Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-05-05
DICK
Has a Double Mission In
His Ohio Visit.
Wants to Get Cox Out Of the Way and
Contr0! the PopuIists.

Gen. Charles It. Dick, Congressman
rrom the Eighteenth Ohio district. and
incidentally secretary of the Republi-
can National committee, left tonight
lor cincinnati, says Washington dis
patch to tho Plain Dealer. He goes
for two reasons. First, to see George
Is. Cox, Republican boss of Hamilton
county, TO induce Mr.. Cox to with
draw In his favor as candidate for
member OF the Naticual committee
from Ohio; and second, he goes to con.
fer with the advance guard OF the mid
dle-of-the-road Popullsts, VINO Will
hold a national convention in Cincin.
natl, May o.
Gen. Dick has learned that canvass
OF the Ohio delegation thus far select
ed to the Philadelphia convention has
been made and that Cox has the pre-.
Ference, 1t is said here that only an
accident prevented the Offering of u
resolution In the Republican conven-
ton at Columbus couple Of weeks
ago indorsing Cox for Ohio committee.
man. The resolution was prepared,
''s ~ 80 HhiN tbut Nilt1l SDllie OI LICK
friends heard of its existence they i'm
mediately urged the chairman of the
committee on resolutions, Gen. Gros.
venor, TO prevent 1t coming before the
convention.
1t Is understood here that Cox only
aeslres the position for the purpose of
enlarging the sphere of influence which
has already grown to the extent of
controlling all the adjoining counties
TO Hamilton county. Senator Hanna
cannot well turn Cox down, for Cox
helped to nominate Judge Nash for
Governor, and he has Indicated his
strength and proved himself to be an
important political factor by his vic
Tory I'm Cincinnati this spring. There
rore Gen. Dick who is anxious to suc>
teed Charles l.. Kurtz as Onio commit
teeman, has gone to seek favor at the
lands OF George B. Cox.
Hut this is not all that takes Gen.
DICK to Cincinnati. The General has
already earned reputation as manip.
ulator Of Populists' conventions. II
was because he manipulated one of
these so successfully In '97 that he
gained the name of check book"
DICK and to prove that the name was
we'll given the Democratic committee
OF Ohio caused to be published n fac
slmile of a check given TO Hugo Pry-
or Of Cleveland for $25 by Dick to In.
duce Pryor to so to the Populist con-
vention at Columbus and vote to put
n separate ticket In the field instead
of fusing with the Democrats.
Tho mlddle-of-the-road Populists Will
meet in National convention In Gin.
clnnati next Wednesday and Dick will
see to II that they keep strictly to the
middle OF the road. not only In their
ticket and platform to be adopted, but
In the campaign approaching. 1t Is
hoped by Hanna and Dick that
straight Populist ticket will poll
enough votes In the Presidential year
in the Western States to seriously
hamper Bryan, and 1t is to accomplish
this that leads Dick,f one reason, to go
to Cincinnati, He will return to Wash
ington the first of the week.
Sound advice to those who have kid
ney and bladder troubles is to take a
safe, sure medicine like Foley's Kid
ney Cure. IL always benefits tho kid
neys.
j. NJ. LATER, J. Lamparter & Co.. A.
urtaat