The San Francisco call., 1908-09-21
SIDETRACkS
HITCHCOCK
FOR CRANE
Taft Sends His Chairman to the
Rear Rank Because of
IncOmpetency
Gas Developed Most Beautiful
Card System, but That
Is All
President Roosevelt Decides to
Take the Stump for the
Party
Foraker Cancels All the Dates
to Speak Officially Made
for Him
sracIAL DISPATCH 10 THE CALL

CINCINNATI, Sept. 20.
While the republican ma
tional organization will to
outward appearance remain
as at present constituted, it
was reorganized today and
the "elder statesmen" will
run the machine. Senator
w. Murray Crane of Massa-
Aehusetts left Cincinnati to-
night for Chicago to shake
up that Office. Senator
Crane is the statesman who was
Roosevelt's first choice for chair
man, but who declined TO accept
because he did not fancy the hard
work of campaign. He has
now responded to an appeal for
help from Roosevelt with the ac-
quiesoence Of Taft.
The two objections to Hitch
cock By the leaders of the repub-
lican party are that he is so secretive
in his methods that he wishes to do
everything himself so that no one may
know what he is doing. and that this
trait has made him almost inaccessi-
bic to the most needed men OF the
party and unsatisfactory in his COM
munications when he is reached It
was admitted today that Hitchcock is
a success as card index expert but
the statement was made that broader
view than Hitchcock is capable of de-
Veloping is needed at once.
For that reason the executive and
advisory committee will manage the
campaign from this time, though the
orders will still be signed by Hitch
cock as a matter OF form. 1t is de-
sired to avoid public evidence of dis
cord which would result If Hitchcock
were removed. Senator Crane viii be
the actual chairman
The Foraker incident has resulted
not only in his elimination from the
publican clubs, next Tuesday night,
but from the campaign as a whole.
The senator gave g message TO Sena-
. Tor Crane to be delivered TO the ma
tional committee, canceling all his
speaking dates. including that at Taft
camp. New York. and sent word to
Chairman Henry Williams OF the Ohio
executive committee that he will not
be able TO keep any of the engage
ments made for him in Ohio.
Having severed his relations with
both the national committee and the
republican committee for Ohio, Sena-
tor Foraker announced tonight through
his friends that he will begin a series
OF speeches in Ohio that will carry
him into almost every county in the
state. A close friend of Senator Fora
ker said tonight:
The senator has not yet realized
what this revelation means TO his po-
litical future. He has had so much
opposition in his career and has had
so many successes in the face of bitter
fights that he regards this as only an
other battle TO be fought and won.
His friends know that his political cpl
taph has been written, but none of
US has the coNrage to tell him so. He
will have 70 learn il from those not so
close TO him as ] am
Senator Foraker's speeches will be
under the auspices Of no political COM
mittee. He Will make the fight alone
William r. Hearst created small
panic today by registering at the Sin
ton hotel, in which are the Taft head
quarters. Hearst explained that he
was only stopping over between trains
on his way to attend the New York
independence party CONVENTION. He
started east at p. m. Hearst says
that he has a few more documents,
including letters, but that he will make
them public only through his speeches.
II IS believed here that there is a
strong probability that President
Roosevelt will make speeches for Taft
= before the campaign is much older. A
republican statesman visiting head
quarters today said that dispatches
from oyster Bay indicating that the
president is reconsfdering HIS decision
not TO speak are significant in the light
OF Information that he got before COM
ing east