The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1907-05-02
In PORAKER-TAFT
Contest There is Claimed to be
an Equal Division Of Senti-
ment in this County.
Large Majority Of Politicians Favor
Foraker While the Taft Fol-
fowers Are Not Active in
Party Affairs.

the Cleveland Leader, who is making |
a canvas of the state by counties to
discover the sentiment of the people |
In the Foraker-Taft contest, was In
this city last Tuesday and Wednesday
and called on large number of our
people. He represents paper that
is supporting the War Secretary and
was looking for Taft sentiment and
evidently found some from his report
on this county. While his size up of
the local situation Is not exactly as
we would make 1t his article Is repro
duced for the benefit of our readers
and is as follows:
Unless our people decide at direct
primary vote who is their choice for
the Republican Presidential nomina-
tion, the Sixth Congressional district
of Ohio will probably send contesting
delegations to the Republican Nation.
al convention next year as 1t did In
1904
Another finish fight can only be
avoided in this district by retirement
from the political arena of one of the
factions. If one retires 1t won't be
that which bears the name of Hide
brant. The election of Democrat to
Congress In a district normally Re.
publican by 5000, it was believed for
a time, would lead to the restoration
of party harmony. But the indica.
tions are that there will be no har-
mony. The element known as the
Scroggy faction is accused of knitting
Hildebrant at the polls, and the
Hildebrant leaders purpose that their
faction shall name the next candidate
for Congress. The nominee has not
been slated, but he will not be Hide
brant. The Scroggy men must accept
the situation or else hold rump con-
vention.
Each faction has a congressional
committee. The Hildebrant CON-
mittee Is to meet In Cincinnati within
few weeks to map out its plans for
the next year. The Hildebrant fac.
tion claims to control the Republican
organizations in Clermont, Brown,
Clinton aud Warren counties, giving
the Scroggy faction Highland and
Greene counties. New Election boards
are TO be appointed next July, and
the Hildebrant leaders claim they
will have eight of the twelve members
of the congressional district Election
board. With this board thus divided
the Hilderant faction expects to have
its candidate for Congress recognized
The Scroggy faction will therefore bt
compelled to eliminate itself from the
situation or make fight that can moi
but affect the Presidential situation
in this district. In the national con
vention of 1904, the Hildebrant dele
cation, with the vote of Myron T
Herrick, then governor, was seated
over the Scroggy delegation, which
was backed by Senator Foraker
Should history repeat itself and the
factions line up next year as three
years ago, Senator Foraker might bt
a candidate for the Presidential nomi
nasion with the delegates from the
district in which he passed his early
life opposed to him.
Moreover, It Is question If Senate,
Foraker will receive the support Of
this county of Highland, In which hi
was born. This statement is baset
upon poll of political leaders of botf
the Republican and Democratic par
ties, made as part of canvass con
Quoted in the interest of the Ameri
can Medical Association at the re
quest of DR.. Charles A. l.. Reed o.
Cincinnati, chairman of the Board Of
Legislation and Public Policy of tn,
American Medical Association. DR.
J. G. Larkin of Hillsboro was assigned
that task for this county. Every
Democrat he interviewed was for vii
liam Jennings Bryan. Of the Repub
licans he interviewed, exactly hal
pronounced for William Howard Taf
and the other half for Joseph Benson
Foraker. DIR. Larkin is physician o
high standing, and is secretary of thu
Highland County Medical Association
DR.. Lar'rin did not hesitate to sa.
that personally he is for Taft. H.
also said he believed the sentiment o
the rank and file of the Republican
voters was about equally divided be
tween Taft and Foraker, though Il
his poll he had counted only politi
clans of prominence.
This statement of the situation her
will no doubt surprise the ardent suI
porters of Foraker. Mr.. Foraker wa
born In Paint township, about eigh
a .