The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1908-06-12
THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM

L vii be difficult matter as the leaders rnanfestv
70 frame up Republican party platform that
m successfully appeal to majority of the voters saws
tne Portland Journal. 1t may satisfy those Ren,b
VINO look no farther than see that it the Rent
VINO care not what 1t contains long as it carries
g party tag or brand but well be made to satisfy
large number of scrutinizng and critical votes
Many OF whom will through the sham and false netens
and profession of the platform NAV indeed + -
nevertheless but they will not be decsioJ nv ~ Iall
work of the platform artists = '0 Ol'liSy
win the necessary Endorsement of the administration
inc people generally regardless of party will he N 800
pathy Most Of those who are not so are -
VINO nate Roosevelt and all his attempted WORKS a.
ssI'Pleu Tor except IN general wav and in aror
'ie country TO the need of moral regeneration IN I;4;
and this IS much-he has ACCOMPLISHED 1itti tIcS
aShed no trusts ne has effected no adjustment - t
ouuehS Of taxation he has lately gained no power o
aiioadS ana other corporations and his Rio C+;a1- -
Oeeh swung TOR reform legislation over congres aS
ie1 nc ued and Tor this should be approved h - =:
- tl ~ 05eulI the Republican party with what he did
~ Ilea 70 DO. Nearly everything he attennteJ III. u
cated IN the peoples interest was distinct1I 6 aIo
- yalesque and was successfully opposed bv the R
hcan party-not by the rank and file Who g | NePuD-
m government but by the leaders ~ ~ voice y
- ana what under heaven or above the 4l
- NoI,sIeSs De ndorSed for2 The currency, Hill 20
hat hi; 0e on whose Judgment can best rev sa1
~ iI is ID" Is no good. At best it is +a-,roJ %!
1hesn1t measure passed because the leaders fIt a.
was absolutely necessary to do little soretb Ila5
hat ulS law satisfactory to Aldrcb H a1rn+ ana
violence that it will not be beneficial 70 H. I conclusive
sort OF an apology for employers Liability law men
49, ale Ihe sum total of all that congress- even tt
-. ~ tle people, though
~ OeeIi cainorng for months for the en3c+t deHI 10
~ 10 otner measures Won't it be nice f some
IHdeed Tor the convention to send ont 70 tl
ngs soIi dorsng at once the president and the @ c
3sless 10 40 so viii show as clearly as nv !e dsI
'JeIo mas done IN many years that the ro+i 95r
~ ~. oeI8 tne majority of the people all the ta ue
~. IaI revision IS to be promised a LITTLE Ho
i ana eihphaticaly than ever before for t ecl
ia. te people are getting in earnest abo1It ID
y uouD,S what kind of revision the same ,-i But
q . mold give the country? Every scbed3ja 3 ~ con
iuIeSt particular would be finally revised "H 70 So
80 interests lhe party has pledged itsef = .e pro- Z
60 rrI - e me currency it has Specifically, -
oI that Tor the past u years-n 1900 = 0Ased Vac
o09 ana YET IN the last hour OF six 7o+ ~ ana ad
lyDs We get the Aldrich bill N iionIh session
.i ll + : sail that the party IS to be 1auda7 g.
fareislj fl safely through the panic It would 1ali
latuous for the platform makers - 1i really
3 = 81 ABOUT this The Democrats co,Id Pay any at
70 ask all sorts Of ernf,arrassir, - Oct
!. ~ you control panics why permit Tna ~ or
.'6n AlaTclers who contribute r. ca. - C e L.
. - ~ the panics And didn't p Ws IN lun1s ldI
s, - 'l-at was done 70 save the country IN III: ail %
- 30 mere oe anything about railroad control CT,
~ urctios parcels post injured gg :. uSls OIC
49, ~ income tax, railroad stock yDater5 r.
s1Se Laz inland waterways conservatf - ~, an
-1Leltlre q nrearned or forfeffafde - "aLeT -