The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-17
OHIO IN TURMOIL AGAIN.

ton would be sent to the republican
national convention so far as Secre-
tary Taft's presidential aspirations
are concerned. This will have the
effect, 1t is declared, of causing other
states to withhold their instructions
to delegates to the national conven-
ton and 1t is easily seen how Secre-
tary Taft may lose materially on ac-
count of the recent uprising.
1t has come from statement made
by Senator Foraker. And Senator
Foraker made his statement because
Representative Burton, who has all
along been the representative of Sec
rotary Taft in the Ohio skirmish
came out day or so ago declaring
that while Taft would allow Cox to
support him in the state, Taft would
not in any way consent to a compro-
mise with Senator Foraker, which
would SAVIOR of a deal" and that,
since Foraker and President Roose-
welt disagree on policies, Foraker must
be crushed Burton has it all framed
up to go into the state central COM
mittee meeting booked for today and
endorse Taft for the presidency but
omit Foraker from the meetings
thoughts altogether. Foraker saw in
stantly that with an endorsement for
Taft as presidential candidate, and no
endorsement of himself in the sena-
torial race, he would suffer seriously
and he resolved to act. He did act,
and quickly With that courage which
even Foraker's enemies admit that he
possesses, the senator issued state
ment taking the wind out of the har-
mony bag that had been blown up by
Boss Cox and which had begun to look
like a pleasant toy to Taft and the
administration. Foraker declared in
his statement that the announcement
of Cox was made by CoX's own Volt
tion and surely not in the interests
of Foraker: but that he, believing it
the duty of every true republican to
do all in his power that might con-
| tribute to the aggregate strength of
republicanism, had been willing to
consent to the compromise for har-
mony's sake which Cox suggested.
But when he learned from the state
ment made by Burton, in which the
harmony program suggested by Cox
was termed deal that Taft could not
enter into, Foraker declared that,
since harmony was impossible, he
would have to go it alone and, in his
opinion, any endorsement made by
the state central committee in his be-
half or in behalf of anybody else would
not and should not be considered as
carrying the sanction of the voters of
the state. He said that the state con-
vention alone had the right to make
endorsements and that he was willing
to abide by the decision of the state
convention as to his own merits for
a senator.
| Hc nSnt, III oJlCl Woiuo, 10 liSit
back at the beginning of the Taft-For-
aker Ohio conflict, except that Bur
tons snubbing of Foraker has added
bitterness to the fray.
| Foraker takes the position that you
can't expect something for nothing,
be it in business or political or social
| life. He believes that men must ex-
pect to pay their way and that the
man who refuses to pay for an obi
CATION is not entitled to further con-
sideration at the hands of those who
had befriended him originally. The
doctrine is sound and it is old. No
doubt Taft and the administration ap-
preciated the fact that in order to
bring about peace in Ohio with For
aker, and to gain Foraker's support
in Taft's presidential campaign, 1t
would be necessary to pay Foraker
by supporting him in return. But Rep
resentative Burton got scared. He
said that it savored of a deal" and
that Taft could not be a party to It,
There must be no compromise. Ohio
in his opinion, ought to support Taft
because he was Taft, and regardless
of the fact that Taft would turn
around and be compelled, by principle
to fight faction from whom he ought
to receive assistance.
1t is said that Burton's assertion
, was made without any knowledge OIL
consent of the white house, that Pres
ident Roosevelt and Taft regret tha
y it was made and that Foraker has
q thus been forced, by his own self re
p spect, to kick over the traces anC
n start out once more to renew thu
!, battle.
o If Tafts position in Ohio agains
g Foraker were more secure than II is