Arizona republican., 1899-03-23
TROUBLE AHEAD IN OHIO
FOrsker.BushRGIl PaCfIOn EndeaVOT- ing 10 Nominate Charles L. kurfz for Governor and Compel inc administration to Support Him Rather Than Let inc Stafe Go DemocraiiC-LlVeIY Campaign.

if the administration will soon be con
 trolled by a perplexing dilemma in
 Ohio. It may be compelled to support for governor the man who is recog-
 nized in the state as the most bitter enemy of the administration wing of the republican party.
 There has been considerable quiet gossip about the Ohio situation in Washington during the past few days. General Grosvenor returned here last Wednesday and H. M Daugherty, the chairman of the state executive cam paign committee and an acknowledged candidate for the guDernatorial nomi- nation, has been in the city since the early part of the week. MT. Daugherty went back to Ohio yesterday after noon. When seen before his departure he was disinclined to talk about his chances or to discuss the outlook in the state General Grosvenor, who has been mentioned for the governorship, is similarly reticent t'If my nomina- tion," he said yesterday, depended upon my asking a single man in Ohio for 1t, I would not make the request" General Grosvenor is soon to leave for Europe, with the intention of return ing, however, in time to participate in the campaign.
 The situation which is causing some anxiety to the friends of President Me kinley and Senator Hanna can be easily understood when it is said that there is a possibility that the republi- can nominee will be Charles L. Kurtz of Columbus. MT. Kurtz is the em- bodiment of all that is antagonistic to the administration in Ohio. In the last campaign he was openly hostile, conferring daily in Columbus with the democratic managers, and his opposi- tion materially assisted in the demo- cratic victory which followed in his own city and county He is the chief lieutenant of the Foraker- Bushnell faction. His hatred of Hanna is large ly due to the manner in which the lat ter treated him at the convention held in Toledo two years ago. Having been led to believe that his reelection to the chairmanship of the state com
 
 faction, MT. Kurtz went to Toledo ex- pecting to be elected When he got l there, however, MT. Hanna deliberately l deposcd him, in full view of the state | so to speak. The overthrow of Kurtz | could not have been more public or pronounced, and the deposed chairman has never forgiven Hanna
 ic tion is making desperate efforts to secure Kurtz's nomination, and the recent primaries in Columbus and | Cleveland indicate that it has some thing of a grip upon the state Me Kisson in Cleveland and Nevins in | Dayton are all in the Bushnell ranks, | and there are active and influential 1 lieutenants throughout the state. If MT. Kurtz should be nominated, the anti-administration men will have MT. Hanna on the hip. He will be compelled either to support his most bitter enemy or else run the risk of | having Ohio go democratic on the eve of presidential campaign As be- tween these two alternatives, it is claimed, MT. Hanna will see that Krutz is elected and keep his grudge in cold storage until the time comes for revenge
 Up to the present time the admins tration forces do not seem to have settled upon a candidate. MT. Daugh- erty position does not seem to be definitely fixed. The son of the late President Garfield has heen mentioned and there are other aspirants in va riOus sections of the state, but in the final roundup the contest for the nom- lnation will be between some one se- lected as the administration candidate and MT. Kurtz, who is the recognized representative of the opposition. The convention will be held early in June, and the fight for delegates is already in progress. The municipal elections, which occur on the first Monday in April, will indicate the direction of the political wind. and their result is be- ing awaited with considerable interest.
 The platform to be adopted at the will very naturally be ac- cepted as the keynote of the next Pres dential campaign. Its two main blanks have already been virtually agreed upon. Regarding the currency question, there will be an out-and-out emphatic indorsement of the gold ] standard, and the policy of expansion will be upheld to the last degree. It las not yet been decided which plank i shall be given the most prominence, {