St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-31
ALL EYES ON M'KINLEY
The Great ProteetioniSt's
Chances in His New Ohio
District.
A Group Of Figures That will
Be of Interest to Tar
iff Men.
He Will Have a Hard Uphill
Fight, and Will Prob
ably Lose,
But Will Gain All the Glory
by Cutting Down a Demo-
cratic Plurality.

CPdblC FIuPdllUy.
MAssILLoN, o., July 30.-This is the
very nerve center of the Mckinley dis
trict, the new Sixteenth OHIO. the home
of the little Napoleon's competitor,
Lieut.-Gov. John q. Warwick, and but
fifteen minutes ride by rail from the
house of the major himself. All the
hills around are scanned with coal.
capped with building stone, fiecked with
fire clay, and they are worth SIS per
acre for raising wheat. Ten years ago
the same land was worth % per cent
more, but the decennial appraisement
now almost completed shows this start
ling change. 1t is not amiss to add,
too. that McKinley's county, Stark,
shows population of 1857, which is
300 less in the country townships than
it was ten years ago, and 20.170 more in
the cities which manufacture every
thing from watches to triphammers.
The four counties of the new district
cast an average vote of 1896. and give
a standing Democratic plurality of 1900.
On this battle ground Mckinley pro-
poses to wrest victory from defeat and
make the effort of his life. Whatever
be their innermost thoughts, his particu-
lar friends
Keep Up Courage
and promise to do prodigious things,
aided by the presence of Sherman, Reed,
Burrows, Butterworth, Allison, and all
the big and little ''Spellbinders'' of
whom the party boasts. The major has
brought in such forces before when the
tide was running strongly against him,
and each time has he captured the prize.
The sensations of being the victim Of
gerrymander have no novelty for him.
1t is not strange that the citizens here,
calling Mckinley their own; and when
they go out into the wide, wide world, it
is quite natural that they should at once
become the victims of common
human weakness, rejoicing in their
Of BlySy Me K ya Ever fsm pemG
crat who goes to Washington and sends
the major his card is certain to be a
stanch friend thereafter. The grave
and gentle character of the man and
his national eminence go long way to-
wards reconciling those of opposite po-
litical creed. But this year all the cards
have been played against Mckinley,
and Notwithstanding the enthusiasm,
the brass bands and the Silver-tongued
orators, the job of overcoming 1000
Democratic majority looks like too seri-
GUS a task even for the major. Evil
dence on this point is forthcoming from
Senator Anthony HoWells,
The Veteran Democrat
who represents this district at Column
bus. who said to your correspondent:
personally | would have preferred to
see the district close one, since as it
is we have the cry against us that we
have legislated Mckinley out of con-
gress, but we could not all have our
way at the capital, and therefore as now
fixed, L think the normal majority is
2.100 in the Sixteenth. l believe Mr..
Warwick will carry the district by any
where from 1.500 to 2,C0J. 1t would be
unreasonable to anticipate more. Look
ing from what should conceive to be
the Republican standpoint, | believe
the Democratic party has placed Nc
Kinley precisely where he prefers
to stand. Should his election
follow. his friends would say
he will show himself to be
one of the greatest men of the Republi-
can party, and will become the candi-
date for governor. If he reduces the
Democratic majority, 10 matter how
slightly, it will have all the effect of a
victory. He is now reapiDg the re-
ward that comes to those who have
patronage to dispose of. but he is 10
longer local figure, and is less likely
to be hurt by minor troubles of this
kind. Few Republicans, l fancy, will
such a fight as it will be. Personal
issues will cut no figure, and the only
question will be on the Mckinley tariff
BILL" The district as now constituted.
including Stark, Wayne. Holmes and
Medina counties, was carried for Camp
bell last fall bya plurality Of 2,9SS.
These. of course, are
Tidal Wave Figures,
yet the same counties gave Demo-
cratic plurality of 2.O53 in 1888; 2,124 in
1887, and 1856 in 1856, and under nor
NAL conditions may be counted upon to
return an average of 1000 for any ac-
ceptable Democratic candidate. In 1884,
"Blaine year." as it lives in local mem
DRY, the counties now comprising the
Sixteenth district went 1880 Demo-
cratic. That was the campaign that
Mckinley fought with David r. Page
against odds and won, with Blaine,
Logan, Hamlin, Sherman and the rest
to help him. But the victory cost the
party dear, if the story be true that the
giants, by spending ten days in Ohio,
let New York go Democratic and lost
the nation for four years. In 1885 Mr..
Warwick, who was then running for
lieutenant governor for the second time,
carried the four counties by 1886, losing
the state by 1881. Each time Mr..
plimentary vote III his own town, which
will not be so great as usual this fail,
since Mckinley also moves in the same
circle. The gossip was prevalent i'm
mediately after the accomplishment of
the gerrymander that Maj. Mckinley
would quietly pack his valise and move
over into Columbiana, still strong Re-
publican district. 1t was even said that
he had purchased farm there in order
to establish a legal residence, and
when new barn began to go up on the
farm it was subjected to more descrip-
ton and criticism than any similar
piece of architecture in the whole state
of Ohio. But there never was any
ground for the tale. and when an am
bilious reporter went to see the county
recorder
1t Leaked Out,
as the result of his visit. that the prop
erty had been IN Mrs. McKinley's fam
lily for generations. The major quietly
laughed at the whole story. This much
is certain: He will run in this district
if he lives, and the convention to NOM
mate him by reclamation will be held
Sept. in this city. Congressman