The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1908-04-03
JOLLY WORK FOR TAFT
HOW S0UTHERNERS OF INFLUENCE ARE TAKEN
into FAT MANS CAMP

The Saturday Evening Post has very amusing correspondence
Washington TAFT managers which
make the following extract:
When Theodore Roosevelt President of the United States goes
after thing he goes after it for keeps The young and the
old who make their obeances the White House every
ing allegiance promptly three o'clock each afternoon
know what expected of e and they constantly the job
The work 5 systematic; bets overlooked.
This about the way of it. Early every morning OF the
aresthaired of the Taft Publicity Squad round up the hotels
any statesman Republican eanng and ability
control delegates has, perchance dropped into 1t will be
violation of confidence state just here that good many
Southern having these qualifications do percance drop
time time They may be here purely private and
onal business of but they do drop in As
Southern discovered he mreleningy ad his lair
The fairhaired pubicist traiers second to none
TRAILING THE SOUTHERN STATESMEN.
h-good-moning- you-beautiful weather
having isn't ?-noted your the regsteralways call
important and prominent public when they
!ation you know preceded yo-name household word in
Washington and then politics What doing in your State?
How you feel toward Taft? Noble countenanc Taft Nom
mated All but the ratification meeting Chicago By
the way very prominent member of the Administration
talking you your great influence yesterday
he Southern bites That what he here for He
knows his game that? he inquiries casual like. Oh
reply the fairared Bean Winthrop Assistant Secretary Of
Treasury. Old Winthrop family you know. Charming fellow
Presidenoh very. Suppose go and see him.
They the Southern to the Treasury De
panent AS luck will have it, Mr. Winthrop is there. He
charmed S. S More than charmed He delighted
Deity again. the subject OF politics is introduced Taft? How
about Taft? The S. S. makes cagey reply He committing
himself until he what doing Mr. Winthrop tells him about it
Tafgreatest ever-Presiden h-carry his policies
monumental patriot and win
BY the way, and Winthrop does beautifully shall be most
pleased have you as my guest luncheon,
winthrop takes the Souherner and feeds him. He eves
Taft hyperbo forgetting the Presdntwanthm end The
Southener is impressed his hotel think
followed by the happy smiles of Winthrop and perhaps accompanied
fair-hared pubcsts who from him few
kinds words for Taft be put the wire for those great organs
public opinion that waiting tell breakastabes how
country Mason and Dxon line ahre for Taft but
omitng the information that in all likelihood the fire will have
burned out by election day
TAFT THE CHIEF END OF CoNvERsAT ALTON.
THE morning arhared pubcist drops into the hotel
again quite He the Southern statesman
He is highly pleased to see him. and-snt odd?-ony hour
Cabinet member saying of the things he most
desired earth shake hands with the weknOwn Southern
who he had noticed the had called on Mr. Win
hrop yesterday
"'Who is that? asked the S. S.
"one other than Meyer The pubcist
spare minutes Would the Souhener to call on the Post
master-Genera? Yes he would
They go down the big building Pennsylvania Avenue
and CALL Fortunately Postmaster General there He IS
glad He receives the Southern statesman with smiling
acclaim the of Taft mentioned Even
the most incidental somehow leads Taft Mag
nicen man. says General President wants him
YOU know He'll carry Roosevelt policies That the main
thing thus and
Presently BY the way, shall be gald to have you as my
guest at luncheon VIII it be convenient?
"Wil it? 1t will The S is living high They to lunch
con- PosmaGeneral fairly radiates in his expressed
admiration Taft 1t is function Nothing too good for the
visitor but it has sometime, and the SOutherner
hack to his hotel.
1T NAV cinched by this time but If he awary
S get the PostmaeGenera has found out that
and he PLAYS trump card the President would be
pleased to Shall make engagement? The Southern
statesman waiting for that He find time to up to the
White They get there about The President knows
all about He cked him Casually the subject