Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-01-25
THE OHIO OUTLOOK.

The situation in ohio at the pres
emit time is such as TO make Demo
cratic success certain at the next
Presidential election unless some
thing is done Co heal the breach be-
tween the leaders. two of whom are
fshtns against political humiliation. |
Secretary Taft and his supporters in
Guiding Hon. Theodore Roosevelt
have declared that there shall Dee no
quarter. that the march to the White
House shall De over the political
.corpses OF senator j. b. Foraker and
senator Charles Dick
Senator Foraker announces that
neither he nor his friends viii par
ticipate in the illegal cali of the Re
publican S,ate Convention for the O.
lection OF four delegates from Che
State al large 90 the Republican Nae
tional Convention. This means that
the State OF Ohio will go on record
as endorsing the candidacy OF Sec
rotary Taft. while the District Con-
vcutions of Ohio. which are i'm q large
measure independent will send del
ogatcs here aud there opposing the
nomination of Secretary Taft. and ass
surfing the country that the Repub-
iicans of these congressional districts
DO not consider themselves bound by
the action OF the alleged Republican
State Convention.
lt should not Doe forgotten that
Senators Foraker and Dick not only
have the active. positive support of
their colleagues I'm the United States
Senate. but also the sympathy of ov-
cry other candidate for the presiden-
tial honors. They regard President
Roosevelts action in using the pow
erful influence of the government I'm
favor OF one of their rivals as being
not only unfair. but brutally unjust.
The situation resolves itself then
into an algcbraic equation. Hon. W
II. TAFT and President Theodore
Roosevelt are the known quantities.
Certainly a DIRK horse is the un-
known quantity. The support OF the
administration that seemed to be a
boost for Secretary Taft az tae outset
is now proving to be the most en-
barrassing handicap
MIR. Roosevelt mas made a great
political blunder. Secretary Taft
should have harmonized nome inter
ests first and sought for votes else
where afterwards. He did not help
his chances any either when he con-
scented TO be quizzed and questioned
lat a meeting at Cooper Union. He
left the high level Of a statesman to
stand upon the low level OF the pol
itician. It was no doubt as embar-
RAISING TO his admirers as it was dis
gushing to his opposers. Presiden-
tial honors are not won that way.
II is in striking contrast to that cool
dignified bearing of Gov. Charles f.
Hughes Of New York and the bold.
courageous attitude of that gallant
senatorial statesman from Ohio.
AS the matter now stands. Secre-
tary Tafts own State is wrought up
with dissension and his methods and
policies have angered the politica,
leaders in Indiana where -Presi-
dent Fairbanks is the unanimous
choice; Illinois where Speaker Can
non is the one man chosen; Pennsyl-
vania. where Senator KnoS holds alb
solute control; New York, where
Gov. Hughes has declared himself as
being in the hands of his friends.
who desire his nomination and Wis
consin where the La Toilette boom
ers are already abroad in the land.
You may work out the political
problem any way you please and
without the support of the States
named. Mr.. Taft cannot be noni- !
mated to the presidency OF the Unit
ed States with the ghost of show
of winning" The other States with
out candidates viii be well-nish alb
solutely Influenced by the opinions
of the States that have favorite sons.
| for even the Roosevelt ofice-holders