The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1908-10-30
TAFT JUSTIfIES INTIMIDATION

he justified the fact in the way he did not state tn
fact that Mr. Bryan criticised says the Portland Journal oDseV
how Mr. Taft lodged reported that the New York Contra
Railroad officers notified their employees that II Bryan was ec
their would be reduced cent TAFT was elected e
wages would be raised This sheer intimidation More it
wholesale bribery But Mr. Taft reported did not mention tn
incident that called forth Mr. Byans and just criticism ~
only said that people popheyng that Bans election Woue
etard business and that his Tas election would improve business
Ihs he said not bribery only stating fact IS ac
that such popheses being made the country afflicted with
swarm OF corporation and trust calamity howlers but that their v
coang is true Mr. Taft does not know and is no credit to n
to in order brighten tmd people into voting for HIM
When he does this he becomes an ntmdator himself
Since Mr. Taft of the incident alluded to, which
Bryan based his complaint and responding Mr. Bryan it
follows from his remarks that approves Of that method Of coercng
lana Dng voters although he not enough to
$50 outright.
# the heads Of the railroads and other great corporations and
the trusts thus ntndate and bride their employees by
threats to reduce threats of staratonand by
promse OF better wagew promises they don't intend keep
they never ddthen Of presidential elections this country
haVe become mere farce There longer free ballot The
worng1ans vote not his We might well give Roce
feler Hartman Vanderbilt Gould and men, many
hundreds of thousands of millions of working
men the trouble of going the polls The railroads employ some
100000 other corporations and say million
of these men can be forced bv threats and tenped b false
promises the way the trusts desire then in adj
don to some 100000 federal ofcehoders party power
stay in power forever there chance dodge becomes
then government of the trusts the railroads the federal office
holders-and we have pretty nearly that now.
nfeentialy at least Mr. Taft justifes this species of in
tndation OF bribery When he does SO he effect us6es
Tal slavery lie approves the idea that the eorpo
ration should practically his ooo or 10000 a
100000 employees and that while 90 through the form of voting
the votes shall be theirs all but EMPLOYERS Thew
are then not free American citizens but political poems They
are practically by that difficult for them to resist
forced resign abrogate the very mark and fest and roo "A
citizenship the right ballot They are thus compeed
to nqush all voice and share government under which he
i've They become politically cattel They have no DO
nca rights except such their choose TO gye Them
ana they may be that the longer they Weld to such mimi
daon to this species of bribery deeper they will become en-
quilted IN industrial slavery the off their condition will become
ana Mr. lat approves of all this We have from his own
mouth tie would take the office gained through coercd and brbed
votes lie thinks he ought get this way this trIv
great man? M tiu9 i
Edward Polak vice-presdent Of real estate association e
8ronx division Of New York City, was urged to induce the real
state men OF his association to march Taft and Sherman pa
ade ana MS letter declining to do part as follows
You say in letter II you believe that the election e
m VIII insure continuance of prosperity and ac E
WY n an es etc have no desire to be offensive but can
~ understand how men OF intelligence make such statement
this time unless with deliberate intent to deceive ;t
10000 people out OF employment in the city of New York alone y
Iaii 70 see the prosperity speak and which Won wish con
nued by the election of Taft and Sherman IF This he -
want of it. ~ e prosperity ca
he Republican party has been absolute control Of ali bran -
les o. government for the past years The policies o b
1t administration have undoubtedly contributed 70 bn r P
nara tunes from which all suffering AS Taft ad Si H.
an nave stated that they intend carrying out INV policies & az
&, 49,; NEAL tne complete destruction of American industries o
men are begging for work any wages to keen tb ali
eide ION Starving Inc papers tell daily of who commit act
wy oeaue uey cannot ind work of women drive nto 1e A.
on oy munger and want who kill themselves and Their bd IN
a. e sa q prosperity you wish to have confined BY the cleo to
,ught about such condition should be overvbm;n Tau
oeng unit to govern the American people eateo, sue
You ask me to bring many of nv office force j. In ~
pae ms method OF campaigning conenptbe and ~ b
pohey which the Republican party has adopted for CEN
has said in substance ~ ia - resident Roosevelt qua
influence = you turn us of mar
submission ~ ois capitalists to sarVe you well
"T,brouob fear 20 49,, shar
no for t5e P ei Ioo employees coerced into fore
erican noit;ca f nus strikes at the very root of com
loynent is nor fraa - VINO depends another for end
to refuse to take na = se m sense of the terms and for his
1 1s q ms Very few working for wages can inca. e
chance thew will uf hl d rnes Rather than instr
parade although their sv,nn, ~ taxing part in to ST
i y Oe with the opposite the
"The Republican party i uedded j and
ions II receives the corruption which len ne cor