The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1908-06-30
DID NOT Want SHERMAN
TAFT and ROOSEVELT GAVE HITCHCOCK ORDERS
To NOMINATE CUMMENS

staff correspondent Of the Oregonian asserts that
Roosevelt and Taft both to the nomination
o Sherman for vcepresdent for the reason that they
consider him much of reactionary Cannon, and
that thus both houses would be presided by
posed to Roosevets policies The correspondent gives
interesting facts regarding the efforts to secure either
Dover Cunns for Taft associate and to Hitchcock
unexpected failure to be able bring this about to the
fact that he refused to attempt to do So Here IS
The Roosevelt-Taft theory Of this campaign that
Mr. BRYAN must be met his own ground and that the
Republican party single step from the
policies to which it has been committed by the Roosevelt
administration Mr.. Taft is believed by Mr.. Roosevelt
and by others in his confidence to be most acceptable IN
the extreme East where he regarded conservative
though the West he is thought to be progressive,
and they have the slightest doubt that he will carry
New York and all the New England States against Mr.
Bryan 1t did not seem good pocy to have the candidate
for the vicepresdency from New York any other part
o the East but desired to get some one from the
West Ia progressive run with Mr.. Taft Such
ANY possible feeling throughout the West that f latt
was not in every sense as radical and aggressive Mr.
Roosevelt advocacy of the Roosevelt policies After
canvassing number OF names Senator Dolver OF Iowa
was decided upon 1t understood, OF course that
Taft would carry Iowa without Dover but it was believed
the Iowa senator being brilliant and attractive speaker
would go on the stump, and, by conducting whrwnd
campaign stir up all needed enthusiasm for the TaftDover
ticket
With that end in view. Senator Borah, Of Idaho
dispatched by President Roosevelt and Mr. Taft to Iowa.
THE purpose Of urging Senator Doiver to become cand1
date for vcepresident Senator Borah found Mr. Do1ver
lin mood less receptive, but before announcing
his candidacy he made the condition that ne must be the
unanimous choice of the Iowa delegation at Chicago The
matter was presented the Iowa delegates, and made
la great They refused their consent or majority
lof them did These delegates for the part, were
political allies Of Senator Dover and Senator Allison and
were therefore opposed to the faction IN Iowa headed oy
IGovernor Cunnns who also wanted to be Senator Cum
minis cannot be Senator things in Iowa unless Allison
dies or Doiver withdraws If Dolliver should become
president the the would then be open
to Cumnls Therefore, for their own reasons the Iowa
men ignored the call to Senator Dolver to enter upon
larger field of activity and told the administration to look
Elsewhere The administration did In retaliation on Iowa
flor its selfish course the administration said would make
Curnns vice-presdent The bluff didn't work The Iowa
DELEGATION was willing to do anything get Cumnlns out
of the wav The RoosevetTaft management being thus
committed to Cumnlns could not well retreat Cumm1rs
did indeed in many ways fulfill the administration ideal
for the vice-presidency. He is well known radical,
tariff revisionst and quite able to make the sort OF cam
pagn the Taft people wanted
Matters reached crisis when the convention IN
Chicago was under On Thursday Taft nominated
lon that night Mr. Hitchcock, manager OF the TAFT cam
paen was notified from Washington to make Governor
fummins the vice-presdential nominee Hitchcock hes
tated and said it couldn't be done Washington insisted
Hitchcock had demonstrated his ability to handle delegates
Through the irving fight southern representation and
more than 700 votes Why couldn't ne complete the
programme by giving Taft the he wanted for vice
PRESIDENT That is what Taft and Roosevelt wanted TO
know Meanwhile the New York delegation, having GOT
Governor Hughes Of the way through his overwhelming
defeat bv Taft had started great boom for Sherman
There was no special sentiment for Sherman in the
venton but there was feeling that if Fairbanks didn't
want and wouldn't take it New York ought to be pr1v
legged select the nominee for president New YORK
had had half dozen aspiring gentlemen its hands with
the cepresdentia lghtnngrod sticking out with great
prominence through their hats It was unexpected then
81 nearly everybody when it was announced that New York
had united on Congressman Sherman Various influences
had brought about this result Tim Woodruff, who had
Thought he might by vice president was persuaded to
get out of the way by the representation that Sherman
Should be selected there would be less candidate for
Neu, Platt and that he lWOOd