The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-04-03
TROUBLE At HOME.
Likelihood Of a Mckinley Detection
in Ohio.
FORAKER FACTION SEEKING TO
UNDERMINE EX-GOVERNOR.

Various Things Tending to Show the
Enmity Towards Ohio's Candidate
| One of His Delegates Says He Cannot
Be Nolninated-Evening Dispatch of
Columbus Comes Out Against Him
Other Papers Likely to Follow.
Washington, April q The Star prints
this evening The following despatch from
| its correspondent at Columbus, Ohio:
Columbus, Ohio, April 2d.-Notwith-
standing the declaration Of loyalty to
| Major Mckinley, made by the Foraker
| Republicans in the state convention two
| weeks ago, there is unmistakable eyi-
dence that the Foraker Republicans, led
by Gov. Bushnell, are using the state
patronage, now fully in their control, to
undermine the strength of the ex-gover-
nor in this state. Charles L. Kentz,
Senator Foraker's confidential political
adviser, who has been elected national
delegate from this county, and is in
structed to support Mckinley, is telling
| 1t everywhere, that 1t is entirely i'm
probable that Mckinley will be noni-
mated.
Gov. Bushnell last week refused to
| reappoint W. T. Lewis, state labor COM
missioner, for the reason that Lewis has
been operating as a Mckinley leader, and
| it was his Congressional district conven-
tion three weeks ago that defeated
Kentz's candidate for member of the
10 ,t,,ol
reappolnt Lewis. Gov. Bushnell ga id to
him, "You have been running off after
false gods; you cannot expect to bs re-
tained." number of Investigations of
state officers by the legislature are now
| in progress, and in every case the Foraker
men are turning them into tho prosecu-
tion of the friends of ex-Gov. Mckinley.
One OF these Investigations takes in
number of state officials, among them an
appointee Of the ex- x-Governor j. P. Smith.
state librarian on the charge of CON
spiracy to unload upon the state a book,
| to publish which, they had formed COM
pany, and found it improbable. Mark
Hanna of Cleveland, who is receiving
great deal of consideration now by reason
of his connection with the Mckinley
| movement, was interested in the COM
pany. When Smith was on the witness
stand, in the investigation, Senator
ShattIo OF Cincinnati, who is close
political friend of Senator Foraker, asked
him the question, "What are you doing
in Cleveland now, in connection with
Mr.. Hanna9"
The question had no bearing upon tho
matter under Investigation. but the Sem
ator had an opportunity to put Smith
and his associates, all friends of ex-Gov.
Mckinley, in an embarrassing position,
and he took advantage of the opportuni
ty. Smith turned the question agido by
answering, ooh, writing letters ana re-
ceiying answers" A general laugh fol-
lowed and the Senator did not pursue the
matter further.
Further evidence OF the hostility of the
Foraker Republicans toward the Nc.
Kinleyites, was shown last week in the
action of Gov. Bushnell in demanding
the signatures Of the members of the
board of managers of the state prison,
The three Republicans members went to
the state convention at GAINESVILLE last
fall, and worked hard to prevent the
nomination of Bushnell. One of them,
J. Fl. Brigham of Delta, ex-president of
the National Grange, afterward took the
stump in the campaign in support of
Bushnell, but this did not save him.
1t is semi-officinlly announced from the
governors office that he will proceed to
reorganize all the state institutions at
once and the friends of the ex governor,
who have been in complete control for
several years. are getting ready to vacate.
With this condition of strained relations
between the two factions it is too much
to expect that there will be sincere and
persistent effort on the part of the
Foraker Repu blicans, who will be in the
National Convention at ST. Louis es
delegates in MoKinley's behalf.