The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-06-11

marx Ha1lna on TINS same nnanClRl
question. They agree exactly in favor
of the gold standard, but Mr.. Hanna
believes it unwise to let anybody know
Just where Mckinley stands, but to
keep them guessing right along. "The |
more they guess the more likely they
are to vote with us" is Hanna's motto.
Mr.. Kohlsaat takes exactly the oppo-
site view, and insists that the governor |
shall come out of the bushes and show |
himself on the open highway. These |
opposing views came into collision and |
there is coldness between McKinley's |
trustees.
When this fact began to leak out the |
job of denying it was gwen to Colonel |
William NJ. Hahn. "It's only Demo |
cratic newspaper story" says Hahn. and |
no doubt imagines that that disposes of
the whole thing.
The colonel has lot of bluffing and
denying to do, but he is not able to con.
ceal much from public inspection.
The fact is Mr. Kohlsaat set ont
year ago to make Governor Mckinley
declare himself on the money question.
He succeeded in having him commit
himself at Thomasville. Ga. while max
ing boom tour of the south.
v Alt uuu Juhb pub Ol " Oik lhOPubhSuh
free silver delegation from Texas with
few glittering evasions and then con-
veyed his real feelings to q few friends.
"If the Republican party declares for
free silver Evil not be candidate for
president" were the words of McKin-
ley that he poured into an attentive ear.
| Colonel Hahn (he was only "Bill' them
was one of those who went around de-
nying that the governor ever said such
thing He had as much authority
then as he has now for the declaration
that Hanna has not kicked Kohlsaat in
the region of the pistol pocket. But he
found out later that il was true, and
not long since Mr.. Kohlsaat republished
the statement with this addendum
"As much as / admire Governor Nc
Kinley," said he, II would not support
him for president unless / knew he was
for high protective tariff and for
gold standard"
"Then you will support him?" was
asked.
eyes because l know that he is for
both. If he was not l should oppose
him"
The thing which most excites the
choler of Mr.. Kohlsaat is that Mr..
Hanna will not say to the world now
| "haV ny soAu w " AOW POOPAO " JS"h
ago.
This is fresh food for Colonel Hahn,
who seems TO be the official denier of
inimical reports for the Mckinley
bureau. Perhaps he will furnish an
official opinion on this statement. The
gold men of the east, who are clamor-
ing for words of encouragement from
Canton, may well wonder what has
happened. Grosvenor, a 40-dollar per
capita advocate, and a complainant
against silver's mistreatment, to be
placed on the committee on resolutions,
and Editor kohlsaat, an auriferous in
sect, given the cold storage treatment
at headquarters Colonel Hahn should
grind out q denial before it is too late.
Colonel Hahn as contradictor general
and explainer in ordinary has and will
continue to have plenty of work, and
one of the jobs in this direction is right
at hand. 1t is fact that all the work
of the enemies of Hon. Charles l.. Kurtz
who have been trying to clay him out"
in the matter of the national committee
ship has ended in smoke. The agree
ment made Just prior to the recent state
convention will be kept and Mr.. Kurtz
will take the place of Colonel Hahn on
the national committee.
There have been number of petty
little fellows running about the state
fixing the delegates elected to the ma
tioual convention TO vote against KurtZ,
but they have stopped, and stopped sud-
denly. Tle cause of the halt was an
eX1li"it ald unmistakable order from
Chairman Hanna of the Mckinley bu-
reau TO the effect that there must be no
tgnt Oh Furaker's ieutenants.
OF course it Is extremely difficult to
understand why the kitchen cabinet are
playing fast and loose with Mr.. Kurtz
and his prospects as member of the
national committee. No doubt they
fully realize that his influence upon i'm
mediate results is not to despised.
Mr.. Kurtz has the advantage of the
situation. The national committeeman
will be named before the presidential
nomination is made, and herein lies
Charley's advantage.
The delegates to the national conven-
ton are rather evenly divided on the
strict line between Foraker and McKin-
ley. The real Mckinley men may be a
few votes the strongest, and if they sc
desired could turn Mr.. Kurtz down.
But the instant they did this there
would De a row ana u ructlOn IN tn6
delegation and it would split. Not.
, withstanding the big lead that he now
has in the convention, Governor Nc.
, Kinley's chances would be greatly i'm.
, periled, if not wholly destroyed, by 8
, split in the Ohio delegation, aud he and
his managers know it. That is what
makes Mr.. Kurtz feel at home on Easy
street.
The darling wish of the kitchen cabi
net, and especially of Smith and Hahn
is to nominate Mckinley and turn Kurt
down.
Here is the scheme for doing it
. Under some preteXt or pretexts thu
= Ohio delegation are to be prevailed OF
to defer the selection of national com
mitteeman until after the nomination.
are made. This is often done in stat,
! delegations.
Then the anti-Foraker people woulC
have fun with Kurtz. He wouldn'
/, know what hit him when the ballot wa
4 over. The Mckinley leaders would b.
. free to act as they saw fit, and the,
! make little or no concealment OF tn
fact that they have little or no use 70
: Foraker, Kurtz and their friends afte
. the nomination is made. w. A, L.