The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1908-10-22

Gus confusion OF nation with state
and local politics in the history OF
Ohio as that provided for by the call
for the republican state primaries
and convention conceived by Gull
bert, Cox, vorys. Ellis, Thompson,
Gov Harris and Walter Brown and
promulgated by Brown as chairman
of~the State Central committee
In that call. dated at Columbus,
Ohio, January 2, 1908. plan was
devised which practically disfran-
chised the friends Of Senator Fora
ker who wanted 10 endorse him as
Ohio's choice for the republican NOM
ination for president. This plan was
to require at least twenty times as
many voters as the number of dele
gates to which each county was en-
titled to petition the county board
of election to place on the primary
ballot list of candidates for dele
gates and alternates, together with
written consents of the candidates to
the use of their names in that con-
nection, the ticket also to bear the
name of the presidential preference
of the petitioners under the heading:
Our Choice for President"
The call specifically stated: Com
plete tickets shall be printed upon
said ballot only in accordance with
the foregoing conditions and no tick
ct shall bear any other designation
than the choice of such delegates for
president of the United States"
The call required that these /peti-
tions should be filed not later than
February for the primaries to be
held February IL, and as there was
not sufficient time to comply with all
the conditions of the call, the For
aker republicans, particularly in
counties having large delegations,
were obliged to abandon the contest,
resulting In the state convention be-
ing packed by delegates, according
to the plans of the associated bosses,
to endorse Mr.. Taft for the presiden-
tial nomination.
Thus instead of divorcing national
and local politics in Ohio. there never
was such compounding of national
and local politics as this of which
Mr.. Taft is the chief beneficiary, for
the machine made delegates controll-
ed by the bosses in the state conven-
ton not only endorsed Mr.. Taft for
president but forced special pets con-
sisting of deputies, third term favor
lists and other henchmen of the boss
es upon the state ticket, as republi-
can candidates. Also in many of the
counties local nominations were de-
termined by these same primaries.
Cox has a ticket in Hamilton coun-
ty this year just as he had three
years ago. The Cox issue is as much
connected with national and state
politics this year as it was with state
politics three years ago. Mr.. Taft's
real reasons for silence about Cox in
his Akron speech this year are to be
found in his remarks at Cincinnati
the day before his notification relat-
| ing to his common enterprise" with
the bosses. and in his letter accept
ing the services of Cox. Hermann
and Hynicka as campaign advisory
committee.
So that instead of there being a
divorce Of national and local politics
as claimed by Mr.. Taft. his own cam
paign for the presidency is involved
in polygamy of political bosses join
ed in unholy alliance by the call foI
packed primaries of February II and
the packed convention held March 8
| in accordance Herewith.