Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-27
DISPUTE OVER CAUCUSVAL[EY Of VIRGINIA.
Followers of c. P Taft and Charles H. Sprint Old School
Foraker at Odds. Journalist Dead.
AT COL UMBUS MAN WEEDS MOTHER IN AW i
Lively Probably Long Fight for Tablet
Ohio Senatorship. Samuel J.. c. Moore
CANDIDATES IN GOOD SPIRITS ANT1sALooN LEAGUE BUSY
What a Looking
Feeling Re of LIQUOR Laws-Roosts
publicans eated. Raded
CANvASSING AT COLUMBUS
Lively and Probably Long Fight for
Ohio Senatorship.
CANDIDATES IN GOOD SPIRITS
No Matter What the Result Is a
Bitter Feeling Between State Re-
publicans Will Be Created.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
COLUMBUS. Ohio, December &c
There Is no one best bet in the Sena
torfal contest in Ohio unless there is
caucus held. Should IL caucus be helC
1t is a safe wager that Charles +. Taf
Of Cincinnati will be the nominee j
the caucus is not held 1T is just as safe
q wager to bet that no one will bt
elected the first week Of the new legis
lature.
Here is what the candidates them
selves think of the race at this time:
Charles T. Taft says: Il am wei
satisfied with the condition Of thing:
and certainly expect to win on the frs
ballot. / am certainly in favor of hold
ing an open caucus at which repre-
sentatives of the press will be admit
ted as well as others Interested
Senator Foraker says: Things are
looking much better today than they
did week ago. l have every reason to
be encouraged over the situation. / an
bitterly opposed to the holding of any
caucus; / want the fight to go to the
floor OF the house and senate and LEI
it there be settled. There has not beer
a caucus held in Ohio since 1892, and !
don't see why one should be held now
Representative I. e. Burton says: "Tht
conditions for my election could not be
more favorable than they are at thi:
time. l am more than pleased with the
reports that L am receiving from the
new members of the legislature anc
senate and unless there is decided
change / certainly shall be elected.
am not certain about the advisa bility
of holding caucus but believe the
system of the republican party for tn,
last eighteen years should not bt
changed at this time"
Dr. G. A. l.. Reed says: II will make
a very liberal showing in my candidacy
for the senatorship and certainly favor
a caucus.
Gov. Andrew Linton Harris says: 50
am not talking for publication and an
not pushing my candidacy, but 1 an
well satisfied with the way things are
going
Harry L. Daugherty. the Columbu:
candidate. has refused to make an.
statement in regard to the contes
whatever. He is not lined up with an,
faction. and the only expression that II,
has given was made public week age
in New York. when he said that Fora
ker was by far the most able candidat,
in the race.
Real Fight Over the Caucus.
The real fight is whether or not {
caucus shall be held. Taft and hi:
friends are strongly in favor of it
while Foraker and his friends are JUS
as bitterly opposed to it. Burton re-
fuses to speak out publicly on the mat
that he is not in favor Of any caucu:
this year.
Spice was added to the situation Wed
nesday by the unheralded arrival o.
former Gov. Myron T. Herrick of Cleve
land. Mr.. Herrick did not hasten to the
headquarters of his fellow townsman
Mr.. Burton, as was naturally supposed
he would, but was driven direct to The
Columbus Club. where for more thar
two hours he was behind locked doors
with Messrs. Taft. Norys and Henry A
Williams. 1t is intimated that Herrick
upon being offered the Treasury port
folio in the cabinet had certain condi-
tons attached to it. one of them being
that he was to assist c. Z. Taft in his
candidacy.
thick and fast during the past week anc
some of them are of a very sensational
nature. One of the rumOrs which has
gained considerable Roadway is that For
akerS friends will refuse to attend the
caucus and will oppose the caucus nomi-
nee on the floor of the house and senate
Private information from different parts
of the state from those who have talked
with some of the new members indicat tt
that friends of other candidates would
follow the same plan. This is done with
hope of preventing the republicans OIL
the caucus nominee. rather from having
sufficient number of votes to be de-
clared elected. 1t is also said that the
new governor-elect, Judson Harmon, al
though a democrat. is aiding at least one
OF the candidates TO the opposition of c
L. Taft in consideration that certain
state appointments are not made by Gov
Harris before he retireS from Office Mon
day, January II. With the arrival Of
Herrick it was stated that one or two
members of the Cuyahoga county dele
cation We're willing to take seat in the
Taft band wagon if the opportunity pre-
scented itself. Taft has not extended q
very warm hand of welcome, however, tc
this delegation, rather allowing them l.
abide by the instructions given by the
republican convention in their home coun.
ty.
Dick Against Burton.
Senator Dick has lined up with the
forces of G.. =. Taft in an effort to beal
Burton. He does not anticipate tina,
Foraker will have much of chance fol
reelection and rather than have Burton
elected he favors the Cincinnati candi-
date. 1t is but natural that he should
support Taft in the preference to the
candidate from his own section OF the
state which would work harm 10 his OWL
reelection
The word that many of the politicians
of the state have been awaiting is some
announcement from George B. Cox, the
erstwhile leader of Hamilton county
While it has been openly declared that
Mr.. Cox is strongly III favor of c. p
Taft for the senatorial tOga, he has sc
far refused to make public any state
ment on the senatorial situation in any
way. An old politician who has follow
ed the lines in senatorial contests fol
years past stated that IF George b. Cox
would come into the open for Taft there
would be little question rs 20 who the
nominee would be-" Over year aSI
Mr. Cox declared himself for the re-
publican ticket which has been carried
ar, in W n a 1,