The times., 1899-06-24
nash DISCREDlTS
BUSHNELL'S ATTACK
The Republican Candidate
Hurries Back Home.
Colonel Dick Also Takes an Early
Train for 0hio's Capital.
Mos. nnfarp,fnnl Fight he
4 Most Determined Fight to Bt
Made ON Hanna by the OPP
posing Faction.

The remarkable attack of Governor Bush
nell of Ohio on Senator Hanna. Judge
George K Nash, the Republican candidate
| for Governor. and Colonel Dick, Chairman
of the State Executive Committee, has
aroused a fierce storm in the Buckeye
| State, and the end is not yet. The Repub
| lican factional war has been stirred to a
boiling point and some interesting devel-
opments are promised.
Governor Bushnell made a statement on
Wednesday last, in which he scored Hanna
and all pertaining to Hanna in a very
business-like manner. He then opened up
| on Colonel Dick and arraigned him on his
war record, while he bitterly denounced
Judge Nash as one of the Hanna clique.
The Governor is quoted as having said:
As sure as there is God in Israel, the people
| of Ohio will rise up day and rebuke Hanna.
The attack caused such a stir that an
| attempt has been made by the Hanna fac
| tion to deny the truth of Governor Bush
| nell's statements, but adviees received last
| night prove that the attack as published
in The Times of Thursday was absolutely
true. a Well-known newspaper CORES
pondent has received a message from his
Office in Ohio corroborating the dispatches
and giving assurance that any denial was
| untrue.
The statements of the Governor have
acted like the explosion of dynamite
bomb among the Ohio Republicans. The
party is now divided against itself and the
fight between the Bushnell-Foraker faction
and the Hanna -Nash-Dick crowd will bc
bitter one. The explosion may even re-
suit in changing the outcome of the State
election in November since Governor Bush
nell has stated that he was for anyone
who was not of the Hanna ring.
The Governor intimated that Colonel
Dick was not only a coward, but desert
er stating that he Dick had fed from
the fever camp at Santiago and left his
regiment (the Eighth Ohio behind. But,
said the Governor. he is not an officer in
the Eighth now. When his regiment was
mustered back into the, State service the
men refused to serve longer under Dick
and when he refused TO resign the regi-
ment was disbanded. -
Governor Bushnell also stated that all
the recommendations he had made for ap-
pointments under the Federal Government
had been Systematically turned down by
the present Administration. He also helC
that many good Republicans had been ig-
norei, and quoted former Governor Charlie:
Foster who was Secretary of the Treasury
under Harrison. as saying that Mckinley
was the most insincere man of his ac-
|
quaintance.
Judge Nash was seen at the Shorehau
last night and questioned concerning thu
attack made by Governor Bushnell.
II do not believe word of it, said he
Il think the whole business is untrue.
do not think the Governor is a man wh'
would make such statements"
Judge Nash left for Columbus in a huTI.
last night. and will learn the truth OF tn
attack today. He expressed himself q
unconcerned over the present outlook il
his State but vas exceedingly anxious II
return and see the extent of the damag
done by the Governor.
. The Bushnell attack has been the on
topic of discussion among officials an
politicians, and the latest move is regard
; ed as a very serious one for the Hann
faction. 1T may change the poitica
. map of Ohio said well-known Repub
lican last night, land anything can nos
be expected. II means fight TO the fin
. ig..
. As the Democrats have not yet an
: nounced their plans for the coming cam
paign, the new state of affairs will enabl
. them TO act judiciously, and it is sal
/. that the chances for Ohio going Democrat
: are far better this year than they hay
] been in some years.
. Colonel Dick also returned to Ohio j
: much haste. He had expected to be
! | Washington for a week but the Bushne
! | interview changed his plans.