The herald., 1895-05-30
Tame Session OF the Ohio
Republican Convention
NO LIFE LEFT IN THE BODY
Aftermath OF the Battle For the
GovernOrship
How the Bushnell Slate Was Put Through.
It Is Thought That Mckinley Is
Still In the Fight

ZANESVILLE, o.. May 29.-The Re-
TO-DAY as it was lively yesterday. After
being in session until midnight and nom
mating the head Of the ticket, there was
little life left in the delegates, and only
minor places on the state ticket to be
lively over. Owing to the way IN which
the factional lines had been drawn by the
Mckinley and Foraker men in nominal
ing General Bushnell last night for gov
ernor, it was evident the slate headed
by Bushnell would 60 through and that
candidates not on the same slate would
go down like Nash, Hoyt, Poe, kiefer,
Harris, Barger and Nevin had previously
gone down before the anti-administra-
tion combination.
The administration did not surrender
without q light. however, and held the
CONVENTION in continuous session from 0
a.m.to 2l5 pm. With a single excep-
ton. in which interest was taken, the
Bushnell slate went through complete
for the eight places on the state ticket
secured a majority of the mem bers and
all the officers of the state committee and
really made a clean sweep of the old re-
gime. Yet the most material thing for
the future are the condition of things
which confront Mckinley. His presiden-
tial boom in Ohio is in the same embar-
Iassment as was Sherman's candidacy
under the Foster administration with
Garheld's senatorial annex in 1850. In
1884 Sherman had the Blaine element as
well as Foraker and Foster to con ntend
with.
In 1888 Sherman had the same old ex-
perience, and in 1896 there will be q Nc
kinley delegation from Ohio to the Re
publican national convention. but it will
be selected by Foraker and Bushnell, no
matter what may be the result of the
state election next November. The Fol-
aker Bushnell ombination has control of
all the party machinery, and the present
party organization continues until after
the selection Of the delegates to the next
Republican national convention.
Foraker and Bushnell will be two of the
delegates -at-large themselves, and they
are not at all likely to grant Mckinley
permission to name the other two al
though it is believed they will consent to
Sherman and Foster going to the nation
al convention as the other delegates-at-
large. OF course, the machine in such
strong hands will also control the selec
ton of district delegates, and there are
some who think that Foraker may come
out in 1896 as Garfield did in 1880, which
would mean that Mckinley would come
out as Serman did at that time and IN
succeeding years. If the Republicans
carry the state next November and Bush
nell becomes governor and Foraker sem
ator. there is no telling all that will hap
pen in Ohio in 1886 and thereafter. Should
Bushnell serve four years as governor he
would probably succeed Sherman in the
senate as well as Foraker succeed Brce
and the old school of Republicans would
all be retired. There never was a conven-
tion in Ohio that involved so many radi-
cal changes for the future as the one Just
closed, with the Foraker Bushnell men in
the saddles for further conquests.