The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1900-02-22
Opposition to GrOsvenor.
Especial to The Press-Post !

NEW ALBANY FeD. lU.-lndl
Hon. @. II. Grosvenor, "old fggers"
and perpetual candidate and mem.
ber of Congress from the Eleventh
Congressional district, is standing
face to face with revolt in his
own party, is not denied by
his most intimate political friends.
The Republican patriots in the dis
trict, who were disappointed-not
drawing their "rations" directly
from the government, are respon-
sible for the present revolt in the
party. They want to get even with
the congressman, and their work
for his overthrow is labor of love
with them all.
Three aspirants are in the field,
two of them not openly, it is true,
but nevertheless they would not
decline the honor Of representing
this district, and if they but say the
word, their friends are ready to
come out into the open and make
fight which Will make the "Santa
Claus" of Congress dizzy. These
two respective candidates are Hon
A. E. Price, representative in the
present legislature from this coun.
ty, and Hon. S. II. Bright, of Hook
ing, state senator from the Ninth.
Fourteenth districts.
Price has the backing of the Bid
olson crowd, the fellows who swip
ed the county central committee
from Grosvenor last year, and the
fellows who kept "Nut Coal Char
lie," as the miners dersively named
him, from going to the last state
convention as a delegate. That
faction is anti-Grosvenor to the
core, and is all powerful in this
county.
Price is an able young man, wht
has already made his mark in the
present general assembly. He i:
clean, honest, honorable, and hi.
word is as good as gold; a man who
stays with his friends and his con
stltutency in this county know it
Withal, he is one of the leaders o.
the dominant faction in Athen:
county Republican politics. 1
Price says the word, Grosvenol
will have the fight of his life.
The other candidate who has hi.
ears to the ground and not yet ir
the open is Hon. S, II. Bright o
Hooking. He is foxy and dom
want to put his finger in the pie
until the proper time comes. He
is a strong man and has all the
qualifications to step into Grosven
or's shoes with but little coaching
He is veteran of the civil war.
Jerry Carpenter, of Meigs, the
third can andidate, it is understood
can have the solid delegation o.
that county to the congressiona
convention if he wants it. There
are no flies on Jerry in a politica
fight, as some of the Republican.
in the river counties we'll know.
1t is learned that an efrortIs no y
being made to crystalize the op
position to Grosvenor, select one
candidate and present solid from
at the convention. The only snae
struck thus far by the leaders O
the movement is in Hooking coun
tv.
Grosvenor has delegated his af
fairs in that county; has given su
preme command to Col. Archbishop
Q. Sands, who has been running at
fairs In Hooking to suit himself
1t Is said that he could not elect 8
central committeeman in thai
county without the help of others
He has alienated the fighting
crowd of Grosvenorites in thai
county by having DIR. HI. G. Camp
bell removed from the pension ex
amining board. Col. Sands and
DR.. Campbell formerly trained to-
gether when it came to putting ur
fight for Grosvenor, but Sands
becoming jealous Of the growing
power and influence of the doctor
had him turned down. He is one
of the most aggressive fighting Re.
publicans in Hooking county. Il
is more than likely that he will be
with the anti-Grcsvenorites in
their fight.