The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-04
FROM THE OHIO REPUBLICAN
STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
TAFT MEN RULE THE RoosT.
State Convention Holds Short Ses.
slon--Janes r. Garfield Delivers
an Address and Committees
Are Appointed.


of William II. TAFT aud his political
followers, and dealt a staggering blow
to the interests OF Senators Foraker
and Dick by wipiug on the state cen.
trail committee every man who was
known to have any bias I'm their favor.
OF the 2l members of the new com.
mittee IL were reelected, and of the
ten changes made, seven were Foraker
men and all the Foraker men on the
committee. The other three who were
not reelected were all for Taft, and
their retirement was caused by local
conditions alone. Every member OF
the new committee is Taft man,
At a meeting OF the committee held
after the adjournment of the conyen.
ton, Walter +. Brown of Toledo was
reelected chairman, Fred Bader vice
chairman and Malcolm Karshner OF
Columbus secretary
The committee on permanent organ.
ization decided to report in favor of
Attorney General Wade IL. Ellis for
permanent chairman.
Pictures of Senators Foraker and
Dick were hung in the convention hall,
and the platform, which will be pre-
sented today, has in IL a plank com.
mending the "Ohio representatives In
congress-" without, however, mention
ing any Of them by name. At the
same time another plank which IS also
in the platform strongly indorses the
passage OF the railway rate bill.
against which Senator Foraker fought
so vigorously on the floor of the Uni.
ted States senate.
The convention was called to order
by Chairman Walter Brown of the
state central committee. who intro.
dueed Rev. S. S. Palmer, who made
a, short prayer The Columbus Repub-
lican Glee club then sang several Sc
lections. the most popular of which,
with the convention. seemed to be
The Star Spangled Banner" and
Were Wearing Our Hearts Away for
You, Billy Taft" The former was
the higher grade of music, but the lat.
ter had the charm Of novelty, and the
applause was about evenly divided be.
tween them.
When the glee club retired from the
rostrum, Chairman Brown announced
that the temporary organization of the
convention would be: Chairman,
James r. Garfield, secretary of the in.
terror; secretary, X. NJ. Switzer. The
mention of Secretary Gardeld's name
plause, which was deepened when he
advanced to the front of the platform
10 deliver his address. Cheers greeted
every mention of the name of Taft.
and his prediction that Ohio was
about to furnish another president
created bedlam of approval
Mr. Garfield i'm his speech referred
to the fact that the Republican party
had been in control of the affairs of
the state for l6 years and lauded the
'ecord made in that time. lie paid
nigh tribute TO Gov Harris. Turning
TO national affairs. he devoted consid.
cradle timr TO a review OF the achieve.
ments of the party since the election
of Mckinley TO the presidency I'm 1896.
He gave much praise TO tie policies
and work of President Roosevelt and
said It was important that these poll
cies be continued by his successor
He said the banking and currency
system should be made to meet the
growing needs Of business He de.
clared in favor Of tariff revision by Re
publicans, and said the antitrust laws
should be amended and made more
stringent He pleaded for the enact
ment OF an employers liability law
In conclusion he made am eloquent
appeal for the nomination of William
II. Taft for president
When the secretary had concluded
his speech the various districts pre-
sented the names of the committeeman
who had been selected at the caucuses
held just prior to the opening Of the
convention, and II was then made man
ifest that the Foraker influence had
disappeared from the state central
committee Following the announce
ment OF the names Of the committee
men, an adjournment was taken until
this morning at 10 o'clock
A short session OF the resolutions
committee was held after the adjourn
ment OF the convention, and il then
met a second time 10 prepare the plat
form. 1t Is not expected that Il will
differ In any material respect from the
outline already given. There will be
no change In any of the matters of
national Importance, and but few II
any alterations are expected in those
planks which relate to state issues.
The fight for the minor places on
the ticket continued hot all day and
there will be sharp contests on the
floor OF the convention for lieutenant
governor, auditor treasurer and attor
ney general. For ,the mead or the tick
ct Andrew l.. Harris will be nominated
by acclamation. He is highly popular
with the delegates and every mention
OF his Dame Tuesday called forth en-
thusiastic cheers.
There Will be no contest for the dele
gates at large to the Republican ma.
tional convention, and Gov. Harris, A.
l. Vorys, Charles l., Taft and Myron
T. Herriok will be chosen
For secretary of state Carmi A.
Thompson of lronton will be named
by acclamation, and r. w. Dunlap has
no opposition for dairy and food com
missioner. All other places will be
fought for.
The fight for auditor is between Il.
NJ Fullington OF Marysyille and S. A.
Stillwell OF Lebanon, and II Is either
mans fight. Fullington lost some
ground Monday night, but seemed TO
have regained large part Of II Tues
day.
For lieutenant governor the figAt IL
largely between Samuel IL. West OF