The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1908-06-23
NAMED BY ROOSEVELT
TAFT FORCED upon AN unwilling PARTY BY
POWER OF PRESIDENT

The way in which great many Americans regard the
nomination of Taft is thus orciby set forth by the Butte
Miner
Mr. Roosevelt scored the greatest victory of his life
in Chicago when he forced his party accept its pres
dental nominee whom it did not want
1t is mean accomplishment for person to secure
this high honor for himself but far greater for
Ian individual compel powerful political organization
aside its choice and accept the selection made
flor it by him.
Hon William H Taft was nominated Thursday, but
before he named he suffered about the most
humiliation that any who has become the nominee
of a great party has ever been called upon to bear.
The convention to have determined that Mr.
Taft should be made understand that did not want
him for its candidate and that it did not him
his own account reward for anything which he has
done emitting him to such honor but it simply selected
him because could not get Mr. Roosevelt and for the rea
the executive asked support the secretary OF war
To man of pride, humiliation would not be sufh-
cently strong word fttingy describe what Mr. Taft
has passed through during the past few weeks and IN
justice to the gentleman IS only tar to suppose that ne
has some of the finer feelings with which the majority OF
humanity is blessed that goes without saying that
he have keeny felt the position in which ne has been
Mr. Taft did not win his secondhand nomination by
his own effort he had had to rely that IS no
secret that he could have carried the delegation from
Ohio and is probable that he would have received fewer
than any whose name was placed IN nomination
lat Chicago.
He Stands before the world as the Republican nominee
TODAY because President Roosevelt insisted that the party
should so honor him.
Mr. Taft finds himself in the unique position of never
before having submitted himself the surages OF the
people for in his whole career this will be the first time
he has ever run for a elective office
All the positions he has held in the past have come to
him bv appointment and he has been actually political
arstoca who has condescended before to ask the
voters to pass upon his qualifications for any office
The pages of American history be searched IN
vain to find his equal successful courter dancing at
Tendance at the White House for in the old days and until
very recently courters not known to our form OF
government.
Kings and ernperors have had their favortes from the
earliest times and onarchs have advanced those to whom
Estates that president has been permitted by political
partv to name the who should be selected to succeed
In wears gone by there was an nborn feeling in the
ctzens of this country that every should stand upon
his own base and it was the that the gaunt raspter
land the humble canal boy had by their own perseverance
won the highest honor the disposal OF the people
The theory was that had to work for the recog-
milton he gained and that others could not win this recog
milton for him
Mr. Taft and President Roosevelt have introduced the
American people to phase, under which an execu-
tive is allowed to decide who shall be the candidate OF his
party to succeed him in the White House
idesire to approve of allowing to reach the executive
mansion by cutting lots or whether they stu beeve
that those who aspire to be heads OF this nation s taye
and toll along the old beaten road that all oter eSetS
have had to traverse before reaching this great goal
Is the youth of the United States to be taught that
nuture way positions OF honor IS not oy nara
and faithful work but by currylg taVor Win te
Iof the nation?
Most persons in this country have held to the old saying
that every tub must stand upon its own bottom ana 0e
Miner for one willing to believe that their views nave
lchanged that they believe president mas IgV
Ito transfer his position Of honor and trust to courter
lor a favorite.
In the campaign for the Republican presidential non-
nation which ended Chicago Thursday afternoon MI
Taft did not stand upon his merit Tor II ne h ne
would have been one of the lowest IN the race Il not
the lowest all the influence which popular president
could exert was called into requstion for him. ana al tne
power which administration has over is oiNenoiei
From PERSONAL standpoint there appears to be nothing