The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-22

(COnttMue0 from rage Ones) | wealth, precisely as 1t has prosecuted all other offender. MT. Taft has been
 nominated for the very reason that he | Is the antithesis of the forces that were
 responsible for MT. Foraker.
 The letter of Mir. Taft is as follows: " War Department,
 washington, D. c.
 "Pointe au Pic, Canada. July 20. 1907. Mir Dear MT. -----"In respect To one inquiry of yours. I wish to express
 myself with as much emphasis as pos
 sible, that is whether I would object to a compromise resolution which shall include an endorsement of myself for the presidency and Senator Foraker for the senatorship. In my judgment 1t would be not only a great mistake something more. It would be accept
 ed necessarily as a compromise on my behalf and therefore, with my acqui- essence or at least with the acquies- cence of my friends for whose action
 am more or less responsible. It would totally misrepresent my posi- ton.
 Desired No Compromise.
 "I do not care for the presidency if
 it has to come by compromise with
 Senator Foraker or any one else in
 matter of principle. He has opposed the vital policies and principles of the administration and in his opposition has seized upon and magnified an i'm portant. but incidental matter to em-
 barrass the administration. using in
 this without scruple, a blind race prejudice to accomplish his main pur- pose. If I was confronted with mere l factional difference within my party not involving a subject which must | come up for consideration and action | by the next Republican national con | ahnuld IA a ffn in my conclusions, It is not on my | part a question of personal feeling with respect to Senator Foraker. It Is really | a question of political principle. In respect to this. the Legislature of Ohio expressed what believe to be the
 sentiment of the people of Ohio in
 resolution asking the senator to sup port the rate bill.
 Senator Foraker declined to follow this resolution. When the issue is
 whether he shall be returned, it must
 be determined if this is to be a repre-
 sentative form of government, not by
 the question whether he has followed
 his conscience. but by the question
 whether he really represents the prin-
 ciples that his constituents desire sup
 ported and put into practice. The is-
 sue really is whether the Republicans
 of Ohio therefore. as the constituents
 of either a senator or a presidential
 candidate. support the main policies
 maintained by the administration or
 the opposition to the policies repre-
 senting the policies of the administra-
 ton I cannot stultify myself by acqui-
 escing in any proposed compromise.
 which necessarily involves the admis-
 sion that the Republicans of Ohio re-
 gard this fundamental difference of
 opinion as of no importance and one
 that can be waived In the interest of
 party harmony or the settlement of
 factional differences. There is not the
 slightest doubt that the next national convention of the party will sustain
 in full the vital and main principles maintained by President Roosevelt and
 will express no sympathy with the op-
 position represented by Senator
 Foraker. Because I believe in those principles and because in my judgment