Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-08-08
HUGE SCANDAL
HOYering Like a Cloud Over
Ohio Republicans.
FEDERAL OFFICERS UN-
EARTHING THE ACTIONS
OF CHAIRMAN ICKES.
One of McKinley's Clerks Fearful of
Defeat This Fall.
Democrats Should Get Together and
Garry the State.

COLUMBUS, o, Aug. ., 1895.
Leading Republicans in Columbus and in
other sections of the state have become
greatly alarmed over threatened exposure
which Is about to be sprung on them through
the chairman of their State Central Com
mite. This gentleman ls J. M. Ickes, editor
of a Republican newspaper in Newark. He
managed by certain devious ways, to force
his election as chairman and the people who
put him there are sorry they did it. Mr..
Ickes about one year ago was prisoner 10
the U, S. state court in this city, and barely
escaped escaped term in the state prison
on very serious charge. As it was he was
fined 800 and the costs. Now it deyslopes
that another story has come out on him and
that the officers of the government are pre-
pared to secure his arrest on another very
serious charge where conviction is one year
in the pen and $500 fine. The Republican
leaders are trembling lest the officers arrest
Ickes before the election and they are very
desrous of averting the scandal. Ickes was
p. M at Newark and also owned drugstore.
As the owner of drug store he had dealings
with Orr, Brown & Price of this city. In
order to swell the receipts of his Office and
enable him to press his claims for a larger
salary based on an increase CT business he
made the Columbus firm buy stamps from
his office: The particular te on whico an
indictment is to be based is the sale of $50
worth of stamps to this firm from whom he
was buying goods.
1t is understood that the government h 9
about II of these cases against him enough
to not only impoverish him but to keep him
in prison the rest of his life. But the most
damaging information against Ickes has
not yet been brought to light and the details
are not known. But it is understood the
facts will admit no defense. II fthose charges
are pressed by the government and it is un-
derstood they will be the responsibility Of
selecting such a man will rest upon the Re-
publican party which has no desire tc be
scandalized and disgraced in this manner.
kes again was bad dose for the Foraker
people. He is natural enemy of j. B. For
aker and has never lost an opportunity to
insult that statesman. In this city in 1892
when Foraker was a candidate for the Senate
a! the Neil house Ickes
KISSED HIM
when he was making a speech and came near
being mobbed by the indignant Forakerites.
At the Cleveland convention where Foraker
presides he hIssed him again and once more
in the caucus of the two houses when Sher-
man was declared elected he Kissed the name
of Foraker.
REPUBLICANS BLUE
leading clerk in Gov. McKiuley's hous;-
hold has been talking out of school and from
the story he tells the Republicans are not
taking cheerful view of their prospects this
year. Tits clerk also served under Foraker
and he talks very plainly. He says the party
is divided into factions tearing away at each
others vitals. The Mckinley Republicans
haye no disposition to help Foraker get into
the Senate and th;y are liable to lay down
on The legislature ticket. Then trere are
hundreds of other Republicans in Ohio who
never did like Foraker and they will not help
him into the Senate The partyis boss ridden
by George B. Cox in Cincinnati whose course
in politics is inflated by smaller bosses here
aud there in other parts of the state. There
are quarrels and chickering's in nearly every
county in the stats. If the Foraker ticket
wins this fall 1t means the wiping out of the
Sherman Mckinley faction of the state for
years to come, Foraker has openly declared
war on all his enemies aud announced that
in the event of his success his enemies shall
have nothing and he is man of his word.
There is no inducement for the other fellows
to turn out this year and help elect For
aker ticket which has an expressed purpose
of keeping them out of offices both state
and national. There is discomfort, jealousy,
chickering's, factional divisions all over Ohio.
If the Democrats will have the good political
judgment to lay aside their prejudices on
that question and join hands with shoulder
to shoulder they can carry the state. The
interest being taken everywhere in conven-
tions, primaries. committee meetings and
the like indicates that the party is very much
alive in the state.
BRIoE Foe LIS 'EM.
Mr.. Brice isproving q great disappoint-
ment to the able Republican editors and in-
dustrious politicians. According to these
fellows the Senator should be setting up the
pins in the legislative districts and seeing
that his men got there. But the Senator is
doing nothing of the kind. For is he at
tempting to influence any particular nomi-
nation for governor. A letter sent by him
to prominent Democrat in this city, who
asked him as to line of policy on nomina-
tions brought out the Senator's views. He
wishes to take no part in the preliminary
contests whatever and will not. The Dem
ocrats must go ahead and nominate their
candidates and fill out the ticket. After
that is done he will do his part in secureing
a Democratic victory whether he is to be a
beneficiary or not. There are plenty of good
men in Ohio who would grace seat in the
U. S. Senate and who would make good gov
ernors. The frst and only duty of the De-
mocracy now is to carry the gubernatorial
and legislative ticket and the other matters
can be attended to further along. The Re.
publican papers are endeavering to cover up
and conceal the bitter animosity of large
part of their own party against Foraker as
a senator by telling the Democrats that it is
their duty to indorse Brice for Senator. The
true policy is that no man or set of men in
l. L.
paign. The question the people is the e'ec-
tion of governor who will stay at home and
transact the business of the people. The