The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-30
Sensation at = Capital.
PUT TAFT
OUT OF RUNNING
Wide Range Of Speculation as to
Effectfof Senator's Candidacy.
Said 1t May Force Roose-
welt to Rup or Sup
port Governor
Hughes.

From Our Regular Correspondent.


Fron Our Regular correspondcnt3
WASHINGTON. D. c.. November e.
The statement OF Senator Foraker to.
night that he would beaa candidate for
the Republican presidential nomination.,
created a sensation in Washing ton. The
universal opinion expressed was that
II means the elimination OF Secretary
Taft as a candidate. since It certainly
means that majority OF Ohio's forty
four votes In the national convention
will be for Foraker, and. without his
own State behind him. 1t would be
practically useless for candidate.
even with the powerful support Of the
administration, to hope TO win the
nomination.
The opinion is expressed that the
announcement OF the candidacy OF Sen
.ator Foraker also means the olimina-
t!on OF all the rest of the so-called
conservative" or .'reactionary candi-
dates among the Republlcans. includ-
ing Knox, Fairbanks and Cannon. In
some quarters It is believed that this
element IN the party would come more
nearly uniting upon Foraker than upon
any other candidate. and that the 'in-s
terests" supporting these candidates
realize that their strength must not be
divided.
VIII Strengthen. Hughes.
Still another view is that tf.e candi-
dacy OF Foraker means that the Presi-
dent will have to support the nomina-
tion of Governor Hughes. whom he has
been opposing.
But the New York Governor has de-
veloped remarkable strength in every
ts- t, 1a.lS taf i1a
have the New York delegation IL he
wants II. 1t Is believed by some that
the President. though he does not like
Hughes. would Infinitely prefer to see
him nominated to seeing his old enemy
from the Buckeye State carry off the
honor. as,ss5 s- ss Z
F-inaIiy. there ara those who believe
shat. the candidacy OF Foraker simply
means that President Roosevelt himself
vii! feel that he Ia forced to reconsider
his pledge and accept the nomination.
This Ia nothing like. the majority opin-
Ion. Is generally believed that Pres
|ident Roosevelt since the speech by
MIR. Justice Brewer, In New York last
week, In which the distinguished 1urist
said the President was playing hide.
and -seak with the American people Ill
the matter Of the nomination, has de-
cided to embrace an early opportunity
to reiterate his determination not to
seek nor accept another nomination.
But 1t does not appear extremely
likely that the entrance OF Senator
Foraker into the arana means that
he will be the antt-Roossvelt candi-
date, and that the final fight for the
nomination will be between him and the
man selected by the STANDARDIZATION "
make the race.
= rr' - RI az Sion contained
in a letter to Conrad j.. Mattern.. VICE
president of the Ohio Republican
League. who forwarded Mr.. Foraker
2 copy of the resolutions adoptedi d. es ss
Of the league indorsings him for the
senatorslip and for the presidential
nomination., which was made pubic
-day.
The e'e passaEe assa ot the railroad rate bii,
and inoists that the necessity of the
railroads OF the country 70 spend
ing ing their i,,, facilities make this a bad
time to hamper the roadsnin any un-
necessary way by legislation
Renounccs SenatOrsllip.
.Alr. Foraker says: II do not want to
even appear to be q candidate for two
the same tine and
and, with heartfelt appreciation, &C;
cept the support for the presid ential
candidacy, which the committee have
SO generously rendered. Nevertheless.
I want to say that far beyond any.
thing personal to my self, am erati-
fled BY the action taken because It ais a
fiat rebuke to the uggestion that the
office OF u nited States senator Is to be
stripped OF all OF the real honor at
tached to- 1t by making Its incumbent
mere agent Sto register the DEGREES
of sonleb ody' else, ins tead Of the repre-
sentative OF a State charged with the
duty OF legislatinE ac-
cordlng to his best judgment for the
welfare of a great nation, accountable
to his constituency for his acts and
IT not only stand for the broad prin-
Zciple involved, & but also stand ready to
submit sth'n Il, to my cons tltuents for their
Judgment my action in the three In
stances when was unable to agree
with the President My motion on The
question OF Joint statehood. and In the
I 8Brownsville matter your committees
have approved and Il believe the great
majority OF Republicans do every
where. \,
Defends Vote ON Rate Bill.
t'There are doubtless set tmany who
criticize my vote on the rate BILL, but
( II the assurances with which my mail
tlled, coming as they do from every
section OF the country, are not mis-
leading, the. number ofathese critics is
rapidly diminishtng. 5' & SI
! When the National Committee shall
have Issued the cal for sthe%next Ma
tionnl Republican Convention 4 I shall,
as heretofore announced, formally rev
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