Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-06-09
kURTZ WILL BlOE HIS TIME
No Fight to Be Made on Senator Ham
Now.
Little Interest in Coming RepubIicap
convention i'm Ohio-Democrnts
Also Apathetfc.
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star
COLUMBUS. Ohio. June = lS9s.
| very little interest seems TO he taken u
the republican state convention which win
! be held here June n. II is believed that
its every act mas been discounted The anti
Hanna republicans say they do not pro-
| pose to take any part In the convention
| and they are, TO doubt telling the truth.
| In fact, il is so plain that the friends OF
Senator Hanna and the national admins
| tration have control Of the party machine
that TO attempt to wrest it from them at
| this time would be to undertake what could
only result in discontinue and defeat
Senator Hanna has already been chosen
! by the state central committee as tempo
| rary chairman of the convention and he
WILL no doubt, be continued as the perma-
| nent presiding officer. The platform will
realhrm the platform of the party adopt
ea at the 81. Louis convention and indorse
the conduct Of the civil and military ar-
| FAIRS of the country under the administra-
| tion of President Mckinley. 1t will also
contain clause indorsing the official acts
Oh senator Hanna and Senator Foraker.
VIII Meet No Opposition.
1t Is believed that no opposition will be
| made to any of these propositions In the
interest of party harmony the Hanna re-
publioans will not omit to honor Senator
Foraker, and. seeing that they could not
| prevent it. the anti-Hanna republicans will
not attempt opposition to the resolution in
dorsing Senator Hanna.
| Charles l.. Kurtz leaves next week for
! Arizona, to be absent from the state all
summer. To The Star correspondent he said
that he had counseled all his friends 10
take no active steps in opposition TO Sena-
tor Hanna at this time. Il believe" said
| ne, that the best way to retire Senator
Hanna from leadership in the party is to
| let him have full and undisputed sway for
a while. The more the rank and file OF the
party see of him and his way OF running
pontlcs the less they will think of him as
leader and his retirement will come
spontaneously
| Mr.. kurtz would not admit that opposl-
| ton to Senator Hanna would be useless at
TINS time. II could sit down now" said
he, and start the telephone and telegraph
wires working and in a short time have a
movement on foot that would surely nm
set the plans of Senator Hanna and his
friends in the coming convention. but as
| 4 say mink We can accomplish our end
| IN better way and without a fight"
II IS reported from Cleveland that Mayor
Nchlsson Is sure to control the delegation
sent from Cuyahoga county, and from his
ACTIVITY there II has been presumed that
general anti-Hanna movement has been
| set going all over the state looking 10 the
capture of the convention
III Is evident, though, that Mayor Nc
Nilsson Is only doing this TO keep his forces
| power there. His own future success i'm
politics depends upon this
Fornker's Friends Want Recopnition
1t is not unlikely that the Foraker fac
| ton will make fight here and there in
the congressional district meetings for the
purpose of getting foothold in the new
state central committee. In the present
state central committee that faction has
! not a single member, and the fact puts
them at a great disadvantage II is likely
thdt they VIII secure a few OF the members
OF the new committee. Ii is safe to pre-
dict, however. that Senator Hanna will
choose the new state executive committee
chairman.
Philo S. Clark of Scioto county is said to
be slated for the place. but there is some
doubt as To his availability, as he has lust
been appointed postmaster at Portsmouth
As to the candidates, there is room for
speculation in only one case. Secretary of
State Charles Kinney will be nominated for
| a second term. So will William 7. Spear
| Judge OF the supreme court; ]. +. Black
| burn. state food commissioner. and ]. b.
| Allen. clerk of the supreme court. The
only other office 10 be filed this wear is
| that of member of the state board of pub
he works. +. l.. Lybcrger. the present in
| cumbent, is finishing his second term, and
| is not candidate for another term The
| only candidate for nomination for this Of
| flee who has announced himself Is State
Senator Si!as ]. Williams of Stark county.
The question of third term may be raised
| against J. b. Allen. as he has already been
elected twice TO the office he now holds.
| and the unwriten rule against nominations
| for third terms has never been waived ex-
! cept in the case of supreme Judges. But
Allen seems to have clear field yet. He is
a close friend of Senator Hanna and thu
| latter will, no doubt. interest himself in
| his behalf If necessary. Besides Allen is
veteran of the civil war and left one arm
on a southern battlefield. just row there
| is strong feeling running in favor of thu
soldier
The democrats have taken no steps yet
toward putting a ticket in the field. Ii ID
given out that they VIII not call their STATE
central committee together To consider thS
matter until the republicans have placed
their state ticket in the field.
The general feeling here is that with thu
war feeling running strong. il is likely
to during the campaign, the strong SYM
pathy with the administration will be surS
TO leave little chance for the democrats to
elect any of their state candidates this
year.
The combination of the minority parties
In this state is of little consequence. The
combined vote of the parties entering il is
not over JO,oDo- 1t was not made with d
view to securing enough votes 10 carry the
state A new law, known locally as the
Pugh act, made ii necessary for them 10
combine in order to form a party large
enough TO be recognized as a party under
that act, and thus secure the admission of
the ticket to the Australian ballot
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