Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-10-16
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| Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star
COLUMBUS, ONO, October IA.
noticeable feat ure of this campaign here
| in Columbus. which has always been the resi-
denee Of large fraternity Of sporting men,
is that there is no betting on the result II is
usually the case long before election day that
| offers Of bets are posted in all the pool rooms,
and the most significant find place in the news
papers Gamblers bet to win. and are gener-
ally found all on one side, using Of course what
they regard as reliable information as to the
direction Of the political tide. But this year
a political result seems too uncertain venture
for practical gambler.
Some Of the republican organs are severely
! criticising Chairman Hahn for permitting the
joint debate between Gov. Campbell and Maj.
| Mckinley to take place at Ada This town Is
| situated in the midst of q democratic strong
hold and they say that it is always unwise to
make a vigorous fight III tie stronghold of the
enemy. Its sure result is to excite the enemy
to action and to draw out full vote. 1t was
| Chairman Hahns original intention to have
Maj Mckinley open his campaign in Butler
| county. Gov. Campbells hniue, thinking that
| the dash of such bold movement would excite
! admiration. The famous democratic ma jori-
ties of Butler county have made it known out
side the state and the protests against this
| plan from more experienced leaders in the
| party led to its abandonment and the repub-
lican campaign was opened in the republican
1 western reserve.
MAI. M'KISLEY's sPEEcHxs.
If Maj McKinley's health holds out he will
have visited and spoken in eighty Of the eighty
eight counties Of the state Ey the close Of the
campaign. 1t was his intention to visit every
county in the state. and he would have been
able to do this but for the interruption in hi
work by the trip to Iowa and the Joint debate.
| Maj McKinleys enduring powers upon the
stump are surprising all his friends. Though
| he has been on the stump nearly two months,
making one or two speeches every day, resting
| while he travels. exposed to inclement end
| chilling weather, he has not experienced any
bad results beyond occasional hoarseness
and that not sufficient to interfere with mis-
speaking.
FACTORS OF UNCERTAINTY
Two weeks from next Tuesday is election
day ir Ohio. As the campaign approache' the
end the uncertainty that has hung abou. the
result remains ''Straws' Of significance are
not pie ntifu,. The two principal factors ars
conceded to be the anti-Campbell faction in
Hamilton county and the rural defaction from
the republican party on account of the tariff
One significant fact is that there is very little
enthusiasm manifested py the rIemDers of the
old parties. The campaign managers. especially
the republicans, are whooping it up industri-
ously, but for some reason the masses don't
enthuse.
THE PEOPLES PARTY.
Jerry Simpson. the Kansas peoples party
orator who was here this week, noticed this
feature and said it was evidence to him that the
independent voter was going to be very numer-
Gus in Ohio this fall He said he believed the
Australian ballot law would be e good thing for
the people, party in Ohio, because. in the first
place, it would put their ticket alongside Of
| those Of the other parties. The party would
| lose nothing by not having ticket holders at
every voting place. Besides this. many would
vote the peoples ticket under the secrecy of
the Australian ballot law who would not brave
the ridicule Of their fellows by doing so openly,
| though thoroughly in sympathy with the peo-
pies party principles. Simpson believes the
peoples party in Ohio will poll this year $50, 900.
| which is about three times the number OF votes
the leading local politicians expect to see poled
by that party. He says nothing has happened
since last year to stop the great reaction
against the republicans on account Of the tariff,
that last years elections showed and he thinks
il will be more pronounced in the election re-
suit this year than it was last They we're
promised better prices for their labor and
products and they haven't got it," said Simp-
son. Mckinley can't explain that away"
THE FIGHT FOR THE LEGISLATURE.
Since the republican legislative nominations
are all made the Foraker-Sherman senatorial
l COutcst hao oOOu Aoos eiB Va ouiShS suS kioAC
important campaign events. Both the sher-
man and Foraker men confidently claim that
| they have won. The best information at hand,
however lie to the effect that neither has a clear
| majority Of the caucus, but that Foraker has
the lead. Should the !. sislature be republican
| there will be a very interesting fight for the
senatorial toga, and it is limited that Secretary
Foster may loom up in it as q strong third can
! didate. and in the event Of close vote on the
| other two candidates secure the prize.
The election Of q republican legislature
| would also mean the redistricting Of the state
for Congress before the next congressional
election. Democratic success in the Legislative
| elections this fall, It is generally conceded,
would mean the enactment of o law providing
for choosing presidential electors by congress
sional districts. This would practically throw
Ohio into the democratic column in the cleo
| toral college, as by the present system of dis
tricts, which would of course be retained. If
teen of the twenty-one districts are democratic.
So it is plain that there is more in the Ohio
| campaign than the election Of governor.