Show DICK AND DOVER DOVERs AT OYSTER s BUY BAY Y Ohio Senator and nd National Re Republican Republican Republican publican Secretary Call Upon the President iG STAND PAT THE SLOGAN BUCKEYES WILL ENDORSE ROOSEVELT Oyster Bay Ba NY NT July Jul 31 Senator Charles Dick of Ohio and Elmer Dover secretary of the Republican national com committee committee made a joint pilgrimage to Sag Sagamore Sagamore Sagamore amore Hill today President Roosevelt discussed with them for two hours the political situation in Ohio Aside from the advantage of the discussion dis discussion discussion the simple fact that Senator Dick was a guest at Sagamore Hill and came away bearing the presidents expression of enthusiastic desire for harmony and success in the coming congressional cam campaign campaign campaign is regarded as a political occurrence which will have decided weight in the Republican situation in Ohio It has been said in Ohio that Senators Foraker and Dick do not stand for the Roosevelt ad administration administration administration ministration and this report bid fair to cause at least a degree of trouble It has now been nailed to the mast If these words from Senator Dick have meaning Will Endorse Indorse Roosevelt It is safe to make one prediction that President administration and the work of congress will receive r sincere and enthusiastic endorsement in the Ohio Republican platform Senator Dick has for many years vears made the first draft of the state platform and this was one of the particular topics of his talk with the president today toda Besides the strong endorsement of the Is president resident with whom the Ohio platform is to be featured there Is to be a stand pat declaration regarding the tariff General Dick expressed himself freely on this point It would be practically im impossible impossible impossible possible for the sixtieth congress to revise the tariff he remarked Besides it Jt would be decidedly bad political al sense There has never been an exception to the occurrence that when a political party in control of ot congress undertook to revise the tariff two years ears preceding a national election It failed to elect its candidates in that election The present tariff law known as the DIngley law has produced in this country unparalleled prosperity In I n Distant Future We must at the proper time however recognize and deal with the sentiment which demands a revision of certain schedules The Republican policY has al always always always ways beer been and the expressions of the leading g advocates of the protective tariff idea Including McKinley its it champion have been for prudent revision when needed of such a tariff schedule as shall take account of changing conditions sooner or later Senator Dick then gave his reasons for saying that the Republican outlook in Ohio at the present moment is decidedly decided better batter than it was a year ago Herrick he said was defeated for reelection as governor largely if not entirely on the temperance question This question is not now a factor The defeat of Herrick had a salutary effect on Ohio Republicans cans It had undoubtedly brought them to a realization that they the could not Le lie e split up by b dissensions and win at election time |