Ogden Weekly Standard | 1905-11-17 | Page 2 | Convention Should be Open

tatt says machines will make long fight for life newport news va NOT 14 secretary 0 war hafl reached hampton roads today abroad the united states protected cruiser columbia after a trip over the isthma of panama and boarded a steamer for washington secretary taft received an associated press representative and talked freely this afternoon of the election particularly in ohio and the situation in panama he ald the result in cincinnati is a long step toward better municipal government and better local party politics but the victory will not be completed for several years A machine entrenched power as to ohio machine entrenched itself can only he made to give up toy the earnest work of oung men entering politics with the enthusiastic thusia and unselfish desire to make it better and willing to devote all time possible not needed in their daily vocations to the organization of political clubs which shall have for their motto open conventions and freedom of the people in the selection of proper candidates for the municipal and county ot flees 1 those arho brought about the defeat of tho machine cannot afford to lie back on their oars and think they have won a lasting victory they have merely carried the first entrenchments and if they do not follow up their success they will the old machine as strong as ever to campaigns 1 I regret the defeat of governor herrick because I 1 think he waa made to suffer for alleged to bossism of which he was not guilty and bis freedom from which would have been demonstrated by a second term secretary taffe slated thai he was highly pleased with his trip to panama the trip was very satisfactory lie said comparison of the condition of affairs on the occasion of my visit last and this year showed a marked improvement pro great work has been done in sanitation and the suppression of disease and ia preliminary work in constructing houses setting up equipment building railroad tracks docks wharves and all tha enormous work of preparation before diio dirt can be made to fly the present organization under mr seams to be opi crating satisfactorily