Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-04
DARK CLOUDS ROLL BY
N. O. M. Says Republican Sky
Is Frightening a Lot.
STATE ROWS HAVEN'T HURT
Agreement Reached in That West
Virginia Mix-Up.
WARFARE IN OHIO PROBABLE
Democratic National Committee
Opens Labor Auxiliary Bureau
and Also Goes After
Negro Vote.
STATE ROWS HAVEN'T HURT
WARFARE IN OHIO PROBABLE
Snccial From a Starr Cnrresnnndent

Special From Star Correspondent
NEW YORK, September 4-The politi-
cal sky is Frightening for the republicans
in two states where clouds have lowered
ominously up to this time. West Virginia
and Ohio will not hold out to the demo-
Gratis the hopes which republican fac
tional disputes have promised. 1t will be
reckoning without their hosts for the
democrats to count on advantage from
republican dissension.
II IS assured as a result of yesterday s
conference of the West Virginia faction
with the subcommittee of the republican
national convention that these desirable
features of the campaign will obtain.
First. whatever the status of the fac
tional fight in West Virginia on the state
ticket the Taft electors will be placed on
both republican state tickets if there are
two
Second. by the same token the republi-
can candidates for Congress will be SINH
larly carried.
Managers Cheer Up.
This agreement lifts large burden off
the national managers 1t will be recalled
that threats were made by one of the
West Virginia factions to enjoin the Taft
electors from their ticket. That would
have meant two sets of electors and prob
ably the loss of state claimed TO be nor
mally republican.
The congressional campaign managers
were also deeply interested in the West
Virginia contest and are breathing easier
since arranging to have the congressional
ticket taken care Of. whatever the condi-
tion of the local fight.
II is now up to the West Virginians to
shoulder their own responsibilities II
they prefer to go ahead and cut each
others throats on the state ticket the
blood be upon their hands The national
management, having saved its own ba-
con, will preserve q notable attitude or
neutrality. The congressional ticket has
been named, all the republican incum-
bents receiving denominations.
In Ohio those seasoned old Buckeye
ties who have wagged their boards sa-
saeiously and propnesied that the repub-
hcans of that state would fight like blazes
up to election day and then follow prece-
cent by uniting at the polls are now say
ing IT told you So" Whatever the con-
fcting reports of the Taft-Foraker re-
conciliation may say. it is regarded
in we'll informed political circles as a GER
tainty that there will be warfare on the
presidential ticket in Ohio.
Lions Share to Taft.
1t is likely that Mr.. Taft Will get the
lions share of the tacit arrangement
for it can only be described as tacit in
it's present form. That is to say, the Taft
ticket will not be tomahawked by Sena-
tor Forakers friends. Not that there were
every any threats of such action; but still
human nature is human nature. For his
part, it is understood here that the Taft
people will not fight Senator Foraker for
the Senate He will be left to work out
his own salvation.
The main thing to the republicans con-
cerned In the larger aspect or the Sltua-
tion is not whether Senator Foraker sur
wives or not, but whether republicans will
be united on the national ticket, and 1t
seems now If they will be.
There is no question that the repub-
lican managers have been very much
worried up to this time over the situation
in Ohio. A great many of them were not
in sympathy with the suggestion that
Senator Foraker should be annihilated
and Mr.. Taft did not hold such antipathy
TO Senator Foraker. either. Efforts have
been made during the past several weeks
to bring about a better feeling in Ohio,
and some of the leading republicans of
the country have urged it.
Labor Helping Bryan.
The democratic national committee to-
day opened a labor auxiliary bureau at
national headquarters, 10 bring the Amer
lean Federation OF Labor into closer touch
with the democratic campaign. The men
in charge of the new bureau are we'll
known in labor circles They are Skif-
flngton of Massachusetts, affiliated with
the shoe trade; Herman Robinson of New
York, with the clothing trade. and John
Morrison advertising man of the Ameri-
can Federationist They will confer fire.
uuently with Chairman Mack as to cam
paign methods to be pursued TO aid the
democratic ticket.
Herman Schulteis of Washington passed
through today en- route to Maine, TO take
part in the democratic campaign.
The democratic national committee is
going after the negro vote in earnest.
The committee is trying TO foment a re-
volt among the negroes against the re-
publican candidate. based on the Browns
Wills affair. The committee has issued a
long statement credited to Editor Trotter
of Boston paper published in the inter-
est of the negro race, in which Mr.. Trot-
ter scores the republican party and urges
his race TO vote against Taft. He prophe-
ses a big revolt
Foster Brags Some.
The first republican leader in Ver-
mont to arrive at headquarters of the
republican national committee since
the big republican victory in that state
last Tuesday was Representative David
j. Foster OF the first district. He ar
rived today. Representative Foster was
reelected by about 1000 majority an
Increase OF 1000 oyer his majority of
two years ago.
We could have made the state ma =
jority larger. explained Mr. Foster
but nearly everybody in the state be-
lieves that Organism IS stone dead
throughout the country, ana. therefore
that Vermont was not called upon to
roll up an unprecedented majority As
il is. the majority is one to be proud
Of y. o. NJ.