The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-03-04
DEATH BLOW TO
FORAKER BOOM
in OHIO DEALT WHEN CONvEN.
TioN SELECTED ENTIRE
TAFT COMMITTEE.
Will Be NO CONTEST
ln Selection Of DELEGATES at Large
Temporary Chairman Garfield
Lauds Taft In Speech
at Gathering.

Columbus, Ohio, March 3.--The Re
publicans of Ohio w-lo met this after.
noon in convention dealt staggering
blow to the interests of Senators
Foraker and Dick and placed the en-
tire party machine of Ohio In the
bands of VIM II. Taft and his political
followers, by wiping off the state cen
tral committee everv man who was
known to have any bias In their
favor
OF the 21 members of the new com
mlttee eleven were reelected and of
the changes made seven were Foraker
men, and all tn Foraker men that
were on the committee. The other
three who werenot reelected were
ell for Taft and their retirement was
caused by local conditions alone
Every member of the new committee
is Taft man, Attorney General Wade
Fl. Willis will be permanent chairman
tomorrow ~
James r. Garfield. secretary of the
interior was temporary chairman at
t"dav's session of the convention.
Cheers greeted every mention of the
name OF Taft by Garfield In his adj
dress. and the prediction that Ohio
was about to furnish another pees-
dent created bedlam of approval.
Following the announcement of
names OF committeeman, adjournment
was taken until tomorrow morning at
ten o'clock
There will be no contest In the
convention for delegates at large to
the Republican national convention.
and Governor Harris. A. |. Vorys
Charles p. Taft. and Myron T. Her
rick will be chosen.
Garfield referring to the opposition
of the administration ciassed them in
two sections: those who said thel
party had gone too far and those who
insist that the party mas not gone far
enough. He concluded as follows:
What Are the Issues?
In this compaign the all absorbing
question is this-shall these policies
be approved and continued? Among
cur opponents there are the two ex-
tremes: those who say we have gone |
too far, and those who say we have
not gone far enough. The former at
tribute the financial crisis through |
which we have passed and its result
ing depression to the presidents poll
cies and they appea; to the personal
interest of those VINO have felt the
loss of money ana property as well
as those who are temporarily unem-
ployed; we ask them to specify
where the government has taken un.
wise or extreme action which can
Justly be held as the cause for the
panic, and we have yet to hear their
answer. They object to the exposure
and decry those VINO have made the
exposures. They are unwilling to
admit that trouble came because of
the wrong and the evil that was ex-
posed.
Transportation companies and
favored shippers have been guilty of
granting and receiving rebates and
Offices of corpora
tions engaged in interstate commerce
have misused the powers and funds
of the corporation; have by means of
stock jobbing and stock watering
imposed upon the public
as well as upon the stockholders. for
whom they are In fact trustees. The
public has been defrauded out of its
and rights upon the public
domain. Such facts nave been ex
posed and the offenders convicted. II
Is certainly true that public con
fidence has been shaken by reason OF
these disclosures aud necessarily
legitimate business has suffered to
some extent, but sucn loss aud suffer
ing was necessary in order to root out
the evils that we're sapping our in
dustrial life. Fortunate indeed are ,
we that the exposure came when 1T ,
did II Is well that the country was
awakened to the imminent danger in ,
which we stood. Exposure of wrongs
has cleared the air and legitimate ,
business is today stronger and cleaner i
because of what has been done. The
business men are honest and the in ,
Ierests they represent are fairly con Z
iucted. but that Goes not excuse us ,
for falling to expose and punish the I
wherever found: he can ,
not be shielded nor pardoned for fear :
Df injuring his innocent associates.
On the other hand. as to those who (
say we have not gone far enough: the |
nan who would destroy corporations
because some of their managers have
nisused their powers. who would pro
hibit labor unions because of the evil ,
leeds of some Of their leaders. who q
would confscate property because it {
s unequally distributed who would
have the government own and operate r
III public utilities because some have :
been III or corruptly managed. is as +
wrong Ia bis Judgment Of present con
iitions as are those who CRY that we