The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-04-18
President Taft Is Trying to
Straighten Out All Party
Differences.
WANTS HARMONY PREVAIL
IN AN EFFORT TO BRING THIS
ABOUT he IS CONSULTING
FREELY WITH SENATORS DICK
AND sURroN.
0y Sheldon s. Cline.

Washington. April l1.-while wan.
ing for congress to get the tariff bin
ready for his signature President
Taft is devoting = good deal Of his
time trying to straighten out the af-
fairs of the republican party in Ohio.
He is exceedingly anxious that har>
mony should prevail in his own state
and in the hope Of achieving it he 10
consulting freely with Senators Dick
and Burton and the republican mem.
bers of the Ohio delegation In the
house.
So far n surface indications 60 Sem
ators Dick and Burton are working in
harmony. but in the very nature Of
things the harmony cannot extend
very far beneath the surface. Coming
| AZ they both do from the northeast
ern part of the state. their homes
within thirty miles Of each other.
| their interests are naturally antagon-
| istic. Tradition In Ohio gives ono
4 senator to the northern and one to the
southern part Of the state. and when
Burton was elected to succeed EOrak.
er he very materially reduced Dicks
chances Of reelection. And just -
Dick didn't want Burton elected. SO ie
would be to Burton's interests to have
Dick defeated for reelection.
Would Turn Tables.
Should Dick be returned to the sen-
ate two years hence Burton taea
would be in the same unhappy posi-
? tfns. Ark Nd ~
OF reelection complicated by the de.
mand OF the southern part OF the state
for recognition
Charles p. Taft, the president's
brother. Is regarded rs certain to b .
candidate for Dicks tcGa. SO this 10
added as an additional embarraso-
ment to the president In his efforts to
preserve harmony In Ohio Senator
Dick never has pretended to be TAFT
man and there does not exist . single
reason, NJ reasons ordinarily are gua8.
ed In politics. why the president
should regard the senator's interests
in the making Of Ohio appointments.
Yet. should the presidera fail to give
Dick the same consideration Burton
received the charge would be made
III esAot SuS PsC0i0Cut was 0SSkI0k 10 en-.
nance his brothers political fortunes
Mt Dicks expense. and Dick still has
sufficient following to make harmony
impossible should such suspicion hold
sway.
Watt Recognition.
Yet the Ohio republicans who fought
Taft's battle against the Foraker. Dick
combination are clamofing for recog.
milton and II is only natural that the
president should wish to favor them.
While 1t probably is true the relations
between Burton and the president are
not SO close ~ they once were. Burton
was one or the original Taft boomers
and stood by the Taft banner from
frst to last. Burton naturally reasons
that he ought to have the inside track
OF Dick. whose reelection n senator
would be menace TO Burton. and 4
is CALLING that Dick should be consult
ed equally with him when Ohio ap,
pointments are to be made.
1t Is tribute to Taft's ability q q
harmonizer that he has managed to
preserve this far the semblance OF 90.
cord between the Ohio senators. bot
break IL as certain n night 70 Ger.
tain to follow day. Dick and Burton
each h going to try to secure appoint
ments which viii serve his own cause.
and ~ their political fortunes travel
opposite roads the president In his
present course viii not long be able Ia
satisfy both or either 81 them. When
the Inevitable break comes Ohio ~.
publicans are likely to have even Q
bigger row on hands than they have
had during the past year.