Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-12-19

ut is no secret that James r. Gar
field, of Mentor, will be n candidate
for congress in this district, next
year. Hon. F. o. Phillips has an
nounced his candidacy for renomina-
tion and fully expects the customary
second term and feels it to be his
due. To prove that the Garfields
are in politics, Irving Garfield got
himself elected to the Boston, Mass,
school board, last Monday"
The above, taken from the editorial
column of last weeks Medina Ga
zette, sounds big and brave, but all the
same that paper will sing far small
Ter note when convention time comes
round next summer. And it will do
this because Mark Hanna will COM
pei it to; it's talk in the adjoining
column about TRAITORS In the Re-
publican party" and naming Gov.
Bushnell as one of the ''traitors" is
evidence enough on this point Of its
continued and abject servility to the
boss. The reason the Gazette editor
thinks Gov. Bushnell is q "traitor"
is that the latter would not be the
mere lickspittle of corrupt poll
ticians, nor surrender the dignity of
his Office at the howls of as disreput-
able n mob as ever was gotten to-
gethor to insult and defy public opin-
ion.
On the question of the Phillips
succession we do not scruple to proph-
ecy clear through to the end. AS a
political proposition Phillips is an
untoward accident. No one wanted
him for his present position; no one
expected him to be nominated for it.
And when the nomination, by stress
of circumstances, came around to
Medina county, the maneuvers of
Its delegation,- committed with
protestations of lip-service to Phil
lips, but inwardly despising him and
his candidacy, were, like the gam
bols of the hippopotamus,
moro intesting than graceful.
II his capturing the plum
had been accounted among the
remotest of contingencies, the
Medina woods would have been full
of competitors. AS it was, the dele
gates were sea sick all the way home,
TO think that the one chance OF life
time had gone to such freak. Ever
since the nomination divers of the
political patriots of the county have
been casting sheep eyes towards the
next nomination, and now to have an
outsider who was beaten by such a
man rs Phillips come in and inter-
fere with "home industry" strikes
them on the raw. Hence the mild
insinuation of the Gazette editorial
that "the Garfields are In politics" !"
this slant, coming from so hungry a
county, Is what facetious friend of
ours would call czar-casm.
nBut to our prediction: You are
right, neighbor, about the Garfields
being sin politics" And they will
have no sort of trouble In displacing
the Medina giraffe, either. To n
man who can see through n ladder,
that a treaty has already been struck
to that end Is apparent enough.
Mark Hanna has slated Reynolds
for the speakership of the Ohio
House. This kills off the Lake
county opposition to James r., and
Medina county may whistle about
tho customary second term" What
show has Phillips against corpora
tion lawyer, and the son OF his father
to boot2 Besides, Garfield did yoe-
man service for Mark when he need
cd help at Columbus two years ago,
and just rs likely rs not has told
him so TO his face before now. Be-
fore the year is six months older
"the customary second term" tout
ers will climb down or their perch
and begin to shout that each one was
iators: Congress by its money bill