The Sunday globe., 1901-05-12
Ohio Democrats Holding Down Soft
Snaps in Washington.
WORKED FOR MCKINLEY.
From sT-COngTsssmsn 10 Ward HseleTs In
cIuded In the Colony Feeding al the
National Crib for Ser.
Vuss Rendered.

men OF influence in Ohio and Joined the
gold Democrats, under the leadership of
ex Congressman Joseph II. Cultivate
and Timothy Pochantoas Lynn. The
majority of the gang, however went
over to the party of lOaves and fishes
because they were no longer necessary
to maintain the Democratic organization
of the Buckeye State,
Among the conspicuous recalcitrants
to whom the term renegade" might be
appropriately applied, is ex-Congressman
Irvine DUNCAN of Jackson. The writer
has known Mr.. DUNCAN since 1879, when
he served in the Ohio Senate. At that
period he was the beau brummel OF the
entire legislative outfit; ladies man and
a heart breaker. And although his step
is less elastic and his hair is as white as
his well-laundried shirt, he is still a
masher, as we have seen him on the
streetslof Washington playing the gallant.
Some of State Senator Dungan's con-
quests were the talk of the Ohio capital
at the period mentioned, but unlike old
wine which improves with age, he has
sadly degenerated, for we have seen him
on that part of E street known as doubt
full row" doing his prettiest with the
female cook of a third class boarding
house. 1t must be admitted, neverthe.
less, that Irvine has never permitted
himself to cultivate bay window, but
is the same gracefully proportioned, slim,
straight and tall Adons, albeit age and
grey hair handicaps, of course his mash.
ing ability and he has been compelled to
descend from the parlor to the kitchen.
Our first real Introduction to Mr.. DUNCAN
was in a Columbus bar room, when
we sought him to solicit his vote
for our confirmation as superintendent
| Of public printing. Mr.. DUNCAN very
promptly informed us that he could not
and would not vote for our confirmation.
Being asked if he had any objections to
state his reasons he replied in the mega.
tive and there and then said
"I never voted for an Irishman and
Catholic and never will" We were
confirmed without Mr.. Dungan's s vote,
and, with its exception, received the
unanimous endorsement Of the Ohio
Senate.
Imagine the surprise with which we
read in the Washington newspapers
during the campaign last fall that Mr..
DUNCAN was being announced as an
Irish Democrat, who was supporting
Mckinley. We attended one of these
meetings and heard him proclaim from
the platform that he was an ITishman
and a Democrat, but could not support
Bryan!
The campaign in which DUNCAN was
elected to Congress was a warm one,
inasmuch as the newspaper we edited
at the time made special effort to de-
feat him, although he was running on
the Democratic ticket and his oppo-
nent, w. Il. Lewis, labor leader, was
the Republican nominee. AS is usual
in such cases, the benighted miners of
the Ohio Valley went back on the labor
representative and elected DUNCAN at
/ OuG Glli Oll lllt DGlllUNld' " llChGA anu
Charley Grosvenor at the other eX-
tremity on the Republican ticket
Since that period we have lost faith in
coal miners as either labor advocates or
political factors.
Mr.. Dugan is at present i'm the en-
jOyment of an 81 800 clerkship-the
GIFT of Williaml
General Americas Vespeicus Rice is
another Ohio eX-Congressman and
Democrat who has b9en provided for
in the Census. The General, however,
is man of strong convictions, is not
an office seeker, fought gallantly for
his country i'm the civil war and is
minus leg.
In the latter 70's the General was a
candidate for the gubernatorial nomi-
nation. He and the late Gen. Thomas
Ewing united their forces against the
then Democratic Governor h. U.
Bishop, " no was a candidate for sec
ond term and clearly entitled to a re-
nomination. We were one of the
leaders of the Bishop forces, as an Off
cial of his administration, but the "rag
baby" or greenback, craze was just
then in the meredian of its glory, and
Tom Ewing being its great apostle won
out easily and routed the Bishop forces.
General Rice consented { go on the
ticket with Ewing as Lieutenant Gov
ernor, and 1t is more than possible that
the beating ex-Secretary Charles Foster
gave them both cured for ever the pres
ent census chief of the fallacy of the
superiority of printing press over
mint. At all events, he is a gold Demo-
crat of the ultra type, and as such is, of
course, in harmony with the Admins
tration.
David Ballentine is another type of
the DUNCAN convert. We know Dave,
and have a lively recollection that he
made it exceedingly warm for us while !
State printer Of Ohio.
1t happened in this way: A commits
afon aouafafino of fba Eacrata 40, "a