The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-05-01
FIRST BLOOD FOR
SENATOR FORAKER
State Committee Still Favora-
Bile, Say Ohio Politicians
TAFT BOOM MAY RELAX
Well Posted Leaders Say If Roosevelt
Stands From Under II, as Is
Likely, the Taft Boom
viii Fall.

Washington, April 3O.-(Special.) )-Ohio
politicians In town say that the stand
taken by Republican State Chairman
Brown in opposition to the challenge for
primary showdown on the Foraker
Taft contest on the day of the municipal
elections next November is first blood for
Foraker. They argue that to begin with
it was Senator ForalSer's wish not to
confound the national and municipal Is
sues and secondly Chairman Browns at
titude is construed to mean that the state
committee is still favorable to Foraker.
AT the last state convention the COM
mittee was IA to Z for Foraker The pol
iticians say that the practical significanee
OF this decision is that further time Is
to be allowed for possibly of President
Roosevelt's support or the Taft boom
relaxing. All well posted Ohio polti-
clans say that there is nothing In the
Taft boom but Roosevelt. Without tho
support Secretary Taft, they say, would
have only sentiment, kind, Affection
ate and in every way complimentary SEN
timent, to be true. but lacking the fouri-
dst'on of practical politics.
Secretary Taft, they point out, has ndt
been associated with active Ohio polt-
tics, while Senator Foraker has been /
militant figure In the political arena fot
more than a quarter of century. Secre-
tary Taft has held offices, but it is as-
serted they have been appointive and not
elective, whereas Senator Foraker has
won his at the point of the bayonet on
the biggest kinds OF political charges and
defense of the trenches.
The Ohio men agree that President
Roosevelt will have to stick to his cam
didate and work for him in season and
out of season In order to keep up the
Taft end but they realize the possibility
of many things happening in the next
twelve months before the contest is to
come to issue and in the meantime the
president may have to change allegiance.
They say that the moment he gets from
under Taft, the Taft boom will hit the
bottom.
Democrats In Oklahoma.
Representative Griggs of Georgia, chair
man of the democratic congressional COM
mittee, is en- route to Washington to talk
with Secretary Charles A. Edwards about
the conduct of the Oklahoma campaign
The election of the legislature and five
members of congress takes place In Au-
gust on the same day that the consttu-
ton Is ratified. Regardless of the inten-
ton of the republican leaders to urge
upon the president the advlsability of re-
jecting the constitution the people of the
state will proceed to carry out the pre-
liminaries of the act of congress. trusting
that public sentiment will force the pres
ident to approve the instrument.
Secretary Edwards is sending out cir
culars asking for contributions to defray
the expenses of the campaign and 1t Is
hoped that sufficient funds will be oh
tanned. Mr. Edwards has received word
from seven or eight democratic members
of the house who express willingness to
go into Oklahoma and stump the terri
tory. The indications are favorable to
the election of solid democratic delega-