The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-05-07
JOS. B. FORAKER, OF OHIO
BY SAVOYARD.
copyrighted 1907 by + w Newman)
BY SANOYAHD.
copyrighted $50 by + W. Newman)

II But stephen \. Douglas out or the
oiltical business. The little giant was
4 candidate for reelection 10 the
senate. and by general consent Abra-
ham Lincoln was selected as his ite-
publican opponent. Horace Greeley,
however. who was possessed OF ex-
..4gan admiration for the wonder
I'll forensic genius Of Douglas, ADVISED
the party ia illinois TO give It's vote
to him as a rebuke to the southern
democracy. that had prevailed on Bu-
.hanan TO favor the lie Compton con
stitution; but the Illinois Republicans
distrusted and feared the llttle giant
and the result was the splendid nsht
i.e made against both LncoIn ana
Euchanan in 1858. from which he
came off victor.
A dozen wears later Charles sumner
ANA President Grant had a row over
Aff. Summers attempt To run our ron
tign affairs independent OF the GTtS-
iaent ana the Secretary Of state, ana
there is no sort Of doubt that we would
have had a war with Great Britain
oyer the Alabama claims If Grant had
not served notice on summer thdl
Hamilton Fish had charge Of our for
e.gn affairs. The result was the re-
tan Of John Lothrop Motley, u Min
.i-t.r to England, who persisted IN
iaking orders from Sumner instead
If from the state Department. Later
tire Republican majority in the Sen
ate deposed Sumner from the CHAIR
manship Of Foreign Relations, ana
rave the place to simon Cameron.
Summer then joined the Liberal Re
publican party and made a speech
rebuking Gen. Grant for nepotlsm
that was wonderful for the vast
wealth of historical Illustrations Wlth
which it a~bounded. umne
ed Greeley, whom he survived but a
few months.
mother famous quarrel was that
between Garfield and Conkling. which
was cut short by a maniac's bullet
lust as the Senator was getting ready
to fight.
And now there is a quarrel between
President and Senator that promises
to eclipse all the others in pubic IN
terest and political consequences. ONO
IS the battle-ground, and Theodore
Roosevelt and Joseph +. Foraker the
champions. The President asserts the
tight to appoint his successor, Tor that
is what it means in plain EngllSh; the
Senator maintains the privilege to be
q statesman in the Senate, or a poll
ticiah in Ohio, without let or hin
drance from the President. or anybody
and everybody else. Secretary Taft
Is the man the President has chosen
to wear his mantle after March A,
1908. Unfortunately. Mr.. Taft is not
all the Presidential timber in Ohio.
i itIt are llotlSdiltiS u II
Ohio who believe Joseph r. Foraker
has lone more for the party than
Taft ever accomplished. and these
gentlemen are in no humOr to nave
their favorite horned off from the
national convention in 1908 or pitch
fOrked out Of the Tilted States SEN
ate in 1909.
Foraker is one Of the most dashing
and attractive public men Ohio has
produced. He is fanatically honest
ana i~ntrepidly His con-
science never felt the touch of inter-
est, and his tongue never felt the
presence of bride. What his heart
FORCES. that his mouth speaks, and his
is an eye that never feared to look on
the face Of man. He never TANKS an
obstacle. There is nothing negative
about him. Had there been there IS
little doubt thaI he would have been
President ere this, and this / make
bold to say. hat he would nave been
elected President nineteen years ago
if he had consented to contest for
the nomination.
Foraker was born in Ohio because
re is Of a Virginia family that pre-
ferred to dwell in the then wilderness
rather than to cast its lot in a cOmmu-
nifty where African slavery existed.
That is why Foraker was not born IN
Virginia. Perhaps that is why he
wore the blue and not the gray. He
is a Methodist and was named for
John Wesleyr's friend and follower,
Joseph Benson. A year before his
bistil there came the schism in the
Methodist church that presaged the
political secession of 1861. The fam
ily settled in Highland county and
there the future soldier and states
man was born July 8, 1916. At the
age of sixteen he was a volunteer sol
der in the great war and continued
- - = - 49, 49, 10 ,,roc
mustered out. having advanced to the
rank Of captain by sheer merit and
without patronage. Only nineteen
years of age and a veteran, his was
n career and a record that tens of
thousands of Ohio youth envied. He
now set bou acquiring an education
ana was graduated from Cornell Uni
Nersity in 1869.
There was but one of the learned
professions that invited him-the law
and during the autumn following
the completion Of his college course, h
WAS admitted to the bar and opened IN
Office in Cincinnati, a city famous for
the splendid abilities<,f its bar. With
youth. health, strength, character
brilliant parts and ne ordinary talents
he was studious and diligent in his
profession and in a little while he was
not lacking for clients. He was nc
moot court lawyer, as he had been nc
,arpet-knight soldier. He had NJ
Gious vices. Pleasures he had. bu'
they were rational, the pleasures o
. gentleman and q Christian. Tel
NearS later he was on the bench, {
] .lge of the Supreme Court.
Hut Foraker was a politician. H
was made for public life-made It
rnaVe assembly" Not SO polished al
orator as Hurd he surpassed him OF
the stump; not so accomplished !:
l1an as Garfield, he was more a favor
lie With the masses. It was characte
t}:at stood him in good stead His repu
t4t!cn penetrated the renlOteSt PIE
ciarts and everywhere he was know
- ono who never held to the SCabbar
when once he had drawn the sword
kIiSfall met Lochlin.
= was the days Of reconstruction,
tine Of political frenzy tina
has its counterpart in tn
rreSont frenzy, Whe
@othinr is patriotic that is not eX
t~faVaeant. nothing respectable that
OF unconstitutional, nothing exceller
that IS not nOvel-Where the leadel
- 10th political parties are biddin
in the auction for the approval of til
Oh and Offering to pay cash on til
spot in the mintage of n
follacy and the currency Of polite;