The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-11-02
BUSHNE ELL.
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General John Beatty Tells Why
He Should BE Defeated.
He Simply Rcpresents the George ID.
cox-Foraker Gang Of strang-
iers Whom Honest Pco-
pie Dctest.

The following is from an authorized
interview with General John Beatty of
Columbus, one of tho best known Re-
publicans in Ohio:
Are you taking any part in politics
this year2'
mo"
"But you feel some interest in tho
contest?'
Certainly; / want to SEQ Bushnell de-
feated, and the other men on the Re-
publican state ticket electod-I shall
scratch Bushnell from tie 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 tho 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 i'll the Zanes-
vile convention. He and his friends
knew this and for this reason it was
that the convention was secretly packed
for him"
"I do not understand exactly how that
could have beef done"
ut was done in this way: Jerry Bliss,
for instance, pretended to be for Nash,
and was elected as Nash delegate, but
he was at heart anything Foraker de-
sired him to be. and so were 10 other
men on the Franklin county delegation.
They could not have been elected as
Bushnell delegates, but after election
thoy were ready to vote for him when
ever Foraker shoald 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 ia nped to Bushnell like
monkeys to Il cocoanut. Nearly every
delegation in the state was made up in
this way o ostensibly for Nash, Keifer,
Harris, Hoyt, Barger, Major, Poe etc.,
hut really in whole or in part for man
whose name was withheld from the
public--a man who professed not to be
oandidate-a man whose unfitness for
the high position was so apparent that
he dared not meet his rivals openly in u
friendly contest for it.
"What evidence is there that Bush.
nell desired the nomination and was
actually seel:ing it!"
His own letter to friend--a letter
which this friend imprudontly exhib-
tied. The fact that most of his active
workers We're politicians who had no
money of their own, and who would not
have spent their own money for such
purpose if they had had any. The fact
that Oh the day OF the convention, as
newspaper correspondents who were
with him testify, he was trembling with
anxiety to hear from GAINESVILLE and TO
ascertain tia result of the convention
The fact is that the only delegation
avowedly for him - that of Greene
county-wa sent to the convention in
Pullman coaches without any cost to the
members of it, Thoro is, in short, no
lack of evidence that Bushnell was n
candidate, and that his agents were in
the field actively ut work months prior
10 the holding of the convention"
''But ho said he was not candi-
date"
"Of course he did, and so did Foraker
Say he was not candidate in 1880; but
Dawes, Kcnnedy, O'Neil and Lyon sub
sequently asccr;ained that Foraker was
a candidate. What had Bushnell dono
TO give him strength with the Republic
ans of Ohio-to induce people to force
upon him un unsolinited honor. His
service il the army was excelled by ut
least 100, 900 other Ohioans. He had no
legislative experience. He had never
Il; peared on the stump as political
speaker Few people Of Ohio, compare
lively, knew that such man existed
until after 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 Ccrwin, Chase,
Dennison and Hayes, will either lack
the intelligence TO know when they
have been tricked or the manliness to
resent an insult"