The Washington times., 1909-01-02
IS FACING
POLITICAL BURIAL
Retirement From the Senate Probably Means His
Permanent Exit From Public Affairs" Stormy
Petrer' Seems At Last Disabled
BY J. c. WELLIVER.

vention. Sherman lost. had passed ON;
and then a new son Of Ohio rose as an
aspirant for Presidential hOnors, I'm Nc
Ksnley.
Foraker had to be reck0ned with i'm
the early days of the Hanna fight for
Mckinley. exactly as ne did i'm the early
stages of the night 10 nominate Taft
Hanna preferred TO make terms, For
aker was satisfied. agreed to keep out OF
the Presidential fight so far as con
cerneG furtherance of his own ambition,
and Loyalty supported Mckinley. lie
presented the name of Mckinley to two
national conventions. just as ne had
done that Of Sherman before.
Hanna Machine
But Hanna wrenched away from For
aker the control of the real old Ohio
machine, which now became Hanna
machine. IL elected Hanna to the Sen
ate, and from that time forward For
aker held his place largely despite that
ne had no machine; simply because he
was a big enough national figure 10 be
Independent of all machines.
Crowded aside for Sherman when he
was a young man; pushed aside again
for Mckinley iu 1S96-hnally. I'm 1905
asked TO give his support TO q third
Ohio candidate for President, it was
small wonder that Foraker did not fan
cy forever sacrificing his own ambition
for the Presidency. Perhaps he saw
coming the Taft candidacy of 1893 long
before other people saw IL. and knew
II bOded no good TO his own ambitions.
At any rate ne broke with the RoOse-
Velt administration. opposed Its policies.
and became a candidate himself Tor
the Presidential nomination. hoping TO
wrest Ohio from Taft.
The rest OF the history is so recent
and we'll known that it need not be re-
counted Foraker was defeated, Taft
got Ohio and the nomination The cam
paigu brought the disclosures or toT-
aker's relations to powerful financial In
terests which had long opposed and
been opposed by President Roosevelt
From that time forward there seemed
practically no chance Of Foraker S re-
election to the Senate.
Stroke Of Policy.
The greatest piece Of political capital
which Judge Taft possessed in his cam
paign for the nomination last year. was
the fact of his determined opposition TO
Foraker. It seemed a most courageous
thing 10 dO--going out and defyiug the
senior and head OF the state scheme;
important for Taft to be nominated,
b1t it was important lhat the public
service be cleaned and cleared OF peo-
pie of the Foraker type Tart won iu
Ohio des-ite the FOrake- fight, and lac
won elsewhere because Of that fight.
II was the one thing which more than
anything else convinced the country
that Taft was a real, devoted. cour-
ageOus, determined refOrmer.
They say out ia Ohio that granted
a return OF health, Foraker win be "a
factor two years hence. DE viii make
a fight for the Hamilton county delega-
ton I'm the Legislature. or course it is
agreed that me viii not enter the Sen
at0rial race while Lick Is in It; but the
Foraker people CalC Ilate that Dick viii
drop out before the big lighting begins.
That Foraker could force mis- way back
into the Senate in two years seems Inn
possible. yet he has accomplished some
things during his forty years OF polite
al life which were quite as remarkable
as that would be.
Senator Foraker is q great lawyer.
and has accumulated a fortune which
puts him well I'm the millionaire class.
His splendid Sixteenth street home iu
Washington is one Of the finest in the
city.