The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1908-06-05
ROOSEVELT BOSSES IT ALL

IN all its history the Republican party bas nav.
rite so thoughtful president Roosevelt tbot
Hot in his determination to be the whole VI
instance of this is the Washington report published m
to-day that the president is going to save the
If Chicago the trouble OF writing the platform &c Iii
the perplexty of choosing candidate which he has
ranged for says the Salt Lake Herald 'dy
According to the Washington dispatch Rooea14 l !,
conference at the White House on MondaI, : 1elu
which the draft of platform agreed upon Of Co..,
The conference only matter of form IN 7,biL -
other conerees were expected to approve in advance
suggestions the president might be kind enough to 4
That much certain from the names of the confarao
Loeb Garfield, Taft, Senator Long of Kansas Sano+
Hopkins of Illinois, Attorney General Ellis of Ohio adI
Frank Kellogg national committeeman from Minnnsot
and special government counsel for the prosecution oil
Roos,velt's policies in the courts
Alter the conference twas announced that the Cbica
convention would take advanced ground on the tariff
The announcement may be Uncle ToseDh Cannon
Senator Adrich Congressman Pyean Congressman Dal
and the other standpatters but it is official coino f
the White House and that settles it. whether the delegates
to convention like 1T or not AsO-and this is the real
meat Of the proceedngthec convention will stand soare1z
on the policies which have been the success of the Roos
welt administration good many of the delegates NAV
have their doubts about standing squarey on Roosevet
policies since those policies pretty well reDudiated
at the last session of congress, but that mere detail
The White House says the convention will stand there and
nothing more remains to be said.
There time when Republican platforms and
Republican policies represented the collective wisdom of
number of prominent if not great men, Even Lincoln
the greatest OF all KepuDHcaS was wont to consult the
opinions and wishes of other party leaders, and he was even
known to defer to their judgment occasion Times have
changed however, since then. Now it no longer nee
essary go through any such foolish performance If
platform required Roosevelt will write it. as he did the
last Ohio state PLATFORM candidates are NEEDED Roosevelt
will select them if program for the regulation of the uni
verse needed ask Roosevelt and it is forthcoming; and
if he isn't asked, it will be Forthcoming anyway.
It's wonder that Roosevelt compares his career to
Augustus Caesars with some disadvantages to Augustus
1t announced that the Vreeand-Aldrich currency
bill just enacted by congress is in the of faith cure
and that it will never become operative The law permits
OF the issuance of additional by banks upon de
pts of securities with the secretary of the treasury but
the currency issued emergency character and
will be heavily taxed. Following the enactment of the
legislation the announcement is made that the treasury
officials have declared clearing house certificates legal
and Of course these will be issued in the immediate future
IN case of another panic and the heavily taxed currency
proposed by the law will not be issued the clearing
louise certificate will do the work and there tax upon
hem So the only benefit to be derived from the new
aw is that is hoped it will tend to aay public discomfort
hat growing rapidly at the donotng action of con-
TeSs
Secretary Taft made alusion to General Grant
dd1ction to the liquor habit in address on Memorial
ay that is causing much comment. What the secretary
and he