Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-03
MUST KEEP HANDS OFF
Taft Leaders Against States
for State Ticket.
COLUMBUS CONVENTION
Many Republicans on Hand for To-
days Meeting.
WILL TOLERATE NO DEALS
Longworth to Nominate Delegate-at-
Large Members Of Delegation to
Chicago-Some Odd Features.
COLUMBUS CONVENTION
WILL TOLERATE NO DEALS
Special Dispa tch to The Star.

Special Dispat tch to The Star.
COLUMBUS. Ohio March 3.-Beng i'm
q bsolute control of the convention the
Taft leaders are having difficulty to re-
strain some of the members of the con-
vention from forming combinations and
making slate for the state ticket In the
selection Of the state delegates. the Taft
Foraker fight being the only matter of i'm
portance in sight. the candidates for state
offices were assured that the Taft organ
ization would keep its hands off the max
Ing of the state ticket Few of the can
didates for state office nominations had
anything to say about the making of the
delegate tickets. Secretary Taft and his
manager, Mr.. Vorys, see, of course, that
this promise must be kept, and not only
that, they must conduct the conven-
ton that there shall be ground for
suspicion that this pledge is not absolutely
kept.
Last night the Taft management dis
covered that two of their coadjutors, Wal
ter F. Brown of Toledo, chairman of the
state central committee of the party, and
State Auditor Guilbert. whose term is
drawing to a close, had entered into
deal which had for its object the noml-
nation of G. u. Denman of Toledo,
Browns friend for attorney general; E.
NJ Fullington of Marysville, now deputy
state auditor under Guilbert, for state
auditor, making Brown the chairman OF
the state executive committee and paving
the way for Mr.. Guilbert himself to sue
ceed Senator Foraker next year.
Orders have been given to this Junta
that it must break up and that the TAFT
organization must not be used In any
way to secure the nomination of candl-
dates on the state ticket. Such is the
feeling among the sixty odd candidates
for places on the state ticket against
such use of the Taft machine that the
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mediate and determined revolt. The del
egates themselves seem to be sincere
in their desire to serve only the TAFT
movement.
Taft Sentiment Dominates.
We're for Taft" they say as they
come in and are questioned as to their
pre ferences on state offices. Their readi-
ness to serve the Taft organization only
shows, however, how easy it would be
for that organization to dictate the state
ticket to a man.
There has not been any doubt for two
weeks as to who the members of the
big four will be. Gov. Harris ex-Gov.
Herrick, Charles p Taft and Mr.. Vorys
will head the Ohio delegation to Chicago,
and the honor of placing this delegate
at-large ticket before the state conven-
tiou tomorrow has been given to REPRE-
sentative Longworth This will be Mr..
Longworths only appearance before the
convention.
In a social way the Longworths are
to be prominent tomorrow evening, when
Columbus society will turn out en- masse
at dinner to be given in honor of Mr..
and Mrs. Longworth under the auspices
OF the Buckeye Republican Club at the
Broad-Oak Rink. Two thousand tickets
have been sold.
Tariff revision by republicans and
friends of protection ideal. in special
session of a new Congress, TO begin i'm
mediately after March 4, 1909, is to be
so placed in the platform as to make it
the keynote of the convention
A novel feature of the convention is
the presence here of 100 delegates from
the state medical society to work against
anything that might be in the interest of
Senator Foraker because of his oppos-
ton to the pure food and drug bill in
Congress.
The Railway Rate Bill.
The Taft managers now propose to in
sert in the platform a plank indorsing the
railway rate bill, against which Senator
Foraker cast the only republican vote,
and the employers liability law, which
the Supreme Court has held invalid 1t
VIII urge the re-enactment of the latter
law in constitutional form.
They believe that with these planks
added the platform will be satisfactory to
even the most radical opponents of Sena-
tor Foraker. and that all opposition to the
insertion of the plank referring to the
ability and high standing of the Ohio
publicans in Congress will end. They
say it will clearly indicate that the con-
vention Is at least not in sympathy with
Senator Foraker.
II seems TO be the consensus of opinion
among the delegates. speaking for the
republicans whom they represent. that re-
gardless of personal opposition of the
delegate to Senator Foraker. his nomina-
n
danger the chances of the republicans to
carry Ohio even in this presidential year.
No Nomination for Senator.
II is definitely decided that no nomi-
nation shall be made for United States
senator. The decision does not prevent
the assembled leaders from discussing
available candidates and the list is grow
ing SO long as to suggest already a dead
lock in the republican caucus In that
case the statement of Gov. Harris that he
is not candidate for the senatorship ant
only wishes to fill out a regular term in
that Office. would not be regarded by the
party as making him an impossibility
The governor is very popular has never
been factionist and would be the ideal
candidate with which to break such
deadlock.
The contest for the nominatio for lieu
tenant governor seems to have settled
Gown between Treadway of Cleveland and
Senator West of Logan. The latter is
one OF the ablest young republicans in
the state and would easily win in the con-
test but for the fact that in his work i'm
the senate he seems to have owned tie
interests" by which term the local re-
publicans refer to public service corpo-
rationS.
Some of the Leading Candidates.
For attorney general Denman of Tole-
do. Bennett of Bucyrus and Thomas of
Warren are the leading candidates. and
their strength is estimated in that order
There is some opposition to Judge
Shauck. laboring men producing statistics
to show that in decisions he had generally
favored master rather than servant but
il seems probable that he will be nomi-
mated for another term on the supreme
bench. and that Judge ]. T.. Price viii De
his associate on the ticket.
Baldwin and Kirtley are still in the lead
for ph0r Of tha arl Of lic