Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-09-24
CAMPAIGN In OHIO.
DEMOCRATS OPENING AND RePueLI-
CANS PREPARING TO CLOSE.
r.uoc,a,ic ORGANIZATION Gtrongor Than II
Vns Two Yoars Ago-A Prn-Piciure
~ Chairman Ncnl.
rsper,al 70 the New York worlj.I

Especial 70 the New York Worii.|
C,rryrus. O., September 2i.-Ths Do
mocret,c political campaign is fairly un
der way this week. II YVES formally open
cd with Governor Campbelrs speoch n
sidney last Thursday. and Congressman
Mills followed that up with his address n
Mansfield Saturday night. hut tao rca
programme OF the campaign began to
night.
Mr. Mills spoke TO great meeting n
Delaware. t+cnty-iyc miles from hero. anl
tomorrow night he will address meeting
here. ut which Governor Campbell vii
preside. Other meetings. expected 70 b
great, will lie held nightly thereafter in va
rioGs parts Of the STATE.
Tho Cincinnati caperci'. for the Re-
ruh.can Committee, announces that
its cn,npaiyn has closed" IN One haif OF
No counties of the S.nto. and tim. MAJOR
| Mckinley and John Sherman have divided
fhn remaining half mp between them. aad
IRE closing the campaign - them at tht
rate Of q dozen counties week.
AuxiQrr REPUBLICAN cI,owSo.
The Ohio Republican idea Of " closing u
n carnralgn IL something new and unique
n ,oliiics. IT SCENE that tne H"uuusican
| state Committee has hung ND on TIE WAS
81 its rooms IA lig mau % Ohio. with nli the
lar,e cit .cs nnI towns cOnsplcuouS'y
shown. Whenever apcaker j. assigned
~ nuy town Il tag bearing his name ana
the aate o. his meeting is suck n q nm
uvou the nap Just over that town. "a
/ fast ne tho aealcurren;s are SLED tho - -
arc removed. al wtcn al tho towns in n
county have been covered the committee
cros,cs ont TIC whole county with big
rcd-pcacl marks and the canvass Is
closed in that county.
II lacks vet month and hall of elec-
ton. aud over one half of the cightv-ciGht
counties on the Republican committce's
! iic man ot Ohio have been ob,i'erated BY
| the q, ally red pencil. be camn1lgn IN
them . "closcdn ani Mckinney IS elected
| so ar ~ they az concerned. II is thought
| that tho experience gained thus far will
enable the committee 10 facilitate the
camuai.n somewhat IN the balance Of the
| State. and that the rcd pencil VII hnve
| done IL perfect work. The canvass IN tho
whole state has heon cloSed Gnl Mckinley
| elected Governor at least n week or ten
| davs before November 18th.
l. L. believed. however, that the Rcpub-
! licln Sta'a Committee will permit Gov
eruor Campbell 70 complete his regular
term In Office before installing Governor
Mckinley in the State house. At 'c0et,
there has been no int'mation got tnat tue
hot-house forcing system. which seems 10
he 50 successful in the mater Of election,
will be applied 10 the business OF innugu-
ration.
Whie tho Republican Committee has
been FceplpE trace Of is tags ani wlcld-
ing the rcd pencil. the Democratic Com
10 '.o,, lie, pe l,of 7
quarters opposite the State. house here. IN
the second floor Of din.y building. tho
tenancy Of which IL shares with rniscol-
laneour lot Of business and professional
men. Tie headquarters consist o. long.
narrow rear room, containing several
clerks and n pleasing assortment u female
typewrlters. . small front room with q
table, some chairs and brunette secrs-
tarY- girl. and little bit of centre room
containing Chairman Neal, the executive
head. front, rear, and both sides OF tho
Democratic campaign.
APEx-rIcTURE or CHAIRMAN NEAL.
Sir. Neal has gray-b,ue eyes, a brown
moustacLe. a clear complexion, an athletic
figure, cool gray suit of clothes.
and voice mellow as the run
ming brook. but ripping over the
ports Of speech much faster thnn
anv brook eyer dashed over the
stones. He docs not give the impression
OF great yigor or strength until stirred up
a little. then he is ali stool. polished and
cleaning. from hls sparkling eyes 70 his
paicnt-leathcr shoes
There is an impression In the East"
said some one 20 Chairman Neal to-day.
that tho Democrats nre not making much
Of a campaign in Ohio"
The CEairmans eyes flashed. what
has the Fast 10 DO with IL Z" he sad.
"f.ot the East run its Own campaigns and
we will run ours Ohio has been a Repub-
lien state. and suppose it l. yet. and If
the East would do ~ well with its Demo-
cratic States o. we do with our Republican
ono there would be fewer Democratic de-
feats"
as II the Democratic policy In the State
to run waiting campaign" persisted the
Chairman's visitor.
DEMOCRATS MAKING STILL rUST.
~"No." replied Mr.. Neal. I'VE have not
been running waiting campaign. neither
have We been running q circus campaign.
But the democratic organization IN the
State IL stronger now than IL was two
years ago. 10 has never been stronger.
We have been a, work In every county
and we have pat in our work where 1t will
tell. We haven't advertised each move In
the newspapers before we made It, because
Wa don't think that's the test way 10 run
"A campaign. but time will show what has
been done and how we'll it has been done"
reference was made to the sensational
campaign which Mckinley he's been run
ming oh. yes" said Chairman Neal.
that's their way OF dong it. Two years
ago they tore up the whole State just %
they're doing now. They had held
meetings in every town and village weeks
before we sent out speakers at all. They
had the election ali won three weeks be.
fore any votes were cast, but what DID it
oil amount to when tho returns came ia
II viii be the Same this year. We are
that we did then. There are no sunset,
eaiiy-twillght fireworks about 1t. but 1t
gets there.
And then" he adiod. with his eyes
sparkling. did you ever see a man out on
the road alone with a trotter that he thinks
can trot the shoes of all creation? You
know he just sails along with his head IN
the air, thinking what great horse he
has. But presently fellow with horse
that really can trot comes along. aud the
first thing the man with his head in the
air knows he isn't in IT, Now, Major
Mckinley has been having the road alone
for awhile. He's kicked up heap Of dust
and had heap Of fun oil bv himself It
looks "a though there couldn't anything
pass him. But there's another team hitch
ed up. aid inside of two weeks the people
will have chance TO see what real live
trott;ns is."
WAIT TILL THE VOTE COMES ~.
But ell this speaking must have great
deal OF effect on the voters" suggested
the visitor. anxious to keep up the sparkle
In the Charman's eyes.
1t has ts effect, of course. II sets peo-
pie thinking. and that's just what we want.
Tho more the people think about the
Mckinley bill and tariff reform the bigger
the Democratic vote will be. Mckinley
and his circus campaign have been like
plow in the field of public opinion. q regu
lar old sub-soil piOw that siirs things up
clear down 10 the bottom. He is going all
over the state turning up his burrows in tho
public mind. He is getting the soil into
frst-cass condition for the real old
Democratic seed we are going TO SOW in IL.
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