Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-30
FORAKER is
AFTER TAFT
SENATOR REFUSES TO SUPPORT
SECRETARY OF WAR
PRESIDENTIAL BEE Is BUZZlNG
LOUDLY IN OHIO
State Central Committee Warned to
Keep Hands OF and Not Declare
for Any Candidate at the
Present Time
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press
CINCINNATI, July 29.-That 1t is i'm
possible for him under present conditions
to favor the presidential candidacy OF
Secretary of War Taft is the statement
| Of United States Senator Foraker In
| letter given out here today.
The letter is addressed to Q. K. Mccoy
| of Coshocton, a member of the Republi-
can state committee, and is intended as
| the expression of the senator's views to
| be presented when the committee meets
at Columbus tomorrow. The interview
| of Governor Harris, In which he favored
the Endorsement of Foraker for senator
and Taft for president, encourages the
suggestion of his own name for another
term as governor and various recent
publications are taken to be the text
| of the letter, which is as follows:
at learn from the newspapers and
| otherwise that resolution Is likely TO
| be offered at the next meeting OF the
state central COMMITTEES to be held in
| Columbus tomorrow, July 30, indorsing
| Secretary Taft as Ohio's choice for the
presidency, and have seen 1t stated that
a resolution is likely also to be offered
indorsing me as a candidate to be my
| own successor in the senate of the United
States, and in today's papers Is published
| what purports to be an authorized In
| terview with Governor Harris favorlng
| this proposed action of indorsing Secre-
| tary Taft and expressing friendship ana
good will for myself with respect to
| continuation of my public services, put
| disclaiming a desire to have h1msell IN
dirsed as his own successor as governor
Would Revise Tariff
| "In this interview he announces, as ne
has heretofore announced, that he Is In
favor of revision of the tariff.
"Inasmuch as you are a member OF
the state central committee l take the
liberty Of addressing you, ana throqsh
you the whole committee and all the he
| publican voters of Ohio, upon the ques-
tione so brought to our attention.
| "At the DAYTON convention of last year.
which was a large representative pody
| cor sisting of eight or nine hundred oeie-
gates chosen in the usual way, 1t was
proposed by a great number OF the oeie-
gates to indorse candidate 1or the
| presidency.
ground that 1t was not only premature,
but also on the ground that the delegates
70 the convention have been chosen with
reference to that question ard that II
would be an assumption of 1urisdlction
| and authority that did not properly pc
long to them, and that their action coulo
| not be binding upon the next state con-
4 yention in 1898, and that no action snouid
be taken by that convention or anybody
else that would forestall the people OF
! deny them the right to be heard on that
/ all-important question.
| "The present state central committee
composed of only twenty-one members,
one from each congressional district,
were chosen by that convention They
| koI rryffh
Dental preferences. They were chosen to
he simply the machinery of the party,
representing it's organization and empow-
| cred to call the next convention and to
transact such business as the last con-
yention and the statutes OF the state I'M
posed upon them. The selection of the
candidate for the party is not one OF
| these duties.
Action Not Binding
''Their action in now indorsing a can
didate for the presidency would not, there
fore, as Gov. Harris well says be plnulne
upon ANYBODY, not even themselves. but
II would be wholly outside of their juris-
diction and unauthorized. 1t would be
only the same as the individual opinions
of so many citizens Of the state.
.'There would be much less excuse for
a committee of twenty-one members not
chosen with reference to presidential
preferences TO SeIIle d QucStioii OA siAN
character than there would be for a con-
yention composed of eight or nine hum
dred Republicans. and such action by the
committee would be entitled to cor
respondingly less credit and RESPONSE
bility.
ION a number of occasions heretofore L
have stated that, so far as l have been
individually concerned as a citizen OF
Ohio. and as a member of the Republican
narty did not think this question should
be determined except in accordance with
the expressed wish of the Republican
voters of Ohio, and that In view of the
controversies that have arisen the Re-
publican voters of Ohio should be given
an opportunity to be heard before any
action is taken by any committee or any
body not chosen by the people TO repre-
sent them in regard to this matter.
"Has No Authority"
''In view of what Gov. Harris has seen
fit to say, trust 1t is not out of place for
me to call attention to my former express
sions of this view and to report that do
not think the state central committee has
any authority to pass on any such subject
and I do not think 1t would promote party
harmony for 1t to undertake to anticipate
tbe Republican voters of the state by
speaking in advance of action by them.
at do not think anybody, as Gov, Harris
well says, WOulu TeBdTu 5uCl dCIOi do
binding. 1 am sure 1 would not, and l
do not think 1t could in any way promote
party good in our state or advance the
cause of Republicanism either in Ohio or
elsewhere.
ain addition to these considerations I
think 1t is premature and bad policy to
undertake in this way to inject the presi-
Dental question and national politics in
Ohio politics at time when we are con-
cerned with our municipal elections.
with respect to which 1t should be
the desire of every republican to sub
ordinate everything that might stand in
the way of united, harmonious and sue
cessful Republican effort.
When we are through with the cleo
tions of this year we can take up in our
orderly way and without injury to any
interest as the next business to be trans
acted the settlement of our presidential
preferences.
Would Leave 1t to Voters
'I shall at that time, as I have here
tofore announced, request the state CEN
trail committee to order. in accordance
with the spirit and declaration of the
platform adopted by the CO .vention that
assembled at DAYTON last year. that dele