The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-30
TAI i rs BROTHER
MARS HIS SHOW.
hackers Of Notification Exer-
cises Forced to Sell Buttons
to Raise Expenses
PERIL IN OHIO EXPOSED
Former Influential Leaders Not
Contributing to Sly Senatorial
Campaign.

s3s PHILADELPHIA PA, July ga
CINCINNATI special TO the Record says:
Tafts surprise party, notifying tn,
candidate formally of his. noml
nation for the presidency and civ
ing him the opportunity to declare FOL
continuation Of the Roosevelt poll.
cies, had an outcome to-day OF very
Sllumtliating character for the hero OF
Z it all, and brought out so plainly as
to be visible to the naked eye, a great
disaffection In the Republican organi-
cation. There was too much brother
& Charlie in 1t, and in the character
il of q marplot, at that. Not only were
4 men upon whom Taft must rely to
Il carry Ohio thrust into outward bitter
mess and away from the glories and
-fpomp of to-day's event, but the occa-
5lsion Itself wass lowered to the dignity
fof street vendors fair by the peddling
of Taft buttons TO meet expenses when
fiit was found Brother Charlie" did not
t1ntend TO npay the freight
III II had been known for lsome time
THAT there was disaffection. but 1t was
not kept on display. Brother Charlie"
Il however, to-day drove too far his am
bitipn to succeed George B. Cox as
slCincinnati leader and to gain q seat in
the United States Senate, and bad feel
,idnE was shown without regard for
consequences. There was a forerunner
aof to-day's generalization yesterday
when Judge Taft and Coz appeared
simultaneously in the lobby OF the
4sinton. but didn't speak Cox is con-
iceded to have the power OF delivering
i Hamilton county to whomsoeyer he
iJoleases. But heahasn't forgotten what
Taft, when still Secretary of War, said
about him In his speech at Akron two
years ago. All this was supposed to
/ have been smoothed over. but the min
Sute Cox saw Taft approaching him
drew from the notification headquar-
tiers and was soon lost in the crowds
in the street.
Republicans Too Dtsgusted to Pay.
! Cox is not the only leader angered
by the Tafts, and becauset of that the
button feature of to-day's exercises be-.
came a necessary inspiration in order
that the expenses of the ceremony
might be met. Had Garry Hermann.
tRud Hynicka or any Or the other local
Headers been named as chairmen OF
some of the numerous committees APP
pointed for the notification day exer.
cises. the local organization would not
have been placed in the embarrassing
position of bting Obliged to confess
that there is deficit in the notifca-
tion day fund With Garry Hermann
chairman of the finance committee, or
even only member of it. the $4,000
asked to defray the expenses Of the
surprise party would have been sub
scrtbed and paid over in less than half
a day. But as it was, only $4,000 was
raised after two Weeks OF hard work
and begging.
Many heretofore loyal Republicans
when asked for contribution, replied:
What for? G, p. Taft seems to be
running the whole thing. He's got
= plenty of money. SO let him pay for his
own thunder''
We finance committee, as last re-
scrt. hired several thousand men and
boys to sell buttons and badges in an
eiiort 70 make UP the remaining
$4,000 needed.
1t has come to pretty pass. when
an organization Like that we have here,
and In a city like Cincinnati. has to
80 out and sell buttons to raise the
E expenses of presidential nolltica-
II on, said one of the prominent mem
{ bers of the Blaine Club this afternoon.
Plans Nude by Charlie.
All the preliminary details of the
notificatipn day ceremonies were
worked out In Brother Charities" edI-
tortal sanctum sanctorum, and when
the list OF committees for the day
emerged therefrom, not one of the
1 names Of menaSr1io have long been the
recognized lGadsfs- III Republican poll
i tics In Hamilton county was found on
II The list Of honorary vice. presi-
dents was SO long that 1t might have
been taken for a copy of the city dircc-
tory. but the copyists had managed
/ not to see any Of the names of the
real leaders In going through the big
book. The result was that the really
In ha Loo H..
not muchEin evidence at the notifica-
Z ton fest. They ignored 1t as much
as possible without laying themselves
open to the criticism that they showed
I an utter lack OF civic pride