The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-08-27
FORAKER IS NOT
LOSING SLEEP
Matter of Indifference Whether
or Not He Is Endorsed by
Republican Convention.
FIRE ALARM A PHILOSOPHER
OPPOSED ROOSEVELT WHEN HE
WAS WRONG.

| today, in an interview discussed the DO
htical situation in Ohio, devoting con-
siderable attention TO the probable action
Of the approaching Republican conven-
ton in that state with respect to those
of the congressional delegation who had
differed from the president in some mat
ter of legislation. He said:
| II am sorry to learn that the Repub-
| llcans of Ohio are having some sharp con-
! troversies but the subjects of differ
/ cannot think, therefore. that there is
| likely to be any serious injury done to the
party. whatever may happen TO indi-
yiduals.
so far as endorsing me is concerned.
that is not important 90 anybody except
myself, and / shall try to accept with
| equanimity whatever may be the action
| of the convention.
Justifics His Course.
1T is true I opposed the presidents
policy as embodied in the Hepburn bill,
but not, as is commonly stated in the
newspapers because l was opposed to
governmental reign and supervision of
railroads, for the record will show that
L have done as much in that behalf as
any other Ohio man in congress, but be-
cause l thought the Hepburn bill I'M
wise. unjust and unconstitutional
My contention was that, under the
existing law, which / helped enact hav-
ing been a member of the subcommittee
that framed it, especially if amended as
it should be, every serious wrong of
every kind practiced by the railways can
be remedied and that all evil practices
can be broken UP as nearly as any law
will enable us TO break them up
Cites Recent Suits.
Everything L said in that respect has
been already fully justified and vindi-
Gated by the many successes the attorney
general has met with in the Numerous
| prosecutions he has instituted during the
| last nine months. until which time-long
after the debate commenced-no one
! seemed TO realiZe-not even the govern
ment's own officials-the excellence of the
/ laws we already had.
Existing laws have been found as
cording to the judgments rendered in
( these proceedings, to apply to every kind
/ OF rebate or discrimination between indi-
viduals or localities, no matter under
what name, form or guise practiced that
anybody has yet complained about.
! When somebody finds some evil prac-
! tice that existing laws do not forbid and
/ provide an expeditions remedy against
and heavy punishment for. may change
my mind as to the correctness of nv ac-
| tomas to whether it was wise or not
but not until then.
Matter Of Statehood.
This is a great subject. full of trouble
some questions both OF law and of policy
that cannot be properly discussed in an
interview. Excepting the rate bill, sup
ported the president as to every other
measure he urged upon congress except
Mexico. I opposed that except on condi-
ton that they should be allowed to de-
termine by vote in each territory
whether they wanted joint statehood I
think the great majority Of the people
were opposed to the idea of the president
| forcing joint statehood upon these terri
tories against the protest
But, however this may be as TO my
/ self, shall not make any request of the
convention nor any complaint as to its
action, whatever that may be, but 1 can
1 est
that If the convention should try to con-
| form to the rules prescribed by Mr.. Bur
ton of endorsing less cordially than the
| president those who may have differed
| from the president as 20 some matter-no
matter how honestly-it would have some
hard problems to solve"
Some Shining Examples.
For instance. if Senator Dick is to be
Endorsed less cordially than the presi-
dent because he did not agree with the
what is the convention to do about Cen
eral Keifer and the six other distin-
guished, Ohio members Of congress, who
Joined with that sturdy old veteran in OPP
posing and voting against the president
as to that measure-one Of them, Mr. Ne
win, who represents the district in which
the convention will be held? Are they
also to be partially rebuked' by indorsing
them less cordially than the president
and their colleagues who voted with the
president? And how about Mr.. Burton
himself? Would he not be hoist by his
own petard? Does he not now and then
kick over the traces and differ from the
president and from his party? Is ne to be
Endorsed less cordially than the presi-
dent because he has opposed the presi-
dents policy on increasing the navy? Is
not the navy, so to speak. the apple of
the presidents eye-the biggest of his big
sticks-and are not the people with the
president as TO his naval policy by an
overwhelming majority?
Case of the Panama Canal.
Take another case, the president and
Secretary Taft made known to congress
at the last session that unless we restrict
ed them to America they would go abroad
to purchase supplies and materials 10 be
used in the construction of the Panama
canal when they could buy them cheaper
chase. and. as they were to be used in
Panama and not brought into the United
States, saving the tariff duty beside |
think I may safely say that with a great
majority Of the American people this
proposition was not popular. To Repub-
licans generally. II certainly seemed incon-
sistent with all we have been contendiny
for with respect to protective tariff
Congress Thought Otherwise.
1.-The idea of constructing the most ma
jestic work in progress in all the world
the greatest ever undertaken by any ma
ton, a purely American enterprise to be
built by Americans and paid for by Amer
lean money and going abroad TO buy ma
terials and supplies. thus giving patron
age to foreign manufacturers and giving
employment to foreign labor. instead of
buying in America, from Americans and
giving all these advantages to our own
people, seemed so unpatriotic and under
the circumstances so indefensible that
congress adopted resolution prohibiting
Il Nexcept in cases, II there should be any
such. where the president might deem il
necessary TO escape extortion In this
country. In the senate 4 received The
support of every Republican In the
house it was supported by the vote of
every Ohio Republican except the vote of