The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-06-24

TOLEDO, June 22.-The Republican
state convention assemblies this even
ing. There is no opposition to the. en-
dorsement of Senator Hanna for re-
election or the denomination of Gov
ernor Bushnell and the rest of the state
officers, but there is a hard fight pend
ing between Major Charles w. T. Dick,
secretary of the national committee,
and Hon. Charles l.. Kurtz for chair
man of the state campaign committee.
As the Mckinley and Hanna men are
supporting Dick and the Foraker and
Bushnell following favor Kurtz, this
contest is the feature of the convention.
Nothing else is heard of here. Dick
claims his election, with IL out of lhe
81 state committeeman. Both have
opened headquarters, and their rooms
are the only points of interest.
The Kurt2 men claim that the state
committee stands 10 for KurtZ, 10 for
Dick and doubtful. The delegates
are meeting by congressional districts
this afternoon. The members of the
state central committee will be selected
and that committee elects the campaign
chairman.
The leaders in the movement to make
Major Dick chairman have been in con-
ference, and it is SAID that j. Ii. Brig
ham, first assistant secretary of agri-
culture, was decided on as the candi-
date for governor in the event Governor
Bushnell should decline on account Of
the defeat of Chairman Kurt2. Secre-
tary Brigham is here from Washington.
Governor Bushnell and Major Dick
have had long conference last night.
The party leaders got them together.
but no compromise could be reached.
Senators Foraker and Hanna were both
conferred with by wire before the con-
ference. While Governor Bushnell
represented Chairman Kurtz and Sena-
tor Foraker, as well as the probable
state nominee. 1t was impossible for
Major Dick to speak for Senator Hanna
and others.
Senator Hanna arrived this morning
to confer with Governor BUSHNELL and
| there were strong efforts to get an un-
derstanding before the district meetings
| of delegates this afternoon. The kurtz
men call attention TO the fact that
! Hanna was appointed senator by Gov
ernOr Bushnell, against whom the fight
| is now being waged as well us against
| kurtZ.
Governor Bushnell said it had always
| been the custom for the candidates tor
governor to name the chairman, and
| that he would insist on the continuance
| of Ceairman kurtZ, who had made an
| excellent record i'll the last two cam
| paigns. The governor would not con-
| firm the reports that he would decline
the nomination if Major Dick or any
other man was selected to manage the
campaign instead of Chairman kurtZ.
He said he could not say what he
would do in advance of nomination,
but he was emphatic in expressing his
regret that this trouble in the party
organization had been brought about.
The governor said Chairman Kurtz
would work as hard for the election OF
members Of the legislature as for the
state ticket, and that the charges were
so unjust that Chairman kurtz should
now be vindicated.
KurtZ claimed that when the state
central committee recently met IN CO.
lumbus to fix the time and place toI
this convention Senator Hanna sent
Major Dick there as his representative
and it was then agreed that Kurt
should continue as chairman. Since
there has been change of plans thai
has been kept secret from the governor
the chairman and others. The Kurt
men claim no one knew anything of il
except those in the secret at Washing
ton, and that emissarieS were sent from
! Washington to the county conventions
! last week, when Senator Hanna made
! his first open move. Chairman Kurt;
? said that the hight has been waged un
, der such conditions that he cannot with
draw or be a party to any compromise
His name would be presented 10 tht
!. state central committee, and If defeated
they would know who was responsible
for broken promises.
2 1t is openly stated that Senator For
! aker has appealed to his friends u
| stand for KurtZ The following tha
: President Mckinley and Secretary
e Sherman have always had in Ohio con
, ventions are working aggressively fol
Dick and the administration is freely
r quoted as favoring Dick.
Among the intimations OF the Dicl
men is one that under the management
of Chairman Kurtz last year Ohio die
not do as we'll for Mckinley as it shonlC
have done and that Senator Hanna II
r chairman Of the national committe
' was then dissatisfied, and is unwilling
now to trust to the same chairman tn
d canvass in which both the short AM
= long terms ST the senatorship, as wei
& rs the state ticket, are at stake.