Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-05-19
BUCKEYE STATE POLITICIANS.
Gossip of the Offices and Those Who Are
Getting Them.

Getting Them.
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
COLUMBUS, OHIO. May IS, 1893
Many Ohio politicians, both republican and
democratic, believe that the result of the
gubernatoral election in this state will have en-
important bearing upon the national contest Of
1896, IN that it is almost sure to present can
didate for the presidential nomination of one
OF the great parties then. Governor McKin-
iey's nomination for election to a second term
| seems now to be beyond a reas enable doubt
IL he RECEIVERS the former strength of his party
and Is elected by the old-time republican
| plurality or an increased one he will assume
! again the high position he held in his party
prior to the great disaster of last year and be-
come the choice of very large element of his
| party as presidential candidate. Such a result
of the Ohio election, it is thought, would go
| far toward disabusng the minds of many re-
publicans of the idea that it was his tariff
! views. injected into the campaign Of last year,
| that cost his party the election.
| Should he be defeated the democrat who de-
| feated him would at become q national
| character. and, possessing the necessary quail
ties in fair degree. could enter the canvass for
| the nomination OF his party for the presidency
| with q chance of success. This would be par
ticularly true il l.. T. Neal of Chillicothe should
be the lucky democrat. Mr.. Meals work in
having the tariff plank upon which his party
carried the national election inserted in the
| platform Mt Chicago last summer has already
made his name well known in all the states
| MIR. Meals friends are now at work in his in
terest with zeal and activity that indicate that
he is a candidate for the nomination in earnest.
A curious feature of the canvass is the division
OF the element of the party that has hitherto
followed Senator Brices standard. The stall
wart Brice men of course for Senator
/ candidate r.
! Richie of Lima, but Mr.. Meals support is
| drawn almost entirely from the ranks of Sem
ator Brice's followers.
The democratic press of Ohio seems to be
| pretty well satisfied with the patronage Mr..
| Cleveland has given to this state both to the
amount and its distribution. The Toledo Bee
sums up the larger Offices that have been be-
slowed upon Ohio democrats as follows: aside
! from post offices and other local positions dis
| trbuted among Ohio democrats. the following
| is the complete list to date: James Z. Neal,
| Butler county. consul to Liverpool, 1000
year; Edwin Dun. Madison county, envoy ex-
traordinary and minister penipotentiary to
| Japan. Sl2COO: Claude Meeker. Franklin
| county consul to Bradford, England, 81 900;
Lawrence Maxwell, Hamilton county, solicitor
| general of Department of Justice, 81 900;
| Robert Il. Bowler, Hamilton county. first con-
troiier of the treasury, $1,000; August W.
| Machen, Lucas county. assistant superintendent
of the free delivery system, 81 500; Al Carlisle,
| furniture. $500"
| Celebrating upon this, the Columbus Press
| (dem.) cites the fact that Neal. Carlisle and
| Meeker were Ex-Governor Campbells favorites
| Dun, nephew of ex-senator Thurman: Max
well, a mugwump OF the transcendentalist
| Boston sort; Bowler, an anti-CampbelI demo-
crat, and Machen of Toledo. n next-door neigh
Dor OF Mr.. Bacon, Mr.. Cleveland's brother-in-
law, and assistant postmaster at Toledo during
Mr.. Ceveland's first administration. This is to
Hi,
recognized, and its family branches regarded
impartially by the administration.
In connection with the Richie boom a story
| on Governor Mckinley is in circulation here.
The governor was initiated in the order of the
Knights Of Pythias recently. Mr.. Richie, as
is well known is of the highest officials in the
Supreme Lodge Of the World OF the knights of
Pythias. and it is claimed that the governor,
accepting Ii as a foregone conclusion that
Richie will be his opponent in this years cleo
ton, Is seeking to Offset any advantage Bitchie
might have against him by reason of his promi-
neut connection with this strong order. Both
the governor and his private secretary are an
nounced to take the primary degrees in this
order here this week.
A Cincinnati paper published story to the
effect that Maj. c. W. f. Dick. chairman of the
state republican executive committee last year.
was to be displaced this year by Representative
| Harry NJ. Doughertv of Fayette county, a
young politician of fair ability and chiefly noted
the legislature and his lnsensibility to the criti
| cisms of the public press. According to the
story, John II. Malloy. chief clerk of the house
| of Representatives. who was secretary of that
committee last year. would be relieved by Mr.
James BOYLE, the governors private secretary.
| The report finds little credence here. Gov.
| Mckinley knows that the state was almost lost
| to the republicans last year in spite OF very
energetic and intelligcntly manas ed campaign.
! and attaches no blame to those who conducted
| il. Moreover, several months ago when the
convention of the State Republican League was
held here to elect officers for the year
| and Gov. Mckinley asked as to his
preferences for president of the league.
he replied that he would only ask that
the man placed in that position be ac-
ceptable to Maj. Lick. This, of course. meant
that the governor expected then that Maj Dick
would have control OF the campaign this year.
| The league takes an active part In the cam
paigus. and its president has Office in con-
junction with that of the executive chairman.
Private Secretary Boyle said TO The STAR
correspondent that there was nothing in The
report SO far as he concerned. 1t would
certainly be an anomalous condition Of affairs
| IL the governors private secretary should
dertake the management of the campaign to
re-elect him.
A new democratic candidate for lieutenant
governor has appeared in the person of State
| Senator II. L. Stewart of Norwalk, Ohio. He
| is young man OF energy and ability. the editor
| OF the democratic organ or huron county, and
| though nephew of Gideon r. Stewart, the
champion of prohibition, has always been
| democrat
James p. Seward of Mansfield, who was
elected presidential elector last fall-the first
! democratic eector Ohio has had since 1856
had been the only person named in connection
with the nomination for this Office up to the
| time Senator Stewart became a candidate.
| When President Cleveland was in Fremont
| attending the funeral of ex-President HAYES
he met Mr.. Seward. Their meeting was in pub
! lie, and it developed from their conversation
that Mr.. Seward. Immediately upon casting his
| ballot for Mr. Cleveland. had wired him TO that
| effect. This was at once interpreted to mean
| that Mr.. Seward was fishing for an appointment
| and was using his peculiar position to aid him
| in it. Two months have gone by, however, and
most of the best gifts have been distributed
! but Mr.. Seward is yet aforementioned. If he
is not given Office to his liking by the admin
| istration by the time the democratic state con-
| vention meets he will be able to secure from it
| anything within its gilt for the asking.
| c. NJ Stodden. who has been the correspond
ent at the state capital for the Cleveland Leader
and the Toledo Commercial. has left for WASH
! ington, ID. c., where he will remain as the rep
| resentive of the Toledo Commercial.
| Claude Meeker and family have left for
! New York. where they were joined by Col.
| James L. Neal of Hamilton and Howard N.
| Thompson of Washington, ID. c., consul and
vice consul to Liverpool. and sail for England
| to assume duties consul at Bradford.