The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-03-15
FORAKER
Issues a Statement Deal
ing with Political
Affairs in Ohio.
Accepts Challenge to a Con
test.
Accepts Challenge to a Con.

Foraker today took recognition OF a
statement coming from
Ohio. He denied vigorously and EN-
phatically that in the presentation
to the Senate OF General Dicks Gre
dentials as Senator he had acted
with undue haste or without the
bounds of strict decorum. He also,
and with much spirit, accepted the
challenge to a possible contest over
his own selection as one of the dele
gates-at-large to the National Con-
vention, and of his friends as district
delegates. Senator Foraker issued
statement in which he says:
$50 far as the presentation to the
Senate of General Dicks credentials
is concerned that was simply in the
regular order, and in accordance
with precedent. When the creden-
tials are received the presiding OFF,
Ger always delivers them at once to
the proper Senator to present them,
with the request that he will pre-
sent them so that they may be placed
in the custody of the Secretary of
the Senate, and he be relieved of the
responsibilities of
| PERSONAL CUSTODY
81 presented Senator Hanna's Gre
dentials at the request of Senator
| Frye, and also in the same way pre-
sented Senator Dicks credentials.
1t Is considered not only duty so to
present them, but also an act OF
courtesy, and l am sure Senator
Dicks criticism, if he has made any
such as the newspaper report, is due
to the fact that he was not aware oi
the custom and precedents to which
have referred.
"As to the postoffice appointments
there is nothing to be said in addi-
tion to what has already been stated
Mr.. Sullivan was investigated and
reported on adversely without ny
having anything whatever to do will
it. Except only from him had nevel
heard a word on the subject until
was shown the report of the inspec
tor who had charge of his case, rec
ommending that he be removed ol
the ground heretofore given. His re
moval followed as matter of cours
and foi that reason. In other words
it was not based on his action in issu
Ing the call for the district convention
in the Fourth district, although, as
have heretofore said, any man capa
BILE of issuing such a call as that, b
which several thousand Republican
: were deliberately disfranchised
ought to be removed, and / shoul
have asked his removal on tha
Iground If ii had been necessary.
: protest against the outrage on Sci
ator Hanna's memory involved
the charge that he would have rt
sented the removal of a man VIII
, had given
SUCH CAUSE THEREFOR.
"As to the appointments at Linn
and Napoleon, they should have bee
5 made more than a year ago, an
} would have been made then exceI
| only for the fact that Senator Hal
o ma was a candidate for reelection
t and by common consent these change
: along with others, were postpone
[ until his reelection was out of tn
: way.
: "The appointments would hay
e been made in December last, befol
o the holidays, except only for his il
a ness, on account of which they wei
: again delayed. When he died the
= were further delayed, awaiting tt
f arrival here of Senator Dick.
Senator Dick knew that they we
e being delayed on that account. F
l. nally 1t was announced that he hs
d intended to delay coming to Was
I ington, as he has done, and that
e lid not intend to take his seat in Il
IS Senate until some time still later, f
the reason that he wanted TO rema
in the House to close up some ma
tiers of which he there had charg
Along with this information can
J. many letters to the effect that Sen
J. tor Dick was employing his time
i Ohio giving personal direction to p
! litical contests in which he was We
!, much concerned. Under such ci
2 cumstances there did not seem to
any necessity further to delay Il
d public business, especially that whiC
/ should have been done many mont
= ago. and would have been done, e
e cept only for the considerable
r. shown by the President, and SHOW
Y. by myself,