Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-01
DICK ON OHIO POLITICS
TALKS AFTER a CONFERENCE
WITH PRESIDENT YESTERDAY.

AS reported in The Star yesterday, Sena-
tor Dick of Ohio and Elmer Dover. secre-
tary of the republican national comsuittee'
made joint pilgrimage to Sycamore Hill
and discussed with President Roosevelt
for two hours the political situation In
Ohio.
Aside from the advantages of the discus
sion the simple fact that Senator Dick was
a guest at Sycamore Hill. and came away
bearing the Presidents expressions of en-
~thusiastic desire for harmony and success
in the coming congressional campaign. Is
regarded as a political occurrence which
will have decided weight in the republican
situation in Ohio
1t has been said in Ohio that Senators
Foraker and Dick did not stand for the
Roosevelt administration, and this report
babe fair to cause at least a degree of trou-
bic. 1t has now been mailed to the mast,
IL these words from Senator Dick have
meaning:
1T is safe to make one prediction. that
President Roosevelts administration and
the work of Congress will receive sincere
and enthusiastic Endorsement in the Ohio
republican platform"
Interested in Congress Fight.
Senator Dick has for many years made
the first draft of the state platform, and
this was one of the principal topics of his
discussion with the President yesterday. As
indicating the part President Roosevelt
took in the conference. Senator Dick said:
The President is very greatly interested
In the result of the Congress election and
he has not hesitated to say so. He feels that
he has inaugurated policies which he Is
hopeful of concluding successfully, and that
this can only be accomplished with the help
or republican majority In the Sixtieth
Congress The President Is ready to do
anything he can to bring about republic
can victory in the coming campaign.
That does not mean that he is going to
take the stump. 1t does not mean that he
intends to mingle or take part in local
conferences to any extent But he will have
keen interest in the result and aid In every
way he can"
"Stand Pat' Declaration.
Besides the strong Endorsement of the
President. with which the Ohio platform
is to be featured. there is to be stand
pat declaration regarding the tariff. Gen.
Dick expressed himself freely on this point,
saying:
1T would be practically impossible for
the Sixtieth Congress to revise the tariff;
besides 1t would be decidedly bad political
sense. There has never been an exception
to the occurrence that when a political
party in control of Congress undertook to
revise the tariff two years preceding ma
tional election 1t failed to elect its candi-
The republican party will go before the
people pointing to its record with pride.
The republican party of Ohio stands now
as always, for the protection of the Ameri-
can workingman. The present tariff law
known as the Dingley law. has produced in
this country unparalleled prosperity.
We must at the proper time, however
recognize and deal with the sentiment
which demands a revision of certain sched-
ules. The republican policy has always
been and the expressions of the leading
advocates of the protective tariff idea, in
GLIDING Mckinley, its greatest champion
have been for prudent revision, when need
ed, OF such tariff schedules as shall on
account of changing conditions. sooner or
later, need to beb changed"
President Gives 81 to Campaign Fund
President Roosevelt has contributed 81 to
the republican. national congressional COM
mittee's campaign fund Chairman Sherman
of the congressional committee made public
in New York yesterday the Presidents letter
inclosing his contribution to the fund. The
letter follows:
Oyster Bay. n. Y, July 25 1906 Dear
MIR. Sherman:-1 have your letter of the
24th instant and Enclosures. l send my dol
lar. think 1t an admirable plan, and l
congratulate you upon the success that bids
fair to attend the movement. Sincerely
yours, Theodore Roosevelt.
The contribution was sent In response to
general appeal for 81 contributions