Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-03-31
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politics, except in speaking campaigns,
 declining nomination to the legisla-
 ture. In 1879, however, he consented
 to run for judge of the superior court,
 considering this as in the line of his profession. After three years service
 on the bench he resigned because of ill
 health. In 1883 he was nominated for
 governor of Ohio, but defeated. Two
 years later he ran again and was elect
 ed and was reelected in 1887. When he
 ran for fourth term in 1889, however.
 he was defeated. In 1897 he entered
 the United States senate and succeeded
 himself in 1903. His term expires next
 year. when the Taft supporters say
 that he must be eliminated. On that
 proposition Foraker is now making the
 fight of his life.
 The enemies of the Ohio senator, and
 they are numerous and earnest. say
 that there have been two Forakers. One was the young, flashing, public spirited captain. judge and governor who captivated the young Republicans of the country back in the eighties. Then came the transformation. Im- bittered by his defeat in 1889 and heavily in debt. Foraker deliberately sold himself to the corporations; so say his foes. He did this for the double purpose of raising money to pay his debts and of gaining support to keep himself in politics. When Foraker was fighting Hanna and Mckinley in Ohio. the Chicago Times-Herald began se- ries of first page scare head double lead cd articles showing him up to the coun- try as lobbyist. Itwas the same charge made against Grover Cleveland after he was defeated for reelection in 1888. The iron entered his soul. said his critics. He concluded the people were ingrates and as a consequence made an alliance with the special privileges both for the purpose of helping his private fortunes and of giving him a further lease of political life. The an- swer by the friends of both men is that they only resumed the practice of their profession. that of the law. and if they were retained by the corporations 1t was in the capacity of attorneys. It is hard sometimes to tell where the role of attorney leaves of and that of lobbyist begins.
 In the case of Senator FOraker. at least. one thing is certain. He is no longer in debt. He may not be mil lionaire. but he has one of the finest homes in Washington. another con fOrtable residence on Walnut Hills. Cincinnati. and plenty of the good things Os this world.
 Mrs. Foraker was a schoolmate of her husband and Is a woman of strong 
 There are few more familiar figures than Joseph F. Fo-aker In stste and national conventions. In his congres- sional biography. which is otherwise quite modest. he rpcounts that he ~uas of tse Repufttsan state con ventions Of Ohio fer Isss Isoo. 1sa6 and Iqno and q iee-ate at large from Ohio to the national RepubIiczn con- venticns Of 1ssl. ISSS. IS2. 1sqs. 19oo and 1904: was chairman of the ohio of Iss4 and fsss and pre- sented 10 both of these roavenfi0u8 the name of Hoa- Jshn Sherman for noui- ! nation for the presidency. ia the cou- rentfo1S of Iso and Tsas served ns chairman cf fhe commFftp~ Of re<osu- tsczs a1d e s-rb rrrr-1rd the T.saf- ! foru each tine to the euareafioo. pre- seuted ths nane cf wIIsn NcKIaleT !