Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1909 — IN OHIO SENATORIAL FIGHT BURTON WINS [ARTICLE]

IN OHIO SENATORIAL FIGHT BURTON WINS

Brother of President Elect Withdraws From Race. Columbus, 0., Jan. I.—Theodore E. Burton will be the new Ohio senator. With startling suddenness the entire fight, one of the most interesting in years, came to aa end here. Charles P. Taft withdrew his candidacy, and his supporters decided to go to Burton’s aid. Immediately Senator Foraker also withdrew. Governor Harris, General Keifer and former Lieutenant Governor Harding, the minor candidates, followed suit promptly, leaving Burton alone in the field. This denouement, brought on, it is said, by President Elect Taft’s advice to his brother, makes Congressman Burton the assured victor and foreshadows Senator Dick’s defeat for reelection in 1911 ami a contest two years hence between Taft and Foraker for Dick's seat.