Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-05-15
In FAVOR OF

Columbus, o., May lathe Demo-
cratic press of Ohio is trying to make
il appear that there are serious divi-
that there are well laid plans among |
the party leaders to retire Governor
Nash and nominate some one else for |
governor. Some of these Democratic |
party pepers go to the extent of say
ing that an entire new deal is to be
made, ard that Senator Foraker is to |
be denied the courtesy of a second
term.
In The face of all these wild stories,
the purpose of which is to rally the
Democratic forces, and demoralize the
Republicans, the Republican county
conventions go right along indorsing
the state administration of Governor
Nash, and heartily recommending the
course OF Foraker in the senate, in
structing their delegates to the state
convention to vote for the renomina-
dorsement Oh Senator Foraker for re-
election to the senate, in which posi-
tion he has so distinguished himself
and reflected such great credit upoo
the party.
The Democratic papers have been
very industrious in their efforts to find
a gubernatorial candidate, whom the
Republicans could elect. They first
suggested Myron T. Herrick of Cleve-
land, the personal and political friend
of President Mckinley. Herrick not
only refused to stand hitched. but de-
clared that the administration which
Governor Nash had given the people
of Ohio entitled him to denomination,
and predicted that he would be en-
Enthusiastically rejected.
The Cincinnati Enquirer John R.
McLean's paper, which is very anxious
to stir up trouble among Republicans,
went to the Philippines and there To-
Gated Judge William H. Taft HIS
Republican nomination for governor,
and it was made to appear that Cen
eral Dick was party to theplan to re-
tire Nash and nominate Taft. Judge
Taft has not heard of the mention Of
his name in this connection, but as
soon as he does he will take himself
out of the race, and declare for Nash'$i
denomination as Herrick has done.
This opposition to the governor did
not develop until after he had started
On the Pacific coast trip. General Dick
is with the congressional party and
there was no one left in Ohio to enter
into prompt and emphatic denial to
these stories. In the absence of any
denial there were some people who be-
lieved that General Dick had taken
John r. Mclean into his confidence
and laid the Republican plans bare to
the eyes of the man who will in all
probability be candidate for the SEN
ate in opposition to Foraker, ana who
in the campaign this fall as in all pre-
vious years, will have to pay the
freight.
Senator Foraker, Hon. Charles l..
Kurtz, Hon. d. j. Ryan, Harry NJ.
Daugherty, Howard D. Warrington.
and the Republican state officials pro-
nounce the Taft story as absurd, and
all say that Governor Nash will be re-
nominated and reelected. Judge
Taft is President of the Philippine
Commission and receives a salary
much greater than the governor of
Ohio. The position he occupies is one
of international Importance, and ne
has reflected such great credit upon
the national administration in the per-
formance of the duties devolving up
on him, that there is now every prob
ability that he will be made civil gov
ernor of the Philippines. The Ohio
governorship has been a sort of a
stepping stone to the presidency, but
the stone has been badly worn by
Orleans in the last quarter of a cen
tury, this state having had three pres
idents in that time, Hayes, Garfield,
and Mckinley, with Harrison living
just beyond the border line in the state
of Indiana, and native of Ohio at
that. So that even the possibility of a
presidential nomination can not be
held out to Judge Taft by the Demo.
cratic press of Ohio to induce him to
stand as a candidate for governor.
There is always something standing in
the way of the accomplishment Of
Democratic plans.