The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-03-14

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II this diagnosis OF tho sltnation ID
not absolutely current, II not very taI
rom II, la the mean Time, during the
fateful Saturday ,night. AMI sunday
both tho friends or Mckinley aid tie
friends Of Foraker were Gr0WdinR the
private wire, that led to John Sher.
mans ear Ia Washington, with their
fliIoates OF his chances fOrakef's
hlel9ls thought sherman hNd been done
| up(as he really lwah) aud predicted the
nomination Of Blaine ~ inevitable,
| Whlb MCkinlay's friends recommended
thoVDhiO delegation 10 stand united,
i Dut'What kind Of q request they made
Un behnlf loi Mnilinloy has not yet
lCtnAplrrd Porhaps In the nearfuture
John sherman, who knows all, aud who
! keeps his own council, will dIYulg0,
! We can imagiie what Mckinley want
I'd BY the following telegram that Sher'
man sent ~ Foraker In that eYentful
cllale That Telegram v ~ follows. il
u appreciate your position, Think IL
beRt Tor all for Ohio TO stand unlted,'
Have declined request Of McKinleyB
friends, Theelkhouh b0 u teBt vote
qnn blaine beforelli. withdraw. His
nomination. should be assured before
OHIO breaks, WIZ You accept n0mina'
tion M his VictY " JOHN SHERMAN. '
QUERYL What was the request OF
MckWleys fHendsYand why did John
!. Sherman give Gov Foraker the reply
lhNt should have been addressed TO Mo
kinluyY
Taking this dispatch as q pointer aud
knowing the surroundings that con.
tfOnted John sherman, ~ ia not hard
~ understand ". John Sherman
understands Tile matter Just as / do.
lle knows that both Foraker aud Nc,
Klnley were ambitious, aud both were
seeking personal advantage by trying
~ manipulate the OHIO delegation, not
80 much for Sherman as for Ego, II
Foraker wanted sherman TO see tile
real situation, ias II existed, which was
| that SherlnHn liad no SHOW, In order TO
swing ~ a solid delegation for Blaine,
Mckinley,alL friendly to Blaine,
and really preferrmg Blaine 10 Shor-
mau, did not want TO see lialn0a nom.
nation secured by FprakGrB aWinging
Ohio into sold C1ilitnh t0r Him, and
then seeing tho friendsOl Blaine swing.
ing into a solid column for Foraker, i
The real facts are that Mckinley
went TO Chicago a8 a candidate for the
Presidency, and Foraker ~ u candidate
for Vice President, With Blaine.
The Ohio delegation were In an up.
roar from the very sta I All through
the inst five days OF the Convention,
both the friends of Foraker aud Nc,
Kinley we're worklngamoug the out.
side delegations from The other ~
Smteg for Mckinney for President, aud
for the Blame combination That
cousin Of MckinieySdn the New Eng
land delegation was ono oftho most
actlye workers,
Al great men are ambitious, Who
ctn Olnme Mckinley md Fbnik6r FOR
having this element 0l lru gfualnp.n, |
IN a remarkable degreQf What object |
iO.la the pretepse on The, part of either |
Foraker or MClfinloy That they We're |
the fast friends OF John Sherm,tn In |
Chicago. SO l'''''-l l.t,.'iisr=,.' tlY
John sherman does not think they |
were, but he Is better satisfied with |
Mckinley than with Foraker
There Is one incident that happened |
here IN. the Ohio delegation, that has
not yet been printed, but Which Fora |
ker'8 friends charged here, Nv the time, |
aud have, | learn, been llslug against |
Mckinley m Ohio ever since, During 1
the private conference Of the Ohio del
egatos on That fateful night, when 10 |
was evident that sherman was de.
ieatCd man, F0raker with a view 70 his
own future, and with the theory that
Ohio should now 60 70 the front and
name the winning man. made speech
In which ho said " Che delegates
were satisfied that Senator sherman
could not win, itr was no
TO him for Ohio 10 vote for
him any longer, but that thedelegatl0n,
acting as n unit, should throw ita intlu
encG 70 the winning man, thereby put,
ting the delegation m lull rapport with
the nominee, and securing TO Ohio u
position In the future. This
View aphegred 10 be approved by q ma.
Iority of the dthrAtea but before the
conference had adjblrndd MCKinlOy |
rushed out dt tliotU0m and limiting up
some newspaper men, he gave out the |
OF the conference with the
iNANW'ub NllNb WV ENlNhNA UNl Uta |
.rayod sherman, and would heucblOrth
lbaudon HIN Whaee from the HIPS
lfO Foraker delegate ihlBiBucb " the
Tact, and prominent OHIO Republican,
lditOt' who talked with Gov Foraker |
lOt over three weeks ngO,1barhed from
IOUuforakQr that Mckinley did this.
Veal Know that II was ielegrap1rd 10 |
,he country .at That d. tppe, that |
Foraker had betrayed sherman, and |
Is charged as the instigator
)i The dispatches sent through the
country, 10 th0teUegt. llhaye 10 from
,Wo Of the Ohio delegates one OF whom
yaa N Zen Harrison man, thht the men
yhqweY cunstntly C6ming 20 Ohio |
ieAdatISrtofa9 daring tbpnfst Ave days
" the Convention, urging OHIO TO-
MoKinl0yand drop SHERMAN,
Yerelthe agents OF MCltjnley,,aCting |
SitlL hts fulLknowlpdge and, approval, |
IND AhreeNOf whom We're under the
lifrSt Control OF the American Pro-.
ectionLoNpllo OF NpW,YQM. "A ..,s Il
= All other words, the friends OF Gov, |
N0rRker charge, and they do 80 with |
gUTglter's approval, that there wHs'a
ogulaEly organized movement NJ Gbi |
'agobc boom Mckinley and said moye.
h0pt Had MclSipley'sapproval, ,,
q One OF thu Foraker men In the Ohio
said to me, (QndI will give
Ills name II nhcossafy, toE pnblIcation)
hat Nc cKinley was simply d pretendGr
A Chicago, aud that that was bis repu.
alton, In Washington among those WIN |
theWlhim best .. E.N g /
d igpana 'o dnNci tis{oys 'gthLd ltph
I'd ltsVp aNONA-uhluNN' q 6itc B Do In
Having n pretty fair tlogef che situa L
ion Ia the Ohio delegation, during theI
struggle In Chicago, l hive
iome- TO the following conclusions;
Foraker came TO Chicago with n strong
Blaine feeling, and u still stronger feel
ng for himaGlf, but fully determined To
tOpd by John Sherman, $50 dong as
here appeared any reatQnable chance