The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-05-23
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The indications are that ID oiio
the contest between forakei an"
Taft, In the yernacuiar OF the soiee''
will be a fight for your wniskefs'
At this distance IL is naru u oeOei
mine with any degree OF certainty
what the result Is going 10 DC, puc IL
we might be permitted 10 Juoge we
w0uids say that TAFT will wln ouo
with bis hands down. Inc FORAKER
folIoWl0 IS strongly opposed 10
Ro0seyeIk ~ PAs policies, but III ID
10 be pred 9ct the FARMING anu
labor eI6f3Ght ~ &Q4FEp0nPlican party
will be With I11t bocoone pc Is sup
posed TO be Hooo1A ~ uoD Friday.
There Is 0&1R Spiiity, po"-
The American people one oonnon
people, DO not nave uiucii use' in one
abstract, TOT tne poiiticai poss. anu
when the president OF tne onioeo
States assumes TO say VINO shaii NC
his successor and VINO snail not he ID
usurping privilege tbat the peoPie
under ordinary coDdftions "ou'o noU
permit for a moment. many are o's-
posed 70 overlook the presiuehCs
choice in this matter, Ior Tue redsop
that Taft 1t Is assumed VIII carry
out the policies OF Roosevelt 10 case
OF his election. we 40 not pehe'e
there Is man In the United otates'
in the common walks OF llle' VINO
would be able to say tbat tneY nao
ever seen a public utterance OF oecre-
tary Taft as to how ne stooo upon
any economic question. Because ne
is the choice OF the president we are
to suppose that he Is In FAVOR OF ma
tional reforms.
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The old campaign story will Illus
trate his position. The story goes
that politician met his satanic
majesty Ia the road, and agreed with
|, the individual from the regions OF
darkness to sell his soul for the grant.
; ing of three favors. The trst favor
asked was that mountain be re-
moved from the path Of the politi
clan. At once was witnessed a great
CONFUSION of nature, the rocks were
The next question: The politician
would have a large tree instantly re
moved out of his way. The heaven!
we're overloaded, the lightning
flashed, and in an instant the tire,
was consumed. The last question
!, was, How does my opponent stand OF
the national question OF the day
: The reply-All my minions In the in
: fernal regions could not answer tina
question. So it Is with Taft, II Their
Is man In the United States WIN
can answer this question, outside o
President Roosevelt, we have faile,
to see any such statement In tn
daily press, or In the letters of an
OF the syndicate writers In Washing
ton. Taft may know, but tn
n chances are that he will not declar
a himself until after the national con
II vention, and then will conform hi
Q ideas to the planks of the republica
d platform.
u ~
i Foraker is not lighting so muc
e for the presidency of the Unite
: States as he Is fighting for his pc
II litical existence. 1t Is said to b
q common talk In Washington as we
u as In Ohio that Roosevelt is endea,
% oring to erect political structure
l. Ohio which will retire Foraker [
q "innocuous desuetude" and have hi
II son in-law the beloved Nichols
II Longworth elected as the next ser
4 ator. Longworth Is now membe
% of congress, and to succeed Forake
II would be quite feather In his Cal
= In case Foraker should not he tn
= candidate before the next legislator
I candidate for the presidency, TIL
! chances are that ne VIII again DE
y OF the Buckeye state TO succeed Mn
: sei' beiore the legislature convene
FORAKER VIII know ior moral CO
" tainty VINO VIII receive the repuoi