Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-04-19
PROMINENT DEMOCRAT
CsNhsi Figure Out Mush Consolation fol
His Party,
Special to the Leader.

| Columbus, o., April ia prominent
Democratic leader and close personal
Friends of John r. Mclean, who was
d visitor to the city day or two aro
: III discussing the probable effect of the
spring elections upon the coming fail
campaign, said; II cannot see where
the Democrats have gained anything
| Success at spring election is some.
times to be deplored rather than glori-
fed over. Now, what did we get:
There is Johnson in Cleveland, Lentz
in Columbus and Golden Rule Jones in
Toledo. They are all ambitious men
and there have already been surface in
dications of a general Democratic row
which will most likely find its culmina-
tion in the coming state convention.
johnson wants to be president, and
Lentz has consuming ambition to be
governor. / see by the morning pa
pers that johnson says he will not be a
candidate for the senate this fall but
how about Lentz and the egovernorship ?
1t is general belief here that Lentz
will be candidate against Colone,
Kilbourne. Colonel Kilbourne's friends
appear to have no faith in Lentz's pro-
fessions of loyalty to Kilbourne's can
didacy, and how could they, when he
went to GAINESVILLE two years ago and
worked for McLean's nomination. I
don't want to question Tom Johnsons
veracity, but the truth is he does not
know three weeks ahead what he
wants to do in politics. What merry
throat-cutting time there would be am
ong the Ohio Democrats the coming
summer and fall, if Johnson should
conclude to oppose Mclean for the SEN
atorship, and Lentz should contest
with Kilbourne for the governorship.
IL received a copy of the local Dem
ocratic paper a few days previous to
the election, marked copy, in which
the paper declared for Kilbourne for
governor in bold-faced type, and now
a local Democratic leader tells me that
there has been no reference to Kill
bourne in connection with the COVER
norship from that source since the
spring election. was told by another
local Democratic leader, that Lentz is
debating all of Hinkle's appointments,
and building up a machine which can
be used to his political advancement in
fhn fttttt hot t, I Al \
that Kilbourne's friends are turned
down one after another as fast as tney
make application for appointment to
Office under the Hinkle administration,
and that those bearing the Lentz
brand are given stalls at the public
crib.
"rhe election in Cleveland signifies
nothing, except to encourage Johnson
in his political ambitions, and the same
is true of the result her in Columbus
with refernce to Lentz. The victories
achieved in Cleveland, Columbus and
Toledo mean nothing to the party SO
far as | can see, except to provoke par
ty discord. The result in Cleveland
shows that the city is still Republican
While Johnson was elected mayor, the
Republicans elected the balance of the
city ticket. Harry Mason says the
Hanna Republicans voted for JohnsoA
in preference to Akers, the Republi-
can candidate for mayor, who would
have been controlled absolutely by ex-
Mayor McKisson, and the fact that the
Republicans elected the balance of the
city ticket rather confirms this sus-
picion of the ex-speaker of the house of
With Farley as may
or, the Republicans elected their legis-
lative delegation two years ago, and by
dividing the places on the ticket be-
tween the two factions at the com
ing fall election, thus uniting them,
they will likely do SO again.
Jones election in Toledo was moro
of personal triumph for the mayor
than a victory for the Democrats,
though they had indorsed his candi-
dacy. Mr.. Jones has been mayor of
Toledo the past four years and yet dur
ing that time the Republicans have
gone right along electing their county
tickets, sending Republicans to the leg
islature. Several thousand Republi-
cans, it appears, remained away from
the polls in this city on election day,
because of their disgust with the Re
publican administration which has lust
retired from Office. If this is true, I
can not see where the election here
means anything to the Democrats"
What do you think the Democrats
will do in the coming state convention
with reference to a platform ?" the re.
porter asked
I'm my opinion, the campaign will be
fought out largely upon state and mum
icipal issues, the coming fall. Munich
pal ownership Of public utilities, three
cent fare on street railroads. a general
arrangement of the state administra
tion, and denunciation of the extrava-
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