The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-11-14

He will yield TO the importuning OF |
Mr.. Taft's friends however, 10 the |
extent that when the time comes for
the election of the first delegates to
the next convention the public will
be left In no doubt as to this atti.
tude. As soon as any district con-
vention instructs delegate for Mr..
Roosevelt at the next convention the
president will regard himself as war.
ranted In announcing officially that
he still stands by his declaration
made on election night, more than
three years ago, and that under no
circumstance will he swerve from.
that position. Delegates will not be
elected until some time In January or
February, under the rules of the ma
tional committee, and it is not prob
able that President Roosevelt will
make any formal statement before
that time. And even then he will
keep silence until the action of some
minor convention is instructing dele
gates for him compels him TO speak
Representative Kennedy. who rep
resents the old Mckinley district OF
Ohio, was caller the other day on
President Roosevelt and he is full of
enthusiasm for Secretary Taft.
Sentiment is beginning to crystal.
lie In behalf Of Secretary Taft he
said, sin all parts of the country. In
another few months this win become
widespread. Mr.. Kennedy recently
spoke In Pittsburg in behalf of the
Taft boom, and, although he was in
Senator Knox's territory, his speech
was received with much interest.
In hte meantime the Opposition te
Taft Is centering on Governor Hughes
of New York. Governor Hughes 1:
thus made to appear as the last re
srt Of that element of the republican
party which is opposed to Roosevelt
and ''my policies. Although the,
recognize In Hughes a man who will
not lend himself to any scheme b,
which predatory wealth" couit
with his knowledge continue It's dep
relations, there Is feeling, thu
Taft men say, that 1t is now any
thing to beat Taft or TO put up re
spectacle opposition. to him. Hav
ing doomed Knox, Fairbanks, Cortel
you and few others and found then
all impossible because the people sus
pect them OF being too closely aligne'
with a very frightful, II somewha
vague, enemy known as 'predator
wealth." the opponents of the presi
dent are said now to be pretty muc
in pickle and willing to center ur
on Hughes. They do not wan
Hughes, the anti-Taft men say, bu
it is now Hughes or complete SUI
render. 1t has been noted that til
continued growth In public favor I
Hughes has been the greatest menat
to that Taft boom. There Is I
doubt that those who are uncompr
misingly opposed to Roosevelt's co..
tinued domination are desperate f
candidate.
Governor Hughes has been uni
recently locked upon as of the san
party and principles as Roosevelt
/ and hence has been numbered as
friend of the administration. b
recent utteranceS OF the govern
: have been construed as direct fin
at the president. When he remark
a few days ago that reforms Shot
be instituted, but they should be Z
complished ."without tumult or d
order,r he made what is consider
a reflection upon the present adm
istration, and the political spons'
of the administration have plac
him In the column with their Ell
mics. Likewise the so-called 'te
tionaries" have taken hope from t
utterance Of Hughes.
There are OF course, numerous o
ers among the spoken ofs'
would be more acceptable to the
called "reactionaries. There
Speaker Cannon, for instance. G
non is q more intense partisan,
always done exactly what the I'd
barons wanted him to do, has b
the stubborn and able champion
the manipulators OF the machi
and has never failed when 1t cans
a fight for what is termed the
terests.
/, Cannon is popular, but his b'
will not float. Popular among Il
class of people. he is too intens
partisan To be leader in this
when party lines are being brol
Fairbanks would suit the "react
aries but the yice-president's
didacy has never risen above
plane OF tolerabIe joke. Knox
large following in Pennsylvania,
few other states might 90 for
but he is "a favorite son. and n
ing more.
Governor Hughes Is looked upo
his own man, and whatever his
billions may be ne does not appea
any respect to use bis high ofiics
further them. Yet II he we're p
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