The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1908-06-16
VALL Street FOR TAFT
FAIRBANKS PAPER SHOWS SUPPORT OF THE
INTERESTS GIVEN TO The FAT MAN

The indianapolis News, Republican newspaper that
orted Fairbanks for the nomination for president sent
enresentatve to New York find who the big nan
;e of Wall street was supporting and published his
nort in the issue of May 19, as follows:
William H Taft is Wall streets candidate for pres-
dent This that he has the support Of the Standard
oil Company, the Steel Trust the other trusts good and
had the railroads. and all the devOteeS of high finance
That is broad assertion but it is true He put into
be race as the representative Of Roosevelt pociesthe
man who was carry forward the good work under way
bv President Roosevelt His most ardent champions today
are the representatives of predatory wealth whom
President Roosevelt has been fighting for nearly
Most of the Taft instructed delegates the national
convention pledged to the secretary Of because
he had been recommended to them as the man among
the candidates who nearest representing the ideals
for which Roosevelt has become famous. If it be true
that the interests are all for Taft and there will be no
denial of the assertion that such the what ground
are the progressive Republicans Of the country to support
Surely somebody is being fooled Is it Wall street
or the progressive wing of the Republican partly
EXPECT TO CONTROL THINGS.
Here in New York there is attempt to conceal the
support of Taft by Wall street with all its ralhcatorS
1t common talk The captains OF industry the adePtS
at high finance the manpulators OF railroads and all the
rest of them talk of it boldly at their Offices at their cuOS
and they mighty fine hufnOr over the SITUATION
They are as confident they will control the next natoa
administration the Taft delegates out west are that the
cause will suffer in the least by permitting 1t 10 pass
Wall street came to support the who was orl9ll
groomed as the Roosevelt candidate One hears many
stories here of how it all about the facts are III pos
session of men, and they gentlemen VINO a6 IpJ
likely ever to make them public. Something haPPeneu
which convinced Wall that Taft is the man Tor IT,
that is certain.
WALL STREET MAN TALKS.
One man who has an office in Wall street ana VINO
knows thinos said to me- The decision support la
reached suddenly know OF at least three Men 1I u
prominence in the street who, on certain aaE III @ b
told they intended to be for Hughes because Il1 ' az
confidence in his fairness The next DAY oIousn %a ~
the subject with one of them and he SAID can loy ~
for Hughes We are all to be for Taft 1t has Oeen me-
Other testimony from reliable sources IS J
Of this version 1t is that one day the Woro "aS 5 800
down the line to be for Taft Wall street is donn5ateu %
by two or three men, and when the word IS FaSS0o'
the line. everybody acts accordingly. ,,+os+
For at least six weeks Wall street has 0eeh ILe -
force behind the Taft carnpaigneven more PoIeI
the machine of federal oicehoders The men oL u.s. Ing.
finance" work quietly to exercise Vll7ll
out over the country.
RAILROAD OWNERS GIVE TIP.
The several groups of railroad men who are HOUSE,
IN lower Broadway gave the tip 10 vlei TL Rocl,
ordinates from the Atlantic to the PaclHc IL LIZ 80 do
Island group was one of the first to Deg'h To t,Is+
what cod for tbe streets candidate The steer uus
went to work for the agreed upon II SoSSP l,ar-
worthy at least one of the directors OF TINS luS
teal about some things and did not Joln '''
Until after he had made trip to Was8l1 1 M COMPANY
The first ample proof that the Standard Gn 1 was
(which President Roosevelt is now trying 70 i,,,cacv
Of Ta 70, one b Senator Nelson W Aldrich OF
Rhode Island Senator Adrchs daughter married is
Of John D. Rockefeller find that the, the @ deoended
upon to oct te fited States senate right Taft
The street understood up until few days 0
he might be powerful enough to arrange M f0r bayna all the
convention said harmony to be ooVall'eu -
candidates except Taft withdraw ,,,,a been calling
While the little fellows in Wall street nave reached
for Taft ever since the decision to support n VS. they
the powers behind the throne remained SlTC E - IL
were reasonably certain that everything was all rgi'
TELL THE WHOLE STORY u,,
Here are Two news items from New York eseIjrs Na