The Washington times., 1908-12-31
BURTON Wins TOit
IN Ohio CONTEST
Cleveland Man Victor When
Taft and Foraker With
draw From Race.

+ COLU1-FUs, Ohio. Dec. Gl-Haviag
overcome -seminS,y lu-lFmouuta0.e OBJ
stacIes flying in the face Of the once
strongly jaueuche5 Republican state
organization OF Ohio, Congressman
Theodore T. Burton. OF Cleveland. has
won the Ohio Senatorship.
Ills victory is by all odds The most
noteworthy in the annals Of Ohio poll
tics. IL is essentially a triumph Of pop
ular sentiment over machine methods.
As in the case Of the New York Sen
atorship, where party harmony was in
peril while Chairman Woodruff opposed
EIlhu Root as the successor to T. =.
Plalt. 50 IN the contest in mis- own State.
Presldent-eIect Taft took d hand and
iu this instance reIeEated his own
brother TO meet the popular approval
From Augusta yesterday came the
word which enectuaIIy sounded the
death kneU OF the life ambition of
Charles p. Taft.
Presumably brought 10 Columbus BY
Wade H Ellis. Assistant Attorney Gen
eraI OF the United States, but in reality
conveyed by n quiet, unO Obtrusive news
paper correspondent. the Presidential
command was perempJOrily Obeyed. and
10 the letter. The Will OF the people
was not only recognizede but respected
Party Is for Burton.
William H Taft learned for the first
time on Monday that the sentiment OF
the rank and file in the party IS over
whelmiugly for Burton. II is evident
he had no previous knowledge Of the
true conditions in his native State, as,
indeed, Charles p. Taft himself had no
H. NH hsaH=
the present state organization sought 10
leave the impression upon the minds OF
the entire Taft family that sentiment
favored rather than opposed the candi-
dacy OF Charles p Taft
Following int Iueratte caucUses and
conferences which continued throughout
the night. developments followed thick
and fast ,this morning. At II O'Clock,
. Charles +. Taft. editor OF the ClnCin-
matt Times-Star, half-brCther and con-
flential adviser OF the PreSident-eleCf,
of the Republican national committee,
issued q statement, formally withdraw
ing as q candidate Tor the Foraker sue
cession. In IL, Mr. Taft denies that he
has ever had any persona, ambitions TO
crafty 'at the expense o, the RepCbi-
can party"
Another Conference.
When this statement was issued an
other notable conference was in prog
ress at the Hotel Chittenden, in the pri-
vate quarters of Congressman 3urtoR.
State Chairman Henry A Williams and
Arthur /. Vorys on the part Of Taft,
and Congressman Paul Rowland and
Maurice hIaseke for Burton. conferred
with reference TO the details Of the pact,
whereby Burton becomes a Senator and
| Taft remains an editor.
THE meeting was TO keep intact the
present State organization, the front
( and rear of which is State Auditor
GuiIbert and Walter f. Borwn, OF To-
: ledO.
The general impressio-' now, before
| the conference IS concluded, is that the
mechanism must necessarily crumble TO
earth
Thorne Baker, OF Cincinnati, the giant
who was to have placed Taft in nom
| ipatiOn, will perform this service for
/ Burton.
Promised Cincinnati Votes
The thirteen votes from Cincinnati are
promised Burton, thus assuring hts cleo
/ tion on the first ballot. 1t now looks
as though Foraker and all other caDdi-
dates will withdraw within the next
lhour or so. and Burton will be elected
without Republican opposition. thus
I securing a seat in the Senate without
regard 10 the far-famed steam roller
4 The text Of Mr. Tafts statement Of
withdrawal is as follows
( NV candidacy from the beginning
| seems TO have been misunderstood. I
have been represented as urging my
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