The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-03-15

at Lima and Napoleon
we're made, that they must work with
the organization or else lose their
places. This kind of arbitrary bos-
sism, coupled with such trickery as
was practiced in the Fourth district
call, Is uncalled for and offensive and,
so far as am concerned, II will not
be acquiesced in, but will be resented
and resisted.
~ had nothing to do with starting
any of these troubles. Every man
who has read what has appeared in
the newspapers known that they
were commenced Immediately after
the election, and that it was an
nounced even before the holidays
that | was to be humiliated by being
denied a place on the delegation to
the national convention as a punish
ment for general high crimes and
misdemeanors against whom
WAS NOT SPECIFIED.
''It is not important to anybody
whether | 60 to the national cOnyen-
tion or not, but | prefer that the Re-
publicans of Ohio shall settle that
question rather than it shall be set
tied by any individual or set of indi-
vidvals who may see fit to assume
control of the party. | have no time
to 60 home and look after practical
no1f.;-ss ,rl;Ia +ba Ca,ata u -, oao
sion. AS long as am Senator 1 ex-
pect to stay here and attend to the
fduties of the office, but while can
not go home to look after such mat.
tiers shall insist. as well as may be
able to. that friends of mine have az
much right to aspire to be delegates
to the national convention and tS
hold other positions of confidence
and trust at the hands of the party
as anybody else. / supposed whel
Senator Hanna died there would n,
longer be any contention over dele
gates and announced to my friends
who appealed to me for information
on the subject, that had no person
al interest in the personnel of tn
delegation. | was very much SUI
prised, therefore, when GoveIno
Herrick saw fit to announce that h
proposed to carry out the so-calle
instructions of Senator Hanna's Las
letter to him to see to it that DELE
gates to the national conventio
should be selected only from thei
good friends Especially when h
ANNOUNCED that upon that basis
was our duty to get together o
broad lines
. "When harmony can be had upo
terms of abject submission it is nc
very helpful. 1t is not a questio
when that kind of proposition is az
vanced what the consequences ma
be, for should
CONSIDER 1T MY DUTY
: to resist such a program, even if
j knew that the result would be owe
: whelming defeat such as my frient
: and / are threatened with. While
expect to remain here until the Sc
ate adjonrns, not neglecting in ar
4 degree my public duties on accoul
! of practical politics or factional CO
tests, vet I do not expect to be indi
: ferent in the slightest degree to sue
5 performances as the newspapers r
!, port.
D Senator Dicks talk about waitir
I thirty days out of respect to Senat
| Hanna's memory before entering {
!. the duties of his new position is har
n ly consistent with the fact that
: did not wait thirty minutes after h
o death before commencing his cal
lpaign to secure the succession,
with the further fact that while
was remaining away from here o.
a OF alleged respect to Senator Ha
n mas memory, he was busily occupi
d with the contests which the 'orpa
t ization' or the regular organization
l. as I observe it is now called. h
!, been conducting throughout Il
S State.
d Il had hoped we might have e
e tirely friendly relations, and we CO
have, and will have, if he is dispos'
e to be only half fair about the ma
e ters that are entrusted to us in CO
i mon. This he knows as we'll as an
e body else, and all talk from him
y his friends to the contrary is wit
e out foundation or excuse of a
kind"
'e Senator-elect Dick will return
i Washington Monday. He and Ser
ID tor Foraker will probably meet
D. once in conference. Out of that W
lie come the decision OF whether t
lie party is to be involved in anoth
'r long and bitter contest or wheth
n harmony, peace and good will are
t prevail.
e. AS perhaps aggravating the stu
lie tion and adding fuel to the fam,
a. the appointment of w. S. Stucke
n of Wapakoneta, as a member of t
o. Auglaize county board of pension e
y miners was announced today. II
r has been a disputed matter. Stuck
De was recommended by Senator Fol
lie ker, but the appointment was he
h up for some time owing to oppo
rs tion. The recent string of ForaS
v victories, therefore, has anotf
IN count added to il.
Monroe TIP. Republican Primd
The Republican voters of Nom
township are hereby notified to IN,
IL at the Township House, Thursday