Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-05
THE CAMPAIGN IN OHIO
GOV. NASH BACK FROM VACATION IN
FINE FRTTLE.
fractional Fight Among Democrats
Over Selection Of Secretary
to Committee.



COLUMBUS, Ohio, August 4. 1901.
Governor Nash has returned from
three-weeks' vacation spent at resorts
along Lake Erie, evidently much improved
in health and declaring that he gained
strength every hour while he was away
II think I will be willing to 80 out now
and run a foot race with YOU" said ne to
a young newspaper man who inquired after
his health. Evidently he will be In condi-
ton to make a vigorous campaign. Many
Of his friends feared that he would be able
to do little work on the stump at the time
he was nominated. He will return to the
lake shore In a few days to spend another
three-weeks' vacation. While there he VIII
consult with Senator Hanna In regard TO
the issues Of the state campaign and how
at the opening OF the campaign. Two
cities have applied for the campaign open.
ing-Findlay and Lorain. Governor Nash
favors q western reserve town Tor the
opening, for the reason that 1t - easy 10
get a large republican crowd IN that re.
publican stronghold and that IL the chief
desideratum at a campaign opening.
Col. KiIbourne's Personality.
Colonel Kilbourne, the democratic candi-
date for governor, II q thin, wiry man ana
carries his sixty years easily. Hs ID
never sick and rarely takes vacation. but
viii leave In a few days for Hot SPRING.,
Va, to remain until September. While
there he will prepare for his campaign
with such earnestness and vigor that he 10
quite an efficient public speaker. he mas
shown that he IL eager for the fray BY
proposing informally already that there mere
ernor Nash and himself. arranged " the
respective committees. Governor Mash has
declined to say whether he favor. NE
proposition or not: the matter 49, WIZ %
aker and Hoadly were the rival candidates
for governor In 1887 has there been such
a joint debate in Ohio. ,
Chairman Dick has opened the republican
headquarters here in the old rooms In the
Clinton block with force OF clerks, and
will devote this month to the correspond
ence work OF the campaign.
Guard camps and inspect the troops, he
being brfgadier general OF the ONO militia
The democrats have secured their old quar-
tiers In the Columbia block. one square from
the republicans, but nave not opened ths
rooms for work yet
II indicates a lower ebb In the affairs Of
the democratic party than the vigor with
with which they started out this year
promised that they have had two weeks
row, about which columns were written In
their papers. over the selection q a secre-
tary of the state COMMITTEES. Tne state
committee was unanimously In IaVo1 o.
il II, VI.
Col. Kilbourne favored him ALSO But NJ
A, Daugherty Of Lancaster, who had al
ready been elected chairman OF the COM
mittee. and had been prevailed upon py
against his own wishes, objected to Judge
Dirty on both factional and personal
grounds The committee tried to cnange
his mind. but the chairman PLAINLY rolo
both the committee and Col. kilbourne
that If he was to be chairman Judge Dirty
could not be the secretary. On Daughertys
recommendation DR.. @. =. Gillian was
I HE IS new man not only here but in the
state, having recently come from West
Virginia. He is Of course, unfamiliar with
state politics, but Chairman Daugnerty
shows by his action SO far that he proposes
to manage the campaign, and the secretary
will be simply his secretary, anyhow.
Efforts to Handicap Daugherty.
The John J. Lentz democrats In control
of the democratic organization here are
doing all they can to handicap Daughsrty
for the reason that the opponents or Lents
have Daugherty in mind for the democratic
candidate for Congress next year. ana
Lentz still has hopes Of returning to Con-
gress again himself.
The convention Of free silver and Bryan
held here to protest against the
dropping of Bryan and free silver by the
state convention was not more
Of a fasco than was generally expected.
The only surprise In II was tnat tHeT0 WeI0
not more claquers here. 1t was suspected
that IL Gen Dick was not the instigator OF
the movement he would readily assist in
it. but it seems probable now that he did
not, for as Chairman Groot of the boilers
put 1t, "If he had, there would have been
more Of IT." 1t looks now as though 1t
would be necessary for the convention"
to meet again, as three Of the candidates
nominated by 1t have already declined 70
accept the nominations. They are Dr. r.
H. Reemelfn of Cincinnati, nominated for
governor; s. L. Clark OF youngstown. nom
mated for attorney general, and DR.. II. ID.
Connell of this city, nominated for member
of the state board of public works.
Judgment based on the developments or
the democratic boiling movement In this
state because of the dropping OF Bryan is
that 1t will not muster five hundred votes
at the polls even Ii they do get a full list
Of candidates that will stand hitched
There is a state law that binds one who
signs q petition asking for the admission
of q ticket to the Australian ballot to
support 1t with his vote, but manifestly the
law cannot be enforced with secret bal
lot The result is that side issue parties
that receive less than two thousand votes
at the polls have no trouble In getting the
ten thousand signatures to their
petition. For this reason Ii Is certain that
Il the boilers can get ticket that will
stand 1t win get on the Australian ballot
all right.