St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-13
THE OHIO NOMINATION

The nomination of Judge FORAKER by
the Ohio Republicans was in accordance
with the plans of the triparite combination
already outlined in the GLOBE, by which
Senator SHERMAN expects to capture the
next presidential nomination from the Re-
publican party. This fact will invest the
Ohio campaign with unusual interest, as
FoRAKER's election would give SHERMAN
tremendous boom, while, on the other
hand, defeat would be the death knell of
SHERMAN's ambition. 1t is made to the
interest of ex-GOv. FOSTER to work for
FORAKER because all the hope FOSTER has
of reaching the senate is through For
AKERs election. IL FORAKER is de-
feated and the legislature should
be Republican, that means the re-
turn of MI SHERMAN to the senate
over FOSTER. because, having lost
his first battle in the presidential
race. Mr.. SHERMAN's only hope to
retain political standing would be by going
back to the senate. That he would make a
desperate fight under such circumstances
against FOSTER for the senatorial prize
goes without saying.
1t was, perhaps, designed to taffy the
friends of Mr.. BLAINE when the bloody
shirt feature of the platform was adopted.
Mr.. SHERMAN is shrewd enough to know
that when ne is playing for presidential
stakes he has to keep an eye BIAINE-ward,
for the Plumed Knight is just as surely a
candidate for the Republican nomination i'll
1888 as SHERMAN is. Mr.. BLAINE is for
tunately situated with reference to the
Ohio CANVASS. If FORAKER is defeated
that virtually kills off SHERMAN, who is a
dangerous rival. IT FORAKER is elected,
that will give Mr.. BLAINE a precedent
whereby he can urge the wisdom of renOm-
mating defeated candidate. Either way
the wind blows in Ohio it must be favor
able to Mr.. BLAINE's candidacy. The de-
feat of FORAKER and the killing off of
SHERMAN it was feared would prove too
tempting for the Maine statesman, SO the
SHERMAN convention at Springfield
deemed it polite stroke 20 insert dec
larati0n in the platform which was virtual
repetition of Mr.. BLAINE's speech delivered
immediately after the result Of the last
presidential election was known charging
the Democratic victory to fraud and the
suppression OF the ballot. Whether this
dish of tairy will be strong enough to pla-
cate the BLAINE following in Ohio will be
developed further along
There are other elements in the Ohio can
vass, however. which neither Mr.. BLAINE
nor Mr.. SHERMAN can control. The nolni-
nation Of FORAKER revives the issues OF
the campaign when Gov. HoADLY de-
feated that gentleman. II does not neces-
sarily require the denomination of HoADLY
by the Democrats, although that event is
most probable. But it does necessitate
a discussion Of the llQuor-taX question, and
this is compelled to be the leading state
issue. The Democratic party has made its
! record on this question, both in state and
national contests. The Republican party in
Ohio changes front and attempts to reverse
its record. OWhether this spasmodic effort
to occupy Democratic camping ground will
cut any figure in winning votes is one of the
problems of the approaching canvass. 1t is
hardly probable that it will. 1t looks now
as If the Democratic party in Ohio ought to
have walk-oyer. Of course SHERMAN
and FOSTER will put any amount of money
into the canvass, but Ohio is one state
where it takes a great deal of money to go