Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-06-17
Factions in Ohio Republican Party
Striving for Control.
REPORT BUSHNELL WILL NOT RUN
In that Event Nomination Would
Go to Mayor Mckisson.
M'LEAN FIG HTING SORG

Epitcn 10 Inc tyenlng star.
COLUMBUS. Ohio, June 1.-THE Even
Ing Press publishes today story. which it
attributes to high but unnamed republican
authority. that Gov Bushnell will not lead
the ticket of his party in the state this
year. and this by his own choice.
According to this story. Gov Bushnell
will decline tine nomination when rendered
him. alleging impaired health and demand
his time by business interests 1t fur
ther states that Mayor McKisson of Cleve-
land will be the candidate of the party for
governor.
About two-thirds of the counties have
now chosen their delegates to the state re-
publican convention. which will be held at
Toledo next week. and 1t is safe to say that
Senator Hanna can control the delega tes
from large majority of them. Tomorrow
will close the election of delegates to this
convention and nearly all of those coun-
ties that have yet to choose their delegates
are strcng Hanna counties. it is plain that
the senator will have such hold on the
Toledo convention that IL would be useless
for his opponents in the party to attempt
to prevent his Endorsement. if they cared to
do this.
There seems to be one now prominent
in the republican party in the state urging
that the Endorsement of the senator for
return to the Senate be omitted except
Mayor r. E Mckisson of Cleveland,
a young political boss, who has
ccuntered the senator On several oc
casions. opposing his methods of municipal
politics. Senator Foraker is not opposing
the proposition to indorse Senator Hanna
as the candidate of the party for the Sen
has In f1o
weeks ago. WREN it was reported that Sem
atCr Hanna had come 20 the conclusion
that it would be better politics not to have
a resolution of Endorsement from the state
cor venton, and would ask mis- friends to
omit it, Senate Foraker opposed the sug
gestion. saying that the sane course that
was pursued by the state convention at
GAINESVILLE in his own case SHOULD be fol-
lC wed at Toleio in the case of Mr. Hanna.
The senator should have resolution of in
dCrsement whether he wanted it ct rot.
Now Wants Indorscment.
II is now understood, however that SEN
ator Hanna desires the Endorsement of the
nvention. OF course, therefore, such a
resolution will be adopted In fact. the
action of the convention in all important
features can be written in advance with
perfect confidence The platform will de-
clare its confidence in the administration
CT President Mckinley and indorse his
course far; it will indorse the St. Louis
platform and lay upon the democratic
propositions of free trade and free silver
the entire blame for the business and in
dustrial depression from which the coun-
try is suffering: 1T will indorse the admin
is;ration of Gov. Bushnell and the legisla-
ton of the present republican general as
sembly: Jacob F.. Burkett. present incum-
bent, will be nominated for judge of the
supreme court; Samuel b. Campbell, now
state treasurer, will be nominated for d
second term, as will also Frank s. Mon
nett. the attorney general of the state.
There is not the slightest doubt that both
Gov. Bushnell and Lieut.. Gov. Asabel W.
Jones will be nominated for second terms.
There is no opposition to the nomination
of these men. and the action of the con-
vention. as II relates to these offices, may
be discounted with perfect confidence.
Only Two Omces in Question.
The only two Offices to the nomina-
tions for which there any doubt are the
inconsequential ones of member of the
state board of public works and commits
sioner of public schools. The incumbents
in these offires-Charles z. Groce and Oscar
T. Corson, respectively-are now finishing
their second terms. and under the unwrit-
ten law of the party viii now step aside
for newcomers For the board of public
Hahn of GAINESVILLE, Charles A. Goddard of
Portsmouth and James L. Robinson of
T.ffin. For state school commissioner there
are two candidates Lewis ID. Bonebrake
OF Mt. Vernon and j. =. Sharkey of Eaton
The work Of the convention Will proba-
bly, not consume more than three hours
including the opening address of the chair
nan-General c. II. Grosvenor-and the
nominating speeches.
Mclean Fighting sOrg.
John r. Mclean is waging a newspaper
war on Paul ]. Sorg's candidacy for COVER
ror. but is not doing it in his own news
paper. the Enquirer. Mclean looks with
disfavCr upon Sorg's candidacy for the
reason that his nomination would hardly
leave room for a senatorial candidate from
the same corner of the state. 1t has Just
come to light that Sorg's candidacy is for
midable, that he has seven counties in his
vicinity pledged to him and will probably
have more votes than any other candidate
for the gubernatorial nomination on :he
first ballot
Dan McConville. who Is looked upon as
McLean's agent Is going about the state
seeing the democratic editors and there
fellows In his wake general breaking ont
OF editorial attacks on Sorg on his su1nort
of the gold standard.
SITUATION At CLEVELAND.
Rival Republican Factions Stratnfnp