The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1912-06-07

The crisis in one of the stranges
most inexplicable muddles in whic
national politics has ever been engul
ed is fast approaching. By the en-
of the week the last two states wi
have registered their august will
and will both be claimed by the OF
posing factions. The convention wi
be fitting climax to such a cam
paign.
In the history of the country neve
has such mendacious attack beer
made upon president of thes,
United States. Mr.. Roosevelt foul
years ago certified VIM Howard Tai,
to be pre-eminently fitted to occup,
the high Office of the executive of the
country. Mr.. Taft is the same man
today as then, yet Col. Roosevelt,
is today raging up and down the land
denouncing him in the most malig-
nant manner possible. Why?
The money interests of the country
say Col. Roosevelt is a man danger
out to an extreme-and yet are the
very ones putting up the immense
sum necessary to conduct such far
reaching campaign. Why?
Ormsby McHarg of the Harvester
trust affiliations said in the IN. Y.
Herald on Nov. 7, 1910, my Repub
hcanism is of the kind that is bred in
the bone but l cannot vote for Theo-
dore Roosevelt. Although he pro-
tesses to be the leader of the Repub-
hcan party, he is not Republican,
according to my idea of one. He is.
doing everything in his power to un-
dermine President Taft, and is work.
ing all the time for the nomination for
president in 1872 He is the most
dangerous figure in public life in
America, and if he should be elected
president we would have hard work to
get him out of the White House
again. | believe the time to vote
against him is next Tuesday. and that
1t what l propose to do" Mr.. Nc
Harg has now decided that the only
man of supreme greatness is Theo-
dore Roosevelt and that he should be
accorded an honor denied to Grant.
Astute politicians of this slippery
kind that were formerly bitter oppo-
nents OF Roosevelt are now his firm
est adherents. Why?
Mr.. Taft's appointment of Wicker
sham appears to have been unfortu-
nate; his tariff policy has failed to
please generally. although he in the
main has only followed the Roose
'eit policy;he has made many mis-
axes; but he has nevertheless made
good record, handicapped as he was
~ seven years of Rooseveltian per- Ii
'erseness and folly.
1t is conceded the primaries have I
lot given correct answer to the
question. AS the Lewiston Tribune
avs:
1T may be taken for granted that +
he Roosevelt vote in all-these primar- t
IS represents a very large proper p
on OF the entire Roosevelt strength. c
ut Mr.. Taft is quite unable to bring
ut an equally large proportion of
lie anti-Roosevelt vote. A patient b
onest, faithful president, he does not
'peal to popular imagination. He
'rs nobody's enthusiasm. He is in. 4,
pable of coping with shrewd, re- IL
urceful, interruptions opponent like e,
r. Roosevelt. Even when he at
ks Mr.. Roosevelt he does it clumsi-
and apologetically A president D,
the United States who compares of
nself to a man of straw or tn
'nered rat is not likely to prove
lvincing figure on the stump. The
ult is that the great mass of Re- fin
'iicans who are not for Roosevelt I'll
are not especially enthusia site Sn
ut Taft do not take the trouble to ga
. at ALL" So,
is a perplexing muddle and when to
clarifying current of Time sweeps
ugh the eddies and counter-eddies
the dirt of deceit settles, many of me
'ill probably have learned a good at