The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1908-10-09
THE THEORY OF ROOSEVELT

The conclusion matter perfectly right
for President Roosevelt put up jobs with Hartman and others
for the collection of the money and the corporations
and the depaved rich wheew elect himself the presidency
but that would be indecent any other get the benefit
presidential candidacy kind money says the Anaconda
standard.
That the substance of the columns of talk recently
given white spite the contrary
which from Mr. Roosevelt himself and from the whom
he promoted the Office of secretary of the easuy the country
learned that the Roosevelt campaign 1904 the beneficiary to
the hundreds of thousands of this kind of money The
only way defense the demand addressed by
Roosevelt others that the public be shown wherein the
Roosevelt administration influenced conduct by these gifts
The arrogant assumption all that corrupt campaign
ey could be used Rooeyel behalf but would not influence
his conduct whereas the kind of money behalf of
any would the purchase of that elected to
presidency Manfest President Roosevelt has oed himself
into belief that he about the only honest man. except perhaps
Taft in the business
Meanwhile there is great newspaper talk the effect
that President Roosevelt dgrace the high Office Of president by his
windy letters involving himself campaign controversy about FOR
a and BRYAN and Taft and Haskell and Hearst and Io DICK
Harry 1t would be easy to quote the names OF dozen nep
pers which are printing talk this effect widely and
newspapers we mean every Of which is jealous
" opposing Bryan.
before the BrvanTaft campaign started there good
deal ad-oowng the Hughes insurance exposuresWhn mas
erinece now Precisely years yesterday the fourth day
- Obar President Roosevelt wrote Mr. Hartman letter
which included this paragraph Now my dear sir you and are
men and YOU are the ground and know the conditions
do If YOU think there any danger OF your visit caus
me trouble or if YOU think there nothing special should be
5d .bort or no matter which could give aid, why OF
course give up the for the time being and then 1ew weeks
e before write my message shall get you to come down TO
certain government matters not connected with the cam
paign ,.s.d - o,,b,;o ,fr H.r-
80 ,+ statement in which he said About week before
election in the autumn of 1904 when It looked certain mat te
~ ticket would go Democratic and was doubtful as TO Roosevelt
elf he the president request to go TO washington -
- ~ the oolical conditions in New York state complied
1 me he understood campaign could not be successfully
;-l,,t sufficient money and asked If could help them
t necessary funds as the national committee under con-
l,an Cortelyou had uery failed OF obtaining then
large amount due from them to the Ney York state
We talked over what could be done for Depew and mn
that found necessary he would appoint him as am
paris With full belief that he, the president would keep
came back New York, sent or Treasurer bliss
me that was their last hope and that they had exhausted
every other resource - a;t
then went say that he raised 92ooooo OF WHICH
1000 and that "he checks were gven to Chairman
e -" Recently Mr. Bryan called Mr. Rooseyelts atten-
accidents The presidents reply demand that Bry
- lat the Roosevelt administration was influenced Dy tee
Al" snG@ if That .bes question Meanwhile since the
neither Mr. Roosevelt nor Mr. Gorteyou mas
e assertion that there not dollar OF wrong corpora
~ or trust money in the campaign OF 1904
,,der as governor with legislature in harmony with
l PRINCIPLES of economical government would cut the
ms onses in two Every acquainted with AeXander
i knows this is statement Vote accordingly