The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-04-26

Cincinnati. April 25,-This OHIO fight
must 90 on. 10 matter VINO is smashed in
the end.
That was tie decision reached to-day by
President t2oosevelts friends and by Sen
ator Fora,er's friends
/ There have been all sorts Of efforts T.
bring about a compromise. All have
/ failed
/ Gov. Harris has tried Il, Senator Dick
tried his hand as peacemaker. avd SO
have others Of equal Importance ia the
Republican political circles of the State.
/ some have suggested that Senator For
aker forego his Presidential aspirations,
relying on the legislature TO be elected a
F year from next fan 80 return hira to the
/ United States Senate Others have sug-
gested that President Roosevelt should
( not fight Senator Forak=r for the Presi-
! dental delegates. and in return Secretary
/ Taft could succeed Senator Foraker at
/ Washington. All OF these suggestions
! have been rejected on the ground that
J the Republican voters We're not accustonl-
/ ed % being handled ia that fashion.
/ Politicians from other States are here
/ looking over the ground They remark
! that Republicans ali over the country are
/ interested in the outcome of the Ohio
/ combat The Republican constituency Of
| the Buckeye state is remarkably as
/ sertive ana this is proved by present OBJ
I seryations as wel as by past political
/ events.
Looks for Change in Sentiment.
/ Senator Dick. when he said &C Akron
/ the other day that while if the contest
/ between Roosevelt and Foraker c5me or
/ just now the President would win. also
remarked that by June. 1905 the feeling
would be Just the other way. either cx-
pressed wish which was father to the
/ thought. or De was banking Oh an ex-
/ perience of twenty-five years with tine
I Republican voters OF the State. Nhot5ee
/ he was or not Senator Foraker came out
/ flatfooted to-day and declared.
Il viii surely win this contest. When
/ I returned from Washington after the
| session. I found everything in the air
/ Gradually the situation changed. Now
am convinced that I viii surely win this
/ fight"
Senator Foraker based his statement
/ he said to these visitors. on the reports of
Republicans from all the counties who
/ had called upon him IN his Offices in this
( city senator Foraker also said that he
/ based his statement on the contents OF
hundreds of letters which are pouring in
upon him every day from Republicans
all over the State.
These letters, according TO Senator For
/ aker, protest against President Ro0se-
velt's efforts TO name for them a Presi-
Dental candidate. No one of Senator
! Foraker's visitors from the different
counties, and in no one of the letters
| which he has received is there the slight
est criticism OF Secretary Taft.
Burton Picked At First.
It has been declared over Ga5 over
again that if President Roosevelt wins
the fight against Foraker for the Presi-
Dental delegates, and If the Republicans
elect a joint majority of the legislature a
year from next fall. Representative Bur
ton is to be Senator Foraker's successor
al Washington.
a new light was put upon this pros
pective situation To-day by the friends
of President Roosevelt and those of Sen
iator Foraker, not forgetting the adher-
ents of Secretary Taft. BY no possibility.
these people agreed, could Representa-
tive Burton succeed Foraker in the
United States Senate for the reason that
AIr Burton tcrritOrially iS out Of the rum
ming His home Is in Cleveland forty
miles from Akron, the home Of Senator
Dick
Senator Forakers successor. in the
event of his defeat. representatives Of all
said, must come from the southern part
OF the State and that it would be con
trary 20 all political usage FOR the two
United States Senator'S OF the State to
come from the same territory.