Bisbee daily review., 1910-10-02

uc oAoitou oA HIS hico Pio ial nomination in 1912. Speaking through the lips of Warren G. Hard ing. republican nominee for gov ernor, and lending every wish in his heart to the struggle for Harding. whom he nominated. is the personal ity and tthe power of William H. Taft. also of Ohio, now president of the United States.
 This is the battle and the president is losing ground. Upon him has been forced the place of Ohio's favorite son. When Theodore Roosevelt in 1908 told Mr. Taft and Ohio that MT. Taft was the favorite son, the heir apparent neither felt nor wished to be considered. But Roosevelt pre- vailed. Ohio elected Taft candidates by a majority of 5000, as against 25O,Q00 for the Roosevelt electors in 1904. But at the same time in 1908 Ohio chose as governor Judson liar mon of Cincinnati. a democrat He did not run within 30,000 votes Of MT. Taft in the state, as whole. but in Hamilton county, which includes Cincinnati, the mythical home" Of the president and the real home of Harmon, the democrat ran little better than the republican president. ial nominee.
 To some these 1908 figures were significant then. In 1910 their real meaning is becoming better under stood. Ohio has always understood them. and Ohio is ready in Novem- Der to make a choice between the flu lures of MT. Taft and Governor liar mon that is daily inclining more and more toward the governor. The feeling is that Roosevelt, who pro posed Taft in 1908. may depose him in 1912. Ohio never had anything 10 say about it in the first place.
 This is Ohio's position at the polls:
 .Judson Harmon, who has made an excellent governor, seeks and should receive reelection, although such re election in the presidents republican state makes Harmon commanding candidate for the presidential nom- ination in 1912, and although the re- publican from Ohio who is now presi- dent will probably lose his political life thereby" Taking the negative side of the proposition are. among others, the | following:
 William H. Taft, presidep, Of the United States.
 Senators Charles Dick and Theo dore Burton of Ohio. Certain progressive" but partisan Ohio republicans and newspapers.
 Many "standpat" Ohio republicans and newspapers. The "standpat" republican congress sionai committee.
 Agreeing with the Ohio proposi- tion" are:
 The law-abiaing business inter- ests of Ohio.
 A majority of Ohio voters.
 All Ohio democrats.
 Many democrats in the nation out side Ohio.
 And this is the Ohio situation. It Is none of Mr. Tafts deliberate mak- ing. He must have known-and his intimates say that he did know-that outside certain portions of Cincin- nati. Ohio in 1908 did not know well William H. Taft. TBey knew well Charles P. Taft of Cincinnati, ed flor of tise Times-Star and political associate of George B. Cox. the boss of Cincinnati. They knew well Jud- son Harmon, once attorney genera, of the United States under Grover Cleveland, the special counsel em- ploved by Theodore Roosevelt to fer ret out certain corporate crookedness, who. plucking from the indicators Paui Morton, Roosevelt's friend ana cabinet minister, was called of by Roosevelt.
 Now. in 1910. they know William H. Taft very well indeed. The taTin bill which he called the best ever is condemned all over the state. The voters in a body believe that it Is responsible for the cost of living They are interested. too, in conserva- ton, and they believe that their own James R. Garfield of this city. Is better conservationist than Richard A. Ballinger, the presidents choice over. Garfield for secretary of the in- teror.
 But Ohio is a republican state In the matter of national party policies. and it's republican leaders believe in settling party troubles in caucus rather than on the open floor of the house of representatives So the Ohio republican state convention. held recently, indorsed the Payne hill. declared for the renomination Of the president in 1s1a and approved his policies. The leaders and the delegates they had named in star chamber sessions went home to hnd an ansry Ohio. They found an Ohio that was not an ''insurgent" at all hut ono which wanted tariff reform that vuuId lower the prfces of neces