Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-27

KURTZ LOSES CAST
Last Election Broke His Hold in Ohio
Politics.
JUDGE NASH IGNORES old FEUDS
Governor-EIect is Pursuing Policy
of Cancellation.
JOHN r. M'LEAN'S PLANS
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star
COLUMBUS, Ohio, November %, 1899.
The backbone Of the Kurtz faction of the
republican party was broken in the recent
state election and KurtZ will not hence
forth be considerable factor in Ohio pol
tiles, no matter what the issue may be. The
administration forces completely crushed
his organization, and the effect of his
opposition to Judge Nash was less than the
republican state committee expected it
would be. The refusal of Foraker to join
in the opposition to the regular republican
state ticket was fatal to the plans of Kurtz
and Bushnell In the light of the election
returns it seems probable that not more
than 500 of his old faction members voted
with Mr.. kurtz against the republican state
ticket.
Acting no doubt in accordance with the
advice of President Mckinley, whose in
terests in the condition of the republican
party in this state are vital just now,
Judge Nash seems to have determined
upon policy that will tend to make the
party harmonious, and at the same time
render Mr.. kurtz and the other leaders of
thesoffending faction who may still be dis
posed to make trouble entirely harmless.
No war Is to be made upon them but their
following is to be drawn away from them
by special consideration from the regular
party managers, and in the distribution of
state patronage.
Bushne1ls Appointees to BE Confirmed
The present conditions are proptious for
such movement. The appointments of
Governor Bushnell since the adjournment
OF the legislature-fn all cases made from
the anti-Hanna faction-are to be confirmed
by the new senate without question Even
that of Mr.. Kurtz to be state oil inspector
Will not be rejected. 1t happens that he
has only few months to serve. When Mr..
kurtz retires from that office it will prob
ably be his last appearance in politics in
this state at least. Colonel Dick will sue
coed him as member of the national COM
mittee from Ohio.
AS the result of Foraker's faithful sup
port OF the state ticket 1t is generally con-
coded that he will be accorded un0pposed
reelection to the Senate on the expiration
of his present term, if the republicans con-
troll the legislature then, as they Drobahlv
will.
The election returns indicate that in the
congressional elections of next year the
delegation elected from Ohio will be at
least as strongly republican as that elected
TO the Congress which meets one week from
today. On the head of the ticket there is
not single district in the state that did
not give a considerable republican gain. In
this district, which elected Lentz demo-
crat, last fall by 721 plurality, Mclean had
only "a more votes than Nash.
John II. McLean's Plans
The movements of John r. Mclean
since his defeat are such as to lead to the
general belief here that he has not done
with Ohio politics yet. The fact that he
has taken residence in Cincinnati and ar
ranged to live there for the next year is
taken to mean that he intends to be at the
head Of the Ohio democracy in the move
ments of the national party next year. The
story of his opposition to Bryan is being
revived here in connection with the propo-
sition to sidetrack the Nebraska states
man and the free silver plank at the same
time. However this may be- there Is suffi-
cient evidence at hand to lead a disinter-
ested person to conclude that Mr. Mclean
Is thinking now of being a candidate for
place on the democratic national ticket
next year. general opinion concurring in
the statement that he is after the nomina-
ton for the vice presidency.
Eye on the ScnatOrship.
1t is quite likely that he also has his
eye on the senatorship to succeed Foraker,
should carry the legislature Mclean would
undoubtedly secure the place. His failure
to file a statement of his election expenses
as required by the Garfield corrupt prac-
tees law, is severely commented upon, but
in this he has the company of Golden
Rule Jones, who also ignored the law
They are liable to a penalty of 81, 900 for
this violation of the law, but 1t Is not like
ly that any attempt will be made to en-
force the law in their cases. There seems
to be a general sentiment that defeat Is
itself sufficient punishment.