The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-09-22
THE PRESIDENT AND HIS FOES
Progressives Fighting Him for Re.
nomination and Democratic
Forces Active
Administration Forces Lack Organi-
zatiOn

Washington, d. c., Sept. 18.-AS
President Taft travels west on his
tour of the country. he is likely to
encounter condition within the
ranks of his own party quite differ
ent from that which his prede-
cessors of the presidency have found
while making their pilgrimages
among the people in the year pre-
ceding the denomination period. Mr..
Taft will find the Democrats, though
divided as to their candidate for the
next year, nevertheless confident Of
a 1912 victory and ready to. enlist
under the leadership of any standard
bearer who may be selected. 1t is
within his own party that the real
danger of Republican success lies,
and handful of western states are
furnishing most of the trouble. TAX
ing advantage of the reciprocity stu
alton, there has been sent out from
the headquarters of the progressive
Republican league in Washington
great quantities of Senator La Fol-
lette's speech entitled "Sham Recip-
rocity." The league is using every
effort to discredit the Taft admins
tration with the farmers, and in
declaration from their headquarters,
it is declared.
"In the recent session of congress.
the progressive Republicans fought.
with their backs to the wall, to get
simple justice for the 35,000,000
people engaged in and dependent up
on agriculture. They used every leg
itimate weapon to prevent the sacri-
flee of the agricultural interests for
the benefit of the railroads, the beef
trust, the coal trust, the -four trust
and all the overprotected manufact-
urers and trusts" ''1s h''..' f'l''
The progressive Republicans de-
clare that they have united to make
a campaign for the control of the
1912 national convention" They
are sending out quantities of liter
ature to the farmers and are inviting
replies as to conditions in different
localities. Their statement is that
they wish to know "the sentiment of
the people, especially the farmers,
toward Senator La Toilette"
The activity of the La Toilette
opposition outside of Wisconsin,
which is conceded to it's "favorite
son." has been emphasized in Mime
sofa during the past week, where a
big boom was launched for the Wis
consin senator, and in this affair
Congressman Lenroot, who is regard
ed as Mr.. La Follette's closest conf
dent, made an attack upon President
Taft. About the same time the can
didacy of Congressman Norris 70:
senator of Nebraska was launched. !
and it was given out fat-footed that
an attempt woula be made to defeat
the election of Taft delegation I
from the state of Nebraska
In the meantime President Taft
has started for his trip to the Pacific
coast and en- route he will defend the
policies of his administration and
tell the people why reciprocity, which
has been promised them since the
days of Blaine and Mckinley, will
prove beneficial to the country, and
he will attempt to demonstrate that
this is not sham reciprocity" that
he has secured for the United States.
He will maintain and try to prove
that the legislation will be beneficial
to the farmers and that the real OPP
position to 1t comes from selfish
interests who have
had their only hope in the movement
Of the insurgents. More than that,
the President proposes to defend his
famous vetoes upon the wool bill and
the so-called farmers free list meas
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