The Washington times., 1910-07-25
By JOHN SNURE.

COLUMBUS, Chic July 25.-One
does not have TO be long in CoIum bus
70 discover that the shadow Of Roose-
veit is hanging over the pre-conven-
ton gathering Of Ohio RLpubIicanz-
That Roosevelt stands gehfnd the
gu5ernatoriaI candidacy OF sJames =.
t4z-r1leld- former Secretary OF the IN
terror. is strongly asserted here By
men IN position TO know. should
the Garneld forces control the COZ
venuon, II would be hailed as mean
lEg that the Roosevelt elements are
IN control in Ohio, and Interpreted as
setback for President Taft.
The question has been asked many
times whether Roosevelt viii come To
the support OF the Taft Administrs.-
ton, whether he Is friendly 10 II.
whether he has political ambitions for
I'lHlseiI TOT the future. whether he has
an Sye out for the 1912 nomination.
II would not. perhaps. do TO determine
the answers to all these questions in
the light Of what is happening hare
But II is a highly interesting fsc4 fbsr
James R Garfield. who is frankly in
surgent, is talked Of and recosufze5 ss
representative Of Roosevelt and
many Of the opponents OF Roosevelt
are saying Garfield must not be nomi-
mated because II would be a blow -
the Taft Administraffe1
For Roosevelt In 1oIz.
II GARFIELD IS nominate and the Car
held forces control the state organiza-
( ton. the talk is that Ohio VIII send
a Roosevelt delegation 10 the next "a
tiOnaI convention
As the situation stands todav- the
delegations are concerned over two
questions The platform, and who VIII
be nominated for governor Everything
I else is subordinate
GARFIELD has a platform framed by
Representative Paul HowIand. which IS
progressive, or iHsurgent- It would in
dorse Taft only for his Sood intentions
IN carrying out platform pledges II
would not indorse the tariff measure.
and il would strongly support the idea
OF a tariff commission.
The stand-pat platform would en-
phatcally indorse the President and the
tariff law A disposition is shown. how
ever, on the part OF Wade Ellis and
some of the other relics of the Taft
organization OF 1913. 10 concede almost
everything Garfield wants in his plat
form Last night Ellis came out with
q platform that IN many respects har-
mOnized with The one Garfield wants
It is possible that that platform fght
VIII lose much Of its expected sharp
ness, because OF the tendency OF a good
many OF the friends Of President Taft
to make concessions to GaVfeId-
This tendency Is worth noting It IS
strIkl Ig evidence Of the fact that in
surg -lvy has great strength m Ohio
Friends OF Garfield say they have been
astOniShed themselves at the strength
shown by the insurgent movement.
Garfield Against Field
With respect TO the nomination for
governor the situation has not vet
cleared. It is a case Of Garfield against
a large field Of candidates
The various bosses Of the organization
crowd have not been able TO get to-
getL-.' on a man to oppose Garfield The
man they seem most likely 70 center
on is Warren 6. Harding, Of Marion.
George b Cox. the Cincinnati boss, Is
sunnorting Judge o. 3 Brown Of Day
tC senator Burton was for Brown,
but got cold feet when he was dis
covered in alliance with Cox
Carmi A Thompson secretary OF
state. IS Senator Dicks candidate Hard
ing is an old Foraker MAJ and IS an
avowed stand-patteT.
Cox is causing a good deal Of worry
to the rganizatiOn leaders because he
IS plowinE right ahead for Brown. re-
Cardless Of what a0vOne thinks Cox
has let Il be inferred thar he looks on
Burton as q mOllyCOddlC. because the
Senator abandoned Brown when the
talk started that Re. Burton was in al
lance with Cox
OF course. Representative Nicholas