Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-08
McLEAN'S CANDIDACY
1t is Not Regarded as Favorable to Mr..
Bryan's Interests.

For some reason the candidacy of John
r. Mclean for governor of Ohio is not re-
garded as favorable to Bryan's interests in
that state. Mclean has professed to be a
Chicago platform democrat, and was count
ed as in sympathy with the Bryan element
at the '96 convention, where he was a can
didate for the vice presidential nomination.
But for some time he has been looked upon
as a party to the Gorman-CT plans for
Brydn's undoing, or likely Eto become So
1t has been thought by some of the Bryan
people that the effort to secure an anti
Bryan delegation from Ohio to the next
democratic national convention would be
through Mclean. When, the proposition
that Mclean should run for governor
the democratic ticket was FIRST suggested
it was thought that if he consented to be a
candidate 1t would be an evidence of his
determination to further the German in
terests, the belief being that he could have
no other motive for running. except that
Of getting control of the state Organization
The announcement of d conference be-
tween Allan w. Thurman and Mr. Bryan
probably res olved whatever doubts Mr.. Nc
Lean had as to the position he should take.
thurman represents the most bitter hos
tlllty to Mclean, and is an enthusiastic
Bryan man. 1t was inferred that Thur
mans conference with BRYAN related to the
control of the Ohio delegation to the ma
tional convention next year.
Embarrassing To Bryanites.
While it is known that Mclean is friend
ly to German, and it is belieyed that he de-
signs to cooperate with him as to the con-
troll of the national convention, the fact
that there Is no sufficient evidence of his
hoStlllty to Bryan and the 90 platform
renders the situation very embarrassing to
the Bryan people. They aref1lot warranted
in declaring war upon$s shimstand yet they
are afraid to trust to- him the control of
the state organization. They will probably
n \; ,[
without opposition, and endeavor to hold
the state organization fer Bryan while
supporting McLeans Candidacy. Among
Weil-lnformed politicians it is. believed that
tne democratic candidate f6r governor of
ONO Will not have ghost of "a chance of
election, Notwithstanding the anti-Hanna
sentiment in that state, and that il Nc
Lean is the candidate he will be defeated
py an unusually large majority. If his
candldacy should reduce the democratic
vote 1t would greatly impair his influence
IN the state and strengthen Bryan by COM
parlson with the vote cast in 90 The
Bryan partisans in Ohio are very emphatic
IN their assurances that ihe delegation
from that state next year win be for Bryan
ana Iree silver, and that they cannot be
shaken in their faith.
German People Very Mueh Alive,
Inc publicity given to the purposes of
the anti-Bryan faction has interfered with
| theis plans, and they are trying to recover
|
the tight, but the fact that Mclean intends
] 10 De candidate is regarded as sufficient
evidence that the German people are still
very much alive. The German plan is to-
| as tar as possible, get state organizations
| IN the hands of men whose records protect
them from accusation of hostility to
Bryan, but who can be relied on, when the
tiHle comes, to do what German and the
| Croker-W hitney combination want.
| Inc southern men in Congress generally
believe that the Gorman-Croker-Van Wyck
! people are still hard at work in an effort to
| unite certain southern delegations with the
| east In a tight against the western element
| OF the party, and it is shrewdiy limited that
| the Hogg episode in Tammany on the
| Fourth of July was put up with the as
slstance of some of Bryan's friends in New
7 York, expressly to give black eye to this
| move, concerning which Gov. Hogg was
| informed in advance
| Some OF the southern men now in Wash
| lngton speak very plainly on the subject,
| but they are all Bryan people, or profess
| to be.
| Representative Rhea of Kentucky said
| today 1.-The plan will fan so far as Ken
| lucky is concerned. Our state will send a
| Bryan delegation to the next democratic
| national convention in spite of all other in
| f1uences."
Representative Clayton of Alabama de-
be instructed for Bryan.
| Representatives Griggs and Maddox of
| Georgia, who also are in Washington, say
| that their state will not follow any one in
opposition to Bryan. Representative Epes
| of Virginia says that Virginia never in
| structs her delegation, but that 1t will be
for Bryan.