The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-07-17
President Will Try to Help
 In State Campaign
.HARMON's STRENGTH HURTS
Put Out as Opponent of Harmon and Taft's Views Are Likely
 to Re Followed
BY WILLIAM ROSTER

BY WILLIAM ROSTER
 Beverly, Mass, July 16.-(special)-Al
 the reports reaching the President from
 Ohio are that If the election were held
 there at any time within the next month
 Judson Harmon would sweep the state. Consequently the rescue of Ohio Is the
 problem of supreme importance that now
 confronts the republican party. Harmon
 must be killed off as presidential possi-
 bility, according to the republican leaders. As side light on this problem, 1t may
 be noted that if Harmon is to win in
 Ohio the republican leaders hope a demo-
 crat will also be elected in New York on
 the principle that the more presidential possibilities the democrats have the great
 CT will be the chances for a fine old deni-
 ocratic row two years hence with heart
 burnings and bickerlngs and sulking war 1 riors, whoever carries off the big prize
 at the national convention. An earnest | effort, however Is being made to elect
 republicans in both states and by the
 same token 1t is hoped that neither Of
 them will be og enough to overshadow
 Mr. Taft when he comes along for re- nomination.
 The ohio Platform
 | To save Ohio, however. is now the
 problem responsible for the speeding here
 for grand pow WOW Monday of the big republican leaders of the Buckeye State | It is officially announced that it Is not known definitely who will be here, but | Senator Dick and Field Marshal Ellis are
 already on the ground and Senator Bur
 ton. Walter Brown, Carmi Thompson | Arthur vorys and Samuel Williams are
 already on the way. It is even admitted
 that George Cox boss" of Cincinnati | and an old foe of Taft is within easy call and may be summoned to participate in 1 the conference If 1t be found that his as'
 sistance in saving the state will be abso-
 lutely Indispensable
 l At the executive offices 1t was care l fully stated that none of the leaders had | been sent for and 1t was not known definitely that anyone besides Senator Bur | ton is coming. What was done 1t Is be- l lieyed was that information was allowed | to reach the others that Burton would be | here after Dick and Ellis and the rest naturally followed.
 Leaders Stirred Up
 | The national importance of this ono | campaign has stirred up the leaders. Ohlo 1 is the Presidents own state, yet nere IS | a democrat who carried the state with
 Taft. not only announcing himsei1 as | candidate for reelection. but serving mo- l tice that if he wins he will demand the l right to contest with Taft for the presi- dency two years hence.
 Harmon and his platform must be
 matched with a candidate and plat form which can recapture the state | and kill off this menace. AS to the | t-r ;olr hTonUht | a wagonload of blanks yesterday ana
 the President looked them over. Today Dick and Ellis continued the work or | saving and blaming enough political | timber and shaping 1t up for the party I and at the conference tomorrow com pleted platform, save for the painting and vanishing, will be presented to | the President for his 70. k.'
 l The platform will indorse the Taft administration, commend the tariff bill, but make 1t clear that there are still things to be done to the tariff which
 cannot be accomplished in a thorough and scientific manner without the off,
 fees of the tariff commission which | the republican party has provided. The l platform will then enumerate the. leg- islation that was put through at the
 last session of Congress by the Presi-
 dent
 | Columbus Convention
 | a Ine cOnVeHtlOH VIII dSSChioAC ~ Columbus on July 26, yet at this writ | ing none of the leaders, due here to-
 morrow, has any idea as to who will
 be named. There Is special significance | in the fact that a man who has the
 confidence of Ohio politicians saw the
 President yesterday and hurried on to | Oyster Bay. He will get back to Bur
 gess Point, if possible, in time for the conference tomorrow. This looks sus- piciously like movement in favor of Longworth, with side issue, perhaps, of Roosevelt influence in favor of the congressman and against the Garfield
 movement which is being vigorously
 pushed by Garfield if nobody else Roosevelt Is about the only man who
 could force Garfield to get out. and a
 most plausible means for insuring that
 would be through the nomination of Roosevelt's son-ip-law. l That a candidate for governor will be agreed upon at tomorrow's confer ence Is practically assured.
 l What these leaders are hoping for Is
 combination whereby the President and Colonel Roosevelt will be found | fighting together in favor of the same
 gubernatoriai candidates in Ohio and
 New York.
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