The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1908-02-20
FORAKER
PLANS WAR
Will Send Contesting Dele
gates to the Conven-
ton.

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Unless plans already virtually de-
cided upon are abandoned, and
there is no indication they will be,
there will be contesting delegations
from Ohio to the Republican
National Convention IN Chicago
next June. 1t is learned that 1t is
the purpose of the Forkaer-Dick
alliance to hold state convention
subsequent to the one called by
the State Central Committee on
March and choose a second set
of delegates at large. This dele
CATION doubtless will include the
two Senators-and will present
it's claim for seats in the conven-
tion in opposition to the "Big
Four" that will be elected at the
Taft convention in Columbus two
weeks hence. 1t is still to be de-
cided what kind of a convention
will be called, although it is not
unlikely it will be mass conven-
tion composed entirely, of course,
of the adherents of the Senators.
Such convention, if held, will
be on the theory that the
primary conducted in Ohio to-
day was not legal, as contend
ed by Mr.. Foraker, despite
the recent ruling of the State
Supreme court to the contrary. 1t is
not intended, however, to under
take to nominate a state ticket,
and the Republican nominees
selected at the convention on
March 3 may be indorsed by the
Foraker-Dick convention. This,
though, is one of the details to be
settled later on, and it may be
deemed best on mature considera-
tion to ignore entirely the state
ticket and withhold either appro-
baton or disapproval of it. In
the meantime there will be no
cessation of effort on the part of
Senator Foraker to secure dele
gates from various Congressional
districts. When he announced
recently that he would ignore the
primary held today he also de-
clared he would contest with the
Secretary of War with district
delegates and he has told his
friends that he is as firm in this
resolution now as he was then.
He consequently expects to go
to Chicago with bunch of dele
gates and do his utmost to have
them seated. The contest which
naturally will arise between him
and Secretary Taft as to the regu-
larity of their respective delegates
will be submitted to the national
committee, which is expected to |
meet about two weeks before the |
convention assemblies. 1t will de- |
yolve upon the committee to deter
mine which of the delegates in
volved in these contests should be
placed on the temporary roll of the
convention. Inasmuch as the com.
mittee considers itself a body ex-
ira judicial and maintains that |
the national convention is likewise
not subject to the election laws of |
any state, the Ohio Senator is by
no means certain that the recent
ruling of the State Supreme Court
will govern the committees con-
clusions.
But even should the Foraker
delegates be placed under the ban
by the committee next June, the
Senator will derive grim salts
faction from the anxiety which
they anticipate they will cause the
Taft forces during the intervening
period.
1t perhaps is his belief that by
organizing contesting delegation
he will succeed in raising some
doubt outside of Ohio concerning
Secretary Taft's ability to secure
a solid delegation from his own
state which will be seated at the
convention, and on this account
interfere with the progress of his
canvass. The Senator was calling
attention this afternoon to the fact
that he had requested his friends
to refrain from participating In
to-days primary, for he now ex-
poets to claim that the delegate
election and the state convention |
next month were purely Taft af-
fairs and not fully representative