The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-04-01
TAFT ENTERED IN
j. S. TOCA RACE
REPLIES TO FORAkER'S DEFT
WITH A CHALLTNGE TO A
UNIQUE DUEL.
OBLIVION FOR LOSER
While Winner Shall Take Senate Seat
And Have Ohio's State Deiega-
tion to the National conven.
ton in 1908.

IL
Cincinnati, O., March Secrstary
. Taft has thrown a bomb into the For
Iaker camp by declaring himself z
candidate for the United States sen
ate as well as for ahe presidency
With this announcement comes a
curious challtnge to Foraker, In Q
WORD Taft propose to tie the sena,
torial and presidential questions to-
Igether and submit them to the voters
lat primary election.
| If the Republican primaries decide
lin favor of Taft Foraker is with
draw from the senatorial race as weH
as from the presidential contest. In
that event Taft will be the next Uni.
ted States senator from Ohio IT, he ts
mot nominated for the presidency
II Taft is beaten at the primaries
he agrees to withdraw from the pres
lidential conieGt and also will keep ont
of the $ Material contest.
Whether Foraker will accept the
challenge remains to be seen. In his
own challenge early In the week h
indicated that he locked upon Con
gressman Burton as his only rival In
the senatorial race. His proposal was
| framed so as to remove Taft from
| the presidential contest and Burton
| from the senatorial race at the same
| time.
Secretary Taft's Challenge.
Secretary Taft's challenge 10 For
aker was made public this AFTERNOON
by his brother, Charles p. Taf,
It is as follows:
Senator Forakers statement indI
Gates that he is running for the presi
dency and for the senatorship. The
| fri ndss Of Secretary Taft are urging
| him for the presidency Ae the sen
ator has included the two offices In
this primary contest Secretary Taft's
friends accept the proposition and will
make 1t distinct contest Taft for
tha presidency or senatorship, or For
a ker fer the presidency or senator
ship.
votes at the primaries indicate that !
they prefer Foraker for the presidency |
or senatorship, Secretary Taft Is elm
mated from the situation
"If the people of Ohio indicate Sec
retary Taft for the presidency or SEN
atorship, Senator Foraker is elimin.
ated from the political situation in
Ohio.
This is a direct contest between |
the friends of the administration OF
President Roosevelt and his oppo-
nents. Vie are willing to submit 1t to
the Republican voters of Ohio and the
sooner the better"
Put Foraker in Hole?
The adroitn SIS of this challenge is
seen when it's full effect is understood.
1t knocks out a scheme whereby For
aker hoped to make the issue betw en-
Foraker standing alone. for either the
presidency or reelection TO the sen
ate. and Taft for the presidency alone
and Congressman Theodore Burton
sor the senatorship alone.
Now Taft proposes to keep Burton
nut of the dispute altogether, and thus
when the contest reaches a climax
1t win be between Foraker and Taft
only The effect would be to lift the
controversy out of the factional fight
which has been On N the state for
long time. and permit thousands of
workers in the state Organization
now dominated by Senators Foraker
and Dick-to support Taft without
b. aking away from the organization.
II Burton for the senatorship were
Kept % the foreground there would
be valid objections to these workers
leaving the organization becarse Bur
ton has STEADILY fought the machine
Ohio a Storm Center.
Taft's challenge makes It certain
hat Ohio is TO become Immediately q
storm center of politics. and that, too.
IN an off year. Although there are no
sta e officers to nominate or any oc
sasion for a stat primary. II is likely
now that there win eb primary AMI
also a convention. 10 deter
nine whether Taft or Foraker is to he
Ohio's choice The controversy which
has been worked up during the last
Te k or so is 10 be prolific OF action
When II was anonnnced a week
,go that the Taft people had induced
State Insurance Commiss oner Vorye
% undertake their campaign thus In
iicaiing thai N were going TO force
he fighting. Foraker came out in n
rot ment-demanding a settlement
Il the Tafi-Foraker Issue BY the rext
tate convention. 10 which he said del !
ses : should be elected by primaries
The Taft eOple folle wed with the
ntimation that they we're only too
Had 70 have a dec-sio hy the nariy
n this manner. but they insisted that