The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-01
OHIO CONVENTION TO-DAY.
HErrBLICANs TO SET THE STANDARD
FOR NEXT YEARS FIGHE

IorvMpvs, O., May 3l.-Polticians all over
The country, Republicans and Democrats. have
,orscveTal months manifested the greatest In
.arrst in the affairs OF tho Republican State
Convention OF the Buckeye State. which is to
assemble here to morrow and nominate can
didates for Governor. Lieutenant Governor.
State Treasurer. Attorney-General. State
Auditor and q Judge OF the Supreme
Court The candidates to he selected by
this convention are to bear the Gonfalon Of tho
Ecpuhl!can party in the Presidents own State
only few months before the Republican Ma
,ional Convention is convened which will re-
nominate FOR President the Hon. William Nc
KiuIry For this and other reasons the result
O, the state Convention 70 be held In this city
has been awaited with more than ordinary in
,ere-t The result on election day will be
awaited with still greater interest.
All DAY the eighty eight counties OF the State
have been sending their representatives here
t. take part in the proceedings Of the convcn-
ton All told there will he Sl3deleGates in the
convention. Not only is there the greatest in
tere,' shown in the ticket to be nominated.
but folks are more than concerned to ascer-
tain the platform on which these candidates
for state offices are TO stand. for the reason
that many believe that the platform to he
adopted by this convention will como pretty
near representing the main features G! the Re-
publican platform next year.
The State Central Committee has Sc
iected Congressman William S. Kerr of
the Fourteenth district to be temporary
Chairman ~ the convention. and there
ia a majority sentiment tonight in favor
81 requesting the Hon. Joseph Benson
Foraker. senior UnitoG States Senator Of the
state. to preside over the permanent work OF
the convention. Nominations will not be
made before Friday. Until they are actually
made all sorts and conditions Of political COM
blnations may be expected.
The situation is truly remarkable in the fact
that there are many candidates for the Offices.
mud most Of them are already on the ground
Take a glance Mt the candidates for Gov
ernor and the interest in the conven-
ton. ii only from an Ohio stanGpoint
Is apparent. Already there are eight full
fedged candidates. and others may pop UP ut
any hour between now and convention time.
The Gubernatorial candidates are ex-Judge
George Il. Nash OF Franklin county. formerly
Attorney General OF the State and subse-
0uenty made supreme Court Justice one Of
the leading candidates for Governor at Zanes-
Vile in 1898 when Gov. Asa Bushnell was
nominated: Harry VI. DauEherty of Fayette
county. who is Chairman OF the Republican
State Executive Committee; Albert Douglass.
Ross county; Lieut. Gov. Ashabe W. Jones Of
MahoninG county. who has been Lieutenant
Governor for two terms under Gov. Bush
nell: Linn W. Hull of Erie county. for
merry Judge OF the Court OF Common Pleas {:
frank A. Durham. MuskinGum county: Robert
NJ Nevin of Montgomery county. who has held
number Of local offices in his county. and
Gen. William I. Orr OF Miami county. who Is
Quartermaster- General on Gov. BushrelfS
staff Then occasionally one hears the name
Of Charles P Taft OF Cincinnati
All Of these candidates. save Mr. Taft. have
opened headquarters in the Neil House and
there is the greatest amount Of button holing
and buzzing Of delegates. The candidates for
Treasurer of State are Thomas W. Latham Of
Huron county. l. B. Cameron Of Colum bana
county, $. b. Campbell OF Jefferson county. and
S P Rifenberick OF Butler county. The can
ddates for ATTORNEY General are Chase Stewart
Of Clarke county. George W. Carpenter Of
Delaware county. J. !. Alread OF Darke county.
George W Schroth and John l.. Lott OF Seneca
county and Homer Parker. who is spoken OF as
the Western Reserve candidate. Incidentally
Attorney General Frank s. Monnott would
like to succeed himself. and he has been fuss
ing with number OF the representatives of
labor organizations in the hope that his ambi-
ion will he attained.
Tho candidate for Lieutenant Governor is F..
W. Wilson OF Lawrence county. Tho candi-
oates lot Judge OF the supreme court are w.
Z. Davis OF Marion county and Judge JOSEPH
] Bradbury OF Meigs county. who desires re-
nomination. W. b. Guilbert OF Noble county
will undoubtedly be renominated as Auditor Of
the State.
All Of these candidates have also opened
headquarters IN the Neil House and are carry
Ing tn" provcrbia idea Of the Ohio Republican
Io!itician-that Is. when he wants an Office.
and lac usually does. he goes after it
with al his soul! The Democratic news
pRncrs Of the state. led by the Hon. John
l. Mclean Of Cincinnati and Washington, come
OFT each morning and evening with all sorts OF
predictions as 10 the effect on the political for
tunes Of n" Hon. Marcus 4. Hanna. junior
Republican Senator OF the State and Chairman
Q! the Republican National Committee. The
purport Of the Democratic comment is all an
tagonist.c to Senator Hanna. Without the
slightest doubt. there is hot fight
going on here over candidates for the
various State officers. hut outside Of few
rambling criticisms heard to-day II is very ap-
parent that the leading Republicans OF the
state Of Ohio are quito competent to settle any
h"tional differences that may exist and will
not find il necessary to fail back upon their
Democratic adversarics for solution OF the
problems.
TIL" Hon. Charles l.. Kurtz. Republican
''"l'l.dl committeeman OF tne Sldlt anu u
personal friend OF Senator Foraker; the Hon
George Cox, the Republican leader Of Hamil'
ton county. and their chief ieutenantS are
carefully looking into the situation. Word has
gone out that ex-Judgc Nash Is the candidate
torGovcrnOr whom Senator Hanna most favorS
senator Hanna arrived this evening from CIeve
Fnd and while he spoke in the highest terms o
SudGo Nash, he made IL clear that Mother the
Judge nor Judge Na,h's friends had even b.
animation declared that the Judge was the
ronl Simon Pure candidate OF Senator Hanna
MI, Cox, Mr. Daugherty and many other lead
Ing Republicans callod on Senator Hanna a
tie Neil House. and later Senator Hanna said
- am In as much Of maze as anybody owe
this situation. The candidates for Governo
ought 10 night this battle out between them
selves, and may the best man win. say l."
senator Hanna believes. though. from
what hr has heard. that Judge Nash has tn
greatest number of pledged delegates. and tn
Junior Senator OF the State added that goo,
deal depends on the report Of the COMMITTEE
on Credentials. which Ia to DO appointed to
morrow by the temporary Chairman OF tn