The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-03-20
NOT ALL M'KINLEY'S
FORAKER MEN BREAK THE
SOLID FRONT.
Bitter fractional Fight-Opposition to the
Protection Candidate Dcvelopedby a Re-
fusal to Send Any Foraker Men as Dele
gates Through Fear OF Treachery.

CINCINNATI, Ohio, March lo.-The
ohio Republican convention will meet
Al tomorrow afternoon fol
temporary organization, with Senator.
elect j. b. Forakeras temporary chair
man. He says his speech will be the
ONO nomination of Mckinley for
PRESIDENT, and that he will no.. dis
cuss issues. 1t is expected that the
temporary organization will be made
permanent on Wednesday, when dele
gates and alternates at large will be
selec'cd for the st. Louis convention
and a State ticket nominated. 1t is
conceded that S~enator-elect Foraker,
Governor Bushnell, General Grosvenor
n Mark Hanna will be the four del
egates at large.
Everything is not so serene for Nc
hlnley as it appears, however. There
has been a well organized fight in OPP
position in the Columbus or Twelfth
district, and 1t appears that the fac
ton which is backed by Foraker will
send several delegates to the national
convention at st. Louis favoring Reed,
thus breaking the solid delegate vote
OF the State for Mckinley.
The beginning of the fight in the
Columbus district dates back to the
trip OF Chairman Kurtz to Cleveland
to see Mark Hanna, the Mckinley
manager, six weeks ago. Mr.. Kurtz
said he would like to go to the nation
al convention from the Columbus dis.
trlct, and that in a number of the dis
trlcts the friends of S~ena1or-elect
Foraker would like to have a chance to
make a fight for the place. He ad-
vised Hanna that it would not be the
part OF wisdom to put Foraker men on
The blacklist and bar them from pre-
terment at the hands of the party sim
ply because they were the friends of
Foraker. AS to himself, being chair
man OF the State executive committee,
the party was in honor bound to elect
him If he became a candidate, and he
desired that such election be brought
about by p~eaceable means if possible.
He warned Hanna that the Foraker
men would send delegates to St. Louis
tina they were Republicans of good
repute and would not sit idly by and
see the friends of Mckinley range
"slates" in all the districts and crowd
the Foraker men to the wall.
Hanna would not agree that the
Foraker men should have an equal
chance with the friends of Mckinley
to go to st. Louis. He admitted that
Mckinley was taking no chances and
ehere might be an enemy introduced |
IN camp II the bars were let down.
chairman kurtz anne home mgr
and at once put the machinery that
ne worked so successfully in the late
campaign in shape for operations. He
hlmself as a candidate
against Henry c. Taylor and E. N.
H5ugglns, the Mckinley State candi-
dates, n declared he would beat
them both.
This he accomplished. This and
falrneld were organized as
never before, and for two days before
the primaries every school district,
ward and precinct was visited. Thous.
ands OF circulars were sent broadcast
ove this city and county by the Nc
klnley managers. that if Kurtz won,
would be stabbed in the
back; that ne (kurtz) was a traitor,
etc. The vote cast was unprecedented
and the triumph OF the Foraker wing
is complete. Chairman Kurtz said
Saturday night in a quiet way:
The mckinley managers tried to
turn me down simply becau use 1 desired
to be a delegate to st. Louis. / am a
and have a right to aspire
the honor. They thought not. But
the people overruled the Mckinley
managers and | am a winner. Sena-
tor-elect Foraker said he was tired
taking the oath of allegiance to Nc
hlnley every morning before break
fast. l won't take it at ALL