The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-11-28
GOING AFTER
MR.. REYNOLDS.
He Beat Garfield and the Hanna
Men Will Not Forgive Him.
SNYDER is TALKED OF

Claim still Made That He Is the Candidate
of the Liquor Interests But He Is
Said to Have General
Backing.
| Stark county people are much in
terested in the speakership of the next
legislature, since J. B. Snyder, of Can
ton, is an active candidate and likely
to be the administration candidate for
the place. 1t is claimed that the liquor
interests are for Snyder, but that is
merely a surface matter, it is said, since
| the Anti-Saloon league fought Snyder
during the campaign. The Plain Deal
er's Columbus correspondent has con-
siderable to say about the speakership,
and discusses the situation as follows:
Within few days Boss Cox, of Gin
cinnati, will undoubtedly journey east
| and confer with Senator Mark Hanna
regarding the organization of the COM
| ing legislature.
Mr.. Cox is on his last political legs.
He realizes that in order to re-estab-
lish himself in Cincinnati as the king
bee, he must prevent the opposition
from securing any antagonistic legisla-
| ton and must also pass some favorable
| legislation for himself and friends. For
| that reason Boss Cox will journey
| toward the rising sun to see Mr.. Hanna
in New York and there the twin bosses
will decide whom they want for speaker
| of the house. Cox already has the pre-
siding officer of the senate in his grasp,
for he is the lieutenant governor, and
Judge Caldwell was nominated at the
expressed wish Of Cox.
Within the last two days Mr.. Hanna
has expressly said that he will favor
the man for speaker whom Cox decides
upon. He expressed himself in no un-
mistakable terms on this subject to
man who went to Cleveland day before
yesterday and interviewed the senator
on the subject of the organization of the
house. At that time the senator re-
fused to say whom he would favor, but
he did say he would stand by Cox.
"And what is more" said the great
mogul of the Republican party, 1T will
| fight Charles P. Griffin, of Toledo, to
the last ditch"
The senator does not like Judge Rey-
nolds, of Lake, because the judge went
into collusion with some of the SEN
ators enemies and prevented Jimmie"
| Garfield from securing the nomination
for congress in the twentieth district
and as he refused to come out for Nc
Cormick, of Scioto, or anybody but the
chances are that he will within a very
few days, for Cox announced to an
other gentleman, who saw him in Gin
| cinnati, that within a few days he
would see Hanna and decide at that
time whom to back for speaker.
Meanwhile the various candidates are
on the anxious seat. They all have
seen Senator Hanna and all of them
have visited Cincinnati for the purpose
of seeing Cox, but not one of them has
thus far received any favorable word
from either of the twin bosses.
The Anti-Saloon league had dropped
T. r. Smith, of Delaware, realizing
that Smith could not get a corporars
guard of support and it is understood
that the league is backing Judge Rey-
nolds, of Lake county. 1t is also said
that Col. Dick, because Reynolds lives
in his senatorial district, and in his Sec
| tion Of the state, faVors Reynolds and
is attempting to win Hanna over to
| him. This last statement is not au-
thenticated, although it comes from a
very good source.
The liquor league is behind ]. A. Sny-
der, of Stark county, so it is said, and
Joseph Miller, the saloon league trav-
cling agent, is tramping down grass
all over the state trying to get repre-
setatives-elect in line for him.
Representative Mccormick, of Scioto,
has been here for several days confer
ing with representatives. elect who d~op
into the city and he expressed himself
as very confident but he makes no alb
solute claims on the nomination. He
does say that he does not believe that
an alliance between the anti-Hanna
Republicans and the Democrats is pos
sible, and then he declares that if the
attempt is made he can smash it be-
cause he has received enough assur-
ances from Democratic members to do
so.
AT the best the speakership contest is
in a most chaotic state and everything
is depending at the present time on the
efforts Kurtz, Gerrish and others are
making to prevent the loyal Republi-
cans from organizing the two houses Of
the legislature.
| b. N. Winnings went to Minerva on