Show A RULE TO BE BROKEN About once on a quarter sometimes oftener the president has declared that he will not tolerate te the tIe pernicious ac activity activity activity of or officeholders holders in poll poli politics tics ties Loftily virthous lous as to the per performance performance of or public duties by govern sovern government ment officials he lib has haa laid great g eat stress on his hi determination to keep f tho the pub public public lic lie service free tree of the odium which at attaches attaches attaches to t the neglect of work for tor the promotion of and party political fortunes f So much for the presidents nominal attitude toward Iho control of politics by hy officeholder in federal employ The real policy of the administration th however is demonstrated dem by the tho pro proceedings Proceedings of or the Florida Republicans In Inthe Inthe inthe the state convention on Thursday When the tI e delegates assembled it was found that thi tha had ar arranged arranged arranged ranged a the indorsement of Taft TaU with the result tha tho th opposition sWon split the convention and two sessions ms were held beld in hi the same sam s e hall ball with frequent Intermissions nf for such stich lights fights fi as were needed to settle indi individual IndivIdual vidual differences of opinion g When Wien the proceedings were ere over J l t was found that th t tha thu officeholders had chosen as is d a collector of in internal Internal revenue a receiver of the Unit United ed States land office and a collector of customs Now if there were any rea real intention to enforce the presidents oft repeated rule those delegates who hold lold office would be b invited to retire to private prIvate private vate life at once but there ther is no more likelihood of such a n penalty than there is of enforcing that rufo I in fn Utah What the president wants nt is I it Taft ra delegates in the national convention n and the tha federal officeholder who ho can ClIft deliver the goods g is doing more mote to perpetuate his hold on the job than if I he were at attending attending attending tending to government business as us he would fo to fo his own affairs There been a c day since Roose Reese first enunciation of the rule for officeholders that the federal bunch in Utah have paid any to It oit od the contrary machine politics has been their chief business in lire life with government affairs as s an incidental re recreation recreation recreation creation to be bo taken up when nothing else attracted attra ted them Nor Is there anything surprising about this Callister and Spry and Booth and their allies know just how much of the presidents talk is for public consumption and how much of It is pure buncombe and they govern themselves accordingly They hold of office lice fice because e have devoted them themselves themselves selves to ng and anti convention manipulation and their tenure in office implies a Taft delegation as well as al a continued control of the u c Republican party part in Utah If they spent all their working hours in attending to govern government government ment moot business bu they might lose control of the party organization and thero there might be an dele dole delegation delegation gation in the tue national convention In such an event the thc government might ave save money in Its offices but the federal bunch would soon be Journeying back to the alfalfa fields to t which their natural abilities call cull them |