San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-24
JUST SO THEY ARE BORN
IN THE OH BUCKEYE
STATE
Makes ANYBODY Eligible For Office
In The Southern States In
Preference To The Native
AiherentS OF The Grand
Old Party.
By special wire to Sunday Light.

BY special wire to Sunday Light
New Orleans, La, Oct. est would
seem that Mark Hanna has levied a
tribute on the south. The demands of
the Ohio campaign, it appears, have
dictated McKinley's appointments in
Mississippi, Louisiana and other
Southern states and now the native
Republicans are lodging Ohio men in
several southern states as they woull
quarantine guards in yellow fever
district. As proof of this the following
occurrences are narrated: Early in
March last Jim Hill, Republican ma
tional committeeman from Mississippi,
Albert NJ. Lea, his chief lieutenant and
others of that wing of the party in
the state undertook the task of recon-
mending a postmaster at Natchez.
They wanted a native Mississippian
and they selected H. c. Griffin, who
had been a Republican candidate for
Congress last November and who had
polied twice as many votes as any Re-
publican in the history of the party
in the state for twenty years. But it
was soon discovered that A. C.
Thompson, of Ohio, who handled all
the Mckinley contested cases at the
Republican convention at st. Louis,
was so fortunate as to have brother
in-law living in Natchez. This
brother-in1law was H. C. Turley, and
he hailed from Portsmouth, Ohio,
where Judge Thompson lives. Jim
Hall and his advisers saw their efforts
in behalf of Griffin, local Republic
can, would be empty and vain. They
switched TO Judge Thompson's
brother-in-law, II. c. Turley, and he
was promptly nominated for postmast-
er and Hanna's Ohio campaign was
boosted" by all of Turkeys relatives
in and about Portsmouth.
In May last Judge Thompson con-
cluded to intervene in behalf of an
Ohio lady, who had gone to Slidel,
La, for the benefit of her health.
She had been in town one year,
but she was from Ohio. She wished
to pay her board with government
money and so she applied for the po-
sition of postmistress. Hanna backed
up her application at Thompson's re-
quest and the local Republicans who
had carried the precinct for McKin-
ley, by more than $50 majority, were
turned down and Hannas lady was
appointed.
At West Point, Miss, Capt. ]. NJ.
Leveret, applied to be postmaster.
All the Mississippi Republicans en-
dorsed him. He had served the party
for thirty years, but it was discovered
by Hanna that a man near West Point
had married an Ohio woman, and best
of all she was from Cleveland, Hanna's
home. Her name was Edith Morrow.
Two weeks ago she was made postmis-
tress at West Point. Leveret is in
Washington, lodging every Ohio man
he sees. He hopes to catch on to the
patronage band wagon somewhere,
but he fears an Ohio man may be
driver.
In Alabama, the same story is re-
peated. Cooper, marshal, for the Bir-
mingham district, was born under the
lucky Ohio star. He neither knew or
cared anything for Alabama Republic
cans but he was a native of Ohio.
He won, Hanna aiding him.
Buckley, just made postmaster of
Montgomery, the Alabama capital, is
a child of Ohio fortune. Hanna named
MIN ana ne won; local endorsements
counted for nothing. Buckley had once
seen Ohio and he was Hanna's choice.
That ended the struggle.
Mckinley appinted Demas as naval
officer, and Hanna forthwith employ
ed r. w. B. Gould, a negro politician.
to go to Ohio AMI stump that state and
cry the merits of Demas, as a negro
had been recognized by the administra-
ton.