The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-10-12
A SORRY FAILURE
Was Hanna's Attempt to Buy
Up the Populists.
ONLY GOT A FEW OF THEM
The Majority OF Them In HsmIlton
County We're Not Purchnsable
and They Boldly Mako tho
Fact Known.

The Populists OF Cincinnati held
convention in Cincinnati Friday, oc-
tober l. Hanna's paid agents were
On hand from all over Ohio and out
side of the state trying to browbeat
and bulldoze to help their owner and
brutal master, but by an overwhelm-
Ing vote the convention declared for
fusion with the honest people Of Gin
einnati.
At one time during the proceedings
u. l.. Kitchens, the well known Pop
ulst, and who was an ardent aivocate
Of fusion, was interrupted in his re-
marks by Ernest A. Weier on a point
Of order, the latter claiming that
Kitchens was not Populist, charging
him with having voted the Prohibi-
ton ticket.
This brought T. c. Morland to his
teet, with the remark that it was some
thing new in his experience If a man
had to be drunkard an a bum be-
fore being eligible to membership In
the Populist party.
A laughable incident not generally
noticed took place at the midnight
convention of the anti-fusion faction.
The latter consisted of about dozen
members gather around a single table,
with an audience which had remained
over from the convention proper, that
had adjourned short time previously.
In the selection of candidates for the
senatorial and legislative ticket there
was of course
A Lack OF Material
Present to make up the necessary list
Of names required. Mr.. ]. Schmalz,
the well known secretary Of the Mu-
sicians' National union, was an inter-
ested spec .ator on the outskirts Of the
crowd, and his namN was suggested
and accepted without protest. The
amusing feature of the matter lies in
the fact that Mr. Schmalz was chair
man OF the committee on resolu.Ions
OF the convention proper, and also
that that he was one of the slgners of
the majority report of that committee,
which recommended fusion and which
report was adopted by such an over
whelming majority.
In the light of facts the statement
circulated that the convention was
packed by Democrats and others in
tent on having the convention declare
for fusion is ridiculous.
AS a matter of fact, the anti-fusion-
ist element was either Intentionally
or unintentlonally given full control
Of the temporary organization in the
selection by the executive committee
Of Fred BaZely as temporary chair
man and John B. Varellman as tenn
pornry secretary. In addition, a we'll
known anti-fusionist stood at the head
OF the stairway Issuing credentials to
would-be delegates of his own selec-
ton. 1t is unnecessary to further re-
fer TO the fact that w. 8. Morgan, ed
Itor of the Helena (Arh-) Buzz Saw"
Hugh Creigler. candidate for secretary
OF state, and T. j. Whitcomb OF
Springfield, o., candidate for Neuten-
ant governor on the Populist state
ticket, were present, and It 10 need
less to add
Present For . Purpose,
That purpose being to aid In forcing
heselection of an anti-fusion ticket. It
wasalso charged against Ernest Weier
that he had issued credentials to sew
eral delegates from various wards.
which can only be regarded as very
unusual proceeding.
Two things should be borne in mind
by those who have followed the pro-
ceedings of the Popullst convention OF
Friday evening
First, that under the constitution
and laws of nearly all labor unions.
and especially OF the Central Labor
council and Building Trades council
OF Cincinnati, partisan politics Is en-
tirely barred In their meetings. No
expression of the politics opinions OF
these bodies can therefore be reason
ably looked for in the present cam