Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-14
I TIE FIGHT TN OHIO
SENATOR FoRAKER'sasTATEMENT
ID
OF HIS POSITION
Says That He Has Had Nothing ID Do
9fs
With Starting Any Of the
Trouble

Senator Foraker has given out state
ment of his position Inst the Ohio fractional
contest. The senator's statement, in part.
is as follows: 81
Il had nothing to do with starting any
OF these troubles Every man who has
read what has appeared in the newspapers
knows that they were commenced immedi-
ately after the election. and that it was
announced even before the holidays that
was to be Inundated by being denied a
place on the delegation to the national con-
vention as punishment for general high
crimes and misdemeapors, against whom
not specified.
Threats of determination.
$50 far as the threats of determination
are concerned, they are not now made for
the first time They were openly and no.
toriously made before the appointments
were announced AS long ago as during
the inauguration week, when there was no
occasion that 1 know of for such instruc-
tons to be given. local leaders Of the or
ganization' in different parts of the state
were so instructed. as have been reliably
informed, to do just what Is now threaten
ed with respect to delegates to the state
and district conventions. There are very
few men. friends OF mine. holding posi-.
tons. so far as / know, even of the most
humble kind. in the service of the state.
There are not. therefore, very many per-
sons at whose expense reprisals can be
made. There are two or three. however
and these have all been notified, and were
notified before the appointments at Lima
and Napoleon were made. that they must
work with the organization or else lose
their places. This kind of arbitrary boss
ism coupled with such trickery as was
practiced In the fourth district call is un-
called for and offensive. and so far as | am
concerned will not be acquiesced in. but
will be resented and resisted.
Will Remain in Washington.
''It is not important to anybody whether
1 go to the national convention or not. but
I prefer that the republicans of Ohio shall
settle that question rather than that 1t
shall be settled by any individual or set of
individuals who may see fit to assume con-
troll of the party. | have no time to go
home and look after practical politics
while the Senate is in session. AS long as
l am a senator l expect to stay here and
attend to the duties of the office, but while
I cannot go home to look after such mat
ters, | shall insist, as we'll 1 may
be able to, that friends of mine have
much right to aspire to be delegates to the
national convention and to hold other posi-
tons of confidence and trust at the hands
of the party as anybody else
Il supposed when Senator Hanna died
there would be no longer any contention
over delegates, and announced to my
ton on the subject that 1 had no personal
interest in the personnel of the delegation.
l was very much surprised therefore, when
Gov. Herrick saw fit to announce that he
proposed to carry out the; so-called instruc-
tons of Senator Hanna.s last letter to him.
to see to 1t that delegates to the national
convention should be selected only from
their good friends, especially when he an
nounced that upon that basis it was our
duty to get together on broad lines
Will Mot "a T,J; fara,x
when harmony can be- had only upon
terms of abject submission it is not very
helpful 1t is not a question when that
kind of proposition is advanced what the
consequences may be-, for l. should consider
II my duty to resist such a program even
If knew that the result would be over
whelming defeat SUCH as band my friends
are threatened with.sWhile expect to re-
main here until the Senate adpourns not
neglecting in any degree my public. duties
on account OF Practical politics rtr fac
t1onal contests, yet IL do not expect to be
lndlfrerent in the slightest degree as to such
performances as the newspapers report
Senator Dicks Course.
Senator Dicks talk about waiting thirty
days out of respect to Senator Hanna's
memory before entering on the duties of his
new position is hardly consistent with the
fact that he did not wait thirty minutes
after his death before commencing his
campaign to secure the succession or with
the further fact that while he was remain-
ing away from here out of alleged resnect
to Senator Hanna's memory he was busily
occupied with the contests which the or
ganlzation. or the regular organization as
L observe 1t is now called, has been con-
Quoting throughout the state
nad hoped We might have entirely
friendly relations, and we can have and will
nave IL II he is disposed to be only half
trusted to us in common. This he knows
as well as anybody else. and all talk from
MN or his friends to the contrary is with
out iouhoatlon or excuse of any kind.'