Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-12-29
FORAKER
Trusts Not Gen. Dick.
Wants New Head For the
State Machine.
Dick May Not Want to
Surrender
sss
His Advantage of Controlling
Organization.
Lively Fight Promised For Next
Year.

It can be set right down here that
unless there is more convincing proof
of his loyalty than has yet been forth
coming, Senator Foraker will not per-
NIT Gen. Charles Dick to manage the
Republican campaign in Ohio next
fail.
ut is believed by many of Foraker's S
friends that Dick is secretly urging the
Anti-Saloon league to put up legisla.
tive tickets in the counties where they
are the strongest for the purpose of
opposing Foraker's reelection within
his own party. 1t is for this reason
that Senator Foraker has decided to
insist IL, on the Endorsement of the
state convention because he wants to
commit the party as a whole to his re-
election.
1t will be recalled that whenever
Dick has been asked if there would be
any objection to Foraker's indorse-
ment, he has answered.: HE can
ho,-. +ho ;,,1o,eo,,on+ ;e ,,o ,ro rts IL >,
and then having said this Gen. Dick
has gone into q dissertation about pre-
cedent and about such Endorsements
not being in accord with the spirit Of
the constitution which provides that
United States Senator's shall be elected
by the Legislatures.
But Mr.. Foraker will ask for an in
dorsement and Gen. Dick does not care
openly oppose 1t. However, If repre-
sentatives here are to be believed, Dick
still hopes that the fight of the Anti
Saloon league will cause such tangle
that Senator Foraker's election will
be jeopardized. And in that event,
he would not mind posing as the Moses
who led the party out of the wilder
ness. If not be, then Gen. Grosvenor
also known to be ambitious to wear
Foraker's toga might be the legatee.
Senator Forakers friends are alive
to the situation and for that reason
are keeping their weather eyes on
Dicks movements. 1t is not generally
known, but 1t is true, nevertheless,
that Gen. Dick is conducting a person
al political bureau in Washington on
even as elaborate a plan as he did
when he was secretary Of the Repub-
lican national Committee, says Wash
ington special to the Plain Dealer. He
has Jesse Weirick, Of Columbus, who
was cashier of the state committee
last fall, in charge Of the work and
his faithful DR.. Eissey is looking af-
ter things out in Ohio. The elaborate
expenditure of money cannot be ex-
planned by stating that the affairs of
the last campaign are being closed up
because that campaign is now mat
ter of history and books are balanced.
On the other hand, Dicks term as
chairman expired when the headquar-
ters in Columbus were closed and the
party now only recognizes the state
central committee, of which Senator L..
Patterson of Pike county, is chairman.
The truth is, Dick is perfecting his
organization and he is not doing it in
the interests of Senator Foraker nor
the party at .arge. He Is doing /, in
his own interests and the Foraker
Republicans know 1t.
So far as is known Senator Hanna
is not aiding Gen. Dick nor is he even
In sympathy with the secret move-
ment Foraker has stood too staunch-
I ly by him and the Administration Of
late years for Mr.. Hanna to wish him
retired. On the other hand It is whis-
pered that Senator Hanna does not
regard Gen. Dick with the same faith
erly love that he used TO.
In view Of this the reports tele-