The Washington herald., 1908-07-30

Cincinnati, July 2s.-Frank H Hitch
cock. the Republican national chairmans
has kicked Up a hornets nest in Ohio
again 9Ir. Taft had just got everything
smoothed- cut nicely in the vorys orgaui-
zation by giving his assurance that Vorys
was going 10 have a good seat at tha
PIE counter. when Hitchcock came along
and. as the Ohio Republicans say. slight@
ed them Hitchcock got here yesterday
morning and quickly came 70 an uader~
standing with yorys. by which the Ohld
campaign is TO be managed by the na-
tiol.al committee on the same basis as
the campaigns in the other States. vorys
TO give up the membership 70 becoma
SIr. Tafrs chief OF stan. Henry Williams.
Of Columbus. chairman OF the State ex-
ecutive committee. is the man through
whom Hitchcock naturally VIII conduct
the campaign IN the State Yet the na@
tionaI chairman left town last night with
out even having met Williams. Williams
is said to be warm under the collar. and
crowd OF the lesser lghts. who had
planned 10 see Hitchcock this morning
and fnd out how much they would get
from the pork barrel were roaming
around the corridor Of the Hotel sintoa
all day so sore you could not touch thems
Couldn't Get Near Him
.-vorys has turned the reins over q
Hitchcock" said one Of them. Here
were gathered from AL parts OF ths
state. Hitchcock came TO town and nat
uraIly we expected 10 meet him and ind
/ out a thing OF two. but before We could
get sight OF his coattails he was on q
train bound FOR Washington Nov, that
may be good politics. but il isn't the
way We play the game out in Ohio In
Hitchcock wants 10 realize that there IS z
voluntary politics As national chair
man he is not dealing altogether with
men who are drawing salaries from tas
Post-ofice Department
-'Hitchcock's s friends say that he had 10
intention whatever Of sighting the Ohio
politicians He had engagements n
Washington and New York, which COM
PEELED him 70 leave town soon after the
notification.
Mr. TAFT has snoothed cut the Repubs
lican situation IN Kentucky He had
I talk here yesterday with Gov Wilson.
who has not been an ardent Taft sup
( porter The governor. IN the course of
| the conversation. allowed that he could
I play golf. That was the opening 8Ir
Taft was looking FOR
Well. come down 10 Hot Springs and
I wiu take you on said Mr.. Taft. Gov
I Wilson accepted, and before the details
I OF the golf match had been arranged The
harmony was so thick YOU could cut Z
AIr. Taft has already had assurance from
ex-Gov. Bradley. the leader o. the Other
wing OF The Republican party in Ken.
! tucky. that he viii do everything he car
10 promote the Taft candidacy in tas
state
Senator Foraker MarOoned.
Republicans here have been saying 70
I day that Mr.. Taft's speech leaves Sena.
tor Foraker stranded away out on a
sand bar so far as any possibility of his
being invited 10 participate in the Ohio
campaign is concerned The Senator IN
I his chamber OF commerce speech here
TWO weeks ago said that the trouble with
tied 10 the Roosevelt policies. aIr. Taft
comes out and says that hope for Re-
publican victory lies only in an under.
standing that those policies shall be con.
I tinued- In view Of Gir. Taft's firm stand
( on this matter, 1t IS believed here that
/ Mr. Foraker VIII not be invited by the
State committee TO PARTICIPATE in tbs
/ opening Of the campaign at Youngstown.
| The subcOmmitte which is to decide that
matter was 70 have met to-day, but after
hearing the Taft speech. they decided tc
Z put the meeting Of
Mr. Taft Is favorabIy inclined toward
/ the Hughes candidacy He VIII not sav
Z anything one way OF the other for pub.
I licaton, but his friends declare that he
would Ike TO see Mr- Hughes renomi-
mated
Some OF 4Ir. Taft's friends say that
both he and President Roosevelt would
regard New York as safely Republican,
" ran II