Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-04-18
LIKE LAMBS
A Number Of Democrats Are Willing to be
Led TO the Slaughter,
Special to the Leader.

Special to the Leader.
Columbus, o., April 1.-THE Demo-
cratic gubernatorial campaign is on.
The friends of the several candidates
are at work and they are penetrating
to every county of the state in quest
of votes. Hon. John l., Zimmerman,
of Springfield, is making vigorous
fight, but is not making headway. Mr.
Zimmerman is a good, clean man, who
has some strength at home because of
his personality, but who is unknown
throughout the state and has nothing
to recommend him to the state as an
especially strong candidate for COVER
nor. He would get the vote of his
party, except the radical silver wing
and this section of the party would be
luke warm or cut him because he was
for several years, beginning in 1896,
out of line and did not act with his
party in the money question.
John Welty, of Canton, is a recep-
tive candidate of the kind that send
out feelers over the state. but Welty
is not strong candidate. He usually
goes after a nomination with vigor un
til few days before the critical test
and then backs down. He is afraid Of
defeat, more so probably than any 9TH
er Ohio politician. Welty has money,
or rather his father-in-law has, and
he would spend it in a campaign, buS
he has no strength other than that
which naturally comes to a man who
has fine presence and can make a good
speech.
There is some talk about John ].
Lentz, but he is not being seriously
considered, as his friends have so
pledged themselves for Kilbourne and
Lentz is under such obligations to lAI
bourne for support last fall that to op-
pose Kilbourne in this county would
be to advertise himself as an migrate to
the state and this he will not do. His
friends here state that Lentz wants to
be Senator and that so far as can in
fiuence the situation he will do so to
get Tom. l.. Johnson, of Cleveland, to
stand for governor. If this is the plan
followed Lentz will not attempt to pre-
vent Kilbourne from getting this
county, but will do quiet work for
Johnson over the state, especially in
country counties, where the ex-con
gresham is very strong.
Evidences that this is the Lentz
scheme accumulate, according to local
friends of Colonel Kilbourne and there
will be some explosions soon.
There is a strong fweeling in the
northern part of the state in favor of
Colonel Kilbourne. Every politician
Of note who has visited this city for the
past three months has brought word
that this section is for Kilbourne. On
]y an organized effort with Lentz and
johnson or Lentz and Mclean can de-
feat Kilbourne even II the Colonel does
aethilg more than TO sit in his office
and answer his large correspondence.
The Democrats of the state admit the
wisdom of nominating Kilbourne, as
his name would strengthen the tickN
Wonderfully especially in the cities
Under the new apportionment there is
but one way for the Democrats to car
ry the legislature and that is by carry
ing the large cities of the state. NO
man in OHIO is so strong in the cities
as is Kilbourne He could come closer
than any other Democrat to carrying
this city and county with Governor
Nash as the opposing candidate. Re-
publicans and Democrats unite in say
ing that Colonel Kilbourne would car
ry Toledo and Lucas county as the
Democratic candidate for governor.
Kilbourne would be very strong in
Springfield. DAYTON and GAINESVILLE and
with Colonel Kilbourne as the head of
the tickec the Democrats, it is thought,
could easily carry the legislative tick
cts in Montgomery and Muskingum
counties this fall In Cleveland XII
bourne is strr ng with the Democrats
and would unite the factions. though
he would have to depend largely upon
the dissatisfaction and factional trou-
BILE in the Republican ranks to secure
for hin auy considerable republican
vote. .-4
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