Evening star., 1898-07-16
1t Will Be a Short One and Withou.
Force. b
THE BUSHNELL FACTION is ANGRY
Republicans viii Probably Gain
One or Two congressmen.
DEM RATS APATHETIC
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.

state executive committee, which will
conduct the campaign. 1t seems to be
generally unde-stced that George K Nash,
who was executive chairman last year, de-
sires to be relieved of further work in this
line and that Harry NJ. Dougherty of Wash
ington Court House will be chosen in his
place. Mr.. Dougherty was chairman of the
state Central COMMITTEES last year, having
just been succeeded in that office by Cyrus
Huling of this city. He is an attorney, has
been member of the legislature, is an
tute politician, and has the entire conf
d=nce of Senator Hanna. 1t was claimed
ty some of Senator Foraker's friends that
six years ago Dougherty was elected to the
general assembly as a Foraker republican,
but abandoned Foraker in the senatorial
contest and supported Senator Sherman.
But however. this may be, there has been
10 room for doubt as to where Mr.. Dough-
erty stood as to the factional differences of
the party since that time. He has bean
most radical adherent of Senator Hanna.
A short and rather apathetc campaign is
promised now. The republicans do not pro-
pose to open their state headquarters hers
until about the first of August, and the act
i've campaign work-the work on the stump
will not be undertaken before the middle
of September. The democrats do not nomi-
nate their state ticket until next month.
The republicans will, of course, not care to
take even the preliminary steps of the cana
pdlSH urltll tnSy KNOW Wnat candidates
their opponents propose to present and
uron what issues they determine to make
the fight.
The Bushnell Faction Angry.
1t looks now as though the republican
campaign committee would be hampered by
lack Of funds. This will be an unusual con-
ditfon for a republican campaign in Ohio.
The state institutions are normally in the
hands of the republicans and the officials
In them are liatle to assessment for cam
palgn expenses These Institutions
wholly in the hands of the republicans now,
to be sure. but the Bushnell faction has alb
solute control of them. This faction was
completely crushed in the state convention
Mayor r. e. Mckisson of Cleveland at the
head of the Bushnell delegation, being de-
MED a seat in the convention. The resolu-
tions adopted commended the conduct of
every branch of the state government ex-
cept the executive. the evident intention be-
ing to humiliate Governor Bushnell That
Governor Bushnell so interpreted the action
was shown In an interview given by him on
the day following the state convention In
which ne gave sarcastic praise to the ac-
ton of what he called Senator Hanna's
convention" His political friends all over
the state also Joined in Indignantly resent
ing the studied insult to the governor"
Regardless of the right involved In this
matter. the attitude of the republican state
convention toward Governor Bushnell was
pau Poitlcs from party standpoint. Every
a strong Hanna republican. Nothing was
lett undone by the convention that might
make Governor Bushnell and his factional
lfiehos ieel that they had nothing what
ever to do with the matter Is It probable
tina. they will feel like contributing to the
campaign fund under these circumstances?
Is 1t not likely that Governor BushnelTs
friends and appointees holding the places
from which campaign funds have been Sc
cured usually, Will decline to be assessed
ana the governor Will not be apt to hold the
club over their heads which is usually yerv
FersuasiVe-removal from office in case they
refuse?
No Active Democratic Candidate.
NO active candidates for nominations on
the democratic state ticket have been heard
OF yet The prospect for democratic sue
cess in the state this year does not seem
10 be sufficiently encouraging to induce
Candidates to enter the race. Some such
result as followed the Brough- allandig-
nam nam campaign for governor during the
civil war is expected. Vallandigham's on
position to the conduct of the war made
.he support OF the administration the chief
issue OF the campaign. and on that thou
sanus OF democrats took a stand by the ad-
mlnlstrat1on and Brough's majority was
raised to the then unprecedented figure of
loo'ooo or course, the issue will not be so
exactly Joined in the present campaien but
II Will be Impossible for the democrats tn
prevent the general prevalence Of the no.
tion among the voters that a vote against
the republican party just now will be in
erect criticism Of the conduct of the war
with Spain.
Australian Ballot Decisions.
fhe supreme court has just held the
clause OF the Australian ballot law which
PROVIDES that no party can nominate by
convention until it has cast 1 per cent of
lne totai vote Of the state at the next pre-
vlous election constitutional and valid.
rms, with the Pugh amendment to the
same law, made last winter, places the
iiiiior,ty parties In bad way. This
amendment provides that no voter who
goes not propose to support a ticket can
JON IN signing petition asking the secre-
tary OF state to place that ticket on the
Australian ballot. A party that has not
cast per cent of the total vote can only
get on the ballot by petition. and the num-
per OF petitioners necessary is also fixed by
IA" AT per cent of the total vote. Before
the Pugh amendment was made it was
easy Tor a party, however small, to meet
TINS requirement. Any voter might sign IT.
II mad become the custom to secure sigma
lures from the party which would prob
aoly reap the greatest advantage from the
admission Of the ticket to the ballot. The
minority parties are bitterly opposed to the
Iugn amendment, but have made no at
tempt 10 get decision from the supreme
court as to Its validity, and there is scarce
iy time for hearing in that court now
before the fall election
AS matter Of fact, the so-called minori-
~ pal ties, ny winch is meant In Ohio all
the parties but the republican and demo-
cratic, do not altogether contain enough
voters to constitute the balance Of power
between the two great parties and If they
did 1t would not be possible to secure con-
certed action now with a view to determin-
ing tne result of the election.
A b.ll to enable the soldiers in the volun-
teer service from Ohio to vote in their
camps, II they are stilisin the field on cleo
ton day, failed to pass last winter, and SO
the votes OF about 1900 soldiers will be
lost II the war lasts until November-more
II II there. Is cali for more troops But
these voters are probably pretty evenly
divided divide politically and the result is not
likely to be appreciably affected by the
falure or the legislature to pass the BILL
The Congressional Elections.
In the congressional elections the demo-
Gratis are more likely to lose districts than
to gain any. There seems to be no reason
to expect that they will gain a member
ahyWhere, while both this district and the
layton district are likely to be carried bv
the republicans. Against John J. Lentz
mere, the republicans are about to nomi-
nate EDWARD N. Higgins, lawyer Of great
dpillty and a strong campalgner. IentzsS