The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-10-17
GENERAL BEATTY,
The Famous Stalwart Republi-
can of the State Capital
FIRES HOT SHOT

Into the Ranks of Foraker and Bush
neIl-wiI1 Scratch the Latter's Name
From the Ticket-Placed There by
Fraud and the Lavish Use of Money
Who will be Governor If He Is
Elected.
SPECIAL TO THE NEws-DEMoCRAT.
Columbus, o., October 10.--Gen. John
Beatty, the president of the Citizens Saw
ings Bank, an ex-member of congress,
president of the Ohio Chiokamauga COM
mission, soldier with a splendid record,
and one who has always been rated as
stalwart republican las such he was
candidate for the gubernatorial nomina-
tion several years ago), is out against
General" Bushnell.
"I want to see Bushnell defeated, and
the other men on the republican state
ticket clected-I shall scratch Bushnell
from the head of the ticket.
"He lacked the courage to make an
open, manly contest for the nomination,
and obtained it by. .trickery, falsehood,
and the lavish use of money. Had he
been an avowed candidate he would have
been the worst beaten man in the Ianes-
VILE convention. He and his friends
knew this and for this reason it was that
the convention was secretly packed for
him.
"What evidence is there that Bushnell
desired the nomination -and was actuGiiy
seeking itS
By HIS OWN WRITING.
ellis own letter TO friend-a letter
which this friend imprudently exhibited.
The fact that most of his active workers
were politicians who had no money Of
their own, and who would not have spent
their own money for rsuch a.purpose If
they had had any. The fact that on the
day Of the convention, as newspaper cor
respondents who were with him testify,
he was trembling with anxiety to hear
from GAINESVILLE and to ascertain the re-
suit of the convention. The fact that the
only delegation avowedly for him-that
of Greene county-was sent to the COR
vention
IN PULLMAN COACHES
without any cost to the mem bers of IT..
There is, in short, no lack..r-of evidence
that Bushnell was a candidate, and that
his agents were in the field. actively at
work months prior to the holding of the
convention.
"The election of Bushnell and Foraker
would give the Hamilton county gang the
immediate control of all state appoint
ments, and, in the event of the election Of
a republican president, the control of at
least half of the federal offices in Ohio
With this patronage at it's disposal, the
gang would not only control the legisla-
ture but every republican caucus in the
state. In brief, George B. Cox would be
politically omnipotent in Ohio, and every
public Office anu appointment would bo
for him source of revenue, and every
bill that passed the legislature would be
made to contribute to his income.
BUSHNELL MUST BE BEATEH
"A prominent republican said to me
the other day, If we do not down the
Hamilton county gang now, the party
will be in it's clutches for the next twenty
years. The only way to down the gang
is to down Bushnell, and all candidates
for the Legislature pledged to the support
of Foraker. Those who support the gang
on this supposition that 1t is necessary to
conCiliate 1t in order. to secure solid del
egation from Ohio for Mckinley are con-
struoting their political ediflce on quick
sand. The gang will
PRETEND TO BE FOR HEINLEY
until 1t succeeds, then it will suddenly
lose interest in him, and begin to look
around foe some presidential candidate
whom it can use. The only way to ele
vate Mckinley is to knock down the gang
With it's defeat its political power will
end, and the ample supply OF hatchets II
has in stock for Mckinley and Sherman
will be uncalled for by aspiring polite
ians and hence unused. George B. Coz
controls 2,7o0 offices and appointments IL
Hamilton county. Are the people of OhiC
willing to allow him to control 81, 900
If not, the thing to do is to smash hi
machine"
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