The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-07-06
ODD SITUATION AT RE-
PUBLICAN HEAD
QUARTERS.
Major Dick Has Packed the
Republican Party In
Boxes
AND TAKEN 1T ALONG WITH HIM
TO HIS RETIREMENT IN SUM.
NIT COUNTY.
The Peculiar Embarrassment Under
Which Mr.. Kurtz will Open the
Campaign.

that Major Charles w. F. Dick, late
chairman of the Republican state
executive committee and defeated
candidate for auditor of state, was
far more disappointed at the result
of the GAINESVILLE convention than
was at first supposed. 1t now ap-
pears that the major went home in
the very worst kind of pout. He
acted, indeed, exactly like the spoil
ed child that packs its dishes and
goes home when the other children
will-not play to suit it, for practic-
ally as we'll as metaphorically Ma
jor Dick did pack his dishes and
take them up to Summit county
with him.
The way it came about was this;
Immediately after Hon. g. l.. Kurtz
was made chairman of the new Re-
publican state executive committee
he began familiarizing himself with
the situation at headquarters
which have been kept open all
year. Naturally Mr.. Kurtz expect
ed to find all the means and appli-
ances for conducting II campaign
ready prepared at his hand, for he
knew that the organization of last
year had been kept practically in
tact, and he took it for granted, of
course, that the headquarters had
been conducted i'm the interest of
the Republican party and not as
the tail TO any one mans kite.
Therefore he visited the committee
rooms on North Third street conf
dent that he would find all the ma.
chinery ready to begin operations
after it had been cleaned and oiled.
What was his surprise to find
that all Of the books and papers,
including the valuable records and
the lists of city, county and town.
ship committeeman throughout the
state, had disappeared. There was
nothing in the committee rooms, in
fact, except a barren ideality and
a decided uprising in favor of Gen
eral Bushnell. But shrewd as he
is, Mr.. Kurtz could not well con.
duct campaign with these two
assistants alone. What he needed
was "them there papers" with
the names of the committeeman,
and all the other valuable informa.
tion that naturally accumulates in
the headquarters of party during
= campaign. and which always is
preserved for use the next year.
Mr.. Kurtz made IA little investI-
CATION, and without much difficulty
he learned that the day after the
fateful GAINESVILLE convention Ma
jor Dick rushed frantically to Co.
iumbus, packed in boxes all Of the
pomp and paraphernalia of his 1877.
OOO.campaign, including. the books
and papers that would be supposed
to belong by right to his successor,
and shipped them off to Akron, the
town In which the disappointed
major resides. There was a state
OF things. Mr.. Kartz was all ready
to run campaign, and he had the
campaign ready at hand, but he
did not have anything to run it
with. II is one Of the mlsfortunes
OF politics that In order to conduct
acsmpaign with any hope of suc-
cess the manager must have ut his
command the nameS0f the men In
the counties, towns and townships
who have In their control the local
machinery. That IL exactly what
Major Dick shipped to Akron, and
WAS the thing OF all others that Mr..
Kurtx wanted.
Then hr. Kurtx took his pen In
hand and indicted to Major Dick
~ epistle that would have done