The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1906-11-01
THE TAFT
MEETING
Reported by an Independ-
ent Republican Paper.
tohio snn--1nd Rep0


nounesd at Cleveland Saturday
night, in the first three speeches
he made in Ohio, William Howard
Taft, secretary of war, did not
discuss state issues in his speecf
in Hooking countY's capital
Monday, the home city of the
Democratic candidate for congress-
Judge o. w. Wright, But he did
advise his auditors to vote for the
Republican state ticket. He did
say that they should cast their
ballots for the ticket headed by
Colonel Carmi A. Thompson.
This utterance is suggestive and
highly important, There has been
jubilation in the party of the OPP
position and that section of the
Republican press arrayed against
the state ticket that Secretary of
War Taft, the man who success
fully inveighed against "bossism"
at Akron last year, did not say
one word at Cleveland in favor of
the Republican candidate, named
at the Dayton convention, where
Senators Foraker and Dick were
in control and where he was utterly
ignored in the resolutions of in
dorsement.
What Mr., Taft said on this
point was as follows:
~ am here because l am citizen
of Ohio, member of the Repub-
liean party and member of the
cabinet of President Roosevelt,
and it seemed to me my duty in
these three oapac tiles to come here
and lend what little aid 1 might
to unite the Republicans of Ohio
in eleeting the state Republican
ticket and the congressional tick ct,
that there might be congress
with Republican majority to up
hold the hsnds of Theodare Roose-
velt.''
The secretary of war did not go
further and ask the audience to
vote for county candidates. With
matters that are purely local he
has nothing whatever to do and
nothing to say. In this attitude
he is only followi ng the course
taken last year when, at Akron,
he said that if he were in Hamil-
ton county he would vote against
George B. Cox and what he stood
for.
Why he thinks it unwise to
make an appeal for the election of
purely county officers was ex-
planned in these words:
"It would be an impropriety for
me, with the close relation that
bear to the Republican national
administration, to go into local is
sues and local controversies which
might peoject those controversies
and issues into a national cam
paign like this and endanger the
election, of a Republican candidate
for the house of representatives,.
In the Eleventh district, more
perhaps than in any other con-
gressional division of Ohio, there
are faotional troubles, jealousies
and embitterments. The presump |
tion is that Secretary Taft was in
structed upon this point, and was
careful to draw the line in his ap-
peal for Republican victory in
November.
With these exceptions, which |
were preface to his speech, Sec
retary Taft talked on national is-
sues exclusively and followed prac-
tically the same lines of argument
ss in his Cleveland address. His
appeal upon behalf of Albert
Douglas was particularly vehement
and pointed. With such an APP
peal he opened and closed speech
that lasted for 40 minutes.
Congressman Theodore Burton
- Cleveland, who preceded Mr..
spoke for an hour and was
Sd to with the closest at
&c was not an enthuias'
70, not an assemblage of
Who were in sympathy |
Ythe cause. Here and there
ugh the crowd were followers
Douglas who led the hand clap
ing and who occasionally broke
forth into q cheer. But for ali
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