The evening times., 1899-05-29
woRKk6 AGAINST HANNA.
Vigorous Opposition Facing Him In
Columbus.


Vigorous Opposition Facing HIM In
| Columbus.
Cleveland. 10, May 2s.-Mark Hanna's
handicap is tdHbe run at the Republican
State conventSn in Columbus this week.
summing u of the delegates chosen
shows that Senator Hanna will have trou-
BILE in overcoming the handicap.
| George X. Nash, OF Columbus, who Is
his candidate for governor. is behind N
NJ. Daugherty, who Is no ones candidate
at present, but who may become the anti
Hanna candidate. The best the Senator
can do in his home city of Cleveland Is to
send one of three contesting delegations,
with no certainty that his followers Will
| control the preliminary organization o.
| the convention and admit his delegates.
Senator Hanna has kept carefully In the
! background in the choice OF delegates mere,
| but the line is clearly drawn. HIS sup
porters have held mass convention OF
their own calling resolved in f2vor OF mar
| mony, and selected delegation when Is
| chiefly concerned in crushing the anu
Hanna faction.
The latter, under the leadership o. lot
/ rner Mayor McKisson. has held primaries
/
! stigmatized the Eannaites as boilers. be-
cause they helped to defeat Mckisso1 re-
election ss mayor. They want 10 share in
the proceedings of the convention cnlehy
in order to defeat candidates who have the
f, friendship of SenGior Hanna and to dis
credit him before the country.
A third delegation was named py MI
nority OF a former Hanna campaign COM
| mittee which claimed precedent and party
| usage as Justification for its course. This
move was in the interest Of Dausher'y as
| a candidate for igoverCor. but its elect was
adverse to Hanna, and il could not nave
| been carried forward without trtacnery W
| him.
| Merits of these three contestias oeieSa-
| ticns are of no consequence. What Is rec,
! ognized as important is that foT oniteu
states Senator and chairman OF tie Ma
| tioual Committee to have his delegation
| TO a State convention one OF three ooibt-
| full claimants is an evidence OF nome
! weakness which he cannot afford TO ad-
nit. So Senator Hanna has Kept siooi as
far as possible ana has been partially sue
| cessful in keeping from pubic iaentihea
| tion with the local factions. But MS III
| terests are so clear. and the hSht agaiHst
| him is so marked. that he cannot stay IN
| the background wnen the fig-.t begins In
| Columbus.
II is known that the purpose OF his enc
| mics is to discredit the Senator in ONO
as the first step toward forcing MIN 10 re-
| tire from the craftsmanship OF the National
Committee. In this movement they nave
sympathy from other States ana from
large number of Representatives VINO copi-
plain that Chairman Hanna has iatsrierea
| with their postotiices and cther feuerai
| patronage None OF the men who are op-
| posing him want to antagoniZe the Ma
| tional Administration. but they nope 10
make a demonstration which viii SATISFY
President Mckinley that his interests de-
| uand a new chairman in the next CAM
paign. Hanpa.s loyal followers call II
conspiracy OF disappointed ofticeseekers-
| while the Senator is weak in his home
city. and while his candidate for governor
Lays behind he is far from beaten. During
the last few days his lieutenants IN VAIL
| Gus parts of the State have shown sur
| prising yigor in capturing the doubtful
delegations, and by the time the convention
meets their organization will be fOrnida-
bla The nomination Of Nash is not essen
tiaI TO their salvation. II they can pre-
| vent a combination naming an anti-EanEa
| candidate that will be sufficient. Their
fear Is that Mr. Kurtz, of the National
Committed and Governor bushnell. VINO
are thirstirg for revenge on Hanna. may
arrange a, trade with Daugferty or some
| background candidate VINO mas hot S@'
I
Daugherty. while in the lead, is far from
having majority of votes. He Is timid
! about combining with the kurtz ana
Bushnell crowd. lest ii place him in di-
rect conflict with the National Admins
tration. which can have no iove for eith-
er KurtZ CT Bushnell.
| In President McKinley's home county OF
Stark the delegation was evenly divided
| between Nash and D1usheTty- after the
| remnants OF Foraker f.atiOn had been
beaten and Governor Bushnetls @ppo.ntees
had been turned down. This is gwen as
| proof of the Presidents benevolent neu-
trality But wnel rbcy ;et intp i roifer
the Hanna suppoi IRIS always cry that Nc
Kinley is being attacked through Senator
1 Hanna.
The outcome cannot be guessed. yet 1t is
tolerably certain that Hanna will ne CON-
I PEELED to loosen his grip on thc party or
ganization and 10 make concessions 10 his
opponents in Ohio II he is TO Savc himself
from greater loss of influence III national
1 politics. This year is his handicap.