Bisbee daily review., 1908-06-24
NEARING \ DICTATORSHIP
 THROUGH REPUBL L|CAN PARTY
Allowing That Roosevelt Is Patriot Who Can Be Trusted the Precedent Established By EIectng Secretary Taft Whose Nomination the President Dictated Would Be One That Might Bring Dire Results to Future,
 Generations in This Country

itself. But all these fayorite sons
 have dwindled into nothing, and will get few complimentary votes with out any prospect for future for any of them. They were as clay in the hand of the White House potter. They will have to take their medicine and shout for their master, or the Republican elephant will be ruthless ly driven over them. The Republi- can leaders can only blame them selves. They have been persistently giving power to the president, and following this Hamiltonian policy of centralization have defeated their own plans and purposes.
 l There is said to have been S3 mil iionaires who were delegates to the Republican national convention. and those Republicans who are dissatis- i fled with the candidates nominated. or the platform adopted, can hardly wonder that their party fayors Wall i street and the trusts. when those representing the interests were so numerous in that gathering. Some of those ''Ialefactors of great wealth. I are no doubt practical men" like ! Hartman, who was a delegate to the | Republican convention of 1904, but was perhaps. for obvious reasons, | unwilling to represent his party this year. As one practical man. drops out there would seem to be a dozen ! others drop in to the Republican game of practical politics. Their poodle, if not their presence, will no doubt decide whether these citizens 1 of great wealth who were delegates to the Republican convention are in teTested in Republican politics for their pockets sake, or whether they are just patriots like the office holders that made up the balance of that interesting gathering. but a shrewd guess can be made that they were not there for their health The candidates nominated, and the plat form adopted would indicate that the millionaires were the guiding stars and their interests were carefully providel for.
 The question has been asked, how much did it cost?" It is safe to say millions.
 Mir Charles P. Taft. the brother of Secretary Taft. when asked by the New York Herald whether he had not thus far laid out $500, 900 to win the nomination for his brother. replied: No such thing, no s6ch amount of money has been spent. It is ridicu- lous.'' Still it must have been ex- pensiye in money. or promises to have fixed" Boss Cox and to get the ohio Republican organization into line, when still sore from the effect of the last campaign. Publicity of what has been spent and who re- .ceived it. would perhaps help to clear Secretary Taft's skirts, and until Charles Taft explains the exact figure and just how the money was expended, We must expect to hear eX- 'agerated accounts of the immense sums spent by the candidates wealthy brother. who is willing to make any sacrifice to land the secretary in the White House.
 It is shafe to say that publicity will not be forthcoming, for some of the items of expenditure would not add to the enthusiasm for the can didate and would only help to more strongly impress the public mind with the fact that money makes the Re publican elephant get move on himself
 Here at Washington there is no enthusiasm for the Republican tick ct, for there is a deep rooted feeling that it may be defeated, as neither the candidate for president nor vice president has that inherent strength with the voters that Is necessary for success. But perhaps later on the Republican managers will be able to work up enough enthusiasm among the office-holders to get most of them to go home to vote, if they are not assessed too great percentage of their salaries to prevent them rom doing so.
 The Republican managers win un- doubtedly have an enormous cam paign fund, for all the interests" Eill be forced to contribute, by req will be forced. to contribute, by req son of the pressure that can be brought to bear on them by the ad- ministration, through the informa- tion obtained by the investigation of the interste--e commerce commission, and the deprtnent of commerce and labor, of their infraction of the rail road rate law and the antitrust law. With all this evidence hanging over their heads what can they do but come down" when the Republican managers call on them Tor poodle