Show fIGHT litIS lit IN OHIO I IS POSTPONED POSTPONED Belligerent Factions of the Grafting Old Party Avoid a Pitched Battle 1 FORAKER OR TAFT MUST GO FOLLOWERS OF THE LATTER PUGNACIOUS Columbus 0 O May 14 For the pres present pres present ent nt at least the probability probability of a spec spectacular spec spectacular spectacular pitched battle battlo between tho the Taft raft and factions In this state slate has passed The fight Is still In progress however and ana the indications now are arc that it wilt will terminate only with the retirement from rom public life liCe of either elthor Senator Foraker or Secretary Toft Taft Today Toda Chairman Walter alter F Brown Drown of th the tho state tat central committee called off the meeting of that body bod which was as asto to have been held hero here h re tomorrow w by bythe bythe bythe the dispatch of u t 1 telegram to each member of or the body bod Wires Were Kept Hot j The meeting was to have been an adjunct to the general conference of party leaders scheduled for tomorrow and which was so suddenly called off last night by hy Senator Dick The Fora Fern Foraker Foraker ker people have all along claimed that the t c control of the party machinery was s in n their hands hand and there was an desire among many of ot the time fol foi towers of Secretary Taft to lest t t the accuracy of this assertion prove the accuracy of this assertion Telephone T calls cals anti and telegraph mes messages messages sages 3 es rained In all morning upon Chairman Brown and Arthur L Vorys the Taft campaign manager urging ur that the tho meeting of the state central committee be held MId despite the tue fact that the larger conference was vias not to meet Chairman Brown Was Busy Chairman Brown whose ment of last a t night ni ht that the conference if jf held would have haYe in his opinion una umma unanimously unaI indorsed Secretary Taft for forth I tho th presidency placed him in time the UI following proceed proceeded ed Cd early today toda to hold conferences with prominent Republicans His first visit was to the office of Governor Harris with whom he lie remained for an am hour From there then he lie visited the of office flee fica of Mr Vorys and they conferred for tor two hours houn It was at this latest meeting that the decision was vas as finally reached readied to call off the meeting of or the tile state stata central committee Chairman Brown declared re that the call for time the conference had been issued II l only in pursuance of the call for fc the general gen ral ralI conference that having been een called ff ft I by Senator Dick its It original advocate the time chairman did not believe ve that he hp should insist upon a meeting of the time committee for any purpose other man that originally designed d if fa f a special meeting is desired later he raid taid it tan be called at any time Smoking Out Process In the tho meantime tho the Taft forces s are about to push matters Tiey Till aro ar H about to smoke out the time leading of officers officers officers of the state and invite thorn them to 10 indicate where they t ey stand st for Taft or er c r for Foraker After this part of o the program has been carried out a l meet m meeting ct in Ing of the state central committee may maybe ma mabe maybe be called and Its members will be begien given gien an opportunity to declare delate them themselves themselves themselves selves The Tte organization of this county count today adopted Taft resolutions re The Tho county committee war was called to together o gether for the purpose of formulating instructions to the Columbus delegates eq to Senator Dicks conference When the conference was called aUed l off it was de dc decided to endorse endor e Taft Tart anyhow |