Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-26
STATE POLITICS IN OHIO
A. 7. Brinsmade Candidate for Secretary of
State.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star
COLUMBUS, Ohio, February 2s.-The
contest for the republican nomination for
secretary of state, the most impor ant Of
ficer to be elected in this state this year.
has taken on triangular shape in the last
week by the entrance of Allen T. Brins-
made of Cleveland as a candidate. Coming
from that part of the state, not far from
Huron county, the home of L. c. Laylin
and being friendly with the friends of Sem
ator Hanna, 1t is believed here that Brins-
mades candidacy will help the chances of
Howard Warrington, the anti-Hanna can
didate, by cutting in upon the strength of
Mr.. Laylin, who has been regarded from
the first as the choice Of Senator Hanna.
But Brinsmade has other sources of
strength, and while his home is in Cieve-
land, and he has been closely associated
with Senator Hfnna5 in political work for
some time, his Aong connection with state
politics has enabled him to make friends
with all classes and in all parts of the
state. He was5 chairman of one of the
state conventions that nominated Foraker
for governor, and it Is believed that his can
didacy is regarded with much favor by
the senior senator. For this reason pre-
dictions are being malie here that neither
of the two principal candidates for this
nomination Will geb-it and that Brinsmade
will be pushed forward just before the
convention to the crewding out of both
Warrington and Lay1in.
DauEhefty Elements Plans.
The Daugherty7 eleruentrof the republican
party is preparing for %, most determined
fight for the nomination of Warrington
mainly to show Senator Hanna that he can
not absolutely control the state machine
and incidentally control the state patron
age that will go with the office Fortu-
nately for Warrington the introduction of
bill to reorganize the city government Of
Cincinnati in such "a way as to once more
give the city government into the hands
of George B. Cox,I the Cincinnati repubii-
can boss, gives him an opportunity 10 bring
Cox to terms with him. The, Daugherty
republicans control the house The hill
has passed the Senate and Is now in the
house. While it is pending the time for
the state convention of the republicans Is
approaching. Daughertys defeat for the
nomination for governor last year was ac-
complished by combination of Cox with
Senator Hanna. This was done after Coz
had made an agreement with Daugherty
not to combine with Hanna. Now Daugh<
erty has chance to retaliate. He may
simply take revenge on Cox by defeating
his ripper BILL" and he may try to Sc
cure CoX's support for Warrington out of
the situation. This will be difficult, for
there is no way to bind Cox to bis promise
to support Warrington, even though ne
would agree to do, 3d.:
Cox has violated his word in political ne
gotiations with nearly every republican
leader in the state, and the wonder is that
ne can induce any of them longer to treat
with him.
"Ripper" Bill May Be Defeated
1t looks now as though the ripper bilT'
would be defeated in the house, and the
Daugherty leaders would begin in this, what
is intended to be. a war of determination
upon Cox as power in state politics.
They will virtually say to him in this de-
feat that he may operate as a city boss in
Cincinnati, but he must depend upon his
own ability to perpetuate his power there
and that If the people repudiate him at the
polls he must not come to the republican
plurality in the legislature and ask them
to restore him to power.
With his wings clipped in this way the
Daugherty leaders believe Cox would not
care to come to the republican state con-
vention even as a looker-on.
Governor Nash is proceeding very slowly
with the reorganization of the state insti-
tutions. So far not single recess appoint
ment of Governor Bushnell has been acted
upon by the senate. The terms to which
the more objectionable of them were APP
pointed-Kurtz and others-are fast draw
ing to a close.
Mr.. D. K Watson of the United States
codifcation commission is here looking
over the congressional field with view to
being again the republican candidate for
the nomination this fall against John J
Lentz, who will probably be the candidate
of the democrats.