The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-03-17
KURTz IS STILL THERE.
A Club Held Over Chairman
Dougherty's Head.
THE COMMITTEE NOT CALLED
r. Gust Mr.. Kurts From the National
Cemmittee-Anti-Han Ropub-
licans BeIligerent-Pecu.
L. liar Investig atiens.


crate way Chairman Harry NJ. Daugh-
erty of the Republican siA.e central
committee proceeds to call his COM
mittee together to read Charles l..
kurtz out of the party and oust him
from the national Republican commit.
tee, is afforded in the report published
here this week that State Insurance
Commissioner w. S. Matthews holds
that either Daugherty or w. NJ. Hahn
holds $4,000 that belongs to the state
of Ohio, and threatens to institute pro-
ceedings to find out by what right the
money is withheld. The money is
part Of collection of back taxes from
insurance companies. When Hahn
was state insurance commissioner the
books show that a little over $4,000
was collected in this way and only
half of it was turned into the state
treasury. On turning the business Of
the Office over to his successor, Hahn
explained this and accounted for the
absence Of the other $4,000 by stating
that according to his contract with
Daugherty the latter was to receive
that amount as his fee as an attorney
for collecting it. Captain Matthews
did not approve of the transaction and
promptly Cancelled the contract, say
ing to Mr.. Hahn that in his opinion
he had no right to make such a con-
tract Mr.. Hahn excused the rather
exhorbitant fee by saying that the
state would have got nothing of the
back tax but for the services of Mr.
Daugherty.
So the case stands. The understand
ing is that Daugherty is afraid that
If he makes a move against Kurtz it
will cost him this fat fee. The fact
is that the matter has been referred
to Senator Harper of the insurance
committee of the senate. The senator
has consulted with a number of his
special friends in the senate about the
matter, and something may come out
of it at any time. In the meantime it
will be noticed that no meeting of the
state central committee is called.
1t is true that in his declaration of
his intention to call the committee
and set in on Mr.. Kurtz, Chairman
Daugherty used no more definite
words than "in due season." but with
the widest latitude given to this ex-
preston, the time is up.
Neryy Anti-Hauna Republicans.
The other side of the Republican
fight is not proceeding with the same
care and caution. 1t is quite evident
from Governor Bushnell's policy of
demanding the designations of the
rabid Hanna Republicans who hold
positions on state boards, who while
they followed George K. Nash in criti-
cizing the governor during the sena-
torial fight, did not follow his exam
pie in resiSning, that when Senator
Foraker, Mayor McKisson and other
prominent members Of the anti-Hanna
faction were here last week they had
a conference with the governor in re-
gard to the treatment to be accorded
to these trustees, and decided that a
general war was to be made upon
them. Only true Hanna Repub-
licans are to be left on guard. The
anti-Hanna faction is evidently bent
on carrying the fight into the coming
state campaign. They evince no dis
position to drop the fight. For a de-
feated faction they certainly show a
remarkable degree of courage.
The anti-Hanna Republicans expect
to displace at least two Hanna Repub-
licans in congress this fall with anti
Hanna Republicans. They expect to
be helped to do this Ry the repeal of
the Dana law. For Instance, John P.
Jones will be nominated for congress
IN the Eighteenth district by the Pop
ulists, indorsed by the Democrats, and
supported as we'll by the anti-Hanna
gram now. If the Dana law is repeal
ed his name can appear on the ticket
OF all the parties that go into the fu-
sion, and under these circumstances,
1t Is very likely that he would be
elected, though the district went Re-
publican last fall by 4,472 plurality.
The fusionists are expected to support
the bill repeating the Dana law, there
fore, when it comes up in the house
next Tuesday.
Loyalty of the Democrats.
1t was an indication of the loyalty
OF the Democrats of the senate in gen.
eral, and Senator Finck in particular,
that when his Cuban resolution de-
nandino the raoounition ~ Cuban a.,
dependence came up in the senate this
week, he requested that consideration
OF IL be postponed, for the reason that,
as he believed, the nation was ap.
preaching a serious crisis, and he had
no desire to embarrass the Republican
administration, upon which the re-
sponsibility of the situation was de-
yolving. He had arrived at this con-
clusion after consultation with sena-
tors on both sides of the chamber. Not
alone in the halls of congress has
there been shown this week that when
danger from foreign foe is imminent,
there are no parties among the Amer
lean people. The few words that Sen
ator Finck said in stating the case on
this occasion were intensely patriotic.
The name Of ex-senator Frank Har-
per OF Mt. Vernon has been added to
the list OF Democrats who are candi-
dates for the Democratic nomination
Tor secretary of state this fall. The
chance for the election of Demo
cratic secretary of state this fall seems
SO good to the average Democrat that
Democrats are pushing each other for
q chance to get ON the ticket.
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