The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-01-03
square case Of obtaining votes BY false

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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
well as nominated Mr.. Bushnell for gov
ernor. At the last state convention IN
! Toledo Governor Bushnell wanted
Charles L. Kurtz selected as chairman
of the state executive committee, po-
sition which Mr.. Kurtz had held Tor the
two previous campaigns, In 1870, wnen
Bushnell was first elected governor, ana
| in 1896 when the presidential ticket was
in the field. 1t is claimed that the head
of the state ticket, by precedent, has al
WAYS named the state campaign chair
man. In 1896 Secretary Of State Charles
Kinney headed the state ticket and OPP
posed Kurtz for chairman, but Governor
Bushnell then secured the reappoint-
ment of Kurtz as chairman over the pro-
| test of Kinney.
| When the last state convention nom
| 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. 1t 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 Foraker factions.
till now the lines are drawn between
what are termed the Hanna and Bush
nell factions, but these fractional fights
never included a combine with the DEM
ocrats until in the present contest. Dur
ing the last state campaign it was stated
that Governor Bushnell visited the
headquarters only once, and then on an
invitation. It Is also stated that Mr..
Kurtz, who was state oil inspector I'M
der Governor Bushnell and leader of the
opposition against Hanna, conducted
state headquarters in the interest OF
Bushnell and of the anti-Hanna candi-
dates to the legislature. There were
charges during the campaign that Judge
Nash was conducting the campaign for
the legislative tickets and Kurt for the
state tickets.
BUSHNELL CONDEMNED
SPRINGFIELD, O., Jan. 2.-Republic-
ans Of the home Of Governor Bushnell
held an indignation meeting today, con-
demned the governors action and en-
gagged a special train to take crowd
of 200 to Columbus today to boom Hanna.
The meeting was attended by Auditor
Young, Probate Judge Goodwin, Prose-
cutor Stafford, County Chairman Beard,
Sheriff Sheets and others Of equal prom
inence. A band has been secured and
transparencies condemning Kurtz and
Bushnell are in preparation to be car
ried to Columbus Tuesday. Almost all
prominent Republicans of the city and
county are in it and the excitement and
indignation is intense.
A NEW FACTOR
COLUMBUS, o., Jan. 1.-THE arrival
of three close friends of ex-senator
Brice tonight started the report that
overtures had been made to the gold
Democrats to vote with the Republicans
for the election of Brice as senator as an
independent gold standard man in the
event that Hanna could not be elected.
If all the Republican members who at
tended the regular caucuses could be
depended on for this program there
are more than enough gold Democratic
members to carry it through.
Prominent Republicans favor the plan
rather than elect a silver Republican
senator.
Late tonight the fusionists encounter
ed trouble in the division Of the legisla-
tive offices. There were two Democrats
who refused to vote for Judge Ditty for
chief clerk Of the senate, unless they Sc
cured their men for minor places.
At the conferences last night it was
decided what places should be given the
anti Republicans and what places
should go to the Democrats, but the per-
sonnet of the assistant clerkships and
sergeants-a alarms was not definitely
fixed.
After frequent conferences tonight it
was decided to hold 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 program
of the opposition for the organization of
the house. Representatives Powell,
Wiley and Niles, three Democratic men,
bers, are yet pledged to vote for Mason
for speaker, or for any Republican. The
managers of the combine say these men
will finally vote with the other Demo-
Gratis, but these three members, up to
midnight, would not say anything ex-
cept that they were not pledged. If
these three Democrats vote for third
candidate for speaker, then the vote
would stand So for Boxwell, SO for Ma
son and three scattering, and there
would be a deadlock on organization.
The Democratic steering committee was
busy all night looking after the I'M
pledged members. All who would sign
the pledge roll were induced to do So
The Hanna men express no confidence
of the majority of all for Boxwell, but
say they expect to elect him by receiv-
ing the highest number of votes cast for
any candidate.
Mr.. Kurtz claimed last night the de-
feat of both Hanna and Boxwell.
WESTERN MAILS