The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-04-30
CANDIDATES SUGGESTED
Washington Politicians Name
the Candidates.

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report is current here that Secretary
Taft will resign from the war de-
partment as soon as congress ad
journs. This will not be shock tc
the war department. He has prac.
tically ceased any work In connection
with that department for many
months past, 20 that recent picture
OF Secretary Taft at bis desk pub.
lished In weekly paper was regard.
ed with great incredulity by public
men here until it was discovered that
1t had been taken nearly three years
ago. All the same as politician,
Nj. Taft Is making Roadway. AS
what might be called secretary OF
political war. he Is a complete sue
cess. 1t may be doubted whether
even II President Roosevelt started
now to stampede the convention
against Taft-which Is wholly un-
likely-he could succeed. State after
state has declared for the secretary
Of war. And while it Is true that
the "allies" In the senate are antag
onistic to him, and that contesting
delegations will be sent from most
Of the southern states. yet no one
who regards the political battlefield
from detached and dispassionate
point of view can doubt that Taft
today has the nomination In his
grasp. He has had the enormous ad.
vantage Of presidential support and
the necessary support therefore Of all
the federal ofliceholders. He has had
the aid of more money than was ever
before expended In campaign for
the nomination, more even than
Mark Hanna spent in behalf of Nc
Kinley. The Taft headquarters
swarm with workers, none Of whom
are working for fun, and the Taft
press bureau, like the johnson press
bureau, is sending out gratis pages
of ready print and plate matter to
the newspapers Of the United States.
With the exception of the contesting
delegations from the south, there
seems to be no break In the trium.
plant progress of Taft-tO the NOM
ination. hut this further progress
is likely to be much inlpeded by tie
facts that as originator OF the doc
trine of government by injunction,
as the approver and defender OF the
presidents course in discharging
from the United States army with.
out trial battalion of colored
troops, made up, largely Of veterans
who had fought nobly and we'll, and |
finally as a public official who has for
not less than six months neglected |
and even ignored the duties OF bis
office, so that even a senator of bis
own party found it necessary to re-
Duke him in public speech, he has
not proved himself the type of a pub.
ic official whom the American people
1esire to put in the White House.
President Roosevelt appeals to the
common people, and appeals most
successfully, Secretary Taft. enjoying
he Roosevelt support, Is now maxi
ng his appeal to Wall street and the
interests. 1t is strong combina
Ion, politicians say. But one won.
lers whether IL can humbug enough
'otes to win.
The general expression OF demo.
ratio opinion In Washington con-
erning the recent state democratic
In New York is not par.
icularly complimentary. In this
ity there seems to be nobody partic.
Ilarly interested In either Murphy or
icCarren, Corners or McCabe. The
act Is recalled that at the last state
invention of the so-called democ-
acy OF New York quite as heavy a
ana was used for the purpose of
orcing W. r. Hearst upon the ticket
was this year employed to the end
forcing Patrick McCarren out of
ne state committee. Neither con.
ention, as New York representatives
" quietly, was 10 any sense demo.
ATTIC, Neither one has contributor
democratic success. Mr.. Hearst
as beaten by $1,000 plurality. How
UGH the free and uninstructed dele.
'tion from New York can contribute
the presidential nominee Is vet to
determined. L
The New York World, which Is
'hting for uninstructed delegations
ID which shows Its game by claim.
9 every uninstructed delegation as
anti-Bryan delegation, exults In
q editorial column over the fact =
at the New York delegates will 90
tn freedom to determine upon the
st candidate, while In another COL
IN 1t says that when they reach
'nver they will vote as they are
q to vote by Murphy AID Corners.
he latter Is no doubt the fact. The J
|egates have not been instructed 4
those who made them deIepat es. /
sy will be instructed by those ;
om they have made bosses ::
lether they are for or against any T!
rticuiar candidate the men who 4
j deliver their votes are Corners, 4
Buffalo, and Murphy, OF Tam. 4
ny.