The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-06-06
FORAKER is ON TOP
Mckinley Gets the Delegation,
but Not the Delegates.
MACHINERY is IN CONTROL
Sherman and Foster Attend the Coyen-
zion and Witness the Slaugh.
ter OF the Innocenfs.


was midnight when the republican state
convention of the sixth ballot nomi-
mated General Asa A. Bushnell of
Springfield for governor. yet the dele
gates were up early working for their
favorites for other nominations. They
cheered Chairman Foraker heartily as
he entered the hall.
The convention reassembled at 8 a.
m. Ex-Secretary Charles Foster, chair
man committee on resolutions present
ed the platform, which was
adopted, and cheered repeatedly. A.
w. Jones of Youngstown was nomi-
mated for lieutenant governor by ac-
clamation. General Jones was, like
General Bushnell, captain in the civil
war. Both were on Governor Foraker's
staff and are great friends of the ex-
governor.
NAMED THEM ALL.
The Foraker men named the whole
state ticket by about the same running
votes as that for governor last night.
The Foraker men also secured control
of the state central committee. The
most notable defeat today was that of
Major Charles Dick for auditor. He
has been chairman of the executive
committee three years and is Governor
McKinley's manager, Dick was de-
feated by w. d. Guilbert, one of the
most aggressive Foraker men in the
state. Senator Sherman. Secretary
Foster, and other old-time leaders oc-
cupied seats on the stage and saw the
slaughter of the "mossbacks" by the
kids" 1t is conceded that Mckinley
will be accorded the Ohio delegation to
the next national convention, but it is
whispered that the delegation will be no
more sincere than the one Sherman had
when he was candidate for the nomi-
nation for president.
Following is the ticket as 1t was COM
pleted:
Governor. Asa A. Bushnell of Spring
field.
Lieutenant governor; Asa w. Jones of
Youngstown.
Auditor, w. d. Guilbert of Caldwell
Supreme judge, Thaddeus A. Minshal
of Chillicothe.
Clerk supreme court, Josiah B. Allen
of Athens.
Attorney general. Frank S. Monnett
of Findlay.
Treasurer, Samuel B. Campbell of
Steubenville.
Member of the board of public works,
e. l.. Libarger of Coshocton.
MKINLEY'S CHANCES.
The most material thing for the fut-
ure is the condition that confronts Nc
Kinley. His presidential boom in Ohio
is in the same embarrassment as was
Shermans candidacy under the Foster
administration, with Garfield's sena-
torial annex in 1880. In 1884 Sherman
had the Blaine element as well as For
aker and Foster to contend with. In
1888 Sherman had the same old expert
ence and in 1896 there will be McKin-
ley delegation from Ohio to the republi-
can convention. but it will be selected
by Foraker and Bushnell. no matter
what may be the result of the state
election next November. The Foraker
Bushnell committee has control of all
the party machinery. and the present
organization continues until after the
selection of delegates to the new repub-
lican convention. Foraker and Bushnell
Will be two of the delegates at large
themselves. They are not at all likely
to grant Mckinley permission to go,
although it is believed they will con-
sent to Sherman and Foster going to
the national convention as the other
ueleBdteS at large.
or course the machine in such strong
hands will also control the selection of
district delegates and there are some
who think Foraker may come out as
Sherman did at that time. If republi-
cans carry the state next November
and Bushnell becomes governor and
Foraker senator there is no telling all
that will happen in Ohio in 1896, and
thereafter.
Should Bushnell serve four years as
governor he would probably sue
coed Sherman, and Foraker might sue
coed Brice. Thus the old school of re-
publicans would all be retired. There
never was a state convention in Ohio
that involved so many radical changes
for the future as this one does with the
Foraker-Bushnell men In the saddles
for the conquest.