Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-05
SMALL HOPE.FOR TAFT
Politicians Say That Foraker
Will Snow Him Under.
ALL EYES ARE ON OHIO
National Committeeman Say 1t is
Going to Be a Hot Fight.
NO HOPE OF A COMPROMISE
Republican State Machine of Ohio
Now One of the Strongest in
the Country.
NO HOPE OF A COMPROMISE

NEW YORK, April 5.-A bunch of repub-
ucan national committeeman from other
states were in town yesterday. Some
OF them had been on to Washington and
Others were from the western country.
They are not talking for print under their
own names just at present, but they said
that every line of news concerning the sit
uatIon in Ohio was now eagerly sought.
They also said that Senator Nathan Bay
Scott of West Virginia, who has been OPP
posed to the election in December OF
Harry s New OF Indiana to be chairman
of the national committee, had withdrawn
his objections to Mr.. New and that others
who had been opposed to the retention Of
Mr. New were now convinced that he
should hold his place until the delegates to
the republican national convention, to be
held probably in June. 1908, select a new
national committee, when. according to
custom. the presidential candidate or that
convention will indicate his wishes as to
the chairman of the committee.
Some of the national committeeman had
had talks with Charles p. Taft. half
brother of Secretary Taft, and with Sena-
tor Foraker, with the hope OF getting I'M
foreground information as to the SITUATION
in Ohio. 1t was learned from these ma
tional committeeman that there Is now no
longer any hope of a compromise between
the Foraker forces and the Taft clans In
the Buckeye state
Senator Foraker will shortly consult
with Senator Dick chairman of the repub-
lfCan state committee, for the purpose OF
advising that the state committee De called
together forthwith and that the state COM
mittee issue call for primaries to be
held all over the state of Ohio on election
day next. November ;. At these primaries
the contest for control of the state con-
yention which is to be held next spring to
elect delegates at-large and district dele
gates will be settled. and ii VIII be deter
mined once for all if Senator Foraker Is
to have the delegates in the national con-
vention at his back as the candidate or the
state for President. or whether Secretafs
Taft is to have them In this connection
there seems to be but little doubt of Sena-
tor ForakerS easy success.
Strong Machine.
The present republican state machine of
Ohio is considered one of the most formid-
able in the country The Indiana machine
is next in point OF strength and compact
ness. The Ohio republican state organza-
ton as at present constituted is controlled
by Senator Foraker and Senator Dick, and
It represents the favors and obligations
of twenty years of republican patronage,
city state and national 1t is the cumu-
Latlye work of the careers OF Foraker. Nc
Kinley. Hanna and Dick and their lieu
tenants majors, captains. generals and
high privates. 1t was admitted by sew
era of the republican national committee
chinfsts do not attend the primaries In
Ohio any better than they do in New
York state or any other state where the
primary law Is In existence, and that the
primaries of the Buckeye state necessar-
ny from present Indications. are almost
sure to be carried by the friends of Senator
Foraker and Senator Dick and the Mckin-
ley and the Hanna element still represent
ed In the Ohio state organization
A Battle Royal.
OIL xolt
ing UP their sleeves in anticipation of fine
old shindig They haven't had good fight
In a number Of years. and 1t was remarked
last night that the average Ohio republican
is accustomed to razors and meat axes for
breakfast lunch and dinner. The contest,
though. Is perfectly well understood in the
state II Secretary Taft loses at the pri-
maries il means his defeat for the presiden-
tial nomination, for the reason that accord
ing to custom and traditions, republican
aspirant for the nomination. must receive
the support OF his own state In the national
convention. If Senator Foraker wins 1t does
not necessarily mean that he will be nomi
mated for the presidency, although he Will
have the support of the Ohio delegates in
the national convention, but II does mean
for him. and there is no dispute on this
question, another term in the United States
Senate. And there are signs that Taft is
about TO meet the Waterloo of his life.
Negroes for the Senator.
SPRINGFIELD. Ohio. April I've COL
ored people can't afford to Foraker
thrown down said Arthur J. Riggs. former
vice president of the Ohio League of Re
publican Clubs today. 81 for one, am for
Foraker and will do all | can to foster his
candidacy for President. Foraker has been
good to the COlored people and we are not
going to forget him. Long before the
Brownsville affair he was our friend. You
remember how he stood by the colored peo-
pie In his speech down at Chattanooga"
II. G. Smith of Cleveland, a former mem
Der OF the legislature. will speak hers April
10 before the negroes on the Brownsville
affair and Senator Foraker's candidacy for
President. Afterward a Foraker club will
be organized. which. Riggs says, will take
an active part In politics.
Eulogizes Senator Foraker.
COLUMBUS Ohio April 5-Representa-
tive Harry Bannon of Portsmouth,
whose work for Senator Foraker seems to
have pulled the bottom out OF the Taft or
ganization In his district. paid the highest
compliments to Senator Foraker In his
speech at the banquet of the fourth district
of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity. held here
last night. Mr. BannOn was on the pro-
gram TO respond TO toast
After speaking of Gen. keifer. Gen. Gros-
venor and other members of this frater-
nifty he eulogized Senator Foraker. who is a
member of the chapters at both Ohio Wes-
leyan and Cornell He said: In the upper
house We have senator who is head and
shoulders above any of his fellows
Never Flinches.
He never ninChes in the face Of foe lie Is
willing to take. but gives back straight
from the shoulder. In debate and law
making lie has evolved law and order out
of chaos 1 know 1t is charged Foraker
has not favored laws for the benefit of the
people and that he has favored laws for the
benefit of corporations But the major
part OF the Elkins law and the Sherman
law his work. and the prosecutions
brought against railroads and trusts have
been under these laws and not under the
Hepburn rate act. Every member of the
fraternity should be proud of our great
senator
After eulosizing the flag Bannon closed
by saying. and when any one says in your
presence that Foraker, who at sixteen went
10 the to fight for the flag. is now with
the whitened hairs of over sixty years. not
still loyal To the flag and the people the
nag protects. whoever says that is defam-
ing the honor of your country and your
fraternity