New-York tribune., 1907-12-01
1lR EoRAKER.s cANDEDACY.

Sono+or Foraker-s announcement that re-
cnondipp 70 tbo invitation of the advisory ana
executive committee of the ONO Repupiicdh
Iaap,Ie of Clubs he will ask the voters OF ohio
to support him as candidate Tor the hepup
lican Presidential nomination narmohlzes WIN
his frequently expressed intention 10 SuphilI
IN tho Republicans of Ohio his differences OF
onin;on with the administration and with Sec
retary Taft Such test is, III our ophloh'
highly desirable, and we think that It VIII pe
welcomed by Secretary Tafts managers as wen
as by the general public III ono WHICH I"Ioi'
tho omen discussion OF political issues and their
settlement by an appeal to the rank and ME Oh
the nartv as the court Of final resort \ square
5atarmination of the questions involved was
made inevitable by the devious and illogical
action Of the Republican State Convention OF
1906 which, though controlled by Senators
Foraker and Dick lodged the issue raised by
Mr. Foraher'S opposition to the Hepburn ran
road rate regulation law and indorsed Win
equal fervor the administration for urging us
massage and the senior Senator for stubbornly
resisting it.
Mr. Foraker in voting against the Heppurh
law broke with all his Republican colleagues IN
the Senate and all his associates in the Ohio del
egatiOn in Congress. ignored the formal re-
quest OF the Ohio Legislature ana ran counter
pupIicanS[ of Ohio and Of the people OF ONO
without respect 10 party His present term
expiring on March , 1909. the state VIII nave
TO decide next year whether il wants to re
elect him or not. and il S entirely credltapie
on his part that he purposes t. stand or fali Oh
his record and offers 10 submit to the voters
the issue raised by his continued opposition 10
the administration and its policies. His cam
pai2n will be wholesome test of public sent
-1,... Il inns NM 10
both by his defenders and hy his critics.
We are n little surprised to see that Mr.. For
aker in his latest letter shifts somewhat the
ground on which ne intends to antasonize Sec
retarv Taft and the administration. In n letter
written last August to member of the state
committee just before the committees indorse-
ment of Mr. Taft as Ohio's candidate for the
Republican Presidential nomination. Senator
Foraker said:
To-day there is a wide difference of opinion
among Republicans on a question OF the
is rot the regulation Of trusts. railroads aud
interstate commerce. about 7Chich IRE are al
united but the tariff question
-Four months later, the currency strnCency
having intervened. Mr.. Foraker finds that he
! not. and never has been, in unity with all the
brethren on the regulation of trusts. railroads
and interstate commerce, and is inclined to
eXalt his dissenting vote on the rate bill as a
piece Of extraordinary wisdom and foresight.
He diskcs 10 say. Il told You So. but candor
compeIr him to admit that he alone. with Sen
ators Morgan and Pcttus. Of Alabama, fully
-auged the results OF that measure and OWNED
the currency panic which. after sixteen months
of incubation. il was TO bring about.
IT matters little however. what particular is
sues Mr. Foraker selects on which 10 make
plain his antagonism to the administration and
all If stands for. That antagonism is evident
enough. and it, more than the means through
which II has been manifested, will constitute
the record which the Republicans of Ohio must
repudiate approve.