Morris tribune., 1908-03-14
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I ATT captures Onio OonSentSon.
The first day Of the Ohio Republican
convention at Columbus made 1t plain
that Foraker had not a corporars
guard as a following and that Taft
would be the unanimous choice of the
party for the presidential nomination
The friends of the war secretary took
possession Of the state committee and
named w. F. Brown of Toledo az
chairman. Secretary of the Interior
James r. Garfield was chosen tempo
rary chairman, and he declared that
| the issue Of the campaign would be
| the continuance of the Roosevelt poll
| cies. The platform indorses these in a
way to suit Taft with special reference
| to the rate bill and the employers liza
| bility bill and favors tariff revision and
according the negro all his civil rights.
| Burton is favored for Foraker's seat
| In the senate. .H.. -r
Haywood's Philadelphia Meeting.
De~n:+a To previous announcement
Of tie ! H..,,,t>., -: authorities that the
,l,,:Lls OF 50 al: < 10 hear w. ID.
Haywood March l would not hp n
lowed, the meeting was hid, ID police
officer sitting on the platform in plain
clothes and a squad being held in wait
ing near by. Several thousand people
cheered the Western Federation man
In his attack on President Roosevelt
and justification of stealing on the part
Of the unemployed. He referred to the
president as ''the man who shot Span
iards in the back and then told about
It." and the chairman of the meeting
Moore, called Roosevelt a capitalist
tool" The latter asserted that the re
cent riot in Broad street was not q
riot but a fight started by bicycle
cop and a wagon deliberately running
into the parade of the unemployed.
Mcclellan and Murphy Peace Pact.
The fact that Leader Murphy Oh
Tammany and Mayor Mcclellan OF
New York lunched together recently
was thought to be an incident having
an important bearing ON national poll
tics. 1t was the outward sign that the
long rumored peace pact between the
mayors faction of the local Democrat!
and Tammany had been achieved |
This would mean that the state organ
ization would send an anti-Bryan dele
cation to the Denver convention and |
that Mcclellan again might become q
party leader, possibly presidential |
candidate.
Socialists Charge a Plot.
The Appeal to Reason and Other |
leading Socialist papers are raising a |
great cry of alarm over a bill%recentiy |
introduced in the senate by Penrose OF |
Pennsylvania which would give to the |
postmaster general absolute power t. |
exclude any publication from the mails |
which he sees fit The Appeal init !
mates that this is part of the conspil" |
acy directed against it by the govern |
ment and that if this bill is passed an |
attempt will be made to suppress the
Socialist press of the country.
Caleb Powers For Congress.
From his prison cell, where he awaits
pardon or another trial, Caleb Powers !
has begun a canvass Of the Eleventh |
Kentucky district for the Republican |
congressional nomination. He urges
that this will be in the nature of a vim
dication at the hands of his home PEG
pie.
Taft Meeting at Boston.
Secretary Of War Taft and Senator
Burkett Of Nebraska were the chief
guests of the Republican club OF
Massachusetts and addressed q great
gathering in Symphony hall. Burkett
insisted that the agitated condition OF
the country was not due to radicalism |
but was ''the proof of business dishon'
esty." he said the trouble with Wall |
street was that it wanted to force its |
measure Of business morals on all the
rest Of the people. Taft was needed tc
finish Roosevelt's work.
Socialist Membership $1,000.
National Secretary ]. Mahlon Barnes
Of the Socialist party, in his official re-
port for 1907, says the sale of party
stamps indicate a total membership
Of about $4,000 at the present time. al
though the average for the year was
only 29,270. The party has forty state
or territorial organizations and 2,0OC
locals. The states having the greatest
number are in order named as follows,
New York, Pennsylvania. Illinois, Wis,
consin. Ohio, California, Oklahoma
Massachusetts, New Jersey and Mime
sofa.
Bradley Elected Senator.
Former Governor Bradley of Ken
lucky, the first Republican ever to hold
that Office. has been elected to the
United States senate with the aid OF
four Democratic votes after the with
drawal of Beck