The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-02
HITS A SNAC
The Republican Leaders in Ohio Are
Greatly Worried About
FORAKER'S 0UTBURSTS

On the New Nationalism that Has
Been Promulgated by Teddy
Roosevelt Has Created Constern,.
ton Among the Republicans of
the Buckeye State.
The bitter attack on Roosevelt
made by Former Senator Foraker in
Ohio on Saturday has created con-
sternation among the Republicans
Of the Buckeye state. Senator For.
aker declared that 1t Is no wonder
that William J. Bryan holds up his
hands in horror at the Roosevelt doc
trine. for lever In his radical
moments. did Bryan 90 so rAr
as TO advorate such a thing as
the new nationalism." He declar-
ed that it was not na~tionalism, new
or old, but Imperialism, pure and
simple. The senator went further
into detail, and did not mlnce words
In denouncing the overweenlng am
bition Of the eX-president, who would
like the opportunity to run the
whole country, In the executive, leg
islative and judicial departments.
Ohioans declare that the net re-
suit Of Foraker's attack on Roose-
welt will be to lose Harding. the Re-
publican candidate for governor. a
large number Of votes. Harding has
been doing great things in Ohio in
the effort to bind up the Republi-
can party's wounds, and had beg In
to hope for success in defeating judi
son Harmon for governor. Eut when
the Foraker outburst came on, with
all the bitterness and force which
long ago earned the speaker the title
Of Fire Alarm" Foraker, it was
Immediately recognized that the re-
suit was not good. MI. Harding
gave out the following statement In
REGARD 10 me au3lr:
1T was q typical Foraker speech.
Perhaps his opposition to the new
nationalism will not wholly please
the nor devoted followers of Col.
Roosevelt. But we have no special
need to agree upon that subject In
this campaign. There is no censor
ship on individual Republican Ideas
in Ohio either for or against new
plans, The main thing this year is
to elect a Republican congress, and
IN Ohio to elect a Republican admin
party will assume the responsible
ty."
The fear that besets the Buckeye
Republicans is that Taft may lose
his " State 10 the Democrats.
They are particularly anxious to win
because Of the Presidents being a
citizen of Ohio, for there is every
prospect that this is a Democratic
year" in that State.
AS a result Of the speech of Fora
ker. it Is probable that the dates
for other speeches which he had
been scheduled to make in the cam
naign will be cancelled. Already
one meeting, at which Foraker and
Son-in-law Longsworth were to speak
from the same platform, has been
called off. and 1t Is said that the
Foraker stronghold, Union County,
will in all probability be carried by
the Democrats this year.
The Foraker attack on Roosevelt
recalls the bitter enmity which grew
up between the senator and the pres
ident. while Roosevelt al the &C.
cupant of the White House. The
whole affair grew, largely. out OF
the Brownsville affair. 1t will be
recalled that, while the negroes COM
opsing the Twenty-Ftfth Infan-
try were guilty of shooting
up" Brownsville, or at least
some of them we're guilty. the
president discharged the whole bunch
without allowing them the right Of
court-martial. 1t was lynch-law n
a different form from that in which
lynch law is usually administers !,
according to legal authorities.
Senator Foraker deprecated the
action Of the president in firing ;
| the negroes without trial. and natul-
| ally the negroes looked to him to de-
fend them In the senate. In the
long struggle that took place over
the affair, Senator Foraker was de-
termined in his efforts to see that
the negro soldiers were given an
opportunity to be heard--a right
which is supposed to be denied no
man who is charged with crime il
the civilized world.
AT q dinner Of the famous Gridir-
| on Club in Washington in February.
1908, President Roosevelt took occa-
sion to defend his action in discharg-
ing the negroes, and to d%enounce the
men who had opposed him in con-
gress. He was especially severe,
and, in the course OF his remarks }.
he took occasion to use a slang eS-
preston which was popular about
that time-Roosevelt Is both a MAX
er and user of slang. as everyone
knows. He brought into his remarks
the sentence, All coons look alike