The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-01-03
CAUsTIc PERSONALITIES.
Judge Mash Resents the Alleged In
suits of Governor Bushnell.

Judge H2Sh hSS6nLS TIE A14SSSC LII
suits of Governor Bushnell.
Columbus, o., Jan. Judge George
K. Nash, chairman of the Republican
state executive committee, today sent
q letter to Governor Bushnell reslgnlng
his position as a trustee of the ONO
asylum at Gallipolis, to which position
Judge Nash had been appointed by
Governor Bushnell. The letter is said
to be very caustic, but Judge Nash will
not give it out for publication until
after it is has been received by the
governor in his mail tomorrow. on be
ing asked for the reasons for his ac-
ton, Judge Nash tonight said:
ION Friday I am informed by most
reliable gentleman, Governor Bush
nell said that the Republican state
executive committee in the recent
campaign did not do thing to assist
him as a candidate. In justice to my
associates on that committee, than
whom a more loyal set of men in the
party ticket and to a great cause
were never banded together, as well as
to myself as the chairman, 1 could
not do otherwise than resent the in
suit
Again, if Governor Bushnell really
believes that l was dislOyal to him as
chairman, he must be very uneasy as
to whether l will properly perform my
duties as an officer. I desire to relieve
his mind of this worry.
I am also disguised with the con-
duct of Governor Bushnell. Before the
election in public speeches he pre-
tended that he desired Mr.. Hanna's
return to the United States senate.
Since that time he has consOrted with
the enemies Of the Republican party to
defeat the will of the people. 1 look
upon this as a square case of OBTAIN
ing votes by false pretenses."
Judge Nash, as chairman of the
state committee, is taking an active
interest in the election of Senator
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
selected as chairman OF the state
executive committee. q position which
Mr.. Kurtz had held for two previous
campaigns, in 1895 when Bushnell was
first elected governor in 1896, when the
presidential ticket was in the field. 1t
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 ticket and opposed
Bushnell secured the reappointment
then of Kurtz as chairman, over the
protest of Kinney.
When the last state convention nomi-
mated Bushnell for governor and
Hanna for senator, the latter defeated
Kurtz for chairman and secured the
election of Nash for chairman. That
is the cause of the present fight
against Hanna. It has involved all the
old fights of former years that existed
between what were called the Sherman
and Foster factions and later the So
called Mckinley and the Foraker fac
lions, till now the lines are drawn be
tween what are termed the Hanna and
the Bushnell factions, but these fac
tional fights never included a combine
with the Democrats until in the pres
ent contest. During the last state
campaign it was stated that Governor
Bushnell 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
against Hanna, conducted state head
quarters in the interest of Governor
Bushnell and of anti-Hanna candi-
dates for the legislature. There were
charges during the campaign that
Judge Nash was conducting the cam
paign for the legislative tickets and
Kurtz for the state tickets.