The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-06
IT TAKES TWO
To Make a Governor f!
HON. GEORGE K. NASH
Will Lead the Republican Party,
the Coming Campaign.
The Platform and the
Ticket.

Ticket.
There was a very large crowd of Re-
publicans present at Columbus, last
week, to take hand in the nomination
of ticket, to be elected this Fall.
just how much they had to do with it,
the following from the dispatch of Hal.
Landon to the Cincinnati Tribune
will tell. Landon is Senator Hanna's
mouthpiece at Washington, who sends
out his purposes, wishes and doings to
the city Republican papers of Ohio. He
says:
''The nominations for Governor and
Lieutenant Governor were practically
made at o'clock this morning, or seven
hours before the con-
vention was opened. cox
They were the result CHANGES
of a protracted confer HIS MIND
ence between Mr..
Hanna and Mr.. Cox, by which it was ar
ranged to make Judge Nash the head of
the ticket and Hon. John A. Caldwell
the candidate for Lieutenant Governor.
To accomplish this compromise, Cox
was compelled to change his position
squarely, for, until this morning, he has
been declaring his delegates never
would vote for Nash.
'.The protracted conference with
Senator Hanna, however, convinced
Mr.. Cox that, if he really wanted the
harmony he has been preaching all
through the preliminary contest, it
would be necessary for him to line up
with the Franklin County candidate.
He did 30 gracefully, and not only saved
himself with the National administra-
tion, but got Hamilton county candi-
date for second place on the ticket. The
original "slate," which contemplated
the nomination of Hull for Attorney
General, as well as Nash and Caldwell,
and Bradbury for member of the Su-
preme Court, was smashed by the con-
vention in rag time. But that was a
mere incident, and did not materially
concern the leaders,"
The nomination was made according
to agreement. On the first ballot for
Governor, the result was as follows:
Nash 2S9, Daugherty 2l5, Jones 10,
Nevin 10, Douglas 81, Durham AZ, Hull
80, Orr II. Necessary to choice 4O7.
On the first ballot, Cox threw so votes
to Nash and scattered the rest between
Nevin, Jones and Hull.
On the second ballot, Cox threw the
SO votes of Hamilton county solid for
Nash, and his nomination was easily
made before the close of the ballot-he
receiving 461 votes, to 204 for Daugh-
erty, 43 for Douglas, 81 for Durham, q
for Jones and Al for Nevin.
The balance of the agreement of Han
ma and Cox was carried out, till it came
to Attorney General, when on the an
nouncement Of Hull's name, the cry
went up all over the hall, "slate!' and
Hull was beaten by Sheets of Putnam.
Again, the ''slate" was broken, and
Bradbury was defeated for Supreme
Judge and Davis, of Marion, was nomi-
mated.
The full ticket nominated was as fol-
lows:
THE TICKET.
For Governor
GEORGE X. NASH, of Franklin.
For Lieutenant Governor
JOHN A. CALDWELL, of Hamilton.
For Treasurer of State
I. B. CAMERON, of Columbiana.
For Auditor of State
WALTER d. GUILBERT, of Noble.
For Attorney General
J. M. SHEETS, OF Putnam.
For Judge of Supreme Court
w. z. DAVIS, of Marion.
Member of Board of Public Works
FRANK A. HUFFMAN, of Van Vert.
OF those nominated, Guilbert and
Hoffman are the present incumbents.
Judge Nash, the candidate for Gov
ernor, we have known for many years,
and we have esteemed him an able,
upright man, one of the purest men in
the State, and we should have advocat-
ed his nomination with pleasure if he
had not been Hanna's candidate. He
will make pure and able Governor.
Mr.. Davis, the nominee for Supreme
Judge, is another personal acquaint-
ance. He Is an excellent man and an
able lawyer. He studied law with
Walker g. West of our city.
The resolutions adopted, are as fol-
lows:
The Republican party of Ohio re-
affirms the principles declared by the
st. Louis platform.
! We earnestly indorse the great ad-
ministration Of William Mckinley. II
is distinguished to remarkable degree
in the history of National administra
tions. Under the last Democratic ad
ministration, and as a result of Demo
cratic principles and policy, our in
dustries were destroyed, capital and
labor were unemployed, the poor
suffered as never before in our history
agricultural products could not be sold
because consumers could not carr
money with which to buy, and every
branch of trade felt the blighting in
Huence of the Democratic tariff reform
hard times; the Treasury OF the United
was depleted and the gold reserve dis
appeared. The Government borrowed
money to pay current expenses, in