The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-10-26

be done and done quickly, If Hoke
Donithen's scalp was to be saved
and the Foraker organs editor
saved the humiliation Of explaining
to the Big Chief just how 1t hap
pened. The fact that the people
were not surprised at the move
can be understood when 1t was
quite generally known that Rev.
Hensel, the independent candidate
had been approached with the prop
c,stion that If he would get off Of
the ticket. Donithen would declare
for county local option. The offer
was spurned by Mr.. iHensel. and we
do not mean to even intimate that
Rev. Hensel entered into any such
a deal with Mr.. Donithen and his
friends, for we consider Rev. Hen
sci too much of gentleman to
betray his friends in any such
manner. No! There was no deal
made. Mr. Donithen and his advis-
ers recognized the seriousness or
the situation and, like the drown
ing man, grabbed at the straw.
They thought that declaration for
county local option would force
Rev .Hensel off of the ticket ana
corrall his whole vote for Donithen,
and in desperation they were Will
ing to do any thing.
Now. what does this move mean!
It means simply this. The predica-
ment in which Mr.. Donithen found
bimself was explained to Senator
,oseph Benson Foraker and he was
asked for the solution. The oid
tactics of Foraker were brought
into play and Mr.. Donithen was
told to promise anything to any
body. any time, any place. IL IL
would get any votes, then when the
time comes for show down eith-
or do as YOU please about fulfilling
the promise or dodge the issue ana
take chances on the people for
getting it before the time FOR re-
election. Senator FORAKER probably
pointed out to Donithen that II a
county local option bill is presented
to the next legislature, he can get
out of voting for it on the grounds
that the bill is UNCONSTlTUTlON-
AL.
Senator Foraker's instructions to
Donithen probably ran something
like this: Choke, need you. |
need you In the legislature next
winter because, II | can marshal
my forces I am going to have my
self elected to succeed myself in
the United States senate and take
my chances on the republican SEN
ate seating me. In order to ac-
complish this. | need every vote l
can get There Is a question, too,
whether the next general assembly
is not the only one which can elect
my successor and have the election
CONSTITUTIONAL, but / do not
want anything said about this un-
til after your election. Go ahead
and promise those independent fell
lows that you will vote for their
bill. | know you are not in SYM
pathy with the movement and II
you are afraid 1t will pass ! will
have another one of my fellows
who is favorable to the measure to
vote against it to Offset your vote
II you are going to get into poll.
tics, get In with both feet. You we
got to do 1t II you ever expect tc
win. After you have pledged your.
self to those fellows who wan
county local option, and crowded
that independent candidate off o.
the ticket, you can slip around tc
some of your friends on the othel
side and quietly give out the til
that you didn't mean 1t. That yol
had your fingers crossed when yo,
said it. You can fix up story fo
those fellows that will look gooe
and | believe they will take it al
right and pull their man off A
| said before, it don't make an,
difference what you have to prom
ise, so long as you get into tn,
legislature, because need you, ii
fact, I've got to have you, or
am dead one.o
Now this may not be the word
Ing of the instructions from tn
Big Chief. but we leave a. IN m,