New-York tribune., 1908-01-04
DEFIANCE BY FORAKER.
TWO OHIO CONVENTIONS
Senators Refuse To Be Bound by
State Committees Call.
IBy Telegraph to The Tribune. ]

Columbus. Ohio. Jan 3.-Followng the Re
publican State Committees call for March
convention. and prescribing in all but five coun-
ties the choice of delegates by primaries in
which the voters of each county are to vote as
q whole for undesignated delegate lists, the
supporters OF Senator Foraker are threatening
tonight TO hold separate state convention and
send contesting delegation to the national
convention
Senator Dick tonight issued a statement at
Akron.
The Bronson law under which the primaries
ordered" he said recognizes no unit
ce2t the county. The county committees au-
thority is final. and delegations selected under
county committees orders will be entitled to
seats. No doubt a great many counties will
select delegations by method not in accord
with the committees can; and those
delegations will demand seats, too. We will fight
for Senator Foraker's cause. He is the candi-
date of the conservative vote within the party
and his Nomination would restore the conditions
which brought prosperity His candidacy is
protest against policies which have under
mined confidence. dissipated credit and under
mined business conditions.
The CALL he continued, provides for some
thing that is arbitrary, unwieldy and expensive
It precludes any expression for any other can
didates than the one for the Presidency, al
ficers One or the prevailing organization
in each county will have the power TO do all
the nominating by the process OF elimination
provided in the call. Summit County VIII not
be permitted to go by default Senator Fora
ker's friends will make hard, fight as they
/ want TO deny as emphatically as can
the untrue newspaper stories circulated to the
effect that / am ready to desert the cause OF
Senator Foraker am in this fight for prin-
x>s,af oh ne
ton Of doing all 1 can for Senator Forakers
nomination the exponent of policies that
brought the prosperity now disspated.
Senator Dick said he thought the dates set
for the primaries and the convention entirely
too .es-;,- H., added that he would announce
IN a few days whether or not he would be a
candicsre tor delegate at large to the national
convention
SENATOR FORAKER'S STATEMENT.
Cincinnati ian. 3-A fiat refusal to be bound
hv the conditions of the call issued last night
Al Columbus for the Republican State Conven-
ton which Is to name a state ticket and Sc
lect delegates at large to the national conven-
tion. was announced by Senator Foraker to-
right Primaries for selection of delegates to
the convention were provided for in the call
The method is sharply criticised by Mr. Foraker
Il am not sure that 1 understand the CALL al
though have read il several times, he said
.sIf do 81 is another case Of asking for bread
and getting q stone. My idea in requesting
rrir1aries was TO have the election OF delegates
brought home TO the people, so that in each
ward. for instance we could select our imme-
6;ate representatives This call makes all that
impossible.
.I- addition il prescribes requirements not
authorized by the statute and not within the
r,ouer of the State Central Committee. Some
Of the requirements are in direct conflict with
the statute Some OF them are very burden
soma One, in particular. is the requirement
thet before there can be Taft ticket ana
Fora ker ticket there must be a petition signed
by twenty times the number of candidates for
delegates and aiterTates That would mean IN
this county about four thousand signers or Pc
t;tioners The unreasonabieness Of the require
rren1 that there shall be four thousand petit
timers 10 authorize a ticket is shown not only
1x the fact that the law makes no such require
rneut but that In cases where the law author
ICES county and city officers to be nominated by
petition only three hundred names are necessary
10 nominate any county officer and only hfty
names are necessary to nominate any municipal
officer If, in the contemplation of the law hlty
sisners are enough to authorize placing man s
name on the ticket for Mayor of Cincinnati or
Cleveland certainly it is beyond anything con-
templated by the law that four thousand sign
ers should be necessary TO nominate lot OF
delegates and alternates merely TO attend the
state convention Such condition Is unneces-
sarv as well as burdensome- 1t should he
enough for each party to select its own ticket
and then let the people vote their preference
The counties are not bound 70 follow the or
der OF the State Central Committee, but whether
they will do so or not am not advised So far
as / am personally concerned shall make no
o17 led for
and arbitrary conditions