The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-03
Cordial Meeting Takes PIacg Between Senator and Judge
 At Toledo
FORAKER ANNOUNCES
 FULL SUPPORT OF TAFT
The Two Ohioans Sit on Reviewing Stand Together at the Grand Army Parade and All Is Peace
 In Ohio Camp.

l Toledo. O.. September 2.-That Taft and
 Foraker are politically together is not only the public admission of both Taft and Foraker here today but also the | political sensation of Ohio. 1 Senator Foraker is an avowed candi-
 date for the United States Senate to
 succeed himself and his services in the national campaign have been sought by 1 National Chairman Hitchcock and the 1 senator has promised to take the stump.
 The conflicting ambitions of both prln- cipals as attested by the pre-convention 1 strife, has constituted not only the off
 cial record but the general impression
 in the public mind. Both the record and
 impression were swept out of existence l by the events of today and last night.
 At a dinner given here last night by
 Charles T. Lewis who is incidentally
 the host of Judge Taft at the Middle
 Bass club, being president of that or 1 ganization, there were present Senator
 Foralter, Gen. H. c. Corbin, Representa- l tive J. Warren Keller of Ohio and James Hoyt, an attorney of Cleveland. l This dinner resulted in an invitation to l Senator Foraker to remain in this city l today and attend both the review of the
 parade of the Grand Army of the Repub-
 lie in the stand with Judge Taft, and also the reception to be given later by | the Lincoln Republican club.
 Judge Taft left Middle Bass Island at
 6:3O o'clock this morning on a small | power yacht and after a tempcstuous 1 voyage of four hours reached Toledo. He | was taken in an automobile direct to the reviewing stand
 old Enemies Meet.
 Senator Foraker was the last of the | little party to reach Judge Tafts side,
 but when he did and each raised his
 right hand MT. Taft saving: Hello.
 Senator" and MT. Froaker: 'I l shook hands, long and heartily, and {! smiled cordially, there was a mighty shout from the crowd and then applause, l and then cheers
 1 The two sat down together and re- mained in earnest conversation for more l than an hour. Senator Foraker left to | keep business engagement and MT Taft remained till the four-hour parade had | passed After an automobile ride the | latter went to the Lyceum theatre, where
 he and Senator Foraker met again. Both
 were enthusiastically cheered.
 President Mulholland of the club intro
 duced MT. Taft as "The worlds big | man.
 Tt is a pleasure for me to be here | with Senator Foraker,'' said Mir. Taft, | because when governor of Ohio he gave me really my first chance, and took a 1 great deal of risk of putting man of
 29 on the bench of the superior court 1 of Cincinnati.
 We are about to enter. or, rather, have | entered, great oratorical campaign. It l Is a pleasure to think in this presence l that we are going to stand in the cam l paign shoulder to shoulder with the full l strength of the republican party" MT. Taft here went directly to a po- | litical argument, in which he said that 1 the real issue of the campaign was l whether the voters of the country would l give their indorsement to the Roosevelt l policies and the deeds of the republican | party, or turn to the democratic party | with its untried promises. Foraker Speaks. After most glowing ndorsement of l Judge Taft by Bishop Samuel Fallows of | the Reformed Episcopal church, Chicago. l Senator Foraker was introduced and re- ceived with decided cordialty. He began by scoring the press to the extent of say ing that there came near being a tragedy In his absence from the meeting during the first 10 minutes of it's duration, be- cause the newspaper correspondents were preparing dispatches announcing the con firmation of the 'feud and bad feeling that is existing between Judge Taft and myself.' He continued:
 Under the circumstances, l hope I may be pardoned if l say here in this pres ence-the first time l have had oppor- tunity to say lt--that there has never, so far as l know, been the slightest i'll feel ing of any kind between Judge Taft and myself And if there had been, you could not lose me that way.
 If there is anything I have a right to claim beyond another 1t IS that 1 am a republican 365 days in the year. I have my preferences sometipes to who should receive the honSrs of the party and everybody generally finds out what they are. But l ann one of these old fashioned repubicans who settle every such question at the convention. When the Chicago conveption nominated Judge Taft to be the republican candidate for the presidency thB year. that instant he became my leadeJ. He has been my lead CT ever since. and he will be my leader until the polls Hose on the night of the election
 Senator Foraker then turned to the is- sues, with the conclusion that the great issue would De found to be whether the administration of public affairs in this country shall be turned over to the dem- ocratc party with Mr Bryan at it's head or shall be(continued in the hands of the republican party"
 MI. Foraker followed this discussion with sn Estimate of Judge Tafts fitness for the office he seeks.
 "Es experience on the bench in the Philippines, secretary of war, in the construction of the Panama canal. in all the positions he had filled, has been such as to qualify Judge Taft almost beyond every other man for the presidency We are going to elect him and if he does not make success of 1t. 1t will be his own fault"