Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-06-09
AFI[R HANNA 5 JOB
Congressman Burton, OF Ohio.
Will Contest for Place in
the Senate.
Foraker Said to Be Back OF
Burton's Opposition to
Hanna.
National Politics May Also Be
Affected by the Ohio
Fight.

Theodore Il. Burton, OIL SieNeieuiu' o''
in notifying his friends at home of his
y;tbdra wal from the congressional
ticket and declining to accept renoml-
nation because w. T. Abel was selected
as chairman of the republican commit
tee of Cuyahoga county, has done an
unusual thing and Ohio men here pre-
dict that it will bring about an unusual
result.
They predict that Burton will keep
his word, decline to- stand as candl-
date for reelection to the house, ana
next year appear as a canoiaate
against Hanna for the United States
senate. Burton and Hanna belong to
different factions in Ohio and Cleveland
notifies. Hanna now controls the re-
publican committee in Cuyahoga coui'-
ty. The Hanna men elected Apel cHait-
man of that committee, and Mr.. Burton
withdrew from the ticket rather than
have his campaign managed by ABEL
The contest seems to be between Bur-
ION and Hanna, tho Senator hanna
saws he telegraphe6l the committee ask
ing that another man acceptable 10
Burton be elected chairman.
Senator Foraker and Representative
.Befdler, who is also from Cuyahoga
county. endorse Burton's position. FOR
aker said Burton had adopted the only
course consistent with dignity and
honor. Other Ohiomen in Washington
who are warm adherents OF President
Mckinley take the same view. They
saw that Burton cannot accept his re-
election as a gift from Senator Hanna
Il he cannot have man as chairman
who is not his bitter factional opponent
he will step aside and not be candl-
date for congress, but he Will not quit
politics. He will come to the front
next year as a candidate for senator
and contest that honor with Hanna.
This situation in Cleveland has more
than local possibilities. 1t means an
other effort in Ohio to dethrone Han
ma. Burton is to be the head of the new
organization, and Congressman Taylor
of the old Mckinley district, who has
also declined to be candidate for re-
election, may be the anti-Hanna candl-
date for governor to succeed Governor
Nash, with other anti-Hanna men Tor
all the places on the state ticket.
National politics may also figure in
the fight The anti-Hanna men in Ohio
say that the senator. Notwithstanding
his denials, is candidate for president,
and that 1t is the purpose of the Hanna
men in Ohio to give him the delegation
from that state in the next national
rIa %
Abel chairman of the Cuyahoga county
committee are the federal officeholders
in Cleveland, appointed on the recon-
mendation of Senator Hanna
Burton has complained to the Presi-
dent of the pernicions activity of these
federal office holders in Cleveland, and
it may become necessary for the presi-
dent to take some recognition of the
quarrel, tho he and Senator Hanna are
the best of friends.
Burton has been member of the
house for five terms. He was first
elected to the Fiftyfirs congress, and
was defeated for reelection in 1890.
He was elected to the Fifty-fourth,
Fifty-sixth. and F'ifty-sev-
enth congresses and has been renomi-
mated for the F'ifty-eighth. He is one
of the recognized republican leaders of
the house, and Is chairman of the COM
mttee on rivers and harbors. He has
not adopted the course he has in this
matter without deiiberation and con-
sultation with his friends. He went to
the Virginian Hot Springs last night.
where he will meet and confer with a
of his followers from Cleve-
land tomorrow. A delegation of Hanna's
home managers is coming to Washing
ton to consult the senator.
The question is whether Hanna or
Burton shall back down. Burton's
friends are confident that he will not.
They are Just as confident that If his
name is taken off the congressional
ticket this year it will appear at the
head of the state ticket as the candi-
date for United States senator from
Ohio next year, and that the men who
present his name for senator will de-
nand an Ohio delegation for Roosevelt |
TO the next national convention.