The Detroit times., 1908-07-23
TAFT Ill At EASE
OVER WISCONSIN,
IND. AND OHIO
REJECTION OF ~. LAEoLLETTE
PLATFORM PLANS. kERN'S
NOMINATION, AND OPPOSITION
OF FoRAkERlTEs TELLS.

HOT SPRINGS, Va. July 22.-Mr.
Taft is greatly worried over the Ohio
situation He wants 10 carry his own
state and is making all sorts OF over
lures OF peace 10 Senator Foraker and
the latters friends. but like the pardon
that had arrived after the man had
been hung the Forakerites say that
these Overtures come too late.
I Foraker. OF course, good politician
that he is. has declared publicly thai,
he will support Taft but IL is we'll
known axiom that in politics the hatch
cts that are buried publicly for the
sake OF regularity are often exhumed
! privately and Mr. Taft, having some
political knowledge himself through
having held political office since
childhood is publicly taking Foraker
at his word but in private he is doing
lot of discounting OF this same as
surance from Fire Alarm Joe.
| A few days ago Mr. Taft spent long
hours with A. |. Vorys. his Ohio man
ager, discussing the Ohio situation
and Vorys is going back to the Buck
eye state to do the best he can TO
straighten out the tangle that he
helped make while acting as fireman
on the steam roller.
The Foraker forces in Ohio are con
siderable aud they are truly sore
against Taft and his Ohio outfit and
word has come down here many times
during the past few weeks that plenty
/ OF the ForakeriteS are openly boast
ling that nothing will give them great
/ err pleasure than To aid in prevent
ing Taft from carrying his own state.
And Ohio. Too.
Word also reaches here from Ohio
I that since the nomination OF Bryan
I and Kern at Denver and the return Of
/ the Democratic leaders 10 the Buck.
eve state that there has been lot
of Democratic jubilation over the
prospects of carrying Ohio for the
Democratic ticket this year because
( OF the bitter Republican row.
There is no question that Taft
would like 10 have seen someone
other than John W Kern OF Indiana
nominated for the vice presidency al
Denver. for he had hoped 10 carry the
Hoosier state. Since the close OF the
Denver convention word has come
from Indiana more than once that
Kern is going TO help the Democratic
party very materially throughout that
state Fairbanks friends are none
too kindly disposed toward what hap.
pened 10 the vice president at Indiana
end the fact that Mr. Fairbanks. a
| Republican vice president Of the Unit
/ ed States. presided at the reception
10 Mr. Kern, the Democratic candidate
for the vice presidency, on his return
to Indianapolis a few days since is
not looked upon in a very kindly way
| here by the Taft kitchen cabinet
Wisconsin in Danger.
Wisconsin is another state in which
4 Mr.. Taft realizes a lot OF work will
have TO be done in If its electoral vote
| is to be saved for the Republican
column. LaFollettes assurances of
support are not seriously regarded, for
1t is well known here that he feels
the sting OF having all of his plat
form recommendation tossed out OF
the Chicago convention. The fact
that these very recommendations OF
LaFollette's that the Chicago con
vention rejected were embodied in the
platform adopted by the Democratic
convention at Denver. and the knowl-
edge that there Is a mighty friendly
feeling existing between Bryan and
LaFollette is causing lot of uneasi-
ness in the Taft camp as regards the
vote OF Wisconsin. Ii is realized that
1t will be hard for foreign campaign
orators To go into Wisconsin during
the campaign with nothing but lot
OF hot air to work of on the intellec-
tual LaFollette Republicans OF that
state. The reputation Of Wisconsin
platform recommendations Is keenly
felt by the LaFollette men. and woru
comes from that state that there Is
plenty OF secret jubilation among the
.aFolletters because the Democratic
platfrom proclaims for the direct nom
ination OF Unites States senators, the
publicity OF campaign contributions
and the physical valuation OF rail-
roads