The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-26
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 Foraker'S Successor.

bors to a greater extent relatively speaking than in the South.
 Secretary Taft is comparatively poor man. But he has quite a wealthy brother in the person of Charles P.r Taft, the virtual owner of The Cincin- natl Times-Star and who for several terms was a member of Congress from one of the districts of that city. The latter would doubtless supply the sin ews of war" in the event the Secretary remains in the cotnest to the finish. It will largely depend upon the de- cision of the Ohio Republicans
 From what can be heard here so far in advance of the action of the Buck eye Republican State Convention 1t Is believed that Senators Foraker and Dick will leave no stone unturned to prevent Secretary Taft from receiving the indorsement of Ohio. If they suc- ceed in this undertaking the average Republican politician inclines to the opinion that. the jig will be up with Judge Taft They predict that he will then bide his time In the hope that ha may become the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court as successor to Chief Justice Fuller. The latter, however, ia in good health and his friends declare in no uncertain tones that he will not voluntarily retire as long as he feels certain that his health and mental fac- ulties will permit him to discharge his duties,
 Aged Justices of Supreme Court.
 The Chief Justice and MT. Justice Haran were born the same year-1S3S the former having first seen the light of day in February of that year and Justice Harlan in June. They are the most aged men on the highest court or the land Each is capable of a great deal of hard work, and the mind of each seems to be as active now as 1t was a decade ago. ~
 The youngest member of the Supreme Court is MT. Justice Moody. He was born in 1858. He Is a bachelor, and is the only member of that high tribunal who has preferred to remain in that state.
 Ohio politicians assert that the most persistent efforts will be made to swing the Ohio delegation for Senator Foraker as the candidate for the Re- publican Presidential nomination, and the opinion is that unless the President comes out boldly for Secretary Taft the Senator will succeed in bagging the prize so far as Ohio is concerned. Of course it should be borne in mind that MT. Roosevelt sticks by his state ment that under no circumstances will he be a candidate for the nomination next year. His friends appear to be confident he meant what he said on the night of the last national election, but lots of people keep marking it around that MT. Roosevelt will be forced to run once more. This is based on the theory that certain elements in the Republican Party are trying to take from the President the credit for the things they claim his positiveness and independence have forced to the front, and that if man not of his choice is brought to the front his ad- ministration will be discredited-ln other words, 1t is talked far and wide that the men identified with the trusts and other big corporations are schem- ing to wrest control from the Presi- | dent and transfer the power of the Republican Party to those who differ with him as to the general policies af- fecting the Government
 Many of the politicians who have been heard to express opinions here lately aver that the movement on foot to have Pennsylvania bring out Sem ator Knox means that he Is to be used as a stalking horse. Deep down in their hearts they know he cannot be nominated, and if he were to be put up he would be ingloriously defeated, because he has for years, it is alleged, been too closely identified with unpop- ular corporations. But the scheme is to have the Keystone State delegation instructed for Senator Knox with a view of holding it in line for trading purposes when the Republican Nation al Convention meets.