Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-21
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SCATTERING of a Republican Idol.

SCATTERING of a Republican Idol.
With the falling out of republican
bosses in Ohio, the people not only of
that state, but of the United States,
are apparently eventually to get their
dues. The big guns in the state
from which have emanated the powers
that have ruled the country, politic-
ally. are beginning to tell tales on
each other. and the outcome, while
| not surprising, is altogether refresh
ing. The initiative in the Hanna
administration movement to put For
aker out of the business, politically
as well as otherwise, appears in the
Chicago Times-Herald IN an article
under flashing headlines, in which
Foraker is attacked on the ground of
having jammed through the Ohio
legislature a prototype of the Allen
law IN this state. after popular pro-
test had secured to all appearances
the defeat of the measure. In the
same connection the Hanna rival boss
is spoken of as Foraker as traitor
and boss lobbyist as an ''Ohio
attorney who used his power to.
fatten his private purse. The at
tack, which goes into details of how
the senior senator has abused his
political influence, appears under
Cincinnati date. and the question
is significantly and pointediy asked, re-
ferring to FOraker's alleged suddenly
acquired wealth. where did he get
it?i' In answer Foraker is accused of
all sorts of bad business. of having
his hand in every job. and where there
was not a job, of making one" Greed
and audacity are pictured as haviHg
flowers in the garden of Foraker 5
personality. 1T is" says the Times
Herald authority, "a greed born of
gluttonous appetite suddenly con-
fronted with profusiOn; an audacity
that is born of a marriage between
truculent greed and boundless vanity.
These are the qualities which have
made the Foraker of 1899, the Fora
ler Cincinnati and Ohio people are
coming to know, the Foraker whose
thoughts run in this channel: Il am
Foraker. |, Foraker, can do no wrong
at least nobody dares accuse me.
And if perchance l be accused, my
name, my fame and my awful pres
ence will cow my accuser in the dust
and reassure the world. -
goes on to say: This transition from
the Governor Foraker of 1889 to the
Senator Foraker of 1899 reminds one
of the fable of the youth who climbed
high mountain, outstripping all his
fellows, he alone the one to reach the
top. Breathing deeply, his eyes shine
and his nerves Jingle with the delight
of achievement. He feels himself
Sc, .
Muscle. nerve, and skill to use them
have been developed in the upward
climb. Away off yOnder is a still
higher mountain. The sun shines
there more brightly than here and
summit, where rewards are richer,
must be attained. Forthwith the
impetuous youth rushes on, not stop
ping to see that the true roadway to
his second goal is in another direction,
and that the path he follows dips down
ward and leads toward swamp.
j. Il. Foraker found himself, at the
end of his term for governor, a man
of national fame in politics and with
undoubted personal popularity and a
perfect political machine at his back.
He dreamed of the United States SEN
ate, and even of the presidency. Like
the boy in the fable, he set forward to
attain his aims without either care or
Judgment to choose the road. The
Foraker of today is not a power
among the good people of Ohio He
was elected senator three years ago
rs the result of a series of bargains
extending over period of years.
There is not one chance in hundred
that he will be reelected when his
term expires.