The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-07-02

WtHIa DIS personality 40 o. auas.
li0n3b.e whether Taft has any
strength. The idea To be conveyed
Is, that bad IL been left TO the per
sonal strength Tart more han likely
would not have carried the deIega-
tion Of single state In the Union,
10 contention with such men as For.
aker, Hughes, Fairbanks and Knox.
AS a presidential possibility Cannon
was not lD the running at any tin e.
Hts well known sympaLhies with Wall
street precludes the Idea that be
could have been nominated. II a
popular vote was TO have been taken,
eliminating Roosevelt, La Toilette
would have undoubtedly beer the
choice OF the rank and Ole OF the re-
publican party. Especially would this
have been true OF the majority OF
Western aud Southern states.
IL must be accerte as fact that
had not Roosevelt been back OF the
candidacy 81 Taft he would not have
been even fagprite son. Owing to
the personal popularity OF Roosevelt
among the masses Of the republican
party and the use OF the power Of the
administration In forcing tile Office
holding forces CT tile South to esponse
tile cause Of the fat man his nomina-
tinn vas brought about In the con-
ventIon.
So II Is To bn assumed that Taft
has two forces behind him which may
result In bis election. A among the
masses Of tile party. especially the
followers and admirers Of Roosevelt,
II ~ supposed that Taft Is commit.
ted to The Rooseveitian policies. On
the other hand 1t II claimed. with
good authority for The claims, that
Taft IL more than satisfactory TO Wall
street, or the element which has been
10 bitterly assailing Roosevelt. and
claiming that the panic last rail- was
brought about ny the president assail-
Ing the legitimate business interests
of the country. The election of Taft
will depend To some extent whether
the masses Of the progressive repubIi-
cans can be made 10 believe that Taft
II In accord with the reforms adyo.
Gated by President Roosevelt or
whether he Is Willing that tile trusts
and corporations should be- permitted
TO continue To rob the people.
tn certain extent President
Roosevelt has made the election OF
Bryan possible lie bias educated tie
people np 10 The reform ideas which
Bryan has been advocating ON the
rostfum and In the press for the past
twelve years. Ii must he adtuitted
though That Roosevelt has only got
tan ~ far as advocating these re-
forms, and has done but little to have
them enaeted into Law.
There In some excuse for hiin owing
70 the fact THAT be has had a reae-
tianaFy congress on his hands which
has laughed to srorn the measures
suggested Iii Ills messages,
1t II usually the case that man
who has been as prominently hefore
tho public as iong al Bryan has he
loses prastage witi, the people. This
IN not true With bryan. Ii Ii conoed-
ed by those who we're calling him the
.'hoy orator Of the Platte" and other
epithets, which under other elfcum-
stanees would make him appear ridlc-
uiuus bufgfe the people, has gained
him influence. He has gone hefura the
pcaple. been accepted ~ prophet no
has gone In the temples Of the money
changers and brought them TO con
fusion. Reforms which he advocated
twelve years ago, which were then
taken IN visionary aad anarehistic
are today accepted with faith as nee.
essafy 10 tile we'll being and prusersa-