Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-27
TELEGRAMS TO THE Star.
To SUCCEED MCKINLEY.
Prospective Candidates for the Republican
Nominaffon In Ohio.


Prospective Candidates for the Republican
Nomination In Ohio.
Special Dispatch 70 The Evening star.
COLUMBUS OHIO. Feb. 27.-Gov. Mckinley .
prompt denial has set at rest the rurnor that ne
was about to resign - the result Of the financial
disaster that has overtaken him. which excited
political circles here on Tuesday II has
brought out. however. enough to indicate
pretty reliably that the governor intends to re-
tire ut the close Of his present term He has only
ten months more TO serve and the fulfilment OF
ofacial obligations he IL under and the arrange
ment for his brginess future will consume the
most Of that time.
The report came directly from Mr.. 81. H.
Eohlsaat Of the Chicago Inter Ocean, who it
seems Is to be the governors trustee. 1t was
Ars. published IN the Chicago Herald whose
proprietor. James ". Scott, has inst returned
from . trip abroad in company with Mr.. Kohl
saat 1t IL generally believe here that in his
correspondence with Mr.. Kohlsaat. relative to
the trustesshiP. tbs governor stated that he
would retire from ths governo-ship. meaning
that he would do at the close of mis- present
term. but II was interpreted TO mean that he
would reign.
Iieut. Gov. A. L. Harris said TO The STAR
correspondent that in a conversation he had
with Gov. Mckinley shortly before the crash
came the governor said he was arranging te
stand as = candidate for second term. The
governor had made no public utterance on the
subject. bat the general acceptance was that he
would be a candidate for another term. and
there was no speculation as to any other
candidate
Now that il seems probable that the governor
will not be a candidate this fall speculation in
that direction Is rife and names without end
are in the mouths Of the politicians likely
candidates FOR the nomination Among them
are eX-Cougressman A c. Thompson OF Ports
mouth ex-Attorney General ID. X. Watson %
this city, l. {. Ssylin. speaker o: the house, of
Norvalk; Representative Chas- P. Griffin Of
Toledo, ex-Congressman A. l. Conger Of
Akron, Auditor Of State Z. ". Poe. eX-Con-
gresham Chas. II. Grosvenor OF Athens. Capt.
Asa Bushnell OF Springfield, Senator Z. l.
Lampson Of Ash,abula. Congressman Ezra b
TAYLOR Of Ashtabuls. BellaIny Storer, Congress
mn and Corgressman-elect from Cincinnati.
and Henry l. Morey OF Hamilton, also
Congressman and a cousin Of ex-Gov. Camp
bell
Lieut.. Gov. Harris is not mentioned at all for
the gubernatorial nomination. lie WAS put on
the ticket two years ago chiefly because he was
o fsrmer-the Farmers Alliance then prom
Using to develop considerable strength in this
state. The farmers movement IS political
effort has now completely failed, and for that
reason no longer exists. IL the lieutenant gov-
erro- can secure the nomination again for the
Office be cow holds he may consider that he is
doing very we'll
IL would seem that TO nominate any OF the
men named above. except POSSIBLY StoTer.
Morey and TAYLOR. would be hazardous for the
republicans for the reason that thew have all
been prominently Identified on one side or the
other OF the Foraker-Shermsn factional trou-
bles tina: have kept the party in dissension for
the past three wears here.
Storsr would probably make as strong a can
didate rs the party could select. Besides being
sprung from family OF statesmen he pos
most of the Others and while siding generally
with the Sherman men he has proved himself
acceptable 20 the other faction.
Ezra B. TAYLOR comes from portion OF the
state that has produced some of 0hio's most IA
nous men. On the 4th day Of next month he
viii step out Of Office as the representative of
district that in seventy wears has sent but five
different men TO Congress. Joshua r. Gid
dings, Elisha Whittlesey, John x. Hutchins,
James A. Garfield and Ezra b. TAYLOR. TAYLOR
Il In every vay fit for the position. but man
from the western reserve will be very
ceptsble to the so-called Cincinnati republicans.
The southwestern part Of the state IS the
center Of the Foraker republican strength. and
n 10 there that detection Is feared in case the
Sherman faction. dominating the party con-
vention, places IN nomination man not &C
eeptable to the other faction.
For this reason IL ID likely tina. a south
western Ohio man will be taken for a candidate
this fall. and il is not unlikely that his name will
be either Storer or Morey.
To checkmate this the democrats might be
led 20 nominate Sam +. Hunt of Cincinnati
row on the superior court bench. or Col
James Z Neal OF Hamilton, If not ex-Gov.
Campbell himself.