St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-31
It Is Said to Be Five to One
That Campbell Car
ries It.
The Western Reserve Will
Give Mckinley Only a
Small Majority.
Farmers Floeking to Camp
bell Solely on the Tar
III Issue.

of $500 against Gov. Campbell. To-day
the chances are as five to one that
Campbell will carry the county next
Tuesday. Not only that; the Democrats
confidently expect to elect one, possibly
two, senators, and at least four repre-
sentatives to the legislature. The re-
volt against Mckinley is more emphatic
and outspoken in this city than in any
other locality visited in four weeks
tour of the state. The revolt may be
greater in some of the agricultural COM
munitles. but the evidences of it are
not so palpable as they exist here.
The farmers are not politicians in any
sense and they are not much given to
talking about what they are going to do.
They quietly pursue their avocations
and touch off the magazine Oh election
day. In this way, without noise or
buster, they have produced some of
the greatest political revolutions in
American history. The upheaval in
Kansas last year is striking instance.
1t came with slight premonitions. The
silent work of the ballot, in the brief
space of a day, lifted Jerry Simpson
from 0bScurity into national notOriety.
With the residents of cities political
changes are accomplished differently.
While the storm gathers its rumbllngS
can be heard. There are
Mutterfngs in the Air
here, which forebode evil to the grand
old party. If all signs, usually reliable,
do not fail. there will be tremendous
''shake-up' politically in this city on
the third day of November. Editor
Holden, of the Plain Dealer, states that
he knows personally thirty-one lifelong
Republicans who will vote the straight
Democratic ticket for the first time in
their lives next week. More than 1000
workingmen who have heretofore voted
the Republican ticket will this year cast
their ballots for Campbell and tariff re-
form. Among the foreign elements
hundreds who have always acted with
the Republican party are hurrying to
get into the Democratic procession.
The accessions to the Democratic party
from the Bohemians especially will be
very large. The registration has
been favorable to the Democrats,
and, all things considered, the
claim that the county will give
Campbell majority seems to be en-
tirely reasonable and well founded.
Considering the conditions and the pos
sible result of this campaign. the con-
clusion has been all the time inevitable
that il Campbell could be elected it
would be necessary for him to cut
heavily into the immense Republican
vote Of this section of the state, which
is known as the ''WeStern Reserve"
and has always been the Republican
stronghold of Ohio. The ten counties,
including Cuyahoga, in the northeast
corner OF the state, lying east and south
east of this city, usually give al aggre-
gate Republican majority of $4,000. Only
one of them has Democratic majority,
and that is Stark county, which is the
home of Maj. Mckinley. Gov. Camp
bell early recognized the fact that i'll
order to defeat Mckinley he must adj
dress himself to the task of
Making Democratic Gains
in this Republican region. He de-
termined to carry the war into Africa
and devoted the first two weeks OF his
campaign to making speeches in these
benighted counties. With the indomi-
table courage that Henry M. Stanley
possessed when he plunged into Afri-
can jungleS to search for DR.. Livings-
ton, Gov. Campbell marched through
these Republican Businesses seeking
converts to the cause of tariff reform.
His meeting, from the first to the last
appointment, were immense. The Re-
publican farmers floeked by the thou
sands to hear gospel preached which
was strange to their ears. They heard,
they pondered, and many were con-
WINGED.
The Republican politicians were
amazed. They could not understand
why the farmers of the Western re-
serve should care to listen to Camp
BELLS speeches. They sought to dis
count the effect OF these meetings by
proclaiming that the people were at
tracted by mere curiosity. But Camp
bell continued his tour, presenting in
his impressive manner at every STOP
ping point tine striking object lessons
which could not fail to convince the
most simple mind that the tariff is a tax
which robS the agriculturist and wage
worker and benefits only the manu-
facturer. The size of his meetings in
creased and the enthusiasm grew daily.
The Republican managers became
alarmed. They hurried Mckinley into
this part Of the state and put him on
Campbell's track. But the major did
not draw the crowds as Campbell had
done. He had nothing new to offer the
farmers.
Does Not Benefit Farmers.
The farmers were convinced that,
however good thing the protective tar
if might be for the manufacturer, it
was nothing less than an evil for them.
They were MOI, however, at first dis
posed to vote for Campbell. 1t required
an immense amount of courage to vote
for Democrat. The Peoples party
suited them better, and for a time it
looked as if John SeitZ would get many
votes in the Western Reserve. But that
prospect has faded into nothingness.
Now the Republican bosses are trou-
bled to know where the votes of these
erstwhile disconnected and diSaffected
electors will go. Chairman Hahn saws
they will go to Maj. Mckinley. Ex-
Congressman Grosvenor says they will
probably be cast for the prohibition can
didate. Other prognosticators have
other theories, but the Demo-
Gratis have information which au-
thorizes them to say that they
will be given to Campbell. There is
good reason for the assertion that the
bulk Of the votes which belonged three
weeks ago to the candidate of the Peo-
pies party for governor will be thrown
to Campbell. This is true not only of
She Western Reserve, but of entire
state. The conclusion has been reached
that votes cast for SeitZ in the effort to
defeat Mckinley are practically wasted,
Gov. Campbell is the only candidate for
governor that can defeat Mckinley.
Members of the Peoples party will vote
for Campbell and for their own party
candidates for the legis lature. That is
the drift of sentiment at this time. If
it is carried into effect the ten counties
lying northeast of line drawn from
Cleveland to the mouth of Yellow creek
on the Ohio river will not give COM
bined majority for Mckinley exceeding
10000. With such result in the West
ern Reserve, Campbell will be elected
beyond question.