The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1908-07-30

RAISING question to Mr.. Douglas,
and its solution can hardly be of
any benefit to him.
A number of years ago in the
halyc con days Of the old Massie'
Entrekin organization of Ross
county Republicanism, Mr.. Doug
las laid the ground work of an op'
position which IL now exceedingly
bothersome to him and not unlike
ly to prove his political waterloo.
The four leading spirits in this
organization, which for a time alb.
o,utely dictated Republican poll
cies and Republican nominations
and appointments, were d. M,
Massie, John G.. Entrekin, Marcus
Boggs and Judge B. F. Stone.
These men all received their re.
ward for faithful service, Massie
beca me Judge of the United States
court of claims in Cuba; Entrekin
was made internal revenue collect.
or at Chillicothe md Boggs sue.
ceeded him; Judge Stone was ap-
pointed United States consul at
Hudeysfield, England, by Presi.
dent Mckinley, and for eight
years held the place. Senator
Hanna, it will be seen, remembered
his friends,
Douglas opposed this organiza.
tion and he opposed it vigorously
and with such success that finally
he became the controlling factor
in the county organization and,
having that control, announced
himself as candidate for govern.
or. He was not successful in this
but his defeat for the nomination
did not take away from him his
control at home, and that he has
since, in varying measure, re
tained.
But there are still many who
were mem bers of the old organiza-
tion and have not joined the new,
either because they were not want
ed Oh were not invited. These are
making trouble for Mr.. Douglat
and refusing him anything like
loyal and enthusiastic support, and
they constitute an element of con.
siderable strength, the opposition
of which means the loss of many
votes.
In Hooking county another post
mastership has caused trouble and
muddied the waters. John White
was appointed at Logan, and thus
assumed the leadership of the par
ty in Hooking county as the Doug
las representative. His methods
have been such as to anger u large
portion of the party and although
they may be slow with wrath, they
are likewise slow to forgive. They
will not be stilled nor will they
fall into line, and here the divi-
sion is such as to cause much ap-
prehension among those who are
in charge of the campaign.
In Meigs county a Mr.. Evans is
the Republican nominee for the
Legislature. He was fer a number
of years recognized as friend and
supporter of Mr.. Douglas, and
their political relationship was
such that it gave Evans the ap
pearance of being the Douglas
leader. But the congressional
nominee has formed new alliance
there and associated himself with
John Lindsay, another local politi-
clan, and Lindsay now dictates
app intments in the county. This
has caused Evans and his friends
to "trip themselves of the coat of
allegiance, and they will not enter
into the campaign with any
marked degree of enthusiasm, ex-
cept in so far as they wish to pro-
tect the legislative ticket.
Vinton county presents the un-
satisfactory condition of having
two complete Republican tickets,
striving for place upon the official
ballot. Ths secretary of state is
Low wrestling with the question
of which deserves recognition.
There being two tickets, there are,
OF course, two factions, and one of
these is known as the Vollenwider,
the other as the Coultrap. Mr..
Douglas, perhaps, could not keep
from assOcia ting himsalf with ona