The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-02-22
REPUBLICAN
TROUBLES.
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ing, wiring and writing. meeting
and telephoning, in order to get
the scattered forces into line.
Yesterday and to-day Represen-
tatives from all sections Of the
district kept coming into the city
and holding meetings at the var.
ious hotels. At midnight Mr..
Fipsterwald said that whatever
action was taken would not pre-
vent the gathering IN Lancaster.
"But there will be no delegates .
there from Meigs, vinton or Perry,
and only one. or two from Fair
field" was his significant reply
And / suppose, too, that, having
u majority on the face of the re-
turns, they will go ahead and
make a nomination. But the con.
vention will not be legal one.
There will, Of course, be u rump
delegation there from Meigs Coun-
ty, headed by Representative
Edgar Erwin, and very likelv it
will be seated, but it would have
no standing in any kind of con
vention if the rules were applied"
l. NJ. Foster, of Athens County,
who is to be chairman of the Ian
caster Convention tonight, cor
roboratsd the statement that there
Is to be convention, and that a
nomination would be made at it
Representative Erwin, who early
in the night became aware of what
was doing, stated that there was
no question that his delegation
would attend. After the news got
out he tslephoned to Pomeroy and
received assurances that Wednes-
day the delegation would be on
hand. Under the apportionment
the three counties of Athens,
Hooking and Ross have within one
vote of q majority of the eonven-
ton. In Fairfield County Harry
Peters, of lancaster, who is the
chairman Of the Congressional
Committee, went on the delegation
in the interest of Mr.. Douglass,
and he will vote for the Ross
County man when the ballot is
taken. The Meigs delegation led
by Erwin, and, perhaps, another
delegate from Fairfield, will sim.
ply increase the majority. The
old committee, if the program of
tonight is carried out, will issue
call for primary election in the
district and certify the nominee,
thus making two candidates.
There are number Of stories
current in the lobbies of the hotel
as to the meaning of the play.
There are declarations that it is
not in the interest of General
Grosvenor, but simply to gain
time in which to prevent the nom
ination of Douglass and give other
aspirants an opportunity to get in
to the race. Committeeman
Drake, of Perry, tonight said that
the nomination had been offered
to their delegation, but it had
been turned down in order that
the people of the district might be
appealed to. The story was cur
rent that Dudley H. Foster, of
that county would not be candi-
date, as thought last night, but
that the man would be former
Representative Thomas d. Blink
ley, of New Lexington, who is
here tonight and active in the ex-
citing affair. There is also talk
that State Insurance Commission
er Arthur /. Vorys, of Lancaster,
would be brought into the melee,
although to-day he declared that
he was not a candidate. Asked
what he would do il the nomina-
tioa were rendered him he said
that it was question that no man
could answer until the actual con
ditions confronted him. He is q
member Of the Fairfield County
delegation, and IL he remains out
of the convention next Wednesday
it will mean much.
He has said all along that the
great danger was the defeat OF
any man who might be picked up
after fight to succeed Grosvenor,
In the gossip OF the night there
was a story that it was the action
| NJ the Eairfiald Gounty man tha.