The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-12-29
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It's lucky that the holidays have
come for the buzzing bees have been
buzzing so hard that there might
have been danger that they would
have buzzed themselves to death in
publican fold it is doubtful of any
of the leaders seriously question but
that President Taft will be renomin-
ated, but the La Toilette candidacy
is being pushed with all the vigor
that an energetic camp of enthusiasts
can put behind it. Despite the pro-
testations of Colonel Roosevelt and
his friends, the demand for the ex-
president will not down. The move
ment in Nebraska to put his name
on the primary ballot may require
some energetic efforts on the part
of Mr.. Roosevelt to check the attempt
to run him for the presidency against
his wishes, since the same perform
ance may be duplicated in other
states where the presidential pref
erence plan is in vogue. The init
mates of President Taft meet all
these movements with the declara-
ton that it is the usual proconven.
ton fashion,, and that it is only Z
history to go after the party leader
in power and stir up all the opposi-
ton possible prior to the time when
the real work of choosing delegates
comes around. The Democratic sit
uation has been shifting with the
compass for many months, but the
Champ Clark people claim that most
of the breeze has been in their di-
rection; and certainly they are quite
right in this, but Wilson and Har-
mon have both been quite as much
in the foreground at different stages
of the game as the genial speaker.
The astute mes have their lids
cooked askance towards the prairies
of Nebraska, and there are others
ready to faint when asked about
Hearst. Matters are reasonably we'll
defined in the Republican party, but
guessing on heads and tails with the
coin flying high in the air Is easy,
as compared with what is going to
turn up when the spotlight falls on
heads and tails of Democratic pres
idential candidates. The coin has
only two ways to turn, while in the
other instance things may flop any
n of a half a dozen ways without
Earring the wise old guessers about
Capitol Hill very much.
Some people charge that the Sen
ate Is slow, but this is not always.
The regular congressional pay day
falls on January 1st, but there were
a lot of congressman who had de-
ferred engagements with Santa Claus
and they took some of the senators
into their confidence. In Just sixty
seconds the august Senate advanced
pay day for the suffering represen-
tatives ten days of thereabouts.
For a few days it looked doubtful
whether the resport of the tariff
board on the wool industry would be
given to the country, owing to the
opposition in the house of represen-
tatives to placing it in print-the
reason being assigned that it was
too long and dry for popular con
sumption. However publicity finally
won out, and the country will be
able to study the wool question in
all it's phases by securing a copy of
the report.
Senator Kenyon of Iowa, has intro
duced a bill to begin the practice of
Democratic economy in the capitol
itself, and his Measure would abol-
ish the barber shops and bath rooms
maintained by the Senate out of the
public treasury. Mr.. Kenyon has
discord that these senatorial lux
uries are costing about $4,000 to
$4,000 a year, and he says there
is no nor reason why the govern
ment should pay for the baths and
shaves of its senators than for their
meals.
The retirement of Vice President
Sherman at the expiration of his
present term is one of the political
predictions of the past few days, that
seems to have been generally ac-
cepted.
The tariff boards report on the
wool industry is in. The tariff
board will Immediately go on trial for
it's life, and unless its work meets
with the Overwhelming approval Of
the country, the Democratic MAORI
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