The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-04-19

,ghe friends of both Mr.. RooseVelI
and of Mr.. Foraker, when they taIA
fer the public, scout the idea that 1here
ie anv such thing on the boards aS
war between the president ana the
senior senator from Ohio. They fldl-
cule the idea that Mr.. Foraker m MS
Canton speech threw down the S2nns-
lot to the president. Maybe he did not
do so on that occasion. Whetfef on
not he did SO depends on how you look
at the matter; but when 1t comes 10
Mr. Foraker publicly putting the Quco-
+;oo oc tn s.who cares what Son-in-LaW
Longworth says?' VINO can doubt tha'
the gauge of battle has been flung
AGAINST the front doors OF the Nhlte
house? And all who are convinced hat
the remark was so intenIed are fully
convinced that Mr. Roosevelt did not
wait to call a White house 1lunkey to
90 out anu plCh uJ IllC 7'O'S-
No matter what the friends OF the
leaders of the two sides may say fOr
publication, the public may ao Well
make I'D it's mind that the fight is on
and that the hero Of San Juan Hill has
met Il foeman worthy OF his steel. Pr
vate Secretary Loeb may cry: DO
these people (the Foraker men) think
we are novices in the game?', but "all
the same, Hoyices or experts, they
have serious proposition before them
and Mr.. Taft, backed by the president
with all the White house prestige and
infrence and all the weight Of execu-
tive appointments, has an uphill work
before him in his attempt to down the
ohio senator in his political asoira-
items.
Following the energetic champion
Tag by Mr.. Foraker of the cause Of the
negro soldiers in the Brownsville affair
and the presidents back down from his
declared purpose to appoint the negro
Tyler as surveyor Of customs OF the
pert of Cincinnati. the appointment Of
the same negro to one of the most i'll
sertant positions ill the navy depart
ment. where he will have under him
about one hundred white men AMI
white Women. shows that the president
feels the force of the movement against
his policy which Mr.. Foraker las
aroused
Cur readers remember that it was an
nounced that the negro Tyler was TO be
given an important Office in CinCin-
natl as a counter movement against
Mr.. Foraker's championing the cause
of the negro in the Brownsville affair.
But there were other white republicans
in Ohio besides the senior senator,
among them the presidents son-in-!aw
who was told that he would never
again be elected to congress if the pres
ident made that appointment. The pres
sure was so great that Roosevelt feared
to make the appointment, but gave
the negro a place Just as good. but
which would not rifle the sensibili-
ties of Ohio republicans and at the
same time would please the Negro vot-
ers of the whole country By this coup
Mr.. Roosevelt has kept his promise Of
the open door, TO the negroes without
offending the friends of Mr.. Foraker or
other white republicans in Ohio.
So the fight is we'll on. Mr. Foraker
does not fear the president and the
president pretends not to fear Mr.. For
aker, but to an outsider it looks like
the senator has drawn the first blood.
1t is none of our fight. so we say let
it go on. What care We which of the
two is unhorsed? Whoever loses will
suffer without our sympathy. We can
look on and say:
Let the CALLED jade vince our with
efS are unWrung.