The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-03-14
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| WHEN nwrOia YOU last December
thai ! Wppld furnish you with an ipRdl
history oil the OHIO delegation M tllt
Chicago National Convention, II dldnOt
antlejpgte all tbe dlllGpltIGg in my way
These diflleultlea do not append u
the. trpnaactlpna0 0f delegatea and per
sons who were pfdsent here IN that an
| gust aH6emblage, but 10 the secret ines
aages that passed between Senator Sher
mlt In Washington aud the Ilya
man Mckinley, whyIwere mt4ipuIdtlng
aud masqueradlng as his 'fflenhb W
Chicago,
Since my promise 10 furnish the in
side history OF these somewhat mystic
rlOuB d0lngs Of men high IN our Repub'
llGan councils, | have regretted II, az
the bonds Of personal friendship are
always higher aud stronger than those
Of any party ties, In these very piping
times OF peace,
may say things that will previously
offend Congressman Mckinley, and |
know may say thlnga that Gov. For,
gker will seriously diBpdte Hut I will
day nothing but what | believe 70 be
the truth, and iwllpeay nothing that !
have not good evidence 10 sustain.
! I'M aware Of the fact tllht the New
YmhlGernM hog puhllHhed wliat liirs
pgItg 10 be Rh iiBlus history Of ohio In
the Chicago convention, and some good
friend at Toledo las kindly sent mo u
copy jf u HiVCent IssHc .0f the Toledo
BlRde, containing nm interview with
Clarence BrcWn a hbmker man, In
which n appears that Mckinley played
double In Chicago, and that Foraker
was Just working his toe nails of 10
hoOm sherman. have also had talk
with John q, EckGl, now OF the ChiCa.
40 Times, who interviewed Gov. For.
pker on that fiaSliIPsaUurdayy when IL
Seemed oertaln tbat John Shermap'S
cause was lost, aud that The nQmlnatIQn
of James q, Blaine was N16Yltable,
have also perllBed the letter OF Gov,
Foraker t0 Editor Iialstead, Of the Clh
clnnnU Commercial Ghzatte. I'm which
the brillsanV OllJ Governor attempts a
inJblllcatlOu OF hls enuten d0udGi ~
Chicago, aJrsaaaIneefevald7,siq9dfag
friend of Senator sherman. ,,,,,.. /,
The heat of that C6hlhct M chi!
cago has cooled, aud In the light
now thrown on the factional war IN
the Ohio delegation, and the discussion
that has since followed, 10 ought not TO
be dillcult for an impartial Judge Of
human natnra TO giHo,an accurate view
Of the actions, ambitions and motives
OF Mckinley and foraker, the two SEN
sOtlonal characters from, One, N, that
great convention, '''
Until recontly,othor0,h0 been an i'm =.
preston that Foraker was unfaithful
tosonat0r Sherman m the convention,
and that Mckinley was ShGrmgng
abiding friend, T-.1..l 'Jegss 9igPgS ~. lm
II isa fact, now Wen known, that
Gov Foraker and his friendsare charg
lug now privately, that Mckinley was
attempting % play the Garfield act on
sherman nc Chicago and that MoKin
leywas really a caudiu0ta Tor the Pres
idehcy, before tho Chicago, convention
met. sod y - g,'..--l l.,'- -'.l,i'
Is there any ground for tNese oharglsY Z
Let US Investigate, with all the light
and knowledge handsa r,usf su oi
Mckinley WIS stheClOlcel OF thelPr0
tectiye rafif I6AgipLr,BfUNeW York, !
before the Chicago convention met aud |
that club had ,itl $4,000 SecptQty,l
at work for Mckinley among
many Of the UhFd delegates
before they left their homes no also
did some work. as | am iniOrned, In
West Virginia, Among the, delegates
that he lmportuned' personally Oh bel !
hllf Of Mckinley MAS, ,Slygpnpo Brown, !
q delegate Observation-Disclosures district |
This secretary i''Vhe HON. Mahlon'I
Chanco) repIesenlgdo 70 Brown, hat Nc.
kinley wab The reO0RHll0d chanpt1h OF |
the American SysttlR .'Jfi., IiOt 6ttOu, |
that he was more An tlioi aanGldHcA OF !
the men aud combinations wlo would |
have 20 pot up the money Il win the |
election aud that he had lesi antago.
nisms aud, mora~p0raonal popularity |
than JohngShprinW, mgutsnya % "riuo
Let us naW proGG6taB CllGag8is,l,l |
haYDtt from n gentleln niln wlD ssTpliNI
nbl6,jthd @lip %aSJli, ,i3Sg (lbp 9llaBS |
tion every ldaydumlg thOa OolVnnti0ny |
who says tbQt Nft tliihley, Nus sHiGupSingl
q quasi poslti0n0Eindi iilop0not towards
John ShermNh, .fqT atIGAAt ,IiySlaQSkils |
days.y lleawAsl visiting Noth0n deleSR,
ti0nsbt is yHiS, s5,bdfpoe gs, Alefsohnld
advocate olnaI IOhnhkhplNllllih, J0iNi tllei |
Pfesideucy3iy lie %iLsSIhqtaperyytitg ,ts'E
u acknowledgements Cbnb lent awilihg
and rtsoGtidipge4y tpsplapy Itntering
Suggestion thable mil llliidbe tAltbn, and, 4
Itdhli uherInpiS left. q, lGyeTybOdyIknpws, /
who knows anythiRg, abbut tie Ohio
'Ht Chicago, that not solid
work waA ever done for ohh,S sherman, |
save by Charles aI6BteT, Congressman
and about, ,pqe. tlIitl, OK the
Everybody knows thai
neither Mckinley, nor Foraker didAnY /
earnest peraOhat Wafkat0r John. SbeF! \
man, from first ~ lestp ipia,nl NV 1aqa
A few know that MCKINLEY was pts I
ing for o Btampgdo, TO catch him up,
and that Foraker wanted Blaine, lind
himgelf for second place,
- give IL as my deliberate opinion that
tt0rllter cares just an much for Shpr
man 4iB Mckinley, and that neither
we're for himy0 F0raken,uhowever, pro,
terred John sherman TO Mckinley hnd
preierredrJohn Sherman to
Hu ihul ieiS ln tahhi foninHh 300 II
N'f hear V x doubterSsay, Why dd Mel
Kinley arise in the convention, when q
relatiVe from New England voted for
him for President, aud make that fe'
neutrality-suspicious. speech, inowhlch
he asked'no 'friBhd To ,Sbte for him, As |
no was there as John Sherman's friend, |
and could not, In honor. accept the
nomination, so long as Sh6rmdu' was o
Thereby hangs q tale; but
L is n true tale.
IL is we'll known TO every delegate |
from Ohio in attendance atChicago, that
Major McKinley's friends had pollod |
thb delegation, with ylowof securing
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