The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-10-06
Sin Of Reine "Found Out"

Sin of Being Found Out"
= The frantic efforts Of Mr.. Roose-.
welt to make it5appear that his man
Friday and Senator Foraker never
were on very friendly terms, and
mar. Taft's own frantic efforts to
lear his Immaculate skirts from the
defiling touch of the Senator, be-
cause he has been caught in the
Standard Oil dragnet, are ludricous
indeed in view OF the public protes-
tation of friendship Of Taft and
Foraker just before the latter
gentleman was found out" to be
in the pay of the octopus. At To-
ledo on the occasion OF the Grand
Army of the Republic parade they
buried all past differences and slob-
bered all over one another in the
presence of admiring thousands of
their Republican friends. A dozen
or more doves Of peace were turned
loose, and the Republican press from
Maine to California published the
glad news the next day in big type
on the front page. OF course this
was before Foraker was found out
by the public.
The above love feast was held on
September 2, and on September 10
Taft and Foraker held forty min
utes conference at Mr. Taft's head
quarters in Cincinnati. Senator
Foraker's presence on that occasion
was the result of special invita-
ton from Mr.. Taft's campaign man
ager in Ohio, A. I. Vorys, who has a
somewhat shady reputation himself
as pension attorney, but let that
pass. After the conference Mr.
Taft said: Senator Foraker and |
are both very much veXed at the re-
ports of friction between us. There
lis no occasion for such reports.
None at all, Taft and Foraker were
then as thick as two thieves, but
that was before the latter gentleman
mad been found out" by the public.
Mr.. Taft felt good over the as
surance given him by his old time
friend Foraker that he would do
all he could for the success Of the
Republican National ticket and IN
speaking of the interview said:
There has been great deal Of mis-
representation about the situation be-
tween Senator Foraker and myself.
We discussed the general aspect Of
the campaign. Senator Foraker said
he wanted to do all he could TO
bring about Republican success, and
to call upon him when l needed
him." Senator Foraker admitted
we had a very pleasing personal
talk" This also occurred before
the last named gentleman had been
found out" by the public.
After Senator Foraker was found
OUT Mr.. Roosevelt said: "Mr Taft
declined all overtures from the
Foraker party in 1907-the pro-
posed agreement being that Foraker
would support Taft's candidacy for
the presidency, if Mr.. Taft and the
other Ohio leaders would throw their
strength to the senatorial aspiration
of Foraker. Mr.. Taft then said
that heawould not consider for one
moment any possible advantage to
himself when what he regarded as
great principle was at stake: ::
Those are Mr. Rooseelt's words.
But they do not tally with what hap
pened at Toledo or at Cincinnati, or
with Mr.. Taft's words concerning the
love feast held by himself and Mr..
Foraker at the latter place.
The meetings between Taft and
Foraker were so lovely that Boss
Cox, of Cincinnati, who is the big
gest rascal of them all, with his new
halo of virtue, affixed by Mr.. Taft
and appointed by the latter head of
the local committee, ordered thous-
ands of the hand shaking "he Is good
enough for me" Autographs for dis
tribution. But what change a week
brought in the situation, after Sen
ator Foraker was revealed to the
public as he had been known to the
Republican leaders for years. The
peace doves were slain; the olive
branches thrown into the ash barrel
and Senator Foraker pitched head
long from Peach Mountain into
Despair Gulch. Mr. Foraker has
been read out of the party, repudi-
ated and reviled by Mr.. Roosevelt,
all because he committed the unparc'