The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-20
HsarsFs Exposures Have Put
Ohio Senator Out OF
The Campaign
WILL NOT SPEAK WITH
TAFT ON TUESDAY NIGHT
Foraker Writes Letter to Taft EIin1-
mating Himself From the Ohio
Campaign and Taft De-
cIines to Talk.

Cincinnati September 19.-(Special) 1.-THE
attacks upon Foraker by William r.
Hearst continued to be the great topic
of discussion in all circles today and pub
lie interest is at still high tension, wait
ing new developments When Informed of
the later disclosures at st. Louis, regard
I'M the $4,000 certificates of deposit sent
to n by Archbold Senator Foraker was
at / at a loss to discuss the matter,
but later recalled the incident. He then
telegraphed to Washington for a copy of
letter he states he had written to Arch
bold in 1902, which message he stated
would explain the whole transaction.
While awaiting a reply he prepared a
statement in which he said that the $780,.
900 was loan he had secured for a third
party, a newspaper man, who wished to
buy the Ohio State journal at Columbus,
o. The senator states that he held the
certificate of deposit pending the progress
of the negotiations for the newspaper
property. but later when the deal fell
through he returned the $4,000 to Arch
bold, with the following letter, located
this morning in his old letters at Wash
ington. The letter reads as follows;
washington, d. c., February A, 1902
Dear Mr. Archbold-I very much regret
to have to inform you that the proposed
transaction at Columbus has failed; at
least for the present 1t may be revived
later but I doubt if 1 shall care to bother
about it any more. However that MAY
be, 1 herewith send you, with many
NH ri 4 laa
New York draft for $4,000, payable to
your order, as repayment of the money
advanced by you on the above mentioned
account. Kindly acknowledge receipt of
the same and oblige. VePy~tplalgs yours.
-. b. FORAKER"
Foraker Wthdraws.
One result of the affair was the with
drawal tonight of Senator Foraker from
participation in the meeting of the Ma
tional League of Republican clubs here
next Tuesday, on which occasion Sena-
tor Foraker was to have been the pre-
siding officer and Judge Taft the prin-
cipal speaker. The senator's intention
to remain away from the meeting was
made known tonight in a letter that
he wrote to the nominee and copy
of which he mailed to John Hays Ham
mond president of the league. 1t reads
as follows:
Cincinnati, o., Sept. 10, 1908.
MY Dear Judge-Having read in the
newspapers that some of your friends,
and possibly you, are in doubt as to the
proprety of my speaking with you at
Music Hall next Tuesday night, have
concluded not to attend the meeting.
] take this action not because / deem
the answers I have made to Mr..
Hearst's charges insufficient, nor be-
cause of any lack of loyalty to your
cause, but only because L do not wish
to do anything that might injure thu
cause or embarrass you personally.
Yours, J. B. FORAKER.
"Hon. William H. Taft, Cincinnati, o."
Several Conferences.
This letter was mailed after the con-
clusion of a number of conferences in
which Senators Dick and Crane of
Massachusetts took part, first with the
nominee and then with Senator Foraker,
they making several trips between the
Taft headquarters and Foraker's private
office
Before the letter had been prepared
II was stated at the Taft headquarters
late this afternoon that as early as
yesterday Foraker was given a strong
intimation that he would be expected
to take such action in order to relieve
the candidate of any embarrassment
and this step in the episode, it is be-
lieved, really accomplishes the elimi-
nation of Senator Foraker from the en-
tire campaign, for 1t is thought he will
cancel all engagements.
formal statement was expected
from Judge Taft tonight. but after the
Foraker letter of withdrawal had been
given out for publication it was said
nothing more on the subject could be
axpected from the Taft Headquarters