The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-09-21
MADE A MESS OF IT.
Hays Letter to Ohio Politician
Rebuked bv PARTY Organ.
Was Painfully Out of Place

! haS dInluIiy Uut OF PIace
Washington, D. c. Sept. II The
long letter of Secretary Hay, appeal
ing piteously for the republican
votes in Ohio for Nash as a vindica
ton Of President Mckinley, is Sc
verely commented upon on all sides
here Even such a strong supporter
of Mckinley as the Washington Post
condemns the letter emphatic4lly.
It says editorially:
cit is strangely, if not painfully,
out of place. Why a man of his
prominence and authority, identified
with the government of 70,000,O00
of people standing on a pinnacle and
second in order in the succession to
the presidency itseli-wby the sec
rotary of state should select such an
unknown political manager in dis
tant commonwealth as the vehicle of
his opinions and aspirations, is con
undrum which his truest friends and
most ardent admirers will contem
plate with frank distas,e and deep
solicitude.
John Hay, statesman aud premier,
in affectionate public correspondence
with Mr., Dick, manager of a purely
local campaign in Ohio-this is
spectacle which excites our special
wonder"
On all sides the long appeal IS
taken as u candid confession that
President Mckinley, the federal ad
ministration and the republican
managers ia Ohio are seriously
alarmed By the political situation
in the Buckeye state. Republicans
and democrats concurred in the
opinion that such a statement from
the secretary of.,state Was unprece
denied in his political career They
expressed the belief that the letter
was wrItten.not only with the knowl-
edge and consent but also at the
suggestion and dictation OF certain
statesmen profoundly interested IL
outcome of the Ohio campaign. 1t
was indeed freely stated that MIR
Hay had been prevailed on to leap
into the breach by Mr.. Mckinley
and MIR. McKiuley's most intimate
friends.
ADMINISTRATION BECOMING ALARMED |
Mckinley evidently has his eyes
sharply on the next republican ma
tlonal convention. He realizes that |
. republican defeat or a reduced re /
publican majority III Ohio this year
will be equivalent to public censure
Of the federal administration, will
mperil his candidacy before the
national convention aud seriously
discourage the republicans through
put the country. He has, it is said,
arrived at these conclusions after
repeated conferences with Ohio re
publican leaders, notably with Col
Dick and Mr. Grosvenor
From what he has seen and heard,
he president feels that be has
,eason for his solicitude In regard
10 Ohio He has been advised that
unless something extraordinary is
lone promptly the democratic I'M
pulse now sSeepiog over the state
will surely result III ele citing the
democratic nominees iu NoEemb Der.
The Hay letter WAS all unusual
md desperate bid for support It
Vas only the first Of series of
leroic efforts TO be- made 70 defeat
Mclean The German republican,
n Cincinnati, Toledo aud Cleveland
re reported almost soiId against
and McKinI-yIsm. Tie
epublican prospect as viewed from
is dubious, and all con
ected with the administration, from ,
he secretary OF state down, have
'een ordered to take hand to gain
"sindicatio1" fo- tue President.
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