Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-15
TIE OHIO SENAfORSHfP,
Talks with Statesmen About the Probable
ResuIt Of the Contesi--Brice Favofile
Judge seney Has Hopes--aIcLsan Is

| tCORRESPONDENCE OF THE DIsPATCH.I
| wAsHINGToE. December 1.-THE terms Of
| oDe-thifd Of the present United States Senate
expire in 1891, and number Of the new Sena-
! tors will be elected during the coming winter
Several Of those whose States elect next year
are in doubt as to whether they will succeed
themselves. and the subject is one of the inter-
estlng ones of Washington gossip. The Ohio
situation is more talked Of than any of the
others, inasmuch as Senator Payne's successor
is sure to be a new man. and as the political
future Of Ohio would seem to depend largely
Oh the man the State sends to the Senate. For
the past decade or more Ohio has received but
little assistance from its Democratic Senator.
The party has had to paddle its own canoe, and
there has been no such close connection bes
tween the Democrats of the Buckeye State and
Thnrman, Pendlet0n or Payne as has always
existed between the Republicans OF Pennsyl.
vania and their Senators. Most of the Sena-
tors take great interest in their local cleo
tions, and they assist their State parties with
advice and money. This Ohio has lacked, and
this the politicians from that State hope to
gain in their new Senator. 1 have, during the
past week, interviewed q number of the most
noted Democrats In Washington upon Sena-
tor Paynes successor. / have talked with
Ohio Republicans, and the situation seems to
be that Calvin Brice, Of New York, will be the
nominee.
Said Congressman James W. Owens. the new
Democratic member who takes Beriah Wilkins
place and who comes fresh to Washington from
close association with his party: II think Cal
brice will be elected. / feel that he has the
inside track and that of all the men spoken Of
ne Is the best man for the place. He would
make an able and efficient Senator, and If
elected, believe that Ohio will be Democratic
for years to come. Brice is young. and diplo.
diplomat he ever knew. He Is an able organ
izer. and as our Senator he would devote him
self to helping the State from this end Of the
line.
A Boom for BrIces
Il consider Cal Brice, Representative Owens
went on, ''the ablest Democrat in Ohio. He is
broad, all around great man. i went to school
with him, and was his friend there. He was
good student and. while he was at college at
Oxford, O., in addition to his regular classical
studies. he always had some outside branch on
hand. He learned to read French by himself,
and he showed himself scholar Of more than
ordinary ability He has shown his ability in
financial way in the fortune which he has made
in the last few years. He has made this fortune
honestly and all this talk about his using
money for his election Is untrue. am Ger.
tain that he would not give dollar illegiti-
mately. His campaign will be managed by
high toned, high minded men, and 1t will be
fair and open.
"Did not Calvin Brice spend great deal Of
money on the lasEOhio campaignT
Il do not know" said Mr.. Owen. "as to how
much he gave to the campaign fund. His
purse Is generally open, but none OF his money
went to electing legislators in his interest. His
influence was felt during the campaign, and It
was his hand that directed it, though not lille.
"How about Payne's election. You were
present at the time. DID you notice any cor
fuptionT
mo, did not" replied Mr.. Owens. "I was
at Columbus in the interest of George Pendle-
tou, but Pendleton had no organization. He
had the idea that his national reputation would
carry him through, and he came out to Ohio
feeling much the same as C0nkling did when
he resigned his Senatorship expecting to be re-
turned by New York. He allowed the election
to go by default was a member of the Legis-
lature when he was elected four years before.
At that time he had splendid organization and
his friends were all on hand to help him."
sherman Talks n Little.
sI asked Senator Sherman, on his return to
Washington, what he thought Of tho Ohio
elections. He replied that he was not surprised
at the loss Of the governOrship, but that he had
not expected Democratic Legislature. As to
the next Senator, he said he had no idea as
to who would be elected, save that the candi-
date would be rich man, and that it would be
=
Mr.. Cal Brice, of Lima.
Colonel Isaac Hill, who Is on the inside Of
the Ohio Democratic ring, says that McAdahon,
the ex-Congressman, will be elected Senator.
and that the race will be between him and G. W.
Baker, q lively young lawyer Of Cincinnati.
last week new candidate appeared on the
field in the person Of Representative George T.
Seney of Tifin, u. Judge Seney is man worth
S25O,C0O. He has been in the House for several
terms and is member Of the present Congress.
l met him in the Riggs House, and asked him
whether it was true that he intended to leave
Washington In q short time and go t0 Ohio
to canvass Tor the Senatorship. He replied ''it
is, and think that have a fair chance of
being elected If the Senatorial lightning does
not strike q millionaire and plays around
among us poorer candidates have as good .
chance of being bit by wild wire rs anyone
else. l would like to move over to the other
end of the Capitol, and am going to try and
get there. have received many letters and
personal requests to run. My district Is Demo-
cratic, ard l have friends over the northern
What are the other candidates doingr'
-. K. Thomas, the rich manufacturer of
Springfield, is making personal canvass Of
the slI uation. He has been going over the State
visiting the members of the Legislature, and
he tells me that he finds the most of them un-
pledged, and few have promised to vote for
iiim. General Cal Brice is in New York, but
his canvass is going Oni Ohio all the same. He
busy as bees. Ex-Cengressman McMahon is
staying at home writing letters. / don't think
he has enough money to spend layishly on a
Senatorial canvass. Mclean says he is not a
candidate, but DON'T know whether he may
come in at the last or not"
''You mean to say, Judge, that you are bona
fde candidate for this nomination. You have
been known as friend Of Brlce and it Is
thought that you may be presenting yourself In
order to hold certain number Of votes, and TO
throw them to Brioe at the proper moment"
Ont for HIMSELF
''There Is no truth In that supposition," said
Judge Seney. II am candidate in my own
interest, and hope to be elected. am not
going into the canvass with the idea of spend
ing any money illegitimately. but l think in
close contest my chances are good"
Judge A. Z. Thompson, the Republican Con-
gressman from one of the Ohio river districts,
says that Calvin Brice has the inside race, and
Beriah Wilkins, who, though now one of the
proprietors of the Washington Post still keeps
up his political connection with Ohio, positive
" claims the same thing. Wilkins has for two
terms been a member of Congress from Ohio
he was closely associated with General Brice
during the last national campaign, and he is an
enthusiastic friend of his.
In speaking Of the other candidates Mf. Will /
kins said: "Ex-COngressman John A. Nc
Mahon Is the leading candidate against Brice.
John Mclean Is not candidate. have never
heard very much Of Mf. Thomas, of Spring.
field, in State politics before this year. 1don't
think Charlie Baker, the young lawyer of Gin:
cinnati, who Is talked Of, is candidate in dead
earnest, and the struggle seems to be between |
Brice and McMahon. Mcmahon is a great big |
man intellectually. He received the c0Tnpli- |
mentary vote for Senator at the time Garfield |
was elected. L was In the Legislature that year |
and voted for him,"
met Mr.. John Mclean and asked him for |
an expression as to the situation in Ohio. He |
said he did not want to be interviewed, shat he |
could express no opinion to the chances of |
the various candidates, and that he would only |
say that he was not in any sense of the word a |
candidate himself. FRANK q. CARPENTER.
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