The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1908-06-19
HARMONY ONLY A SHAM
FAIRBANKS PAPER DISCOURSES ON CONTROL
OF CONVENTION in INTEREST OF TAFT

Under the title Of Sham Harmony, the indianapolis
News Of last Saturday thus gave editorial expression to IT'S
disgust with the methods being used to nominate Taft
One of Chicago dispatches. Yesterday said, amid
more of the same tenor.
convention being considered The far-ninded
leaders of the party seeing something than hu1or
in the arbitrary action OF the national committee IN seating
delegates From every quarter IS coming the advce.
IF the Republican party stand for this sort OF thing
might well concede the election of Democratic presi-
dent
But to this complexion It has come assuming that
the Taft machine which has its platform ready written
viii hold the convention has held the committee The
whole thing forTlalityan assurance that IS found on
Taft tongues continually Everybody IS for Taft Here
majority of convention OF delegates, created by
boss and machine methods known to be Tor hlm before
hand. What remains. Ofcourse principle remains Wat
prncipe2 The principle that contains the lite germ OF
party of free If Republicans of the country have
been so unanimous for Taft his machine has insisted
what need of road roller machine and wherein would
come the dissent it Was there ANYTHING of the kind
at the last convention that nominated Roosevelt Was
there any dissatisfaction? Did any claim that there
had been fair play a square dealt
The attempt make it appear that the protest that
goes up continually and that trust VIII 60 up from the
field candidates until the last hour OF the convention
a mere mockery that politics nothing but game and
that field candidates have simply the poorest cards
and are whining because they beaten contradcted
BY every convention in which there has been unanlty
and foregOne conclusion When party united It IS
harmonious The Of union that the act OF
an overwhelming number of those that constitute II and
hence that practically everybody IS satisfied.
But the very of the present unanInlty shows
and the course its progress from the beginning has shown
that sham 1t is not unlOn but Suppression Ilven
men free to and whether they act that their a
conclusion is known IN advance, the case when
Roosevelt was nominated, whether they debate and
battle ballot end long drawn out there nothing
but substantial satisfaction with the result Can any one
maintain with grave face that anything OF this KIND
exists in Chicago today? The question answers itself
And the quotation that made above answers It. Fur
ther evidence to private letter from ookeron
at Chicago. This says:
The feeling about the hotel lobbes is the deadest
PRETTY nl1
at somebody
The effects Of the browbeating road roller methods
are forcing query the spectacle presented to the
country What, indeed, is the of convention il 1t
be only to register and approve what asterfu machine
has done? Every with any gift of political perception
knows that it would be simply setting the final seal
long and that challenged the situation with confidence
must appear tied fast the road roller fine party att
tude for campaign! No wonder people that still cleave
to their party asking this be the end and whether
they shall not make final fight for freedom
Mr. Lingenfeter need not worry about the charge
that he been attorney for the defendants land fraud
leases If he has not been he may consider his appointment
to the position of United States district attorney
taner their behalf To get rid of Ruck prosecutor
of these has been the demand Of all the defendants
and the appointment of Lngenelter like balmy
breath Of spring message reolent Of the pine woods
that were once Uncle SAINTS but his longer lobo
hreathes easier so the Barber Lumber company and
Borah and the convicted North Idaho ooters and all the
merry gang Let Mr. Lngenfeer rejoice he were never
retained before surely all these think he has been retained
in most important SragetiC position at last Llngenteer
Linqenfeter there is the name; YOU don't be
lieve it, whisper it softly to Cobb!
Senator Borah is shortly due in Boise with bushel
basket full of promises and he cannot come too soon 70
save his fences Somehow his promises do not pass at
par as they once did They like issue OF cash
ier checks, WINDY evidences OF insolvency
1t is a very simple problem that viii confront the
average voter in November If he wants to vote for the
same man whom TIE Wall street pirates viii support he