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THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1908.
IN THE DOLDRUMS.
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HIGHEST TYPE OF
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Churchmen Who Know Judgo Taft
Render Him This Sincere)
Tribute.
Tho Attitude) of the Republican Can
didate Towards Religion and a
LIfo Which Shows Adher
enco to tho Best Ethics
and Morals.
"Because he is the highest type of
the Christian gentleman."
This Is tho way In which I heard tho
pastor of u Methodist church in south
ern Illinois end an argument with a
layman on the train coming to Cincin
nati from St. Louis, writes a staff cor
respondent of the St. Louis Globe
Democrat. Tho layman, paying due
respect to tho cloth of Ills op
ponent, was trying to convince him
that ho should not support Mr.
Taft for tho presidency, and instead
should voto for his Democratic oppo
nent. Tho churchman defended tho
principles of the Republican party, ond,
as Indicated, defended tho man for
whom ho said ho expected to vote, from
his personal standpoint of n churchman,
''because lie is the highest tjpu of a
Christian gentleman."
Bishop J. C. Hartzcll of tho Metho
dist Episcopal Church, discussing the
religious beliefs of Bryan and Taft,
after calling on tho latter, said :
"Which of these men I shall vote for
will not bo decided by their religious
beliefs, but what they aro as men, nnd
toy the principles and policies they stand
for in tho administration of the gov
ernment. I bellevo that In acting upon
this view, as an American citizen, I am
In harmony with tho spirit and purposo
of tho founders of our republic, who
put into tho constitution that there
should bo 'no religious test as to quali
fications to any office or public trust
under tho United States.' My convic
tion is that tho futuro safety of tho
nation depends very largely upon onr
peoplo heeding that constitutional pro
hibition. Our nation owes much in
moral character, statesmanship, litera
ture, art nnd religion to those who
havo not been in strict harmony with
boiuo of tho dogmas of tho church. The
days of tho inquisition aro past."
Remembering that Mrs. Taft Is a
Presbyterian, but that Miss Helen Taft
was continued in tho Episcopal Church
In Washington last winter at the sumo
tlmo that Miss Ethel Hoosevelt, daugh
ter of tho President, was confirmed, I
wondered as to Mr. Tuffs church asso
ciation. When I mado the Inquiry hero
I was answered through tho columns
of tho Northwestern Christian Advo
cate, tho great Metliodlst publication,
just as it had given answer to hundreds
of inquiries from Its Mehodlst subscrib
ers. It said:
Mini of llronil Sympnlhlcn,
"Mrs. Taft and children are Episco
palians, nnd tho Secretary frequently
accompanies them to St. John's Church,
where, nlso, ho litis a pow. Whllo Mr.
ltoosovolt goes to the Gorman Reform
ed Church, his wlfo ond family, who
aro Episcopalians, attend historic St,
Jjjhu'B.Ohur.chj w.horcthey sJi fjnjv ono
jompany i
leading f
ty. Mr. 4
at he Is
or two pews removed from Mrs. 'Taft
and her children. Secretary' Taft
spends his vacation at Murray Bay,
Canada, where thero Is a Union Church,
attended by the summer colonists of all
denominations. Tho Secretary of War
is one of the trustees of this summer
colony church, where people of many
faiths gather for worship."
This Metliodlsl testimony indicated
to me tho broad and liberal view of
Mr. Taft In religious matters. In look
ing through tho file of this same pub
lication the Western Christian Advo
cate I found a discussion of both nom
inees, in the course of which it was
asserted :
'The sympathies of both Mr. Taft
and Mr. Bryan are very broad, and they
worship easily and naturally with any
Christian denomination. Whichever
man is elected, the country will have.
therefore, a President of clean life,
lofty principles nnd Christian convic
tions."
Opinion of Norvo Clortfyninn.
On the same afternoon, when Bishop
Hartzcll called, Itev. James G. Robin
son, pastor of tho Eakor Street African
Methodist Church of Dayton, Ohio, '
called at tho headquarters In company
with W. II. Jones, one of tho
colored lawyers of tho same city
Jones was proud of the fact that
president of the Colored Taft Club, the
first one to be Incorporated in the Uni
ted States, and Rev. Mr. Robinson ad
mitted that he Is president of the
Board of Directors of tho same club.
As ho left Mr. Tuft's office I asked him
for his view of tho candidate, both from
his standpoint as a churchman and as
a lender of his race.
"I beliove," lie said, "Judge Taft will
be elected by a safe and eomfortablo
majority, not simply because he Is a
Republican, nor am I speaking because
I am a Republican. But Judgo Taft
represents all of the ldoais of tho true
Christian statrsmun."
As to tho attitude of his own race,
Rev. Mr. Robinson said: "We can not
afford to line up with the Democratic
party, which has been antagonistic to
our Interests always, and against the
party headed by such wise and Chris
tian statesmen as Is Judgo Taft. Ho is
a man whom wo know in Ohio Is desir
ous that all men, without regard to
color, bo treated fairly beforo the
jourts."
DUIiup Fallows' Tribute.
In Introducing Mr. Taft nt Toledo,
Ohio, Bishop Samuel Fallows indorsed
him unreservedly, and In the course of
ills remarks said :
"I can avrr, without" fear of success
ful contradiction, that no man ever
camo beforo tho American people for
tho highest honor In their gift so tlior- I ,
ouglily prepared to moot its weighty
responsibilities as Mr. Taft. lie is ripe
in tho knowledge of Jurisprudence nnd T
clear and firm In Judicial decisions. X
Ho has won, as an exeouthe olllcer In '
our Oriental possessions, tho plaudits I t
of his countrymen and of admiring na- f
tlons. Ho has satisfactorily settled in
those islands of tho wii some of the
most dollcato nnd ditllcnlt subjects, In- i
volvlug deep-seated racial and religious
questions, ever brought up for ndjiidl-
cation. He is deeply religious ;
without a trace of bigotry, fearing Owl I
and working righteousness, ns did tho ,
two Adamses and Abraham Lincoln.
Tuft' lilen of CImrnolor,
In my effort to discover the qual
ities which led ono to doorlbo Mr. Taft
ns "the highest typo of Christian gen
tlenian" I learn that the enndidato
himself, within a month, has defined
Just vthat Jiniiortauro bfl aUaplifid tp
Christian chaFacter In tfie Building of
a successful career. Tho question had
been put to him to develop his personal
views, and writing In response the Re
publican candidate said:
"Your question suggests two others
which must bo answered in answering
this: First, what is a Christian char
acter, and, second, what Is a successful
career? First, I consider a Christian
character that of one who holds as his
Ideal a compliance with the two com-
mnrwItnpntH Hrpn hv Jpsns Ohrlsf. nnd
n.l.n r.n.nr.t.tl, cti-l.-c tn 1 1 vr. ,m n 1 1 rt I
nuu uuiulu,) Duiln lu .; iij, lu mill
Ideal. Second, I should define a suc
cessful careVr to he that ciTreer which
brings more renl happiness to those
who Inppen to be within the operation
of the 'nfiuence of the person whose
character Is In question.
"Coming now to answer your in
quiry, I should say that a Christian
character In the building of a success
ful career Is Its most Important part.
The longer ono lives the more con
vinced he must become thnt every other
Incident nnd element of enreer loses
Importance In comparison, and thnt
when a man's life work Is dona this Is
what stands out, and whether the
career Is one of profession, business or
politics, the same thing Is true."
Whnl an Oil Friend Bar.
Mr. Aaron A. Ferris, a prominent
Cincinnati lawyer, who has known
Judge Taft for thirty years, said :
"I have never had occasion to ask
Judge Taft what his creed wns In mat
ters religious. I know that, when In
Cincinnati, he has been quite regular
In attendance at Christ Episcopal
church, of which members of his fam
ily are communicants, and of which I
am a vestryman. I know very well
that no one In trouble or distress ever
appealed to him without receiving a
patient hearing and prompt and mate
rial aid, when in his power to glvo It.
If a man's character Is to be gauged
by what ho does, and not by mere pro
fession; If leading a clean and up
right Hfo Is to bo a guide, and doing
righteous deeds is to be counted, then
I am confident that his neighbors and
fellow-citizens who hare lived with
him nnd know him well, without re
gard to creed, color or party associa
tion, would say that Taft has lived and
acted In every station as a Christian
gentleman."
WHAT TAFT "WILL DO.
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reassure tho friends of President
Roosevelt :
"If elected I propose to devote
all the ability that is in me to tho
constructive work of suggesting
to Congress the means by which
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