The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-18
NOTABLE DINNER.

The splendid state nf Ohio has come 10 be considered no longer as being of the west even by New Workers, who as rule think everything the other side of the Hudson from thom to be west and correspondlngly "wooIy' Ey- cry year sees Ohio moro firmly joined with the pivotal Empire state polit- cally, commercially, and In every way Ohio has its many big mon who arc leaving large wake behind them in the national milpond, and lts public spirited citizens who arc everywhere recognized as representative Ameri- cans.
 At the dinner of the Ohio society in New York "wednesday night, Henry W. Taft said he had noticed that the coun- try had developed d habit of selecting It's presidents alternately from New York and Ohio and he turned from looking at President-elect Taft to squarely face Governor Hughes of New York as he added: "And 1t looks to me as if the game of presidential see-saw would continue for an indefinite pc riod" The latter. in turn, when he arose to speak suggested that hereaf- ter the state of Ohio must be known as the State of Brotherly Love Of what characteristic could a state be more proud? "rn the past there have been rivaries between the states, natural enough and historically explainable, ' he said We shall all treasure the memories that cluster about the growth and development of the different states of the Union; but in connection with the future our rlvalrles, I hope, will be In the comparative efficiency and wis dom and justice of our representative state administrations There Is the op- portunity for state pride to express It. self. and for the descendants to prove themselves worthy of the ancestors whose deeds in the past are cherished" " This is not the first time this strain of interstate brotherly-feeling has been struck of late The fact that is so of ten recurring nowadays may be taken as matter of congratulation. It means much for the country at large
 But this dinner of the Ohio society was significant in another way It was ,attended by such notables of the Wall street world as Mir Morgan, Mir. Rockefeller, Mir Ryan, Mir Hartman, Mr. Gates, and others, It was gather ed to express the well-wlshes Of these leaders of men to the coming executive, Mir Taft The latter made notable speech upon the subject of tariff revision, in which he did spen- did and honorable thing in renewing his pledge, the pledge of his admin istration, and of his party to the re- cently-adopted Chicago platform which declared for tangible and a real re- vision of the tariff Better no revi- sion at all" he said, better that the new bill should fail unless we have an honest and thorough revision on the basis laid down and the principles out lined in the party platform
 If more of our governmental eXeeu- lives felt such vital concern for their past pledges of election time, 1t would be better for the country Just what Mir Taft will be able to bring about in the matter of tariff revision is pro- bematical. Time alone will show. But one thing is certain It is that Mr Taft is perfectly sincere in his efforts for actual results and in most things that means a large part of the battle won for better and purer politics