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Burton's Speech Narrows on Taft for Presidency in Chicago
The speaker extols Ohio's role in Republican history and urges Theodore Roosevelt's reforms while praising William H. Taft as the ideal president. He highlights Taft's record as judge, governor, secretary of war, and civil administrator, praising his integrity, leadership, and pacific diplomacy from Cuba to the Philippines and Asia, arguing he can unite and lead America.
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