The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-10
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Columbus, o., Sept ,fo--Another
''peacea isettlementHGifke that reached
at Toledo, when TAFT and Foraker
We're forced. into each Others pres
ence in such way that they could
nat avoid being friendly. and IL
VIII be determination instead of
elimination. vf
Senator Foraker has been so en-
phatic since In his statements re.
garding "the Toledo tableau" and
everybody connected, with it has
such u different story to tell. and
nobody who was not preseiS knows
enough about what actually did hap
pen to feel safe in saying anything.
that to sum it al up about the only
thing accomplished by the ambus-
clde into which TAFT and Foraker
were drawn was that Mr.. Taft was
told to his face, and in public that
Senator Foraker intends TO be a
candidate for .ue-eleetiom. This has
yisibly embarrassed the eliminators
who would not permit the conven-
ton manipulated for Taft by Cox.
Guilbert, Norys and Taft's brother,
to indorse, anybody for senator, be-
cause they, intended to put Foraker
down and out at the end of his
present term and TO indorse one of
Their own number meant in addition
TO the hostility OF Foraker's friends.
NO Endorsement meant opposition,
and boraker's friends know II. The
open announcement of FCraker's
candidacy in the presence of MT
Taft who is making common en-
terprise" with Cox, Guilbert, Brown,
Bieser and their sub-bosses, was
more Ikea declaration of war than
the tender of an olive branch
M. ID. Ratchford must walk tho
plank in order that Taft booster
may have his Pace, and friends of
Ratchford among the miners of Ohio
lave an additional reason for voting
against Taft for president.
As president OF the United Mine
Workers before Mitchell, It was
datqhford who secured the eight
hour day for miners. Both Ratch-
ford and Andrew L. Harris, now
governor, were appointed to the
National industrial Commission by
President Mckinley Governor Nash
appointed Ratchford Ito his present
position and now ,G0yernor Harris
Is compelled to throw out his for
mer colleague on the national in
dustrial commission TO reward a
former Forakerite who turned trait
or to The senator last winter and
Joined the Taft movement. 1t is
said the deal was made then by
Voiys TO dump Iatchford and put
w. T. Lewis in his place to reward
Lewis fcr deserving Foraker and
supporting Taft. Lewis is a brother
of Tom l.. Lewis, now president of
the Mine Workers, and of Llewellyn
Lewis, president OF the Ohio Federa-
tion of Labor. The Lewis brothers
originally we're followers of Fora
ker. Last winter, when it looked
like the ellminators were on TOP
they switched TO Taft. Ratchford's
scalp and plum for w. II. Lewis,
who was labor commissioner when
Mckinley was governor, looked to-
Norys like pipeline into the labor
organizations cf Ohio for Taft
How strange that the Taft papers
are making so much fuss about
Gompers and Mitchell Hdragging the
American FedTatiod OF Labor into
politics" by supporting Bryan, after
Taft's machine managers In Ohio
instead OF irying TO drag the miners
and Chic Federation of Labor into
politics set trap which they
thought sure would snare the labor
vote OF Ohio and turn 1t over to the
proud father OF injunctions and Of
falling labor leaders "for contempt
without trial by jury.
Hardly a section OF the state has
escaped the blight of bank disaster
at some time. In fact few counties
in Ohio are exempt from live and
personal interest in the issue OF |