The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-01-07
NO BACKING OUT NOW
The Congressman Could Not
With Dignity Descend from
the Pinnacle, II He Wished
--Coming Prices Way.
(From a stan correspondent.)

come later will develop, but 1t Is un-
derstood that 1t has been set forth 10
Mr.. Dick. in unmistakable terms that
his coming would hurt McKinnon
more than it would do him good.
But General Dick may yet come. His
summonlng was not so much because
of danger to McKinnon in the speak
ership fight as 1t was in danger to
Dick himself. The summons to Dick
went from one of his personal admir-
ers and committee beneficiaries, who
does not care so much whether Mckin-
non wins as he does for the future OF
Dick, which involves his own future
MS we'll. Dick is to-day the most un-
popular of all the members of the
Hanna clan. His presence on the Nc
Kinnon side of this controversy has
done more harm to McKinnon than any
one other agency.
TAYLER MUST RUN NOW.
The attitude of Congressman Tayler
makes 1t impossible for further con-
cealment. Whether the Foraker and
Kurtz people win or not In this fight,
he is bound to run for governor.
He cannot do otherwise. Republi-
can organs of the Hanna stripe, such
as the State Journal, have abused him
viciously, without even giving oppor-
tunity for a hearing. Driven to an ex-
tremity they did not anticipate, they
have turned their batteries on some-
body they think they can blame 1t on.
And Congressman Tayler seems to
have taken the gauge Of battle, weigh
ed the consequences and decided 10
sail in. Those who know him, at any
rate, do not imagine that he will per-
NIT his honor to be impugned without
retaliation. He is a good lawyer, and
all good lawyers are good fighters.
Z. IT WEAKENED McKINNON.
The Hanna fellows in this fight seem
to think nobody has a right to be on
any side but the side they are on
Hence their vicious treatment Of the
Eighteenth district representative in
the national house. 1t has weakened
their case, however and they will
have more difficulty than ever of win
ming Saturday. They have had the
contest In good shape till now. It is
conceded that they are two or three
votes weaker than they were Wednes-
day. They can still spare them, but
they can spare no more.
And II Hanna wins he will have to
win with McKinnon, whom Foraker
offered to him in the first place and to
whom he had to come after he and
Foraker had agreed to take up Price.
II victory at all, 1t will be a victory
with negative attached.
WAT cox SAID.
At late hour Thursday night the
McKinnon men were as confident ia
ever but Price men were more active.
George B. Cox and his Cincinnati
delegation arrived and put UP at the
Southern. Cox, when seen, said he
knew nothing Of the reports that eith-
er Buell. or Crist, of Columbiana, had
gone 10 Cincinnati hence that feature
of the early claims of the Price adher-
ents went for naught.
1t was said that Dick would arrive
Friday morning. There Is doubt as
to the propriety Of his coming. He
is the Republican chairman and his
mission would seem to be to. fight
Democrats and take no hand in Re-
publican internal contests, but his
head and Hanna's Is at stake. and he
Ia coming to fix fences. He will do ne
much harrl as he will good. There
are those who declare fiatIy that Nc
Kinnon had the fight won Thursday
night, and that II he loses he can blame
It on Dick. Everybody will be looking
Tor a scapegoat and a great many will
be glad to insist upon Dick being put
IN that capacity.
A JONAH FOR TAYLER.
The summons for Dick Wednesday
night is conceded to be bad politics fol
McKinnon, but the question has grown
deeper than that In the last few days
/. more especially since Congress- II
rayler's name has been 80 persistently
mouthed. Now the friends of Taylel
ire getting warm under the collar and
II behooves Dick to look after his own
fences rather than those Of McKinnon
Ind II he comes here he will come tc
fix some of the feathers In his OWL
nest rather than to aid anyone else.
For II the Foraker people, led By
Kurtz, organize the house. thus show
ing they have the votes to run things
what will happen to Mr.. Dicks con
gressional district will be more pic
turesque than genteel.
WHAT THEY'LL DO TO DICK.
There must be some redistrictinl
done during the coming session, an.
there are few nice little combina
lions of counties In the vicinity o.