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Hanna and claims that the last State
convention at Toledo named Mr. Hanna
for Senator, as we'll as nominated Mr..
Bushnell for Governor. At the last
State convention in Toledo, Governor
Bushnell wanted Charles L. Kurtz Sc
lected as Chairman Of the State Exc
cutiye Committee, a position which
Mr.. Kurtz had held for the two pre-
v1ouS campaigns, in 1895 when Bush
nell was first elected Governor and in
1896 when the Presidential ticket was
in the field It is claimed that the
head of the State ticket, by precedent,
has always named the State campaign
Chairman. In 1896, Secretary of State
Charles Kinney headed the State tick
ct and opposed Kurtz for Chairman,
but Governor Bushnell secured the re-
appointment then of Kurtz as Chair
man over the protest OF Kinney.
When the last State convention NOM
mated Bushnell for Governor and Han
ma for Senator, the latter defeated
kurtz for Chairman and secured the
election of Nash for Chairman. This
is the cause of the present fight against
Hanna 1t has involved all the old
fights of former years that existed be-
tween what were called the Sherman
and Foster factions and later the So
called Mckinley and Foraker factions.
till now the lines are drawn between
what are termed the Hanna and the
Bushnell factions, but these factional
fights never included a combine with
the Democrats until in the present con-
test. During the last State campaign
P11c
visited the State headquarters only
once and then on an invitation. 1t is
also stated that Mr.. Kurtz, who was
State Oil Inspector under Governor
Bushnell and leader of the opposition
aginst Hanna, conducted State head
quarters in the interest of Bushnell
and of anti-Hanna candidates for the
Legislature. There were charges during
the campaign that Judge Nash was
conducting the campaign for the Legis-
lative tickets and Kurtz for the State
tickets.
Late tonight the fusionists encoun-
tered trouble in the division of the
legislative offices. There were two
Democrats who refused to vote for
Judge Ditty for Chief Clerk of the
Senate unless they secured their men
for mirror places. At the conference
last night it was decided what places
should be given the anti-Hanna Re-
publicars and what places should go
to the Democrats, but the personnel of
the assistant clerkships and Sergeant
alarms was not definitely fixed. After
frequent conferences tonight it was
decided to hold a joint caucus of the
opposition tomorrow morning. At that
caucus the Senate and House steering
committees will report.
The same trouble about the division
of the offices exists in the joint pro-
gramme of the opposition for the or
ganization of the House Representa-
tives Powell, Wiley and Niles. three
Democratic members, are not vet
pledged to vote for Mason for Speaker.
or for any Republican The managers
OF the combine say these men will final
ly vote with the other Democrats. but
these three members up to midnight
would not say anything, except that
they were not pledged. If these three
Democrats vote for a third candidate
Tor speaker, then the vote would stand
% Tor Boxwell, 53 for Mason and 3
scattering, and there would be a dead
lock on organization. The Democratic
steering committee was busy all night
looking after the unpledged members
All "ho would sign the pledge roll were
lnduced to do so. The Hanna men
express no confidence in the majority
OF al for Boxwell, but they say they
expect TO elect him by receiving the
hlghest number of votes cast for anv
canaldate. Mr.. Kurtz claimed last
nignt the defeat Of both Hanna and
Boxwell