The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-05-16


OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.
Battlecry: Talk Taft"
Columbus Ohio April 1s 1908
Dear Friend and Fellow Traveller The CONNER
ial Travellers of Ohio DESTROYS of furtherng the
candidacy of the Hon. VIM H. Taft of this state, for
president and they ask the cooperation of their fell
low travellers throughout the United States. Can
not interest you in the splendid of Taft Peace
and Prosperity" Our platform is follows:
BELIEVING it to be the sense of many of the CONNER
cia Travellers of our country that the policies OF the
present national administration should be continued
and further believing that no man is better qualified
than the Hon. w. H. Taft of Ohio to carry out those
policies and that his nomination and election
president will maintain the great prosperity of the
country and the confidence of the people, and cause
the business which we have enjoyed for the past
eight years to be enlarged and established on firm
foundation condition in every way of vital in
tereSt to commercial travellers.
Therefore, be it herewith known, that we,
mercial travellers, promise to exert best efforts
in behalf of the greatest of all peace and prosperity
makers, William H. Taft for the next president of
the United States.
1t is our hope that commercial travellers in 1908
will do what they did in 1885, exercise most potent
infuence in the election Of president Join in "a
Taft Club, organize Taft Club, and, above all,
Talk Taft! Let us hear from YOU
Fraternally yours
A. ]. Pray,
President Commercial Travellers Taft Club 1911
Brunson Building, Columbus, Ohio
Boise, Idaho May 10, 1908.
Mr.. A. ]. Pray Commercial Travellers Taft Club,
Columbus, Ohio. Dear Sir have your letter of
April 1st calling fellow traveller to fur
Their the candidacy of Hon. VIM. H. Taft for presi-
dent You give some reasons for this request, and
call me to comply because [ am commercial
traveller Your reasons are not at all good, and |
deny your authority to ask me to support Mr.. Taft
I hold that every commercial traveller has right to
his individual views regarding political questions, and
that it is in exceeding bad taste that commercial
travellers organization should undertake to speak
for travelling men.
You say that the nomination of Taft will main
tain the great prosperity of the country and the con-
fdence of the people, and the business which
have enjoyed for the past eight years to be en-
larged and established a firm foundation, condi-
ton in every way of vital interest to commercial
travellers"
1t strikes me that it requires supreme effrontery
to ask anyone to join in maintaining the prosperity
and confidence which we have There is a
paralysis of business in the midst of republican rule
The republicans cannot blame this on the democrats
they usually do all business set-backS The people
tons are exceedingly hard They have no confidence
in Mr. Taft. They do not know where he stands
any questions. He says he will support the policies
of Roosevelt So far as [ discover, he has not
any settled convictions anything excepting that
he wants to exploit the PHILIPPINES at the expense
of this country
You certainly are possessed of plenty assurance
when you ask commercial travellers to make
pagn to uphold present conditions and to appeal to
people by telling them their dinner pals are full
You certainly must know that the dinner pals
empty
If all commercial travellers like myself, they
will do all they can to turn the government over to
the democratic party under the leadership of Mr..
Bryan. He is honest sincere and abe, and will be
firm in his endeavor to put an end to the grating