Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-09
THE FORAKER FIGHT.
Enemies in His Own Party in Ohio
Have Now Determined to
CRUCIFY THE ARDENT LEADER.
A Scathing Report Expected From the
Ballet Box Committee.
THE SILVER SCHEME IN THE SENATE

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATcH.1
WASHINGTON, June S.-The Ohio ballot
box forgery scandal has taken new and
| somewhat sensational turn. Notwithstand-
ing the damaging character of the evidence
against Ex-Governor Foraker, in whose in
terest the forgery was evidently COM
mitted, it has been the prevailing opinion
| up to this time among those conversant
| with the situation that the report the House
Committee would contain liberal amount
of whitewash, and that Foraker would
| practically get of scot free.
Such, however, is not to be the case. He
is to be plloried by Republicans and his po-
litical rivals, headed by General Grosvenor,
who hates Foraker intensely, will hold the
bitter cup to his lips and make him drain it
to the dregs Foraker's fool-bardiness, in
crowding himself forward as Chairman OF
the coming State Convention, has, In the
opinion of those gentlemen, rendered heroic
treatment imperative.
REFUSED TO BE BURIED.
Sherman, Grosvenor, Butterworth and
Mckinley, the leaders of the anti-Foraker
crowd in the Buckeye State, believed that
Foraker had been completely done for as a
| result of the disastrous campaign of 1889,
| supplemented by the subsequent scan
| dalous state of affairs developed by the
ballot-box investigation, and they were
disposed to let by-gones be by-gones, pro-
vided Foraker would keep in the back
ground out of their way. But the audacious
Ex-Governor refused to be shelved. He has
| host of young and enthusiastic followers
| in Ohio who believe he has been the victim
of persecution at the hands of the Washing
ton leaders, and that the latter were moved
| by spirit of jealousy toward the young
| Governor, who threatened them with politi-
| cal ascendancy.
Two weeks ago Foraker placed himself at
| the head of his hot-headed supporters, and
| captured the Craftsmanship of the Republl-
| can State Convention, which meets early
| next month. This will give him an oppor-
tunity to sound the keynote of the coming
campaign, and control the convention for the
passage OF such resolutions Of Endorsement for
| himself as he may deem necessary for full
vindication. 1t is true he disclaims any
such purpose, but his enemies do not place
any reliance in his assurance, and they have
accepted his election as sort Of a public
announcement that he is still "on horse
back" and ready to marshal his clans for q
last desperate battle to determine who shall
rule the Republican party in Ohio-For-
aker, or Sherman, Mckinley, Grosvenor
ct al.
| FoRAKER's POWER.
| The latter do not relish pitched battle
| with the Foraker crowd. Foraker controls
the machine, he is shrewd manipulator
and never since his advent into politics In
| Ohio has he been outgeneraled. Notwith-
| standing the fact that his recent misfortunes
have broken his power somewhat, he is still
capable of making fight, and his enemies
would much prefer to bushwhack him than
meet him in tine open field.
| The anti Foraker leaders have therefore,
resolved to finish this bold fighter before
the convention meets, and General Charles
III, Grosvenor, who has represented the men
whose names were forged to the fraudulent
ballot box contract, has been selected to
| head the fight. Their scheme is to secure
from the Ballot Box Committee a report
that will condemn Foraker for
ever, report that will force
| the Republicans of Ohio in common decency,
as the price of their self-respect, to repudiate
| him. General Grosvenor's reply to the
argument of Foraker before the Ballot Box
| Committee, submitted to-day on behalf of his
distinguished clients, Sherman, ,Butterworth,
Mckinley and others, is absolutely merci-
| less in the directness with which he singles
! out Foraker as the responsible agent in the
production of the forgery. He runs hot
| trail up to the very feet of Foraker and then
stops short, and his conclusion is direct
and solemn injunction to the committee to
| vindicate political morality in the United
States by at least returning Scotch verdict
not proven. General Grosvenor sums up
the whole case in these words:
| MADE FOR A PURPOSE.
This paper ,tthe forgery was made for pur-
It could serve purpose of Woo un
| destroyed his chances Of profit under It 1t
| was made to meet demand 1t was used for
in tie interest of Wood. 1t was used in the in
| terest of somebody else, 1t couldn't inure to
the good of Wood. It might inure to the great
benefit OF Foraker. BY what sort OF reasoning
erned us from the earliest period of
mans study of man, seek to be set aside An
hands of the individual. The Individual is to
be benefited by it. We look to MIN as the
author. Counterfeit money is put into circu-
lation by criminal. He is to be benefited If
not detected. We look to him as the author.
We look to see what purpose was to be sub
served by the act, and having discovered that
fact, mankind has been taught to say this is
the responsible agent. Nothing short of it will
meet the demands Of Justice.
| Evasion, equivocation, abuse of opponents,
criticism Of counsel, insinuation. that dragging
| in of other issues, can effect nothing at the
great bar of Intelligence. Wood didn't con-
trive it. They say he could not have done so.
The demand of justice and the rule of all
mankind that has been found to be the guide
of human judgment, points along the same
pathway that it has been pointing for 900
years. The best skill of this committee
aided by many of the best men of the country
has been put upon the track of the men who
did inspire and organized this crime, and they
have run it down simply to the fact that it was
made for the benefit of one man. and there we
leave it. Driven by the wish, which was father
to his thought he now admits that he honestly
believed these men guilty Of criminality A
mental condition like that in August and Sep
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