The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-03-19
Republicans Will Sup
port Him
For Presidential Next Re.
publican National Con-
vention-ForakerHas
to be Considered.

ham Howard Taft of Ohio, will go be-
fore the next Republican national con-
vention as candidate for the presi-
dental nomination with many if not
all of the Sc delegates from his own
state of Ohio behind him, is regarded
here as pretty safe political wager
For many months the managers of
the fortunes of the secretary of war
nave been quietly at work, perhaps
without his knowledge, in an effort
to solve problem that presented it.
self when the Taft boom began to
take form and substance The prob
lem was embodied in the fact that
the party in Ohio had, and has, in the
persons of Senator ]. B. Foraker
and Mr.. Taft, two favorite sons On
its hands, both of whom are regarded
as of presidential size. and each sup
posed to entertain ambitions leading
beyond the post of honor he now occu-
pies. 1t is now said that the way is
about to be cleared in Ohio whereby
the party in that state will present
the name of one man to the Republi-
can national convention of 1908. and
he is Mr.. Taft. Senator Foraker. it
is claimed, will not be candidate for
first honors next year, and it is said
that his support will be thrown to Mr..
Taft. With Ohio solidly behind him,
the administration openly favorable to
his candidacy and approved by conser-
vatives who look askance upon some
of the Roosevelt policies, the friends
of Mr.. Taft believe that he looms up
head and shoulders above all others
whose names have been mentioned as
likely to be called upon to hold the
Republican standard in the forthcom-
ing national campaign.
In justice to Senator Foraker, it
should be said that he has never CIV
en- the slightest intimation that he
was or would be a candidate All the
gossip handed about connecting his
name with the presidency has orig
mated with his admirers and friends,
of whom he has many throughout tn,
United States. Information said to be
authentic, has been received in Wash
ington that the regular organization
in the Buckeye state is about to adopt
Mr.. Taft as its very own. This is con-
strued to mean that Senator Foraker
will go to the convention at the head
of the delegation from that state and
place Mr.. Taft in nomination. AL
though there is an absence of any au-
thentic statement on the subject, the
rumor will not down that at the con
ference held at the white house yes
terday in which the president, Cover
nor Deneen of Illinois, Henry W. Taft,
of N. Y, and Secretary Taft partici-
pated, the Taft boom was considered
The president is credited with having
conceived a plan to insure the selec-
tion by the Republican convention of a
man of his own choice. Persons who
claim to know declare that administra-
tion leaders intend to bring out in a
number of states candidates who will
enter the race solely for the purpose
of controlling delegates who, after
giving a perfunctory complimentary
vote to faVorite sons, will take their
place in line behind tie candidate ia
vored by President Roosevelt. During
the next year or so there will be a
good deal doing on the part of canai-
dates who are looking for delegates.
Vice President Fairbanks has a long
lead on his rivals, but his managers
are already beginning to realize that
the Fairbanks boom was prematurely
brought out into the open. While ad
vance agents of the Hoosier have been
busy in the south for the past two
years, they have recently reported to
headquarters that the administration
has a strong grip on the party organ
ization in that section. 1t is no secret
in Washington that the friends of the
administration are distinctly hostile
to the vice president. In tempera-
ment, habit of thought, and in
their views of public questions, the
president and the vice president are
as far apart as the poles The admin
istration looks upon Mr.. Fairbanks as
one of those who Son-in-Law Long
worth described as 'reactiOnaries. "
From this tipe forth until the Repub-
lican natiC nal convention is held next
summer. the Fairbanks bOOms will be
constantly running into one another. II
win be found that wherever and when
ever the administration can put in
good word for Mr.. Taft it will be
done.