Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1889 — SAY FORAKER IS CRAZY. [ARTICLE]

SAY FORAKER IS CRAZY.

“FRIENDS” AKE SAID TO BE STABBING THE GOVEKNOK. Jealous Ohio Politicians, Scheming to Defeat Their Ambitious Rival, Intimate that His Actions Betoken a Return oj Former Mental Troubles. [Washington special.] Information from an entirely trustworthy source is to the effect that the dismissal of Tanner was desired by al] of the prominent Republicans of dhio, Foraker alone excepted, and that Major McKinley, ex-Governor Foster and others advised the President to get rid of Tanner at the earliest possible moment. The scheme of these Ohio politicians is to have a good excuse for the defeat of Foraker. Sherman, McKinley, Foster, Butterworth, Grosvenor, Thompson and many more ambitious men of that State have decided to seize this opportunity to rid themselves once for all of the vexatious fire-alarm. Foraker is a jack-in-the-box, a selfish, uncertain, grasping, malignant chap, whose hand has been raised against about all of the prominent men of the State; and though they might have defeated his nomination, they preferred to put him up and then knock him down. The present scheme in Ohio is Foster for the Senate, McKinley for the Speakership and Butterworth for the next Governorship. If Foraker were to be elected he would v r ant the Senatorship and after that the Presidency, and that would never do in the world. So hie slaughter has been decided upon. The pretense of a campaign is to be maintained, but secret orders have been issued by each of the conspirators to see that a sufficient number of their faithful followers use the knife. The bouncing of Tanner is a very timely grist for their mill. It has made the Grand Army fellows cold and backward and afforded the Buckeye Brutuses the very opportunity they have wanted. Under the guise of Grand Army disaffection on account of Tanner, and, of course, with its direct help, Foraker is to be stabbed to his death. A curious story about Foraker set in motion by these honorable men, who would rid the party of his presence, is to the effect that his mind is unsettled. They say that once before, while on the bench in Cincinnati, his mental powers showed such strong signs of derangement that he had to rest for a whole summer. Gen. W. H. Gibson, of Tiffin, Ohio, has been considered by the President in connection with the Pension Commissionership. Gen. Gibson is one of the most popular men in Ohio, and his appointment would help the Republican party materially in the coming campaign in, that State. But he was auditor of Ohio many years ago when his brother-in-law embezzled some State funds and he endeavored to shield the criminal. The people of Ohio hold Gen. Gibson in high esteem, but his appointment would arouse criticism in other parts of the country, and so the choice, which at one time during the conference seemed almost certain, was not made.