The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-07-03


who first started him down the poll.
tical path. is as ardent an enemy OF
the war secretary as he is of Presi.
dent Roosevelt, and the fight in Ohio
was, life and death struggle.
Foraker, through deals with Boss
Cox of Cincinnati and other anti ad-
ministration forces in the Buckeye
state, built up formidable opposi-
tion to the presidents candidate.
Foraker, himself a candidate for
the vote of Ohio, as it's candidate for
president, assailed the record of
Taft, attacked the national admins
tration, made use of the Brownsville
affair to cement to him the negro
votes of the state, and used every
possible means to bring about the
defeat of Taft and his own indorse-
ment by the people of the state.
He was beaten in the primaries of
February II, and the subsequent
state convention held at Columbus
March 4 was Taft field day, and the
Foraker-Cox forces had to be con-
tent with what the Taft forces gave
them, their voting power in the con-
vention being too small even to trade
on
The pledging of the Ohio delegates
to Taft was the real formal opening
of the Taft campaign. The manage
ment of the Taft boom in Ohio has
been in the hands of Arthur |. Vorys
and Charles P. Taft, brother of the
candidate and owner and publisher
of the Cincinnati Times-Star, who Is
one of the powers in Ohio politics.
Frank Hitchcock first assistant
postmaster general, was made man
ager of the national campaign. AS
assistant to Secretary Cortelyou, who
managed President Roosevelt's cam
pa1gn, he has taken much advice |
from his former chief in the matter
of running the Taft campaign and
collecting campaign funds. 1t is es-
timated that the money spent by
Taft will reach into gerater figures
than any campaign fund ever spent
in a preconvention canvass.
With the pledging of the Ohio
vote to Taft the long months and
years of work preceding that event
pore it's first fruit Fairbanks, Can
ION, Knox and other favorite-son
swung their states into
Endorsements of themselves, but,
vith> the exception of Cannon, who
,ot two votes each from South Carol
ma and Michigan, the vote-getting
# the Taft opposition stopped there.
The Republican nominee for pres
dent of the United States is not yet
1 years old. He was born in Gin
innati Ohio, Sept. Is, 1857. He ]
as held public Office longer, prob :
bly,, than any other candidate ever
ominated for the presidency. He
eceived his first appointment when
e was barely 23 years old within {
few months after his graduation
'om the Cincinnati College of Law. r
ince that time he has held office for
of the 2S years intervening. One
ear of the time he was engaged in .
rivate practice of the law and for
'ur years he was dean of the law
apartment of the University of Gin
matt.
Mr.. Taft has made the unique rec 3
d of never having been legislated
1t of office, never having been put
1t through the success of rival pol
cal aspirants and never left out at
e expiration of a term through the
'pointment of rival within the Z
nks of his own party. He has al
avs resigned from every position
Id by him in order to accept an b
her, and if his candidacy for presil, =
mt is successful he will resign his
esent position of secretary of war
order to assume his new duties.
During the time that the war sec
tary has been in public life he has "
Id the following Offices
1SS0-1-Assistant prosecuting at
'ney, Hamilton county, Ohio.
1SS1-2-Collector of internal rev.
le, First Ohio district
1SS2-3-Practiced law, -Cincinna- Of
county solicitor 18
Hamilton county, Ohio. wi
lSS5-90-Judge of the superior on
lrt of Cincinnati. =. al
lS90-2-Solicitor general of the =
tied States, Mt
Substituted States circuit
ge for the sixth circuit of Ohio.
$685. 1900-Dean of the law de-
tment of the University of Gin
natl. Dr