The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1895-10-31

BUSHNELL.
General John Beatty Tells Why
He Should BE Defeated:
1s Simply Represents the George r.
Cox-Foralxer Gang of Strang-
lers Whom Honest Peo-
pie Detest.


The following is from an authorized
interview with General John Beatty OF
Columbus, one of the best known Re
publicans in Ohio:
"Are you taking any part in polite:
this year?'
mo"
But you feel some interest in tho
contest:'
Certainly; want to see Bushnell de-
feated, and tho other men on the Re
publican state ticket elected-I shall
scratch Bushnell from the head of the
ticket
why do you draw the line on Bush
nell?''
"For several reasons, but mainly be.
cause he lacked the courage to make an
open. manly contest for the nomination,
and obtained it by trickery, falsehood,
and the lavish use of money. Had he
been an avowed candidate he would
been the worst beaten man in the Zanes'
vile convention. He and his friends
knew this and for this reason it was
that the convention was secretly packed
for him.
81 do not understand exactly how that
could have been done"
at was done in this way: Jerry Bliss.
for instance. pretended to be for Nash,
and was elected rs a Nash delegate, but
he was at heart anything Foraker de-
sired him to be. and so were 13 other
men on the Franklin county delegation.
They could not have been elected as
Bushnell delegates, but after election
they were ready to vote for him when
ever Foraker should ask them to do so.
Foraker did not ask them to do so be-
cause their votes were not needed, but
had their votes been called for they
would have jumped to Bushnell like
monkeys to cocoanut. Nearly every
delegation in the state was made up in
this way-o stensibly for Nash, Keifer,
Harris, Hoyt, Barger, Major, Poe, etc,
but really in whole or in part for a man
whose name was withheld from the
public-a man who professed not to be
a candidates. man whose unfitness for
the high position was so apparent that
he dared not meet his rivals openly in a
friendly contest for it.
What evidence is there that Bush
nell desired the nomination and was
actually seeking it,"
His own letter to friend-a letter
which this friend imprudently exhib-
tied. The fact that most of his active
workers were politicians who had no
money Of their own, and who would not
have spent their own money for such q
purpose if they had had any. The fact
that on the day Of the convention, rs
newspaper correspondents who were
with him testify, he was trembling with
anxiety to hear from GAINESVILLE and to
ascertain the result of the convention
The fact is that the oily delegation
avowedly for him - that Of Greene
county-was sent to the convention in
Pullman coaches without any cost to the
members of it. There is, in short. no
lack of evidence that Bushnell was a
candidate, and that his agents were in
the field actively at work months prior
to the holding of the convention"
"But he said he was not a candi-
date"
"Of course he did, and so did Foraker
say he was not candidate in 1889; but
Dawes, Kennedy, O'Neil and Lyon SUBJ
sequently ascertained that Foraker was
a candidate. What had Bushnell done
to give him strength with the Republic
ans of Ohio-to induce people to force
upon him an unsolicited honor. His
service in the army was excelled by at
least 100, 900 other Ohioans. He had no
legislative experience. He had never
on the stump rs political
speaker. Few people Of Ohio. compare
lively, knew that such man existed
until sfter he was thrust upon them for
the highest Office within their gift. In
short, nobody outside of Springfield
would have heard of him at all but for
the fact that he put up money to nomi-
nate Foraker for governor, elect men to
the legislature pledged to support For
aker for the United States senate. and
finally put up money to nominate him
self. Foraker may owe him much, but
the Republicans Of Ohio owe him moth
ing. Those who may vote to put in the
place once occupied by Corwin, Chase,
Dennison and Hayes, will either lack
the intelligence to know when they
have been tricked or the manliness to
resent an insult"