The Cairo bulletin., 1907-06-03
BOOMERS AWAIT
WORDS FOR TAFT
LISTEN IN VAIN FOR ANY KIND
SAYINGS BY HIS FOE,
FORAKER.
HOPE SEEMS IN VAIN
For Ohio Senator Says Again That t4c
Is Against President 'and His
Favorite---ln Dark AS to
Convention.

Columbus Ohio Juneg 2. Nothing
T was done at the various polit cal
gatherings today affecting the much
4 discussed extraordinary Republican
State Convention to be summoned for
the purpose of formally indorsing tha
presidential candidacy of SECRETARY OF
War William H. Taft. In fact, it was
officially announced that na confer
ence had been held to discuss the
matter
The secretary, 1t il stated, person
ally Sc no necessity for The con
yention. being entirely satisfied wi h
conditions in Ohio. However. his op
inion Is not final. He is willing To
submit to the judgment Of those who
are directing his affairs in the state
and will abide by their dic.sion.
Speaking for th Sc friends lnsur
ance Commissioner Arthur i Vorys
said after the departre OF Secretary
Taft for the Eas that no decision had
been reached in this mater and that
! the situation was unchanged Ther
was a great diversity in the view Of
the secretary's follow rs, he said, and
| it had been concluded to permit the
matter to rest.
Exterorally this Is the full situa-
tion, but there are reasons for belisv-
Ing that behind The yell of policy
there is something else. 1t Is well
understood that the Taft managers
are still ellnging to the hope that
Senator Joseph Benson Foraker yet
would forego his personal feelings and
ventually come into ! ne for the war
secretary without imposing condi-I
tiong.
Gave Up Hope.
That Is to say they cherished this
hope until last Thursday, when Sena-
ftgr Foraker spoke III ssfcrsr .sirrs-
made it clear that he was irreconc 7,
ably opposed to President Theodore
Roosevelt In a political way. With that
utterance hope died In many breasts,
but not in ALL Tn re remains some
who still believe that for the party
sake, the senator beirg satisfied that
Roosevelt does not prop Sc 70 run
again will lend h S aid 10 securing the
presidential chair for the Chic can.
didate For this reason the talk of
holding an indorsing convention has
been frowned upon in certain quar-
ters.
II Is an awfHlly slender thread to
which these optim site people are
clinging when the situation would
seem to requir a stout cable After
Thursday Il seems assured that Sen
ator Foraker has decided to put IT all
to he touch senatorship, presidency
everything win sweeping and
fruitful victory or go into political
bankruptcy. II his associates and al
ii are conquerors in the national
convention and reactionary is nom
mated. Foraker Of course expects 'oI
find organized resentment In the mat
ter of the senatorship.
Fight Bourd 10 Come.
Even now fight IS exp cted, NJ
matter how the pres DENTAL matter Is
detetmlned. If the reactionary be
comes president The senator need no
fccnc rn himself about reelection. for,
/ IL Is generally conceded that the port
folio OF secretary of state avail IS him
whether it is Cannon cr Fairbanks. OIL
Knox or Root His path out OF rlh
lice life will lead upward and not
sharply downward into oblivion. IN
problem that confronts the Taft force
therefore, in th face Of this siiua.
tion. Is whe;hor 60 is necessary TO call
state convention
Secretary Taft himself does not So
the necessity for &c. and bis view is
shared by many pow rf ! leaders in
the PARTY. Chairman Vorys has saii I
hat there is no district that has been /
claimed by the frieads of Sena 81 /
Foraker. and he insists that there & I
,- politics1 leader who has announced |
his intention Of maliug p dsht for tht /
purp0s OF carrying any dis'r'c /
against the secretary Thcre ore OH !
ers however. who fear the Cousc /
.qnences Of senator Foraker's coniin
red hos ility and the ins stenc of the /
claim of his adherents that the state 4
is not solid for the secretary. The /
convention would forever stop Their I
months. they assert and give the Tai. \
candidacy an imp tus and momentum
fha would be next to Irresistible. bl.
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