Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-11-01
OYER IN Ohio.
The Political Outlook in the Buckeye
State Reviewed.
SOME OF THE POINTS AT ISSUE.
Factors That Are at Work Ior and Against Bott
Sida-fhs Legislature Closely Contested.
The Peoples Party Canvass in
the Country.
spscias 7slsqrom to the sunday Reo,st.-.

The Peoples Party Canvass in
the Country.
Special Telegram to the Sunday Reo,ster.
COLUMBUS, O., October 3l.-The nearer
the day OF election comes the more intense
becomes the feeling among the party lead
ers, and the result becomes more in doubt.
OF one thing, however, there is an absolute
certainty, and that is that nothing but the
final canvass-which will not be completed
before November 10-will show how the
general assembly will stand on joint ballot.
And, while Major McKinley's success or
defeat partakes largely of national char
acter, the loss of United States Senator
would be serious blow to the Republican
party.
After a careful canvass of the State the
chairman of both the Democratic and Re-
publican committees and other party lead
ers confess that Hamilton county will de-
eide the legislative majority. There are
four legislative tickets to be voted for
tbere-Republican, Democratic, Peoples
and Veterans; though the trades fedora
tion and peoples tickets are amalgamated.
The hostility against Gov. Campbell
heretofore noticed as existing in Hamilton
county does not extend to the legislative
that ex-Gov. Foraker will control that
county's delegation against Senator Sher-
man, which is expected to cause the lat
ter's friends to scratch enthusiastic For
aker candidates.
Two events have occurred in the last few
days that cause the Democratic leaders no
little trouble. One was the refusal of the
Hon. M. f. Ingals, although at home 10
Cincinnati at the time, to register. AS Mr..
Ingalls, has always been regarded as moss
back Democrat and is President of the
Chesapeake & Ohio and Cleveland, Gin
cinnati, Chicago & st. Louis railroad cor
porations it is feared his defections may
be followed by many Of his Democratic as
Sociates.
The other event was the visit to Cleve-
land just before registration day last week
of Senator Quay, ex-chairman of the Ma
tional Repblican Committee. Until yester-
day the Democratic State Committee felt
greatly encouraged, but grave suspicion
arises that Quay meant business.
In this connection are quoted the words
of Major Alfred E. Lee, who was private
secretary to President Hayes and many
years editor of the Ohio State Journal. He
says: Ibid 1t ever occur to you that Ohio
was fast being reduced to province! That
she is being dominated by foreign influence
and foreign capital! John Il. Mclean,
who owns the Cincinnati Enquirer, lives In
Washington and New York and seldom
comes to Ohio. Murat Halstead, who edits
the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, lives in
Brooklyn and never comes to Ohio. John
d. Rockefeller and the Standard Oil
| princes live in New York, and yet they own
and control hundreds of the public men OF
Ohio. And now comes Quay. Of Pennsyl
vania, into Ohio on tho eve Of merely
| local election. II means, in my opinion,
an attempt of these foreign people to re-
duce this State to the level Of Pennsylya-
nia-Quay-ize it. Every Democrat knows
that the Enquirer has given Governor
Campbell only half-hearted support, and
the Commercial Gazette only supports Nc
kinley because he stands for corporate
Notwithstanding the disastrou, defeat
which followed the enactment OF the Nc
KinleY bill--the loss of two United States
senator's and control of the lowor branch
of Congress lit was mistake for .he Re-
publicans to put Mai. Mckinley forward
as their leader this year.
And as it was well known that the one
national leader Of the Democratic party,
eX-President Grover Cleveland, had pro-
nounced his views on the silver question,
it was mistake for the Democrats OF
Chic to incorporate in their platform an
not only Mr.. Cleveland but all his Demo
cratic admirers east OF Pennsylvania.
So it happens that very many otherwise
positive Republicans are lukewarm in
support of Maj. Mckinley, and many old
time Democrats, believing in Grover Cleve-
land, are giving Gov. Campbell scarcely a
recognition.
John Seitz, Peoples candidate for Gov
ernor says his party has made school dis
trict and house to house canvass Of the
country: and that they have every legal
voter placed, and have checked the names
Of such as have lost their residence by re-
moval from one polling place to another.
His opinion is that the country vote will be
nearly all cast, to which Col. Neal, Chair
man Of the Democratic State Committee
agrees. But Chairman Hahn, OF the Re-
publican Committee, says the country vote
will fall of 20 per cent, but that the urban
yete will be greater than ever.
There is another element entering into
this election of which the speakers and
newspapers have made little or no mention.
That is the Alliance idea Of all power being
inherent in the people; Of electing United
States Senators by the people and OF elect
ing Presidential Electors by congressional
districts. This is the Michigan idea"
and the latter clause is now statute. The
Peoples legislative candidates have been
all along hammering away at this elector
proposition, and the Democratic orators
have given it their approval. But the Re-
publican candidates and papers are dumb
as oysters. Early in the campaign COM
mittee of the Peoples party asked Major
Mckinley whether he favored eiecting
Senators by the people and Presidential
Electors by congressional districts, and he
took time to reply. He has never replied.
Governor Campbell promptly gave his as
sent TO both propositions. II. seems 10 De
generally understood that Gov. Campbell
and John Seitz arc working in harmony.
Whatever the success the Democrats
NAV meet with In the country-and Gov
Campbell claims he will 20 into Hamilton
county with majority the condition still
coafronts him that his party Is divided II
not actually demoralized in Cincinnati. The
opposition to him is known as the Reemelin
faction, but more than one ex-officeholcer
under Grover Cleveland is bitterly opposed
to him. A former Grover Cleveland bank
examiner said it would be extremely dan
gerous TO allow Campbell TO be elected !:
that his ambition knows no bounds. and
with Ohio behind him as Governor be
would break into the national convention
and create havoc For these reasons he
and his friends don't care 70 see Campbell
succeed.
The Murderer still ut Large.