The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-01-06
HARDING VS.. t1ERRlCK,
is TIVE OHIO WAR CRY
Anti-SaIoon League Only One Of the Many Factions
Against the Governor---Canon Superin-
tendent Taiks

There is a strong faction in the Re-
publican party thai is after Governor
Herrick's scalp and tho indications
are that so many forces are allied
against him that he will be set aside
at the meeting of the next Republl,
can state convention and Lieutenant
Governor Harding will run in his stead.
Harding and Herrick visited Canton
and many other places during the
last campaign together and the con
trast between the two men when 1t
came to speechmaSing was humiliat-
ing to the friends of the chief exeou-
tive. 1t is known that strong Hard
ing element is at work in Canton and
it will be manifested TO some extent
at the Mckinley banquet on the 31st
President RooseYelt's influence Is
said to be against Herrick, the church
peopie are fighting him, all the horse
racing interests arerup in arms against
him, the old Foraker faction has once
more organized for the fight and is
backing Harding. Because of the atti
tude of Herrick 1.-THE Brannock bill
TIC fIill-oGlOOu ltulSuC 10 uSdlnbl MN
and the Herrick literary bureau has
been trying to give out the impress
sion that the league was practically
the only opposition that he had.
A representative of the Morning
News saw Rev. W. " Marsh, superin-
tendent of the Canton district of the
Anti-Saloon league, who stated that
he had been approached by a number
of persons and asked If the Harding
boom was not an Anti-Saloon league
movement. In reply Mr.. Marsh gave
the following statement:
For some weeks past we have known
that an effort of this kind was being
made by the representatives of certain
interests in Ohio which are opposed
to the denomination OF, Governor Her
rick, of which the Anti-Saloon league
is simply one of many. When officers
of the league were approached on the
subject they said that the high per-
sonal character of Mr.. Harding as a
private citizen, together with his rec
ord in the state senate upon the Beal
bill, and his attitude as president of
the last state senate toward the Bran
mock bill, which passed the general
assembly by such large majorities,
would most heartily commend him to
the favorable consideration OF the
| league and that they would be pleased
to join with the other interests in
! trying to induce him to- allow his
name to come before the convention.
From what | know PERSONAL---VERY. this
matter am sure that If Mr-Harding's s
name is to be considered ai,y the con-
vention, it will not be asL an Anti.Sa.
loon league candidate, nor as an anti.
Herrick candidate, nor. yet as q, For
aker candidate, but simply as a can
didate in the interest of Republican
party harmony in Ohio. His own
words as quoted in the Associated
! Press statements are in perfect accord
with this proposition: 81 am not a
candidate for governor and never
have been, but | am like any one else,
| would not refuse the nomination
if called upon by my party The
lieutenant governor is the only man
in his party whom Herrick and the
machine" is fearing, and for the past
few weeks he has been sweating blood
over the possibility that Mr. Harding
would consent to become a candi.
date. It was this very thing, no doubt,
that caused Mr.. Herrick a few weeks
ago to come out in IAN answer to
his critics" which resulted only in un.
covering his own weakness and adyer,