The Anaconda standard., 1899-03-26
A DILEMMA FOR HANNA
Trouble for the Administration
in Ohio.
LIVELY CAMPAIGN AHEAD
Foraker May Force Hanna to Support
an Anti-McKinley Republican for
Governor - Democratic
Chances Good.
Special Dispatch to the Standard.

Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Washington March 25.-It looks as it
the administration will soon be con-
fronted by a perplexing dilemma in
Ohio. 1t may be compelled to support
for governor the man who is recog-
nizcd in the state as the most bitter
enemy of the administration wing OF
the republican party.
There has been considerable quiet
gossip about the Ohio situation in
Washington during the past few days.
General Grosvenor returned here last
Wednesday. and H. NJ. Daugherty, the
chairman of the state executive cam
paign committee and an acknowledged
candidate for the gubernatorial nomi-
nation. has been in the city since the
early part of the week. Mr.. DaughertY
went back to Ohio yesterday afternoons
When seen before his departure he was
disinclined to talk about his chances or
to discuss the outlook in the state. Gen.
eral GrosvenOr, who has been mentfon-
ed for the governOrship is similarly
reticent. IF my nomination. he said
yesterday, depended upon my asking
a single man in Ohio for it, I would not
make the request" General Grosvenor
is soon to leave for Europe, with the in
tention of returning. however. in time
to participate in the campaign.
The situation which is causing some
anxiety to the friends of President Me-
Kinley and Senator Hanna can be easi-
ly understood when it is said that there
is a possibility that the republican NOM
inee will be Charles l.. kurtz of Co
lumbus. Mr.. kurtz is the embodiment
of all that is antagonistic to the ad-
ministration in Ohio. In the last cam
paign he was openly hostile, comforting
daily in Columbus with the democratic
managers, and his opposition material
ly assisted in the democratic victory
which followed in his own city and
county. He is the chief lieutenant of
the Foraker-Bushnel faction. His ha-
tired Of Hanna is largely due to ths
manner in which the latter treated him
at the convention held in Toledo two
years ago. Having been led to believe
that his reelection to the Craftsmanship
of the state committee was satisfactory
to the Hanna faction, Mr.. Kurtz went
to Toledo expecting to be elected. When
he got there. however. Mr.. Hanna de-
liberately deposed him. in full view of
the state, so to speak. The overthrow
of Kurtz could not have been more pub
lie or pronounced, and the deposed
1t is conceded that the Bushnell fac-
ton Is makins desperate efforts to Sc
cure Kurtz's nomina ton, and the re-
cent primaries in Columbus and Cleve-
land Indicate that it has something OF
a grip upon the state. Mckisson in
Cleveland and Nevins in Dayton are all
in the Bushnell ranks, and there are ac-
tive and influential lieutenants through
out the state If Mr.. Kurtz should ba
nominated. the anti-adminis'tration mem
will have Mr.. Hanna on the mp. he
will be compelled to either support his
most bitter enemy or else run the risk
of having Ohio go democratic on the
eve of presidential campaign, AS
between these two alternatives, 1t Is
claimed. Mr. Hanna will see that Kurtz
is elected and keep his grudge in cold
storage until the time comes for re-
venge.
Tn to the present time the admins
tratiOn forces do not seem to have set
tied upon a candidate. Mr.. Daugherty's
position does not seem to be definitely
fixed The son of the late President
Garfield has been mentioned, and there
are other aspirants in various sections
of the state, but in the final roundup
the contest for the nomination will be-
between some one selected as the ad-
ministra ton candidate and Mr.. Kurtz.
| who is the recognized representative of'
held early in June. and the fight for
delegates is already in progress. The
municipal elections, which occur on the
first Monday in April, will indicate the
direction of the political wind and their
result is being waited with considerable
interest.
The platform to be adopted at the
convention will very naturally be ac-
| cepted as the keynote of the next presi-
| dental campaign. It's two main plankS
| have already been virtually agreed up
| on. Regarding the currency question,
| there will be an Out-and- d-out emphatic
| Endorsement of the gold standard. and
| the policy of expansion Will be upheld
| to the last degree. 1t has not yet been
decided which plank shall be given the
most prominence. but it would not be
vat all unlikely to see the currency ques-
ton forced to the front, Whether this
| be done or not. however, it is certain
| that there will be no occasion to doubt
| the positive position of the Ohio repub-
| lcans regarding gold 1t was asserted
| during the early days of 1896 when
| Ohio as usual. led all the states in the
| adoption of platforms. that the money
| plank was not sufficiently explicit and
| might be interpreted in several differ
| ent ways. There will be no ground for
such complaint when the platform of
next June shall have been adopted.
of territory will be equally emphatic 1t
is said that the republicans of Ohio are
remarkably unanimous in indorsing the
| presidents policy. No serious struggle
| is expected upon the adoption of either
of these planks, although there are still
many republicans who believe that the
| further use of silver ought not to be
| strenuouSly opposed.
The campaign promises to be one or
| the most notable in the history of Ohio.
| Political contests are to be waged this
! year also in Iowa, Kentucky and Mary
| land, and of these three, It is gener-
| ally conceded that Iowa is safely re-
| publican, Kentucky democratic, and
| Maryland probably republican. Ohio
might be placed in the republican col
! umn alfO, but it is quite evident that
the democrats do not propose to let the
election go by default. They will flood
the state with speakers of national
! DrO,ninence When Mr. BRYAN was in