The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-01-02
FORAKER A POWER
IN AFFAIRS OF
STATE
HIS LOSS WILL BE NOTICEABLE
IN UPPER BRANCH OF CON-
cRESs-ABilITY SHOWN IN
PORTO RICO AFFAIR.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 2.-When Geo
b. Cox made certain the election OF
Theodore E. Burton 10 be senator from
Ohio by pledging to him the votes
originally destined for &. +. Tart ne
wrote the denouement for pollucai
tragedy which the national leaders OF
both parties have been watching WIN
intense interest says Raymond, IN d
+. dispatch TO the Chicago Tribune.
The rise OF Burton necessarily means
the fall OF Foraker. and so another
Cf the old wheel horses OF the Repuo-
1ican party passes into private NE
and probably forever.
Thomas C. Plat. Chauncey ~.
Depew. and Joseph Il. Foraker are al
in the senate today and all are Ser''
ing their last terms. Plat ana fpr-
aker will go out with the present ao
ministration, and Depew Is siated toi
retirement two years later.
Neither Mr. Depew nor Mr.. PAU
made HIS mark publicly In The senate
In spite OF the fact that the FORMER
was a famous after-dinner speaker
and a general all around silver tongued
orator he has at no time distinguished
himself In the senate either by virtue
cf HIS oratory or his committee work.
Senator Platt has been physically |
1ucapacitate6 for real work for years,
and his influence has been OF mega
dive character, as. for instance. when
ne nut his foot down on the parcels |
post proposition and thusprotected the
express trust OF which he was an IT.
portant member.
Foraker's Loss Hurts Senate.
In the case OF Foraker. however, the
nenate suffers a distinct loss. How
aver people may differ with him as 20
hfs attitude toward the policy o. the
Roosevelt administration. and in spite
~ the unfortunate revelations during
he campaign connecting him with the
Standard Oil company in an unfavor-
able way, Senator Foraker In other
respects mas been one of the marked
Fmer of the upper house OF congress,
and his committee work entitle him
20 q certain measure OF credit which
should be Get over against the bl1cker !
marks on his record.
II Is a fortunate thing for the state I
Hof Ohio that II has not taken a back
ward step and that by the election OF
Represertative Burton. OF Cleveland.
Il has substituted for one senator Of
towering intellectual capacity another
Who promises to be equally great
Mr.. Burton Is progressive without |
being radical. Mr.. Foraker was in
tensely radical in his partisanship, but |
Extremely conservative In his treat !
ment Of commercial questions. When
ne was engaged in something in which
neither his partisanship nor his CON-
mercial leanings were involved there
was hardly man in the senate who
was his superior In constructive states
manship.
Porto Rico His Monument.
His WORK on the Porto Rican gov
ernment. to- instance. was a model OF
what his industry. intelligence, and
rare legislative genius could produce.
He created a model government. ready
made. with all the necessary safe
guards OF American institutions. but
modified skillfully to meet the ali
eolutely new conditions grcwn out Of
our recently acquired insular posses
eions. Poric Rico today in moving for
ward with leaps and bounds and much
VI ltS prosperity 10 uuc W tuc Wise
supervisioE of Senator Foraker.
This passing OF Foraker from the
politician horizon. which is soon to be
come an accomplished fact. calls at
tention onc'. more to the raDidity with
which tn. senate nowadays changes
Its personnel. A small number o: the
old senator's still control things but
they are rapidly passing away, and the
new men are actually in the majority
An the senate itself and in the eau.
cuses of the two parties.
II is astonishing TO find that at the
present tine there are no less than
1lfty-one senators who have taken their
seats since Roosevelt was sworn in as
the president of the United States. In
other words. in seven years a good
deal moro than half the whole senate
fas been changed.