The Washington herald., 1910-07-25

he was not and would not De n Canuludle
for governor: that he desired 20 remain
in Congress which was his best field Of
action Thereupon Wade Ellis executive
committee selected L0ngworth to be tenn
porary chairman OF this convention.
VIII support Taft Policies.
On Tuesday Representative Longworth
IN his speech TO the convention is TO
sound the keynote OF the Republican cam
paign in the State. lie is a member OF
the Ways and Means Committee which
framed the Payne part Of the Payne-Ald-
rich bill There were plenty Of Republi-
cans here to-day who pointed out that
LongwOrth in his speech is to sustain the
Taft policies and that Longworth is by
no means the noodle many believe him TO
be.
He's handicapped by his father-in-
law" said one Of Longworths intirhates.
! He is a good fellow a student Of poll
| tics. a hard worker, and he has come
up from the lowest rung in the ladder.
/ First he was on the school committee in
Cincinnati, then an assemblyman. next
a State senator, and now Congressman.
and he is on his job as a member Of the
/ Ways and Means Committee early and
/ late. just as Mckinley was. In fact,
| LOngwOTth wants 10 remain in Congress
and become known as tariff expert as
Mckinley was. He isn't a noodle. He's
o. X. AS I said, he is handicapped by his
! father-in-law"
! Garfield an InsurGent.
The Republican leaders then took up
James r. Garfield for consideration. 1t
was their opinion that Garfield wouldn't
do at ALL and their objections were as
follows:
Garfield assalled President Taft, and
has assailed most Of Taft's acts and pol
icles. and has become an insurgent OF
the virulent type Of La Toilette. Bristow,
and Cummins Remarking on this, one OF
those leaders said: insurgency is to die
a-borning. We are 20 nominate a Repub-
lican in this convention. A year from
now you won't hear of an insurgent in
/ the entire country"
Continuing the objections 10 Garfield.
the Republican leaders recalled that Gar
field was the author of the thirty-year
franchise measure which was taken adj
vantage Of by Cincinnati traction com
pany and repealed in the next legislature.
further and. perhaps, still more seri-
Gus objection to Garfield was brought out
by the Republicans. who recalled that
GGrfeld, a number Of years ago, having
authority over the highways OF the
State. turned over an ancient canal way
in Cleveland to the Baltimore and Ohio
Railway Company for $4,000. when the
property to-day is valued at S3,OOO.OO
and similar instance in Cincinnati IN
favor Of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany was only defeated by an appeal to
the Supreme Court.
Cox Aids Garfield Boom.
The attitude of George Cox. though. in
favor OF Judge Brown has given ar
impetus to the Garfield boom. Cox Is
bully-ragging delegates all over the state
and reminding candidates for minor
places on the State ticket that theii
home delegations must be for Brown II
they desire the support Of the Coxites
for their candidates., and so fearful are
the candidates for Congress and tn,
State legislature of the dire results Of
Judge Browns nomination for governor
that intuitively many delegates hav,
turned to Garfield as representing the
progressive element Of the State against
Brown, the old-time boss, supported bS
Boss Cox. In other words, Cox Is be