The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-29
TAFT ASKS FOR A
SHOW OF HANDS
He Wants Republican Legislators to get Together Next
Saturday Evening and Try to Determine Whom they
will Serve-BurtoD and His Followers Think
Brother Charles is Putting up Stiff Bluff.

any telling influence on the fight
for Taft or any other candidate is
scorned at Burton quarters Foraker
Is In an uglier mood than ever to-
night He has been saying some ex.
Iceedinsly peppery things about Dick
that have been much louder than
the ordinary stage aside and have
been nosed far AMI near The
meeting between the two Is expect
ed to be an animated one.
Foraker mas remained on the field
to club Charles P Taft over the
shoulder of Burton with a purpose.
Last night the talk among politicians
Is that If Taft can be pushed out
OF the contest Foraker will be after
Burton with hammer and tongs. II
Is In following this course that
Foraker with his friends sees his
only remaining chance.
There was all kinds and sorts OF
deals In the air and Burton has
twice been approached with the ten
tative promise of organization sup
port for the senate two years hence.
In another form he has been sound
ed out as TO whether he would
stand by Taft two years hence
should he win the present contest
Burton is refusing to consider any
suRiyestions of a compromise or deal.
The proffers are indicative of the
anxiety on the rart of the organl-
zation leaders. Many of them are
now looking for a place to light.
If the Taft candidacy goes on the
rocks there will be a helter skelter
to get under cover. Arthur Vorys
and Henry A. Williams are marked
for the goats should the organiza-
ton game go to pieces Malcolm
karshner, boss of Columbus" was
with Burton for an hour yesterday.
He insisted among other things that
he was not attempting to tamper
with the Cuyahoga county delegation
On the hee's of the Karshner visit
came the declaration from Handy
Jones of the Franklin county ,delea
cation. that he would Join with
Carl Brown in supporting Burton.f
Senator-elect Frank Clevenger OF
Clinton county, claimed by both
Burton and Taft, was the subject OF
pressure on the part of the Taft
agents for hours today. Leaving the
Taft rooms be said:
Il am not ready to say I will no,
vote for Taft, Il insist. however h.
ought not to be a candidate. Yop
cannot make me believe his election
would not greatly embarrass his
brother, the president-elect: I know
better have informed Charles p
Tart that his candidacy is a great
mistake. The peopie are not for him
Al primary election Burton would
beat him 100000 1t is a fact. how.
ever, that in my district senator
Foraker still heads strong follow
/ ing"
throng of Cleveland supporters
lof Burton reached the capital yester-
day. Included were Senators Mathews
and Mendelson and Representatives
bocinsham, Moritz, Caivey Scheib,
ley. Edwards. Eubanks, and Carabell
or the Cuyahoga deldyation; Con-
gressman Rowland, Herman C. Baehr
lC w. Co'lister, Judge Winch, Herb
ert Grant, Charles Prestlen. George
Srow, James Gallagher and James
I1eaverside. Gallagher wants place
In the house organization as assist
ant sergeant-at-arms Representa-
tive r. j. Lersch or Lorain county
and II. s. Stockey, former prose-
cutting attorney of Ashtabula coun-
ty, also Joined the Burton camp.
Representative Woods of Medina
county gave out poll of the Re-
publicans of his district at Burton
quarters last night. The result. still
rncompleted gives Burton 492, For-
aker T. Harris 4, Taft and Dansh-
erty, who is no longer candidate,
II. a