The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-01
BURTON WILL BE SENATOR Both Fofaker and Taft
 Retire. h,El [EED or sIRRl1e cAHP.asS lBnsuccessiul eAnjA jAates lssse Statemenh to Public asfl witAarew ss ssve Divssiea s1 the Party aaA Fsrsker osit
 Deeasss Ms saw Cer-
 tais Defeat.
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coIumbus, O.. Dee. si--Evssy yestige of cpp1sitfon to his nomination. hay.
 ing disappeared during the last twenty four honfs, Representative Theodore 8. Burton. of Cleveland. prominent ndGurc In tho lower branch of con-.
 named by acclAnnation for the United
 StAtss senate as successor Ito Joseph
 .B. ForAker. It republican cansus caii-
 cd for saturday afternoon
 FoIlowihg yesterday's midnight com
 ference, Charles F. Tsft of Cincinnati.
 brother.c Of the president- elect formal.
 ly announced his withdrawal from the
 race today. Then came the deluge
 senator Foraker. iearing that tha
 Hamilton pledged to> Taft. would be turned over to Burton, admitted for the 6rst ti1no, since the attacks were
 made upon him during the presidsp-
 stlai can1paign, that he could no longer
 hops for . re-eiection.
 Within twp hours all of the favor ftd son1', axd ~dafk horses" had been swept out of tie held and Mr. Burton
 vas loft 6lipreme.
 Mr, T&ft and Senator Foraker left
 for .cinclnnati this afternoon oh the cluding .Gsneral Keifer and former
 Lieusenant Governor Harding, have
 gone to their respective homes.
 The caucus Of Saturday. so far as 1t has to do with the ncnaination for senator will be a perfunctory affair. 1xf. Burton.s election will come on Tuss9sy. .s January 15.r He win serve E Eout his expiring conkyassionar term endine MAtch {. AS he was re-eiect- ca1led iu Cisveiapd soon after March ( to detefriine his successor in the house of. representatives.
 Mir. Taft's Statement. s E Mr, Taft at Il .. m. issued the fol- | To winf stAteraent:
 "My candidacy from the beginning seems to have been misunderstood. I have been represented as urging my own personal ambition at the expense of the Republican harmony and suc- cess. The imputation Is unjust. but that is of no moment now. The cause ofpit shall exist no, longer. yield per sonaI ambition for the accomplishment of better and more important things. <. "I have been a sincere and consistent Republican all my life. I have served my party and the people of my com npn.ty as member of the Legislature of ohio and of the Congress of the Uni- ted States. It was my privilege to be one of those who, nearly forty years  State. stood for the authority of party Judgment as formed in public senti- ment and expressed in party caucus, when John Sherman was sent to the Senate of the United States T have long held an ambition to be Senator from Ohio. | have sought this great honor without reliance upon the popularity or prestige of any other man, and especially without any ex- pectation that my motives would be mfsinterpreted or my personal desires would endanger that harmony among Republicans everywhere. which is so essential to the success of the incoming national administration. K
 "It Is clear that a prolonged contest for the Senatorship would divide the Republican party of Ohio and I am not willing to be in any way responsible for such division. Although 1t does not appear at present that any candi- date has enough votes to win a caucus nomination and that many of my friends insist tht I can and will be slected, put these considerations aside | in order to meet worthier obligations" Mir. ForakeYs Statement. Senator Foraker issued the follow Ing statement: The withdrawal of Mir. Taft sim- plifies the situation.
 Hinder all the circumstances l would have been glad to nave been re-elect- ed. but inasmuch as that seems i'm possible. feel that there Is a great compensation for any personal disap- 1 pointment involved for myself in the | result that has been reached.
 'If nothing more had been accom- | plished, lesson of lasting value has been taught in the demonstration that a party organization Is powerful only l when 1t confines itself to its legiti- mate business and duties as the agency | and representative of the whole party, and that it loses its force and power | when it becomes a personal asset of an individual.
 "The party the State and the coun- l try are to be congratulated upon the | assured election of Mfr. Burton. He is ! we'll qualified by experience, ability | and character for the high and dfRni- | fled office to which he will be chosen. T tender my most heartfelt thanks | to all my friends who have so loyalty | stood by me during this trying contest. The recollection of their zeal and fidel- ity while struggling under such disad- vantages as have attended us will al- | ka hor