Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-06-13
POLITICAL PARIEY.


The Congregational situation In the Eight
District a. il Appears tn IA B"licfoTtHine
Correspondent.
Yesterdays Cleveland Pluhtirui,r
prints special t'om Brllcfontainr, the
home of Bob" Kennedy, bearing on the
congressional situation, which is repro
dured below The correspondent relieves
himself of vast amount of guSh. and
while quite readable. il will be received
by many with a smile:
BFILEF0NTAiNE, O.. June IL The
Eight district, which was. after much con-
truvprSy and some very questionable pro
cPrdingS carved out Tor the special benefit
Of Statesmen Kennedy, has At present more
congressional candidates than almost any
other district in the state. Each county
has at least one candidate, while the prln-
Cipal ones have from two To three, and il is
extremely doubtful if any candidate goes
into convention with a solid delegatl ION
f"om his own county. Clark is about
equally divided between Krfer and Bush
nell, with the chances if any, slightly
IN FAVOR OF BUSHNELL.
Being quite financial factor in the last
election, Bushnell has a strong and in fact
almost undrniable claim Ia the support of
Clark county While Kennedy has quite a
hold on the people of Springfield, his chanc-
eS are not regarded very good, as he is not
in halmony with the local politicians, who
exercise Il remarkable influence over CON
yentiOnS. Keifer looms up as a possible
dark horse in the Clark county convention,
aud, while il is not altogether probable, may
wreSt the support of the county from Bush
nell by setting up few pins for Kennedy.
| talked tn a wei known Springfield pol
itician yesterday about Keifer's candidacy,
rs compared with that of Bushnell. He
said
The great argument against Bushnell is
that he is hardly fitted for congress. He Is
a good business man. but lacks the Socia !
bility and general make up of congress
man.
WHAT'S THE NATTER WITH kEIFER?
What is the principal objection to kei !
fer" | asked.
His record is the only thing that hiuders |
him from getting the Clark county delcga-
ton solid.
is there any talk of giving him a liberal ,
support simply by way of vndicltion?"
Yes, there are number of leading Re
publicaas in favor of giving him chance to
redeem himself, but hardly think he will
De able 10 secure l laTh county.
BUSHNELL'S BOON.
How about BuShnell?"
He is working hard and will probably |
get there 80 far as Clark county is COLI |
cel hed. He's pretty gONd schemer and |
Knows now to distribute the shekelS when |
it is necessary. He can we'll afford To 20 to |
congress, even if it does cost him more than !
his salary amounts To. Kennedy, you know. |
pnul3u'f do that The fact is 'Rph' iS
DOWN IN THE HEEL
financially. and has been for several years. |
If Bob makes dollar he spends two, Al |
Columbus last winter he couldn't make both |
ends meet, and | am told lelt there in debt.
From this il would seem that Kennedy |
cannot look TO Clark county, which will be
entitled to 66 votes in the convention, for |
even a meager support. Opinion there al
pears to be divided about equally between |
keifer and Bushnell, and the delegation |
VIII be- apt TO 90 solid for one or the other,
thus leaving Kennedy, who may even fail ,
TO secure the delegation from his own county, |
to 20 into convention with nothing but the
scattering votes he may receive from the
different counties IN the district.
il DGE LAWRENCE
is pushing quiet. but vigorous campaign,
while Judge West threatens to create a reg
ular panic in The delegation from Logan
c"rrty by opposing both Kennedy and
Law renee. Champaign county will prOba-
bly, instruct for Hon. GeoIge Eicheltarger
of Urbana or eX-Speaker Cowgirl. Pcka-
way and Miami have as yet no candidates,
but in probability will have before the
Springfield convention assemblies.
The Eighth district, arranged as it was
for the express purpose Of rewarding Ken
needy with a seat in congress, may SEE tit TO
reject him and thus rob Bob" of the oI-
he has beer waiting for for years.
As il now stands the situation is decidedly
Unless the sentiment changes,
Kennedy will serve out his term of lieuten-
ant governor and Asa Bushnell 60 TO con-