The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1907-05-02

them don't like the way he bucks
Roosevelt"
He has not been resident OF High
land county since he left college, but
he has been frequent visitor here
and has always had host of warm
personal friends in Hillsboro. He has
many relatives in the county who are
influential socially, in business and In
politics. Postmaster s. N. Patton
and James Reeee, who is In the reve-
nue. service, are his relatives. Post
master J. B. Elliott of Greenfield is
still another relatives.
The majority of the Highland coun-
ty Republican organization Is for For
aker, little doubt of that, although |
some of its members are loath to be
quoted as to where they stand John
s. Jolly, chairman of the Executive
committee, asserts that the county is
almost unanimous for the senator.
he ventures the opinion that ninety
per cent of the Republicans are IA
vorable to the senator. He say the
colored voters, of which there are 300
In Hillsboro alone, and the old soldiers
who cast big vote, are for Foraker
to a man.
One of Mr.. Foraker's strongest sup
porters and most earnest admirers is
Col. d. Q. Morrow, who is member
of the board of trustees of the Sol.
diesr' and Sailors Orphans home. He
is Highland county's leading Repub.
lican politician and is looked up to as
the real head of the organization.
DR.. q. M. Brown, a retired physi-
clan, who has live stock farm which
is the pride of Highland county. is
considered to be the Taft leader here.
he is a member of the State Board of
Agriculture and is a member of the
Highland County Republican Execu-
tive committee. DR.. Brown is as op.
timistic as to the nature of Taft
sentiment as 10 Col. Morrow to the
Foraker prospects. he says he has
made careful inquiry and declares
that so per cent OF the Republicans
OF the county are for the War Secre.
tary.
John W. Evans, cashier of the Hills
boro bank, is said to be for Taft, while
Daniel F. Scott, one of the wealthy
and influential citizens of the city,
says he Is for Roosevelt. He has
second choice whom he will not name,
but who he says stands for Roosevelt
policies. Maj. 81. A. Russ, a member
of the County committee, is for For
aker, while D. A. Lefevre of Green
field, Is understood to be for Taft. A
man from New Petersburg told me
that the Republicans there we're for
the War Secretary, practically unani-
mously. Some of the organization
men say they are personally for Taft,
but do not want to disclose their atti
tude at this time. X. Fl. Hopkins,
Central committeeman from Hamer
township, who is an old soldier, told
me he was for Taft and that all the
; Republicans of his place felt the same
, way.
| A majority of the county officers
are adherents of Foraker, but at least
, two of them, who are saving wood
are suspected of Taft leanings. The
, Republican newspapers of Hillsboro-
: the News.Herald and the Dispatch
have not taken sides in the contro-
] versy.
If delegates to the State conven.
tion are elected In the usual way at a
+. delegate county convention, it is the
, general opinion that they will be for
, Foraker, since the organization here
now dominated by the senator friends
: has never been beaten within the
: party. If direct vote primary, with
: secrecy of the ballot assured, is held, +,
: the Taft people will have, in my
: opinion, splendid chance to win.
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