Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-07-10


A STAR reporter had talk today with Judge
Wellington Stilwell, member of the democratic
state committee from Holmes county. Ohio.
Judge Stilwell is very confident that Gov. Camp
bell will be reelected
There is no doubt about Mr.. Campbelrs
getting the nomination. rather think that
Mr.. Neal will not let his name go before the
convention next Tuesday. II he does he will
come earnestly to the support Of Mr.. Campbell
as soon As the nomination is made. am
friend OF Mr.. Meals, more intimate with him
than am with Mr.. Campbell, but think more
OF the party than do Of any man, and think
that Mr. Campbell is the strongest candidate
wecan have. He has given usa remarkably good
administration and has supported municipal re-
formsand local self-goverment according to true
democratic principles. Foraker and others have
thought 1t necessary, in their own interests to
get control of the machine in the cities and
run the city governments to their political
advantage. Had Mr.. Campbell been q small
politician he might have done the same thing
He followed q different and more upright
course. He turned the government in the large
cities over to the people. Conspicuouslv in
Cincinnati, this put it into the hands of the re-
pubiicans, which may not appear to be good
hibition Of Craftsmanship, and he will gain more
than he Will lose by reason of it. He will loes
some democratic votes in Hamilton county: be
may lose the county by q small majority; but
he Will make up for the loss several times over
elsewhere. When he was elected before he had
some hve thousand majority outside of Hsmil-
ton county. hear it said by his opponents
that he will lose ten or fifteen thousand
democratic votes there. He NAV lose
5000, but he will not lose more. He will make
large gain In the country, and throughout he
is stronger than he ever was before When he
On flln en, ~
not satisfactory to all democrats. He was in
about the position most of the Ohio democrats
were on that question. The party in the state
has advanced since then and he is fully up to
and In sympathy with the national democratic
party.
GREAT CHANGE OF SENTIMENT.
There has been great change of sentiment
on the wool question in Ohio. When Mckinley
made his campaign last year his bill had but
recently passed, and he told the farmers of the
state that there had not yet been time for them
to feel the effects Of what be had done for them,
but that II they would wait year they would
hnd that they would be getting 8 or 4 cents per
pound more on their wool They have waited
and are now getting or cents per pound less.
This isv very easily explained. The manufacturer
has to pay more for the foreign wool which
he must mix with the domestic in making his
goods, SO he makes q corresponding reduction
in the price he will pay for the domestic. The
farmers have come to understand the general
tariff question better than they have hereto
fore. The educational work of the Farmers
Alliance has opened their eyes. The demo-
cratic members Of the alliance have been pretty
straight on this question right along and the
republicans are now being rapidly drawn in. l
was talking the other day with leading farmer
OF Knox county, Columbus Delanos home. 1
have known him for years to be one of the
staunchest OF republicans. He told me he would
not vote for Mckinley, and that it Was difficult
TO hnd republican III that neighborhood who
would, all being dissatisfied with the tariff.
Now If only very small proportion of the re-
publican farmers feel that way it puts McKin-
leys election out OF the question. If the alli-
ance does not put ticket in the field Mr..
Campbell will get many votes from the farmers
who have heretofore voted the republican
ticket. and if there is an alliance ticket in the
Held it will probably draw a good many votes.
and two-thirds Of them will be republicans. We
have got Ohio on the wool q question do not know
how the tin plate business will work this fall
There has been an immense importation of tin,
80 that the market has been overstocked. The
law went into effect only on the lst Of july
and 1t may be that much of the surplus stock
Is In the hands of men who cannot afford to
hold it for the ordinary demand, as was con-
templated in making the importation. Much
of this may be got and thrown on the market
about election time. This might prevent us
from getting the benefit of the discomfort which
will follow the increased cost Of tin plate and
products put up in tin, which is bound to come
as the full effect of the bill is felt
The issues Of the campaign will be the tariff.
silver and local self-government in the order
named. The tariff will be the great issue, and
think the platform will declare for free COIN
age Of silver"