The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-09-23
bEroCRAT1OH HOPE s1DETRACKED

Taft and Foraker Shoulder 20 Shoul-
der for Republican Principles.
Another Democratic hope has been
sidetracked. That was that United
States Senator Foraker would not sup
port the Taft candidacy, and would
thus impair his chances Of carrying the
State Of Ohio.
The two big Ohioans ftttngly met
at the G. A. r. reunion IN Toledo, and
publicly and good-naturedly cast what
differences may have existed between
them to the air.
Mr.. Taft's contribution to the treaty
Of peace was as follows:
ut Is a pleasure for me to be here
with Senator Foraker, because when
governor Of Ohio he gave me my first
chance and took a good deal Of risk In
putting a man of % on the bench of
the Superior Court Of Cincinnati. We
are about to enter-or rather have en-
tered-a great oratorical campaign. 1t
is a pleasure to think In this presence
that we are going to stand In the
campaign shoulder to shoulder, with
the full strength Of the Republican
party"
In response Senator Foraker denied
that enmity had existed between Mr.
Taft and himself, and said:
Under the circumstances I hope l
may be pardoned if say here In this
! presence-the first time have had
| opportunity to say it-that there is not
| row and so far as l know there never
has been the slightest Ill feeling Of any
kind between Mr. Taft and myself.
"If there is anything I have a right
1 to claim beyond another, it is that !
sm Republican three hundred and sixty
| five days In the year l have my pref.
erences sometimes as to who should
receive the honors OF the party, and
everybody generally finds out what they
are. But l am one of those old-fash.
toned Republicans who settle every such
question at the convention When the
Chicago convention nominated Mr.. Taft
to be the Republican candidate for the
Presidency this year, that instant he
became my leader He has been my
leader ever since, and be will be my
leader until the polls close on the night
Of the election"
Mr.. Foraker followed with an esti-
mate of Judge Taft's fitness for the
office he seers by repeating what Bishop
Fallows had said before him.
81 want to repeat It." he said, shat
his experience on the bench, in the
Philippines, as Secretary Of War, In
the construction Of the Panama Canal,
in all the positions he has filed, has
been such as to qualify Mr.. Taft al
most beyond every other man for the
Presidency. We are going to elect him,
and If he does not make SUCCESS OF
Il, 1t will be his own fault"
Senator Foraker followed this state
nent with review Of his early &C.
quaintance with Judge Taft and the
favorable impression be then gained Of
him.
Campaign Funds.
I'VE welcome Mr.. Taft to this al
vanced ground said Mr. Bryan in ona
Of his numerous interviews since the
Denver convention The ground refer
red to is Mr.. Taft's statement that no
campaign contributions would be re-
ceived from corporation Mr.. Bryan
intended to convey the impression that
Mr.. Taft had come to that determine
ton after the Denver convention. In
that the Democratic peerless oner Is
not honest. Mr.. Taft is law abiding
citizen. Such contributions are unla "
ful, made 50 BY law passed by a Re
publican congress at the Instance Of a
Republican administration Of which
Judge Taft was part SIX months be-
fore the Denver convention. Be hon
sst Mr.. Bryan, II you can!