The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1910-04-08

they the Cannons and drc strong
strange say that they
should have the instant upper hand of one the effect of whose whole
had been render him slow and weak and fatty dull
HOW Mr. ROOSEVELT WAS DECEIVED
Men have asked themselves Roosevelt
deceived in Mr. Taft Mr. Roosevelt good judge of
bad judge of Strong the soul of force hewent all way like
avalanche He distrusted those who opposed him. believed
those who agreed with him. OF all about Mr. Roosevelt Mr. Taft
who agreed with him. appealed to his confidence
Mr. Roosevelt fool himself. He would go about
thinking he searching for when fact and truth he
only looking OF all who abode the White House
Mr. Roosevelt asked advice while taking least OF tshs
prime weaknesse dwe in ignorance In craving advice he
but seeking and when he believed he wanted
an argument he simply hankered for applause
And he never knew it.
ought expected thing Mr. Taft would
effort every of his policies With every lookngga quality
line ne gave back each feature of sentiment Mr. Roose
e could himself in Mr. Taft and thought he'd discovered his
alter ego when he'd merely found his reflection
all natural enough Also quite natural that Mr.
Taft reflect Mr. Roosevelt when Mr. Roosevelt
half world away There limit goes with ookingglasses And
gratitude With them the picture Of what nearest will blot out
all the
Mr. Taft began his campaign while waiting be
nauguraed He had held office until office had to be
nature others ambition in him had become
petite He coand of disaster like the disaster
being private citizen imagine no fate moredlre than to earn
His inaugural three months away Mr. Taft Washing
guleess eeased pey conceted as any Little Red
Riding Hood TheAdches the Cahons the Ko9ts the nnoxe
and every other tongueong wdawed wolf OF Money were there
Ito hater him They wooed and they won him believing himself
sang chorus-Le Red Riding Hood Taft the Adricf
Cannon way, He ignored Mr. Roosevelt wouldn't listen wouldn't
There was wrath in the White House. but the wolves
happy Nothing plump tender had come their hungry
way the day of the three Cleveland bond isse day when
Belmont presdena as the protector OF the
country credit (Which though flea had been cop
mened e protector of what Newfoundland it nesedD Mon
leyCrmna Moneybegan to cheer up SAID Wolf drch we
years the fat about to begin And
SO Money got Little Red Riding Hood Taft and the only
one who might have protected him.
Mr. T4F19S YANITY.
There was mean vanity Mr. Tafts desertion OF Mr.
Roosevelt Vanyth vanity that contends and full brother to
1.-THE generous-n thing That form of vanity becomes
feaenv the sails that ship along wanting which hered
be no voyage at ALL vanity Caesar would have crossed no
Rucon Columbus would have discovered no America Napoleon
lwoud have begun not ended at Waterloo The Tafan vanit
lis more often dubbed however Of this heroic kind
lit was-and of that ceap variety which doesn't seek TO
Iclnb-snce as by an instinct cmbbut aims
lat distinction through the poor OF pulling others down
Moved of this vanity Mr. Taft following his election coudnt
too quickly quit the company OF Mr. Roosevelt II eou S
tile kind Wouldn't ader mghtqut the tall company OF an
Money too was there TO bekon and attend hhere take
him up into of politics and show him the kingdoms OF
l ffi I M & - Mr. Taft He knew nothing about it. whether
Ito make or to handle had behed its mysterious powers IN
their political assertion Money frightened while enthaed m
And HIS SUBMISSIHENESS TO MONEY.
Mr. Taft in his money ubmissiveness is by alone 1t
has the fault of every that Money could TOO eas 100
oen and command tmid soul fell back and the tnnd
world initiative lacking in originality and nluaEe was PioP
Ito follow his example once saw flock OF sheep hve tnIua 81
them drift up against little thread OF stream not SIX inches vide
he baked and punched into wooly cong
mot one would jump left them Siding along that sinh stream
unable TO cross as though they'd encountered the Missouri ana
las left them stalled nothing could not avoid the reecon
How like the way OF the world 81 =.
Mankind and Mr. Taft houd take closer nearer look at
Money Money always coward and commonly tool It's att
tde that the threatening bullying Dragging terrorist VINO WIN
either rule or ruin works by inspiring fear and IN ITS earcol
Turing resorts to every quack device It will gnash ITS Jaws a us
tail Spout fire and the face of quamg race AND yet an
that iavgnasfng and tal-sing and respouting are sha
Money apparent feroctes no more Pou to ioa l@l
face it than the respouting aE!ashng JaWrgasS pe
re DRAGON Of GRAND opera Attack it and what follows coup