Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-01-04
FORAKER REJECTS PLAN.
Declines to Be Bound by Cal
Named by Taft Men.

CINCINNATI, January A fiat re-
fusal to be bound by the conditions of
Thursday nights call at Columbus for
the republican state convention. which is
to name state ticket and select dele
gates-at-large to the national convention.
is the conclusion reached by Senator
Foraker.
Primaries for delegates to the conven-
ton were provided for in the call issued
by the executive committee. with the Taft
forces in control, by a vote of IA to Z.
The method provided Is sharply criticised
by Senator Foraker. who says: -.
Il am not sure understand the call, al
though I have read 1t several times. If
1 do, It, Is another case of asking for
bread and getting a stone. My idea In
election of delegates brought home to the
people so that in each ward, for instance,
we could select our immediate representa-
tives. This call makes all that impossible.
I'm addition it prescribes requirements
not authorized by the statute anu not
mittee. Some of the requirements are in
direct conflict with the statutes. Some of
them are burdensome. One. in particular.
is the requirement that before there can
be a Taft ticket and q Foraker ticket
there must be petition signed by twenty
times the number of the candidates for
delegates and alternates. That would
mean in this county about 4,OOO signLrs or
petitioners.
1.-THE unreasonableness of the require
ments that there shall be 1000 petitioners
to authorize a ticket Is shown not only
by the fact that the law makes no such
requirement, but that in cases where the
law authorizes county and city officers to
be nominated by petition only 300 lanes
are necessary to nominate any county
officer and only fifty names are necessary
to nominate any municipal officer.
IF, in the contemplation of the law,
fifty signers are enough to authorize
mans name on the ticket for mayor of
Cincinnati or Cleveland, certainly 1t is
beyond anything contemplated by the law
that 1900 signers should Oe necessary to
nominate a lot of delegates and alter
mates. merely to attend the state conven-
ton. Such condition is unnecessary
as we'll as burdensome. 1t should be
enough for each party to select his own
ticket and then let the people vote their
Preference
the order of the state central committee,
but whether they will do so or not. am
not advised. So far as I am personally
concerned, shall make no effort to COM
ply with such uncalled-for, Illegal and ar
bitrary conditions
AKRON, Ohio, January, At am for
Foraker first, last and all the time"
United States Senator. Dick said today
land the reports that I desire to climb
into some one else's band wagon are
false"
Thus the junior senator from Ohio sized
up his attitude toward Senator Foraker
incident to the recent action Of the repub-
lican state central committee, conceded
by the Foraker forces to have been de.
cidedly in favor Of Secretary Taft. the
other Ohio candidate for the republican
presidential nomination. Senator Dick
said he was not pleased with the action
of the committee in declaring for early
primaries and a March convention.
81 think the time set for the primaries
and the convention is entirely too early"
said Senator Dick. IAN Of the conditions
of the call are arbitrary and hard to COM
ply with This is especially true of the
feature which provides for the nomina-
ton of delegates by petition Every one
should be given an opportunity to vote
for delegates. No provision is made in
the call for candidates for state offices.
The delegates will have no opportunity to
vote for any candidates except Mr.. For
aker of Mr.. Taft. The voters will have
no way Of expressing a desire in the mat
ter"
Senator Dick said he would announce in
a few days whether or not he would be a
candidate at-large for the state conven-
ton.