The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1889-06-20
THEGOVERNOR'SGANG
HOW THEY WORKED THINGS
AT THE LOGAN MEETING.
A Dirty Trick and a Sample Of the
Deals by Which Foraker Is
Smoothing His Path-A Direct
Crack at Sherman and Incident
ally at the Administration.
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j LOGAN, June 16.-(Special. +
Foraker's henchmen knocked Out
Kennedy's friends in great shape
here yesterday at the meeting O.
the Republican central committee
not leaving them even one LITTLE
grain of comfort.
While it was virtually a knock.
out for Kennedy, it was also a vi
cious slap at John Sherman, Rep
resentative Grosvenor, Judge
Thompson, of Portsmouth. and
Hsrrlson's administration, tho re-
suit carrying out in an eminent de-
gree, the belief that the Foraker
faction in Ohio is not filled with
undylng love for the little man
from Indiana. The man who ma.
nipulated tho com mittee was L. j.
Burgess, supreme court reporter,
formerly a resident OF Hooking
county, and appointed to his pres
ent position upon the solicitation of
Governor Foraker, and against the
wishes. it is said, of nearly every
member of the bar at Columbus.
Burgess was assisted in the work by
f.. NJ. West and Charles Bowby, 10
cal hustlers and general asplrants
for Offices they never get.
But to get at the bottom of this
question it is necessary to 60 back.
Whom Harrison was elected there
was a great fight for the postofice
ut this place. E. NJ. West, Charles
Bowlby, Bob Kittsmiller and F. s.
Pcrsell. editor of the Republican
Gasette, the Republ Can organ of
the county, being tho prominent
contestants. In that fight Pursell,
being backed by Senator Sherman,
Representative Grosvenor AMI
Judge Thompson, won despite the
fact that he was charged with being
a deserter from the army, and in
Yact everything but being a decent
man. This started a hue and cry
among the defeated candidates that
lasted SO long and became so dismal
that a truce was fixed by giving
West and Bowlby the distribution
of the fourth class postofflces in the
county. Kittsmiller, being soldier
during the war, was, as is ueual IN
such cases. left to hold the sack.
Now. West and Bowlby, when their
wrath had been In measure ap-
peased by the political sugar plum
that had been given them. proceeded
under the direction of Burgess to Sc
Iect new central committee. that
would lend its aid in crushing Pur
sell and the Republican organ of
the county. How well they did the
work is evidenced in the result of the |
caucus yesterday.
Friday evening Burgess came
here from Columbus, where he lives
and votes, and held a star chamber !
session in the law Office of Judge 5
81. Bright. Bright. Burgess Bowl
by and West attended the meeting,
which lasted until n late hour with
closed dpors and without lights.
There was developed the movement
that was to jar their Uncle John
Sherman and spoil the countenance
Of Mr::Har'lson. Judge Bright was
not an original Foraker man but be-
camo such some two years ago at the
death of Judge Silas II. Wright,
one of the Common Pleas Judges in
the Fairfield Perry Hooking dis
trict, and was probably forced into
the combine. At the demise of
Wright, Bright and Burgess both
became applicants for the place It
WAS settled that Burgess should
have the appointment. he being the
ablest politician. though Bright was
backed by all the members of the
bar in the district. The Cover
ner could not be persuaded to change
his mind until he was satisfied that
there WAS some CAUSE. The CAUSE
c,me in good time and Bright was
being defeated last fall
by Judge Tall Slough, Of Lancaster,
the Democratic nominee. while
an election after serving out
the unexpired term of Judge
Wright.
Yesterday when the committee
met Burgess, though a voter IN
county, was present with a
proxy and took charge. When he
said thumbs up that part of the com
mittee that had been created at his
instance put its thumbs up. Burgess
first displayed his array of puppets
in open session at the Court House,
but Pursell and l.. D. Vickers, a
prominent Republican lawyer here.
also held proxies and commenced to
the dirty work of the gang
so rapidly that Burgess moved to
adjourn tho meeting to meet in ex-
ecutive session at the Flreman's
Hall In the city building. The
town was crowded with RepuLli-
cans who had come to town to at
tend the meeting, and they made
the air blue when they found out
that the ringsters had SO arranged
matters that their candidate for |
"King Bob Kennedy,
could not have the endorsement of
the majority of the Republicans in
the county by instrucling the dele
CATION for him.
The Democrats are laughing all
over at tho turn affairs have taken.
The Foraker gang went in 20 crush
the Sherman and Kennedy element.
and the underhand way In which they
accomplished the work will give the
candidate for Senator in