The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1895-10-31
The MEANING
OF Electing Asa S. Bushnell
Governor of Ohio.
General John Beatty Makes . Clear Cut
Exposition of What Would
Follow Such an
Event.

There is no man in Ohio, and especial
ly no Republican, who more thoroughly
understands the aims of the Cox-F
ker gang, than General John Beatty Of
Columbus. the well known Republican
statesman. Here are his views ex-
pressed in his own words:
"The election of Bushnell and For
a1er would give the Hamilton county
gang immediate control Of all state ap-
pointments, and in the event Of the
election of Republican president, the
control of at least one-half of the federal
Offices in Ohio. With this patronage at
its disposal, the gang would not only
control the legislature. but every Re-
publican caucus in the state. In brief,
George B. Cox would be politically
omnipotent in Ohio, and every public
Office and appointment would be for him
source of revenue, and every bill that
passed the legislature would be made to
contribute to his income. A prominent
Republican said to me the other day:
If we do not down the Hamilton county
gang now, the party will be in its
clutches for the next 20 years Tho
only way to down the gang ia to down
Bushnell, and all candidates for the
legislature pledged to the support Of
/ Foraker. Those who support the gang
on the supposition that it is necessary to
conciliate it i'll order to secure a solid
delegation from Ohio, for Mckinley are
constructing their political edifice on
i,1- Nd hn 70
be for Mckinley until it succeeds, then
it will suddenly lose interest in him.
and begin to look around for some presi-
Dental candidate whom it can use. The
only way to elevate Mckinley is to
knock down the gang. With its defeat its
political power will end, and the ample
supply of hatchets it has i'll stock for Nc
Kinley and Sherman, will be uncalled
for by aspiring politicians and hence un-
used. George B. Cox controls 2,70O
Offices and appointments in Hamilton
county. Are tho people of Ohio willing
to allow him to control $1,000? II not,
the thing to do is to smash his machine
By the defeat of Foraker and Bushnell.
"Now that every Republican candi-
date for the general assembly has got
down on his belly in abject submission
to tho Cox Foraker gang. it may not be
amiss to recapitulate few of the more
significant and suggestive features Of
Foraker's administration of state af-
fairs
During his first term as governor he
whined SO continuously about the in
sufficiency Of the salary attached to tho
office that the legislature increased it
from 81 900 to s. 900 per annun. This
was doEe at time when the farmers Of
Ohio were fortunate if they obtained
5000 each for their years work.
when Foraker entered upon his sec.
ond term he gave George B. Cox the
best office within his control-that of
oil inspector. This was done in the full
fiilment Of a pledge made prior to the
selection Of delegates to the convention
which placed him in nomination for re-
election. II short, Foraker obtained
the influence of the Hamilton county
gang by promise to give the best Office
in the state to its leaier. 1t was not.
therefore, consideration of the public
interest which led to the beStowa OF
the Office upon Cox, but reward for per-
sonai service.
"Ee put General Grosvenor and Major
Lloyd, two competent men, and gallant
soldiers, out of the board of o charitable
institution because they could not ba
used to advance his political schemes,
He filed asylum boards, and the
boards of the penal and correctional in
stituticns of the state. and. all subordi-
nate positions as well, with his persons: l
adkerents. and without regard to their
fitness for the positions.