lll which be utterly disre-
gulded his Helllcd ambition, and cheer-
iwus claimed by rrlelnbcrs who
flllly faced ll continuing null serious:
menace- io life list-1’ was on behalf of‘
the weakest urld most helpless object
lll whose cause he was ever enlisted»
the Filipino pvoplc. That was the
purest and loitlL-st ultrlllsni.
But although this is the dominant
tluit nf Ml ’l‘uft, ho is \VL-ll- known for i
other qualities. ills judiclql iLllllpCl'vfl.
merit, founded upon a deep seated,
comprehensive and over alert sense
of right and wrong. lrls calm, imper-
luluble judgment, and his all-embrac-
ing sympathy are characteristics that
have often and widely been noted.
They are his by right of lulrelituule
from generations of broad- minded, up
”all! men and women. The develop
merit of his country has extended the
range, of his opportunity. and given
greater scope to his activities than
was cnjoyrd by Alphonso Taft, his
father, of Peter Rawson Taft his
grandfather but in character and in-
tellect he is their true descendant
The American people know Mr. “left
as it man of pervasive good humor al-.
ways ready with a hearty laugh, ilrrlll
quick to see flln in any situation. His
other side. has not often appeared, but
ho is capable of tremendous wrath.
Nothing arouses it more quickly than
lulfaiillfulness to a trust or an exlilbi~
flap of (irlcvil. Injustice in any form
stirs lrlru lo the bottom instantly. He
has a broad. keen, quick. nil-embracing .
sympathy. always ready to respond,
to any Lilli. His sense of justice is
wonderfully quick-springing and alert,
And be has rl genuine fondness for
Work ll lllcll enables blur to derive real
‘ pleasure from his task. These qualifi-
rations ill‘i‘ the endowments of an un-
usully gifted man. The people know,
because they have Been, his ability to
turn off an enormous amount of work.
They have seen him prove fin excep-
tional cxecutlle llblllty. They have
won him manifest an equipment for
the presidency club as no other man
it rs shown before his election to that
in experience, training and
ability, Mr. 'l‘uft has amply proved his
fitness for iili.‘ chlcf maglslrucy of the
nation.
charcoal
Infants andflhiidr
ills Kill You Hilts Alum Mill
BASEBALL NEWS.
Yesterday's Stats League Results.
At New Haven—New Haven 3, Mer-
ldrlll 0.
At. .'ew Britain—New Britain 4.
Hartford 1 (first game); Hartford 7.
New llrllaln 1 (second game).
At Sprillgfleld~Spllilgflcld 3. Water
bury
At llolyokc—Brldgoport 5. HolyokeV
0.
Yesterday's American League Results.
At St. Louis—St. Louis 12. Boston 0.
At Chicago—Chicago 2. New York].
At Cleveland—Cleveland 2, Wash-
ington 1.
Yesterday's National League Results.
At Phlladeiphln—Phllndeiphlu Cili-
cage. rain.
At New York—Cincinnatl-New
York, raln.
idt llrooklyh~St. Louis-Brooklyn.
ra h.
At Boston—Pittsburg 5.
(10 innings).
Boston 3
ONLY CURE FOR DYSPEPSIA.
Mrs. Franklin Bush. of New Castle,
Del.. says: “I suffered for years with
dyspepsia, used to have great distress
and belching. 1 tried everything i
could hear of. but nothing helped me
until I took Brazilian Balm. and one 50
cent bottle cured me completely."
For sale by R. H. Plalslcd. F. H.
Baxter and The Clifford Pharmacy. “
T0 MARINERS.
The.weekly notice’ to mariners for
June 12 contains for this vicinity:
Lights and Peg Signalsz—Rhode ls-
land—Point Judlth Acetylene Gas and
Whistling Buoy. No. 2. page lid. after
No 231 (List of. Lights, Buoys.. and
Dnymarks, Third Lighthouse District.
1,907 page 43). —-The spar marker of
this buoy. found missing. wasreplaood
June 7th.
Connecticut—Cow and Calf Gal.
Buoy No. 10%. page so, No. 321 (List.
of Lights, Buoys and Dayinarks, Third
Lighthouse District~ 1907, pages 64 and
91) .—-The light on this buoy, found .
burning dlr'nly June 3. will have it’s
hurl
paid assessments under a forlrlr-r an
easement pluli. It is understood lilill
there was no actual coutenllon over
the frrrrd but ndjtldlcutIOn of the one»
firm as to who should benefit by it.
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hives, herpes, scabies—Dean‘s Oint-
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“Say the rest of it. "
“It's the fly on the strawberry j.illl
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her... '5 and...
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i'J M. Layton 8: Co..
regular intensity restored as soon as .
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W. R. Ward, of Dyersburg, Team.
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chronic constipation..and it hdfis' prov-
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it is with pleasure i offer my cohesion-
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N0. 5 Railroad Avenue. South Norwslk
remiss-s
are the my highest grade BALL
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and makes it possible to use a wider
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AND
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an
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