The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1908-10-20
TREND TOWARDS BRYAN
WEILMANS FORECASTS NOW ALL INDICATE THE
ELECTION OF NEBRASKAN

In campaigns early stages the Republicans enioyed tbe
forecasts written for the Chicago Recordera by Walter Well
man They liked them because after the other these daily con-
uons elected Taft To be sure they took account after ,
time of the in the which were more or less helm
m for Bryan sid but they gave lead to Taft That re-
red particular of discerment OF course had the
Iead SAYS the Anaconda Standard
But the Weman bulletins pleasant reading as the
we're Taft peopleno by heavy odds The latest of them
devoes line the repetition of guess that the odds
favor and then takes columns type in which to try
explain why that the empoye and the labor gen
ea show distinct trend the party this year
That there is distinct trend that way the Weman forecast
admits The language the contribution
still favor election of Judge Taft Mr. Bryan there are ON
nous possibilities of surprise and revolution the tendency
men work with their hands give support the opposition
party
exploiting this distince trend the Welman prints
many paragraphs which description of the attitude
railroad who belong the order of engineers train
men, the like these admitted be good solid for By
an Mr. Weman remarks, the result of inquiry into the ai
mde railway brotherhoods that the Republicans
hed with 'he of serious if not fatal losses
Weman remarks that the panic of last has had much
influencing the labor 1t entaed either reduced earn
m the result of less hours of service complete denes upon
hundreds of thousands of wage By the this was
Republican panic-tee doubt about that has
proved long Lasting panic the from it IS far from
complete although realized in Montana because gen
conditions immensely better here than they are in the East
the middle West
There is grim sarcasm in the talk of the penders who
if continuance OF god times and prosper
y we must elect Taft the truth being that the prevailing hard
times Roosevelt preciptated liable to be the potent
factor for their defeat
Weman also finds the injunction issue operating
heavily against the Republican candidate He admits that "l
the labor organizations which he himself characterzes as the D
world this Injunction question operating heavily bry
ans favor AS have remarked all this Weln1an tax te
news; rather there is merely eeventhour recognition OF
items which, from the very outset the Bryan men Sao " "
helpful perhaps in a decisive way for him
The latest Welman talks, in fact, amount to cooreS Hd
which will simply leave the writer of rank as political Po
who told you So whichever way the election goes IN Il II a -
the inference that the odds are still sont"na III &
Or the real meaning seems to be that the present writing
standof with the preponderance OF the LABOR yoe "
In short if the Weman gossip has any value at an soS
cay to show that Mr. Tafts efforts his speaking
win the labor complete failure; and that s o'
Taft went in quest of. , ~
This is the closing paragraph the recent WeIa sum
mary 1t clear that the opposition to ant sprlss
the causes named is not sectional not in spots nor o0
any or industry general 1t is serious = "
htcal parties evenly matched IN the doubtful T o
spell revolution But the Republican party mas Su0n -
pndeance Of the vote throughout the North that II Gan
great losses and still win in the election The most acute
question Of the day is as TO whether this labor NOV
prove strong enough to subnlerge the normal hePu l
and elect Bryan or simply to make the contest close anu
one with the odds in Taft's favor on account y "
Of the fortress of Roosevelt ma jorites behind hnl Tfr
If that means ANYTHING il means all that IS LETT o '
Candidacy to go by is the big Roosevelt majority OF o''
hat isn't much in the way of salvage
With alleged shortage Of $4,000 in the sas Il the ale
Office the only knowledge of which is from puOCanoI sd
cation the Statesman it is that Governor he e
give the experts report people 50 that f1as''s
nerated or repudiated The governors actions ae - with
.onfesson and everyone is suspicious tha' W P
led for purposes of wEtewashing
Government OF the peo- T
Senator Hepburn asserts this IS not @ instruct their
pe and that the people only petition @ b nothing to
representatives. Wouldn that jar youf pu