The Washington times., 1910-10-23
When Coupled With RooSe-
velt's Plan to Stump Ohio
1t Causes Gossip.
FORMER SENATOR
HAS MANY FRIENDS
Days Developments In Politics
Have Great Bearing on Com
ing Elections Next Month.

Former Senator Joseph 3. Foraker's
revival Of the old political feud existing
between himself and Colonel Roosevelt.
and the confirmation Of the report that
the colonel win go to Ohio 20 deliver
few speeches before the end Of the cam
paign, are two highly interesting and
much-discussed developments Of the po-
htical situation today
Foraker Has Followers.
Foraker's faying of Roosevelt and the
'new naJiOnalsm" will add greatly TO
the interest of the coloneTs Ohio tour,
which he has just decided upon There
is still a formidable Foraker following
In Ohio. In his Marysville, Ohio. ad-
dress former Senator Foraker denounced
the Roosevelt propaganda as being more
-treasonable than secession. William ].
Bryan, he declared, had never in his
widest flights conceived anything 50
fantastic and dangerous.
Foraker spoke in high praise Of Presi-
dent Taft and urged the election of a
Republican. Legislature, in order that
Senator Dick might be returned. and the
election of Republican Representatives
TO uphold the hand Of the President at
the Capitol. Warming up to the subject
o. the new natiOnalism, he said:
This proposition would be bad enough
under any circumstances, but objection
IS accentuated when we remember thar,
according to the same authority. the
members of the Supreme Court are al
icted with fOssilized mentality
Is Fatally at War.
ASIDE from all other objections. this
new doctrine is as fatally at war with
our Institutions and as certainly de-
structive OF them as any assumed OF
invoked in the name Of the Southern
Coincidence"
Mr.. Foraker declared that the Repub-
lcan party no wis fighting not only
for victory but for its very life 1t is
heset by foes within and without. he
added
In his testimonial to President Taft
while the National Administration
has excited some criticism, Vet the truth
IS that President Tart has done re-
markably well under the difficult cir
cumStances by which he has been at
tended He succeeded a man OF great
Intellectual vigor and of the greatest
intellectual activity ever displayed IN
While he was being scored by forme~
Senator Foraker, Colonel Roosevelt was
on Speech-making tour of New Hamp-
SHIRE urging the voters 10 elect Robert
date for governor Colonel Roosevelt.
declared that he had been surprised at
the support he had received, and also at
the animostiy aroused.
That group Of fjnanCieTS known as
Wall Street, has got to a condition
where II is seeing things at night" AID
the colonel "A majority of the ri>n
men of New York he added. were re
ported 70 be supporting the Democratic
ticket because they were afraid Of me
Well, they needn't be afraid of me, un-
less they want to do something crook
eG. 90
Senator Lodge has issued a lengthy
statement in answer to the attack
made Representative FOSS. Democratic
candidate for governor. who charged
the Senator with the expenditures Of
Senator Lodge denies that he has
spent such large sums. and says:
Explains Expenditures.
81 have never in all my twenty-four
years service at Washington spent
any money except what have sub
scribed 10 the State committee and
my own city committee at Lynn"
Senator Nelson added to the davis
political news by lauding President
Tart as "A greater man than Theodore
Roosevelt The Senator praised the
work done by the last session Of Con-
gTeSS.
The work Of President Taft. he said
had exceeded that Of his noisy pred
eceSsor- This is the first time that the
astute Senator knute Nelson has ever
publicly criticised Roosevelt
The Washington branch of the Ma
tional Democratic Congressional com
mtttee has compiled an estimate of
the next House of Representatives
showing that the Democrats figure on
a majority Of from IS to So The com
mittee is distributing a vast number
of Republican inSurgent speeches
those by the late Senator Deliver be-
Ing most in demand.