The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1908-03-27
Big DOODLE FOR TAFT
GREAT sum Being EXPENDED TO SECURE THE
NOMINATION OF Ohio FAT MAN

The full bloom flower years continuous Re
publican party has rpened into fruit core The
public press by long familiarity with corruption and
debauchey of ballot witnesses Presidential candidacy
leading all others by the expenditure money and sounds no
OF warning The supendous portens as it
no other consideration than have place page of
metropolitan newspaper along with society Thus
the New York World of the 18th inst deyotes
fact that the gigantic fund Presidential
nomination being expended by Charles P Taft nominate
his brother William Howard Taft Chicago World treats
the matter merely item of help great Repuh
lie when its citizens calmly the Presidency the auction
tlock We give the following from the Worlds
IF William Taft naugurated March the result
OF the most expensive campaign waged for Presidential
candidate
The expenses of the Taft campaign reached last the
limit established by Mark Hanna in 1896, $5oOOOO.
Since that date three months ago. additional quarter
lion has been spent The total expenditure date $5OOOO
the monthly expense increasing geometa ratio Each month
sees not alone the of the month before ways
spending The phon of Frank H. Hitchcock and his large
expensive staff Taft instance boosted the expend
hre away beyond what it month before.
IF you listen the anti Taft Senators you find this $75OOOO
estimate laughed utterly inadequate however on
admissions made in private by Taft leaders
The prodga way in which the Taft being showered can
be figured out from this fact named Howe with quah
cations except crying need for the money from the
ST. Louis headquarters of the Taft Missouri and
Oklahoma. His salary 81 while on the Job Bear
mind that inexperienced unknown individual
nothing back OF him. and you line the salaries that
be paid the experienced like Frank Hitchcock Vorys
end the
There Taft organization every Union Where
the cash poured like Missouri Oklahoma
Kansas where the Taft crowd had enough of fight make the
thing look woded More money spent States
than in all the 0 the Union outside of Ohio
In Ohio the expenditure tops all elsewhere The
that figured early that unless Taft could Ohio
imousy he would have little nomination In conse
quence became impossible walk without stubbng
fvedolar bill One of the Senate
when told that the $75OOOO estimate had been disputed
replied: 1t undoubtedly if out Ohio
included you ought to double it.
Long before any fight anywhere heavy epend
in Ohio breaking the AS illustration
position of the Columbus headquarters mentioned
Vos who took charge of the headquarters high
official He engaged Henry A. Williams to assist him Williams
welknown lawyer with good practice which gave up
of the higher rewards promised him this Taft activity In
view of the $1,000 month paid the unknown Howe interest
ing to speculate N how much Williams gets.
Another of the Columbus cheans Claude S. Watts
recently ighprced tour from Ohio the Pacific taking
every his way trying collect delegates
iyer up his business entirely to boost Taft
The Taft managers have headquarters Chicago despite
that there would be attempt
The Tafters trying
Cannon and they have similar headquarters Indianapolis which
undermining Fairbanks Agents constantly travelling
10Th trying to pick up stray delegates.
Missouri the limit outside of Ohio in Taft expenditures The
expenses all county delegates district that
openly paid the Taft This includes railroad
md hotel bills Chairman Bcky of the State Committee said
all county delegates covering their expenses
was usual precauon max
ng payments instead Of in checks taken
N South Taft money is being spent floods The
or on this chiefly from Democratic Congressman They
y deuge OF money has been turned loose in their
tates, particularly in Georgia and Florida
Idaho has a congressman after ALL The Citizens acknowledge
ept public the frank Of B. L French Can't