Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-18
FORAKER RESENTS
BROWNS STATEMENT
Characterizes 1t as Rank and
Offensive Bossism.
HE RELIES ON THE PEOPLE
Will Abide by Action of the Ohio
Convention.
WILL NOT SUFFER DICTATIoN
His Canton Announcement, He Saws.
Was Meant "for Just Such Bosses
as Mr.. Brown"
Will Abide by Action of the Ohio
Convention.
WILL NOT SUFFER DICTATIoN

| The Ohio political situation continues
| to furnish interesting and sensational
| phases. A number of state officials at Co.
| lumbus gave out last night a statement
in which they urged the Endorsement of
Secretary Taft for the presidency and
| the postponement of expression of opinion
on the senatorship. Their action is re-
| scented by the Foraker-Dick faction and in
turn Senator Foraker gave out statement
| today. Senator Foraker being asked If he
desired to say anything in reply to State
Chairman Brown, dictated the following:
THE state officers have a right to their
| preference, and to declare it when they
| like, but such declarations do not dispense
with the necessity for convention, nor
change my opinion that the voters should
be given a chance to be heard before final
action has been taken
IF the republicans Of Ohio are all, or
overwhelmingly or even by a bare ma
jority, in favor of Secretary Taft his
friends need not either fear the primaries
or be in a hurry about holding them.
mo one need suffer, certainly not
wrongfully, If we proceed in order, instead
of trying to rush conclusions by unofficial
announcements and declarations.
so far as the control of the state Or
ganization is concerned. I have never made
posed that organizations were mere party
machinery, and not the personal property
of any one, not even the chairman of the
state central committee.
Rank and Offensive.
GAS to the rest of Mr.. Browns state
ment, it is difficult to make a polite an
swer. For rank. dictatorial and offensive
bossism, 1t far exceeds anything I can re-
call. 1t amounts to threat that unless I
straightway declare for Mr.. Taft shall
lose the senatorship. That may be- but IL
q fhA fn a No trVv< R<~>
Il said at Canton that would not be
dictated to by any kind Of a boss big or
little, inside or outside the state. meant
that announcement for Just such bosses
as Mr. Brown, and for just such perform
ances as he is now giving US.
ITO be specific, I emphatically resent his
dietation. and give him notice that my
choice for the presidency will be named
by the next Ohio republican convention
that is lawfully held to nominate state
officers, and that so far as am personally
convention as to whether shall be can
didate again for any Office, and if so what
that Office shall be-"
Special Dispatch to The Star
COLUMBUS, Ohio. May Ex-senator For
aker, his friends say, has won all that he
has been contendng for in the controversy
over the Endorsement of Secretary Taft by
the republicans of Ohio for the presidential
nomination.
That is, that the action should not mean
that Foraker was to be driven from poll
tics" as the radical Taft leaders declared
at the outset. In the statement given out
by Gov. Harris and his cabinet last
night; declaring for the Endorsement of Mr..
Taft, they distinctly declare that they do
not join with any scheme to retire Senator
Foraker. The fact is emphasized that the
declaration for Mr.. Taft does not mean an
tagonsmto Foraker to election to the Senate.
1t was only upon this concession by Taft
leaders that they were induced to make
they are as strong for Foraker, every bit.
for the Senate as they are for Taft for the
presidency.
Gov. Harris Statement.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 1S-A statement
given out last night with the approval of
Gov. Harris, Attorney General Ellis, Sec
rotary of State Thompson and Auditor OF
State Guilbert declares that they believe
that all Ohio republicans ought to stand
together behind William H. Taft for Presi-
dent The statement follows:
"It appears that the state officers have
refrained from making any statement, be-
cause they did not want to add to the
threatened confusion Of the Issue of the
presidency with that of the next senatorial
but one candidate for the presidency and
1t is important that he should have the
loyal and united support of the whole state
this year in order to promote his candidacy
throughout the country and since Ohio
may have more than one candidate for the
senatorship, and it is neither important nor
appropriate that this question should be
settled at this time, republicans in this
state who are already united on the presi-
dency should make known their unity on
that question now, and If they are divided
that division now, for next
year they may not be divided upon it at all.
Should Unite on Taft.
I'm other words, the governor and the
other state officers believe that all Ohio
republicans ought now to stand together
behind William H. Taft for President.
LAS to the senatorship, that is a question
to be settled hereafter. and any republican
who is a candidate is entitled to fair hear
ing before the party and the people. When
the proper time arrives. the republicans of
Ohio will settle 1t without bitterness and i'll
feeling, with full recognition of service
and achievement on all sides, and with
spirit Of good will toward republicans
Chairman Browns Statement.
TOLEDO, Ohio, May 1s.-Chairman. Wal
ter F. Brown of the Ohio state central COM
mittee, yesterday broke through the reti-
cence he has far observed since the
of the Taft-Foraker i'm
oroglio. In part his statement is as fol-
ows:
There Is not, to my knowledge, a re-
publican leader whose prominence is ac-
throughout Ohio who favors
any candidate for the presidency except
Secretary Taft
Leaders Declare Their Choice.
There are lightweight counties in thio
state. have direct information from the
eading politicians in three-fourths of them,
Ind every man is for Taft. / have not as
.xact information from the remaining cnllu-