The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-10-27
STILL PURSUING HANNA.
Col. Conger Issues a Manifesto Dir
ected to Ohio Republicans

ected to Ohio Republicans.
Cleveland. O., Oct. 27.-Colonel A L.
Conger of Akron, an ex-member of the
Republican national committee, and a
member of Governor Bushnelrs staff, has
issued a length address to the inde-
pendent Republican voters of Ohio.
1t comes from KirkviIe, Mo, and is
being widely published throughout Ohio.
He says that for thirty years he has
been in the service of the Republican
party, and he claims the right to warn
his fellow Republicans of the dangers
which threaten to disrupt the party.
I'VE esteem our president, Major Nc
KinIey. highly" he continues, but there
is no use in Disgusting the fact that Mr..
Hanna is really the president, so far as
debating the national legislative policy
is concerned.
Republicans will be anxious to know
how money is diverted to the campaign
fund in the framing of the tariff bill.
was one of the first men in this country
to build mill for the manufacture of
tin plate at Elwood, Ind. We manufac-
tured under the Mckinley bill, which
placed a duty of 50 20 on each box of tin
plate brought to this country. After fif-
teen months we turned out tin plate at
$3.50 less cost a box than when we start
ed the mill
IF the tariff had been reduced this
much we would have held our own. When
1 quit the business we were making from
our little mill $4,000 a month on a CAPT
tai of $275,O00 actually invested. The mill
made in four years 100000 and was then
capitalized at 81 2OO,O 0O The wages paid
were out of all proportion to those paid
in other branches of industry. The VIII
son bill reduced the duty to $1.O5 per box,
and this was more duty than was really
required to bring the entire industry to
this country.
The American Tin Plate company sent
a train load of its employees to st. Louis
to help nominate Mckinley. Mckinley
was nominated. and in Hanna's tariff bill
the duty tin plate was raised to $3.50
a box, according to promise. Now all
the tin plate trust has to do is to pay
over to Hanna whatever amount they had
agreed upon should be paid to this cam
paign fund provided the duty should be
restored. If they were to pay him $780,
900 a year they would have a bonus of
SO, OOO0 600 to divide among themselves.
Now, who pays this $4,000 900?
colonel Hahn, Dick and Hanna are
the absolute rulers of 100000 people in
Ohio. I have been in contact with the
Democratic party many years, and be-
Heve that it will be hard to find in that
party in Ohio the equals in corruption of
Hanna, Cox Hahn and Dick.
There is but one remedy, and that is
to remove the cause, and 1 appeal to
every independent Republican voter in
Ohio to support Governor Bushnell and
the state ticket but after that the hide
Gus monster of Hanna presents itself for
our consideration, and should be voted
down The only way this can be success
fully accomplished is for Republicans to
vote squarely for the Democratic nomi-
raas for the house and senate.
IF YOU are a friend of Foraker, Bush
nell or Kurtz, remember the insults
heaped upon them and vote to put down
Hannaism."
The manifesto in full covers about 1000
words.