The sun., 1897-06-22
BUSHNELL IS WRATHFUL.
HE PUTS LIFE AND IRE INTO TBr
TOLEDO CONVENTION,

HRnpa'a srcrctsry says Mo Would no a Do,a
Weight on tho TieLct, Anyhow-Prohsblv
He Will ne nenobnlnated, hut Oniy on the
Condition that n Hanna Sian IL Manager.
TOLEDO, o., juno 2L-Tho Republicans OF
Ohio who will assemble in convention to.nor
row afternoon at 4 o'clock, nro in a prc,,v
pickle, and the end no man can foretell, Tn.
only thing that is known tonight Is that
tho Hanna mon aro in full control NJ
tho convention in every sense OF ,h.
word. 1t is also known that tho Hon. Charl,,
l.. KurtZ, Chairman OF tho State Executive
Committee and the personal choice OF Gov.
Bushnell for reelection. cannot be his own suo-
ccssor unless tho Hanna men recedc from their
avowcd purpose OF defeating Mr.. Kurtz and
elccting man more to their liking In the person
OF Major C. w. +. Dick, who has beon alternating
with Mr.. kurtz for several years in the Chair
manship.
Tine convention this morning promised 10 bo
n tamo affair. but a situation wholly unexpected
was prccipitatod tonight by the arrival OF Gov.
Bushnell. and tho statement he gives out to
tho public concerning the internal agreement
Of tho Republican leaders made at the time
he named Mr.. Hanna for the Senate Gov.
Bushnoll is as angry as lie can bo over the
Hanna programme TO turn friend Kurtzs pic
ture TO tho wall In answer to the published
figures given out by the Hanna management
that IL controls the voto of IL. IL not II, of the
81 in the state, Gov Bushnell says:
IF nm to be tho candidate for Governor 7
expect to select the Chairman of the Executive
Committee Don't ask Inc il am to be candi.
date. l will look over the ground first. Major
Dick already has the place of Secretary Of the
National Committee. and 1 don't sec what ho
wants with another. IL was well understood that
there was to be no fight in this matter, and # in
very bad politics at this timo TO precipitate q
fight. Mr.. Kurtz is my candidate for the place
and am quite sure none could have done better
than he did in the last campaign. approached
Mr.. knrtz only recently on the question: for
knew that he had already done much for the
charge of my campaign work again This
campaign means something TO me II / am
NJ oG nrtn rnaiunlc ~, ior Governor. When did ask
luctnntly, and IL has been but recently that I
have learned the Hanna people were working
turned down also. While it is bad politics at
ime so5 ,9 Sf Eh the Hanna
am the candidate expect to select the Chair
man..
;. The bad feeling that has cropped out at this
late date between .hc factions and which prom
ises 10 make this convention historic, was
by Mr. Perkins the pTivste fSst%eae secretapS @sqS
por, pi Senator Zen Hanna. Ham This afternoon ~.
report that Gov. Bushnell would refuse to be a
candidate in the event that his friend Kurts
should not be chosen Secretary. He promptly
That would be the best thing that could
happen to the ticket. Bushnell is heavy weight
to the ticket since the Crbana riot Every
colored society in the state is adopting resoIu-
tions against the Governor. and IL he is noml-
danger the entire ticket. 1t would be tho best
hnE .hat c9aid happen to the party il Gov.
The Hanna people tonight we're disposed to
look upon the Governor interview as u bluff
compromise. On this poirt Adjt. Gen. .Axiine
% ofares that the Governor came here with his
not prepared TO give way to anybody. much less
TO the Hanna people.
the impression that ii Gov. Bushnell could not
have his own way in the Charmanship lip matter
he would not play in the Hanna back yard any
his own cellar door. Nothing would suit the
Hanna people better than the refusal OF Busn-
nell to run second time.
Aside from tho contest for Chairman OF tho
State Committee the convention will be called
upon to wrestle with three PROPOSITIONS. 4 d-
vision OF opinion exists as TO the Cuban matter
Senator Garfield. son of the late President. says
be adopted. lie does favor a resolution
of sympathy and expression Of confidence
ley Admnistraton to deal With The enf Situation.
Both the Foraker and the Hanna people favor
resolution will be introduced for its absolute
repeal. Everything Republican. State and
HANNA viii be for his own
Congressman Grosvenor will be made permanent
will be renominated, but that he will have TO
accept acc campaign M manager chosen for him by
Dick The news OF the break in the
nell, Foraker. and kurtz on the one
side and the Hanna people on the other has
renewed public interest in the convention all
over the State. and there is great hurrying and
skurrying among Republicans to get here in
be very large. With the exception OF Hanna all
the leading Ohio Republicans are now on the
ground with the exception Of Senator Foraker,
who remains in Washington, doubtless very glad
that he Is well out of and away from the fray In
his own State.
CoLuMBus. o.. June 21.-of the 957 delegates
to the Democratic State Convention. 454 have
now been selected. OF these only l52 have been
instructed as to candidates for the Governorship.
Paul J. Sorg has 50: A.V. Smalley,l5; a. w. Pat.
rick, IA; John w. Winn.s; H. W. Chapman. 26,
John NJ Van Meter. I II. II. Hunter. is; Mayor
Rice OF Canton. &. Rice has withdrawn. Tho
3S votes Of this county are supposed to be for
Allen w. Thurman, but four delegates say they
will vote for James Kilbourne on the first ballot
while twelve others say they they will vote for
John j. Lentz after the first ballot No resolu.
tion OF instruction was adopted.