The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-02
THE BATTLE AT COLUMBUS.
HARD EIGHTING FOR THE NoMISA-
TION, WITH HARMONY Nv .SIGHT.

mHy 10 broken ms hOrnlnE-"Omc
Give Life and Color to tho Scene
Columns. o.. juno lit has been a Jun,
day in Ohio's capital. From sunrise unit
far into the night the humidity ha,
been in the ncighborhool 81 ten pounds
to the square inch. Eleven showers whose
ralndrops were as big as pippins. eight
thunderstorms whose booming has beer
like tho detonatons from 13-nch guns and
lightning in all shapes, zigzng, perpendicular
and curved. have been mere Incidents. The
hotels nro crowded to the roofs Something
like nifty bands have waded through the
streets
Ohio Republicans mako great deal of their
State conventions. In the Fast one or two
certainly not more than three. bands are DON
sidered sufficient in these days to raise all tho
rumpus necessary at State convention. A
score Of years ago Il was different. Then there
we're bands by the dozen but the East has re-
formed in this respect. Nearly every dclcga-
ton that has arrived here to-day had band.
Probably the most interesting feature of the
parades Of tn" delegations was the interest of
the women who took uart in them. They
stepped of quite as Iauntily rs their husbands.
brothers and swcethcarts. Between showers
these pnrades have gone on al day. The women
were always in line, most OF tho tim" immc-
diately behind the music and pulling their
gowns and skirts with amazing indifference
up to their knees. very much after the fashion
OF their sisters in Paris. The women wadcd
right along and between pools had as springy
and as swinging stride as their loved ones in
the delegations.
Most OF the Republican leaders were IN all
last night The majority Of the delegates saw
the sun as II tried to shove through the mists
at daylight All night they were in conference.
II IL.
lost sight OF. outside Of the candidate for Gov
ernor Last nights conferences brought no
solution Of the situation. Up to tho time tor
the assembling of tho convention this after
noon at o'clock there was not the slightest
Indication that the winner had been picked.
The morning hours were made more or less
interesting by the attitude of the Hon. Joseph
Benson Foraker. senior Republican Senator
for the state. II had not been Senator Fora
ker's intention to take any decided stand In
this situation He did not believe it necessary
for him to become involved in tangle which
might eventually have an effect upon his po-
litical fortunes But his friends got around
him early this morning and insisted that
silence on his part at this time might he mis-
construed. He had had one or two talks with
Senator Hanna. and he also met his old per-
sonal friends. the Hon. George b. Cox. Repub-
Hon. Charles l.. Kurtz Republican National
Committeeman for the State Senator Foraker
as never been accused Of political cow
rdi.e, and he reconsidered his determination
remain in the background and openly an
nounced that he favored the seating by the
State Central Committee OF the flfty-eiGht del
egates from Cuyahoga county who are led here
by ex-Mayor Robert +. McKisson Of Cleveland.
the bitter political adversary Of Senator Hanna.
Senator Foraker at the same time. but not as
specifically. averred that he favored the nom
nation for Governor of Lieut.. Coy. Ashabel W.
Jones OF Mahoning county Senator Foraker
and Lieut.. Gov. Jones have been warm poiti-
sal friends, and it Is understood that four
Years ago Mr.. Foraker made II plain to Mr..
Jones that along about this time he would do
everything possible to bring about his nominal
lion for Governor.
The State Central Committee. 1T must be
said. did not act on the advice OF Senator Fora
ter as TO seating the Mcksson delegates from
Cuvahoga county. but on the contrary. they
voted to admit the delegation from that
county which is headed by James ". Hol-
,omb, formerly Chairman OF the Hanna
Committee OF Fifteen in Cleveland. Mr.
Holcomb has not been friendly to Senator
Hanna OF late. but it turns out tonight that
he does not control more than half OF the dele
cation. the remainder being friendly to Scna-
tor Hanna. The State Central Committee took
this step because OF an arrangement between
Dir. KurtZ and the Chairman Of the State
Executive Committee, Harry u. Daugherty
who Is one Of the leading candidates for Gov.
ernor Mr.. Kurtz is the political enemy Of Mr.
Hanna. and Mr. Daugherty desires the Guber.
natorial nomination above anything else
on earth, Mr.. Daugherty was at one time
Foraker man, next he was n Hanna man
and now he is what may be- construed ms
an anti Hanna man, although many Of the
friends OF Mr., Daugherty, even those who de
sire his nomination. are warm personal friends
of Senator Hanna. The Foraker Kurtz people
md the Daugherty people. therefore. entered
Into combination which must be understood
As unfriendly to Senator Hanna, and this com
oination Is in existence tonight.
All this. however. has cleared the political at
nosphere. Warm personal friends of Senator
Hanna said they were convinced that ex-Judge
George X. Nash OF Columbus would be nomi.
Aated for Governor In Tomorrow convention
The Foraker-Kurtz people said they were not
ready to admit the truth Of this statement Yet
IN tho same conversation they declared that i,
was almost i'm possible at this time to IL line up y
tho Daugherty delegates with any degree OIL
certainty. and they added that the same was
true as to the delegates friendly to Lieut.. Gov
Jones.
Then some Of the Republicans in both cam rs
began to discuss as n possible compromise can.
didate either Frank A. Durham OF MuskinGum
.ounty. Robert NJ. Nevin OF Montgomery
county. or Albert Douglass OF Ross county
Lieutenants OF the great men in both camps
have been at work all day like coz
beavers in an effort to count noses and. nc.
sordinR to their testimony tonight thu
.trength OF the three leading candidates fol
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