The Washington herald., 1906-12-25


tor Foraker over the discharge Of the ne
gro troops close observers Of political
conditions incline TO the opinion that the
position the Ohioan has taken will add to
his strength in his own State. and that,
too. AT a tine when be is in need Of added
strength.
There are 1000 10 $1,000 negro voters in
Ohio, and the normal Republican majority
there is about $1,000. If man favored by
the President were 10 be- nominated by
the Republican national convention two
years hence, 10 Is thought to be at least
possible that the negroes might remain
away from the polls, and that some Il
them might even vote the Democratic
ticket, thus making a Democratic victory
in The State probable # the nominee
were Secretary Taft the apostasy Of the
negroes would be all the more likely. since
he has been so closely identified with
the President in the dismissal Of the col
ored soldiers
But If Senator Forakers supporters can
have their way. it VIII be the Senator
himself, and no friend Of President Roose-
welt, who viii be the Republican nominee.
or, at least, who viii receive Ohio's vote
in the national convention. At the pres
ent time Senator Foraker is more nearly
in control Of the State machine than any
one man has been in control Of it since the
death Of Senator Hanna. Senator Dick,
who WAS the nominal successor Of Senator
! Hanna as ruler Of the Republican organ
iZation, was practically eliminated az the
State convention last summer. Senator
/ Dick thinks there is an alliance between
/ himself and Senator Foraker. What
/ Senator Foraker thinks about Senator
Dick would not look well in print. He
/ toierates Senator Dick, and that IS all II
he could form "a combination with Repre-
sentative T. +. Burton. he would be glad
TO do it. Ohio politicians say. because in
that way he would achieve the double pur-
pose Of removing Burton as "a possible
Senatorial candidate, and Of putting Dick
completely out Of the game
Insurgents Not to BE sneered At.
While Senator Foraker now controls
the old Hanna machine, and the frag-
ments Of his own which he built up dur
ing the long period he was outside the
/ breastworks, and has Dick at his mercy.
and the negroes of the State calling him
/ blessed. he and his friends realize that
the insurgent movement in the State is
not 90 be sneered at. If Representative
/ Burton We're as magnetic as he is able
and Intellectual Orleans say. he would
have an excellent chance TO win in con-
test for Foraker's seat in the Senate At
the last State convention one-third of the
delegates stood with Burton against For
| aker and Dick. and ths, in an Organiza-
/ ton where discipline has heretofore been
almost perfect, created no end Of a stir.
/ The delegates composing that minority
realized that they were beaten. and IN
der ordinary circumstances would have
voted with the majority in order TO be
/ in a position 10 demand their share Of
the pie The fact that they took the
/ opposite course indicates that the insur-
/ gent movement has a substantial basis.
There has now appeared in Ohio pol
/ itics a new factor in the person Of Bob
/ Wolf, an individual with a career which
/ has been picturesque. to put il mildly.
Mr.. Wolf who is a shoe manufacture,
/ and, by the same token, in favor Of free
/ hides and a general revision Of the tariff.
is now urging Representative Burton to
run against Mr.. Foraker for Senator, and
! Secretary Taft 20 run against him for
/ President. In order to get his views be-
/ fore the people Mir. Wolf has purchased a
| newspaper the Ohio State Journal The
/ relations between him and Senator For
aker are strained 10 the breaking point.
partly because the Senator denounced him
| on the floor of the convention hall during
1 the last State gathering, and, because. too,
/ the machine made q vigorous opposition to
/ any suggestion Of tariff revision. and sue
| ceeded in keeping all reference TO that
| subject out of the platform.
WOIcs Emissary in Washington.
| Within the past few days "a lawyer
named Higgins who is VOLTS personal
and confidential adviser has been in
Washington. and has conferred with Pres
iGent Roosevelt, Secretary Taft. Repre-
sentative Burton. and James Rudolph
Garfield whom President Roosevelt has
decided on for Secretary Of the Interior.
and the holding up of whose confirmation
is said to be due TO the influence of the
Ohio Senators Both Mr.. Foraker and
Mr.. Dick deny this. however. Nobody
knows what Mr.. Higgins came here for.
but Ohioans infer that it had something
10 do with Mr.. VOLTS desire. not only To
prevent the reelection Of Mr.. Foraker 10
the Senate, but to put many holes in the
Foraker boom for President.
The Presidents attitude in the premises
has always been a matter for interested
comment. and now that there Is an open
quarrel between him and Senator Foraker.
interest is increased IL has been hinted
more than once that a protest from Rep
resentative Burton would have the effect
of causing the President to decline TO act
fav0rably on recommendations for Federal
appointments made TO him by Senator's
Foraker and Dick. That, perhaps IS the
reason why the two Senators have not
fled recommendations for the filing OF q
number Of ohio places. the present in
cumbents of which have gone far over
their time. At least three or four office
holders of more or less prominence are
being permitted 10 retain positions which
the Senator's desire to have filled by 9th
ers, simply because, apparently, the Sena-
tors do not know whether or not the
President would make the desired appoinr-
ments if they should suggest them. Since
however. they could prevent the confrma-
tion fof any Ohio nominations which ara
distastefu 10 them. il would seem that
honors are about even; and, anyway. II e
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