The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1908-07-11

victim? Will it be Theodore Roosevelt or will it be
the system?
Mr.. Roosevelt selected Mr.. Taft as the man to
further his policies as president He directed the
work of securing delegates and packing the national
convention for him. He will naturally expect Mr..
Taft to stand on his policies if elected.
The policies of Mr.. Roosevelt are thoroughly
hated by the system, the chief members of which
are Mr.. Hartman, Mr.. Ryan, Mr. Morgan, Mr.;
Rockefeller and Mr.. Rogers. They want those
policies put down just as they can be. They
are rejoicing because Mr. Roosevelt is to retire from
office on the 4th of next March.
Yet these same men of the system now declare
that the nomination of Mr. Taft for president is
perfectly satisfactory to them and that so far as
they are concerned better choice could not have
been made.
Why does the system want Taft? Has he given
the word that the system will be immune from
punishment for misdeeds if he wins the election?
It would seem that the system would want such All
assurance before putting it's O. K on candidate
and opening it's strong box besides to assist him in
his campaign.
If MIR. Taft is going to be for Mr.. Roosevelt he is
going to be against the system If he is going to
be for the system he is going to be against Mr.
Roosevelt.
Some one is going to be bunkoed. Who is it 60
ing to be? Mr. Roosevelt or the system?
The concensus of opinion is that it is going to be
Mr.. Roosevelt. Buffalo IN. " Times.
Secretary Taft and his Wall street party have had
a hard time to find a campaign manager Stock
jobbers and bond manipulators who might properly
handle the deal are of necessity barred on account
of the looks of things, and no others seem to want
the job. Secretary Loeb refused to accept the
Craftsmanship of the national committee and his re-
marks would make it appear that things do not
look at all good to him. With the republican party
responsible for the recent financial furry-with
thousands of men out of work-with all industrial
enterprises curtailing expenses and with shortage
of $144, 000 900 for the fiscal year in the United
States treasury-no wonder Taft is having hard
time getting campaign manager. An enterpris-
ing man with good gloom cure might do land
office business at republican headquarters.
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AS the republicans frame the situation somebody
is to be fooled nightly. Who is it keliest to be-
Rockefeller and company who will provide the
snews of war, or the masses of the people, who
are expected to provide the votes? That is the sum
of it, whichever way we take it or consider it.
We are promised change of policies. Of which
policies policies of the republican president or
the policies of the republican congress? The re-
publican party can not be true to the one without
repudiating the other. It can not at one and the
same time keep step with Roosevelt, the radical,
and Cannon, the standpatter; with tariff reform
and the gospel of protecton with the trusts of the
east and the farmers of the west; with the people
and the system. In one word, republicanism for
all it's arts and resources can not serve both God
and Mammon. Henry Watterson.
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The democratic convention which assembled in
Denver on July was the 22nd national gathering
of the representatives of that party. The first of
these was held on May IL, 1882, in Baltimore, and
adopted two rules which have guided the actions of
all subsequent conventions; one provided that the
delegates, when so instructed should cast the votes
of their states unit and the other that no can
didate should be nominated without two-thirds
majority. jackson was nominated for president
and Van Buren for vice president. They were
elected. The second convention met on May 25,
1886, at Baltimore, and nominated Van Buren for
president and Richard M Johnson for vice presi-
dent. The third convention, held on May s. 1910,
in Baltimore renominated Van Buren, but named
candidate for vice president, leaving that to the
several states. 1t also put forward the first COM
plete platform ever adopted by the party. Parts
of the platform were incorporated into the deliver
ance of every democratic national convention prior
to the civil war; and it's leading ideas have reap
peared in many Of the party platforms of the last
40 years.
Reports from Olympia are to the effect that Sec
retary of State S. H. Nichols has resorted to the
tricks of the low politician and attempted to secure
for himself and few of his personal friends the
advantage of having their names placed at the
head of the urinary alactiOn tickot