The true northerner., 1889-11-13
FORAKER'S DOWNFALL.
THE CHIEF CAUSES THAT CONTRIB
UTED TO II.
Secretly Stabbed by the Deadly Vest
Pocket Ticket - Enemies within the
Party and the Saloon Equally Respon-

secretly stabbed by the Deadly vest
Pocket Ticket Enemies within the
Party and the Saloon Equally Respon-
sible.
columbus Ohio speciaLl
That the unexpected result in Ohio Is a
bitter disappointment TO Gov. Foraker and
his friends goes without saying. but he has
been defeated by the enemies within his
party, who, too cowardly TO openly OPP
pose him when he stood for "a third nomi-
nation. secretly stabbed him with a vest
pocket ticket on election day Chairman
Conger. VINO INDUCED in such rosy reports
as TO the probable result OF the election. is
dumfounded at the outcome, and at loss
TO know how the men upon whom he de-
pended for correct Information could have
been so mistaken In their fi.uring. The
Republican loss is confined TO no particu-
la" section OF the State, but extends 10
every county and almost 70 every election
precinct of Ohio from the lake 10 the river,
and from the Indiana TO the Pennsylvania
Inc. Gov. Foraker ran considerably be-
hind his ticket everywhere, but returns to-
day show that his companions went down
in defeat also, and the trouble not only eX-
tended TO Foraker himself but TO the whole
ticket and aided Campb immensely.
The Republican defeat while disastrous
and far-rcaching. can only be considered Il
Foraker disaster, and as such II Is regard
ed in Ohio. FOR some years Gov. Foraker
has occupied n large place i'm the public
eye. and the state j. lull Of politicians who
are jealous OF his wonderful career. ! he
friends OF sherman cannot be made 10 be-
lieve that Foraker did not betray the Sena-
tor at Chicago, and hundreds OF them
scratched their ticket 10 get even Tor his
alleged duphcity. Sherman himself did
what he could to aid Foraker. but he could
not stem the tide against him. The Repub-
lean Congressional delegation, with prob
ably the single exception or Major Mckin-
ley. damned Foraker with faint praise on
every stump in Ohio. several of them. IN
Guiding Gen. Kennedy, who tho ought he had
be en- unfairly treated at tho June conven-
tion,. not ment onlng Forakers name In
their spe ches. Gen. GrosVeEOr. too, is ac-
cused ot acting the traito and OF furnish
ing money in Athens County % secure
No e. Tor Campbell. Butterworth was but
lukewarm In his support. and others could
not be dragged out 10 aid the third election
OF Foraker. All these things had an effect
on the canvass.
Added 10 this was tho power exerted by
the bankin institutions and ether corpo-
rations. on account OF the Governors now
famous tax message, in which he asked the
Legislature 10 pass certain laws that would
compel these tax dodgers 10 pay their
equitable share OF the public burden. Then
came the fight over the sunday laws, and
although the owen bill-that Was the sub
Iect Of so M ch acrimony in Hamilton
COunty-only became a law by virtue OF
Democratic votes. yet Foraker had to bear
the burden OF its unpopul irity. and thous-.
ands OF dollars were contributed by the
liquor element to defeat him. The state
was flooded with secret ci rcuars add esscd
TO the saloon men. and the Republican State
Executive Committee was not aware of the
fact until "a day or two before the election,
when irreparable damage had been done.
The letter OF Gov. Foraker to Mayor
Mosby. OF Cincinnati, last summer. in which
he told that executive to smite with n
heavy nand all offenders against the owen
law, cost him thousands OF votes I'm that
city. and the loss was an entirely gratuitous
one. Tor the Governor vas not called upon
10 hold up the hands Of tho Mayor on that
occasion. Ii was mistake. then, and so
considered by his friends. and has cost him
heavily. The enH orcement OF the Owen law
angered the Cincinnati Germans. and For
aker lost hundreds OF votes in that city by
the appointment of DIR. Il. W. Graydcn to
the Board Of Public Affairs. when another
man not poliii ;la1 had been recommend
ed by the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce.
Added to these was the bugaboo OF third
termism that frightened Oft Republicans in
the Western Reserve. the enmity OF an
army OF disappointed ofllceseekers, and
trouble in Columbus at least on account OF
some alleged Interference in municipal af-
fairs here on the part of some men connect
ed with the State admin tration. To ull
these Foraker was cut mercilessly, and the
whole ticket as well.