The San Francisco call., 1908-09-03
TAFT AND FORAKER
/. ON SAME PLATFORM
Judge and Senator Meet at @.
A. r. Review and Create
Political Sensation
Friendly Greeting and Assure
ances Of Cooperation Follow
Meeting in Toledo


TOLEDO, Ohio. Sept. 2.-That Taft
and Foraker are politically together. is
not only the public admission of both
Taft and Foraker here today, but also
the political sensation in Ohio
Senator Foraker is an avowed candi-
date for the United States senate TO
succeed himself and his services In the
national campaign have been sought by
Chairman Hitchcock, and the senator
has promised to take the stump.
| At dinner given here last night by
Charles 7. Lewis, who is incidentally
the host of Judge Taft at the Middle
Bass Island club, being president of
that organization, there were present
Senator Foraker, General Henry Corbin.
| Representative J. Warren Keifer Of
Ohio, and James Hoyt, an attorney Of
| Cleveland.
FORAKER ASKED TO STAY
This dinner resulted in an invitation
to Senator Foraker to remain in this
city today and attend both the review
of the parade. Of the G. A. r. in the
stand with Taft and reception to be
given later by the Lincoln republican
club.
Those who attended this dinner are
authority for the statement that when
| Senator Foraker left the dinner he
was called on the long distance tele-
phone from Chicago by Chairman
Hitchcock of the national committee.
and requested to open the republican
campaign in Kansas. Senator Foraker
! has not yet given his answer on this
invitation, but. it is said, told the ma
| tional chairman that he would take
part in the speaking program for the
contest.
TAFT GREETs SENATOR
When Judge Taft reached Toledo he
was taken in an automobile direct
to the reviewing stand. Judge Taft
said on the journey from Middle Bass
island that he did not know of any
arrangement whereby he was to meet
Senator Foraker. But the city of To-
ledo seemed to know all about it, and
When. after the candidate had been in
his place only few minutes a car
riage, which headed the parade,
stopped in front of the stand and dis
charged its passengers, there was
tremendous shout as the thousands
who were within sight of the stand
in the immense stands adjoining and
across the street caught sight of the
senior senator and his colleagues,
Senator Dick. Governor Harris and
Mayor Whitlock
CHEERS FOLLOW MEETING
Senator Foraker was the last of the
| little party to reach Judge Taft's side,
but when he did each raised high
his right hand, Taft saying, Hello.
SENATOR and Foraker, Il am glad to
| seet you judge" They shook hands
! heartily apd smiled cordially, and
these was I mighty shout from the
crowd, andf$hen applause and cheers
| THE two sat down together and re-
NAMED in warmest conversation for
more than an hour. incidentally to-
gether receiving the plaudits of the
marching veterans.
|, President Mulholland of the club in
'trodueed Taft as the worlds big man..
STAND SHOULDER TO SHOULDER
| Judge Taft was again subject OF
/ demon onstration and after expressing his
patriotic sentiment toward veterans he
brought Senator Foraker into discus
sion.
| Your chairman has said that have
filled offices for 20 years almost with
out reward. AS he did SO Senator For
aker whispered to me that there are
some. who would accept the honor on
! the same terms.
1T is a pleasure for me to be here
with Senator Foraker" continued Judge
Taft, because, when governor of Ohio,
| he gave me really my first chance and
| took good deal of risk in putting a
man of 29 on the bench of the superior
court of Cincinnati.
we are ABOUT 10 enter, or rather
have entered, a great oratorical cam
/ paign. 1t is a pleasure to think in this
| presence that we are going to stand in
the compaign shoulder to shoulder, with
the full strength of the republican
/ party.
FUED NEVER EXISTED
! After a most glowing Endorsement of
Judge Taft by Bishop Samuel Fallows
| of the Reformed Episcopal church, Chi
cago, Senator Foraker was introduced
and was received with decided cor
diality
He began by scoring the press to the
extent of saying that there came near
being tragedy in his absence from the
meeting during the first 10 minutes of
it's duration, because the newspaper
correspondents We're preparing dis
patches announcing the confirmation of
the ''feud and bad feeling that are exist
ing between Judge Taft and myself"
Under the circumstances, I hope
may be pardoned If 1 say here in his
| presencer-the first time I have ever had
an opportunity to say it-that there has
never. so far as l know, been the slight.
est. i'll feeling of any kind between
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