Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-22
OHIO SITUATION TENSE
TAFT FORCES WORKING FOR A
COMPROMISE WITH FORAKER.
Scheme for Eliminating Him From
Public Life Seems to Have Been
Given Up.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
COLUMBUS, Ohio. July 22--The Taft
Foraker situation has suddenly assumed
another sensational phase today, In the
claim of the Foraker forces here that Sem
ators Foraker and Dick are In absolute con-
troll of the state central committee even So
far as the matter OF the Endorsement OF
Secretary Taft for the presidency is con-
cerned. Apparently the claims of the For
aker faction are substantiated by the fact
that Chairman Arthur Vorys manager OF
the Taft forces. seems to have suddenly
changed his tactics and is now trying to
patch up pact with the Foraker men. on
the pleas of harmony and the good of the
party at large in the state 1t is under
stood that Secretary Taft himself is still
against any compromise with Foraker
The situation has reered around in For
aker's favor as far eliminating" him
from pubic life Is concerned. and IL of par
ticular interest in view OF the announce
ment of the fact that Chairman Brown OF
the state central committee is coming TO
Toledo today from his vacation in the Lake
Erie Islands and will decide whether he
committee. 1t is stated here that IL the
committee is called together no movement
for an Endorsement of Taft will be made.
the Taft forces are convinced that For
aker controls the committee.
State Committee Meeting.
No formal call has yet been sent out for
the committee meeting. but the apparently
authorized announcement probably made
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This fact is explained by State Chairman
Brown with the statement that he has not
yet received from the secretary OF state
a statement of the contests which the state
committee IL to be asked to settle.
He told Secretary George King OF the
committee that the meeting would be held
on the 9th and that the resolution to In
dorse Taft would be sprung. He told other
members of the committee that the vote
on the resolution would stand IL to 4 for
its adoption and that he hoped the lone
four would come into line.
Meanwhile the Foraker and the Dick
people were at work on the committeeman
They were endeavortng to see II the Taft
sentiment was yet in concrete form and
whether or not the state committee had
been mixed with the cement
Offer Patronage.
In their canvass OF the committeeman tho
Foraker people claim to have found that
federal patronage was being offered in ex-
change for votes for the Taft resolution.
One member OF the committee said that
Chairman Walter Brown and Mr.. Vorys
had offered him the postmastership of his
home town in exchange for his vote. The
committeeman wanted the post office but
he refused to accept 1t in this sort of a
deal. especially since he knew that the Of
hce, being presidential one. would drag
over Into the Senate. and that the appoint
ment would need the confirmation of the
upper house Of Congress. Therefore, he is
not in line for the Taft resolution.
The Taft people evidently learned of the
attitude OF the state committeeman. for
they have for some days been making an
effort to bring about a compromise with the
Foraker people. agreeing to waive their OBJ
jections to Foraker. and also to indorse
Taft for President and Foraker for SEN
ator. The program. It Is said today, has
been revetoed by Secretary Taft himself.