The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-31
War Secretary Favored
 For Presidency.
SENATORS NOT ILLUMINATED
Statement Given Out by A. L
 vofys.
Relieves ThaH ReDWhllcans of the State of 0hle Are OvervyAelmingly In Favor ef Cestral Com-
 mittee's Cheiee.

Columbus O.. July s0.--The candi- dAcy of William H. Taft, Secretary of War. for the Republican nomination for President. was endorsed by the Re- publican State Committees today by a vote of IS to 6. The endorsement car rtes with 1t q declaration that the Re- publtcans of Ohio are opposed to the elimination from public life of Senators 2 3Foraker and Dick" Although beaten by decisive vote in all the preliminary contests, the ad : herents of Senator Foraker in the Com- mittee refused to accept the olive branch extended by the Taft support CTS and when the resolution as amend- ed was finally adopted. no effort was made to make the action of the Com mittee unanimous.
 The resolution as amended and final ly adopted by the Committee is as fol- iows:
 Be 1t resolved. by the Republican State Central Committee of Ohio. that we believe the great majority of the people of Ohio. convinced of the high character. great ability and distin- Euished services of Secretary Taft, en- dorse his candidacy for the presidency. and further.
 We declare that the Republicans of Ohio overwhelmingly desire that the name of the Hon. William Howard Taft be presented to the nation as Ohio's candidate for President, and that the Republicans of other States be in- vited to cooperate with the Republi- cans of Ohio to secure his nomination in 1908.
 And be is further resolved. That we emphatically declare that the Re- publicans of Ohio are opposed to the elimination from public life of Sena- tors James B. Foraker and Charles Dick, whose services to the party and State have been distinguished by abil- ity. wisdom and patriotism"
 The endorsement of Secretary Tafts candidacy by the Republican State Central Committee was vigorously op- posed by Senator Foraker, who. upon the eve of the meeting of the commit tee, openly voiced his dissent to the proposition.s The senior Senator from Ohio controlled seven of the twenty one members of the committee on all ! vctessAxce that taken upon the sdop- ton of the resolution endorsing Taft. A. W Mcdonald of the Sixteenth Dis- riot. broke with the Foraker forces on the final ballot. which stood 15 to 6.
 The Taft resolution was presented to the committee as soon as it had convened in the Neil House this af- ternoon by Senator N F. Overturf of the Eighth District. who made brief speech in support of it. c. B. Mccoy of the Seventeenth District, who led the Foraker forces. raised the point of order that the committee was not following the order of business set forth in the call for the meeting is- sued by Chairman Brown. The chair man ruled that the point was not yell taken, and MT Mccoy appealed from the decision of the chair. which was sustained by a vote of 12 to '. the members from the First and Second Districts Hamilton County refrain ing from voting. It was at this stage of the proceedings that the amend ment to the resolution declaring that the Republicans of Ohio are opposed ito the elimination from public life of Senators Foraker and Dick, whose ser vices to the party and State have been distinguished by ability and wisdom and patriotism was offered by W. H. Phipps of the Fifth District. The amendment was adopted II to 10, all the Foraker members and three of the radical Taft supporters voting against 1t.
 The resolution as amended was then adopted by vote of 16 to 5.