The Minneapolis journal., 1902-06-12
Mr.. RU1RT[oN's CASE
It Proves to Be One of General
National Interest.
MR.. HANNA is NOT TO BLAME
Two Republican Factions at cleve-
land Are Making All the
go - -Tronhle.

From, The Journal Bureau, Room IS, Post
Building, Washington. -'f5-f
Washington, June 12.-Should Mr.. Bur
ton, of Ohio, retire the national house
will lose one Of its strongest members,
and the northwest one of it's best con-
gressional friends; for as the chairman
of the great committee on rivers and
harbors, it has always been Mr.. Burton's
policy to favor the northwest whenever
its requests We're just. -u
Mr.. Burton is "a scholar in politics..
Every question that he touches he takes
up in the thorough manner which was
characteristic OF the late Nelson Ding
ley. -. r.
Why is ne retiring from congress? Be-
cause politics in Cleveland have fallen
into such hands that he cannot retain
his place with self-respeot Other Ohio
republicans who are not specially sym
pathetic towards Burton, on general 'prln-
ciples, agree that conditions in Cleveland
have reached such a pass that he Is In
this estimate of them wholly justified.
Two gangs have organized themselves as
leaders of rival republican factions, and
so bitter have been their quarrels and SO
lacking in popular confidence are their
leaders that Cuyahoga county, which
ought to be republican by 10000 majority
has for the last three years been going
democratic. Clevelands present major is
Tom L. Johnson. These two republican
and "McKisson" men, although it should
be said in justice to Mr.. Hanna that he
at least regrets the element to which his
banner has fallen quite as much as any
body. Burton has been allowed to come
to congress by the McKisson element, or.
the "Fillpinos" as they are now called.
Their rng-masters desired to put up for
ing public respect for the sake
of their other organization In
terests. Senator Hanna is now doing his
utmost to have his nominal supporters
yield to such arrangements as Mr.. Bur-
ton thinks necessary for party harmony,
even though Mr.. Burton has never been
one of his allies 1t will be recalled that
Mr.. Burton is pronounced opponent OF
subsidy legislation, which has doubtless
occasioned some friction with Mr.. Hanna.
When Mr.. Burton visited Cleveland last
month to try to arrange matters Tor the
coming campaign, 1t was practically
agreed upon that Paul Rowland should be
chairman Of the county committee which
would have Mr.. Burton's campaign in
charge. Rowland had been identified
with the Hanna faction, but was high
minded man, lawyer in good standing,
and Mr.. Burton had no Tear that as the
regular republican nominee his interests
would suffer n=such hands. 1t soon de-
veloped, however, that Mr.. Rowland,
although generally connected with the
Hanna element, had supported by prefer
ence some of the judicial candidates of the
McKisson crowd. This would never do.
A man who had ''wobbled' in loyalty to
his faction could not have a place of cam
paign responsibility, and his candidacy
was rejected and w. P. Abel put forward
instead. ..' 49, l..
This was too much for Burton, and so
he decided to wash his hands of~the fight
and retire from congress-, but the an
nouncement has brought such general ex-
pressions Of regret that doubtless an at
tempt will be made to overcome the Diff
fculty The district siclose enough 80
that with an unfit Tepl bilcan nominee,
the democrats might be successful. This
danger may bring the republican factions
to terms.
w. w. Jermane.