St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-29
Fun IN OHIO.

Ohio is one OF the few states that will
ali to relieve the general political dull
ness of this year. 1t never has dull
elections in any year, but there is rising
a very pretty complication among the
Republicans, that may involve the
most conspicuous leaders. 1t may be
recalled that, while the senatorial fight
in Illinois was on, Senator SHERMAN
was interviewed; and, among other
opinions put forth, he favored the cleo
ton OF senators by the method adopted
by the Democrats in Illinois. He was
looking toward the farmers at the time,
and it seemed to him quite the thing
that the senator should be brought
nearer to the people. He elaborated
the idea forcibly, and deprecated the
fact that the matter mad gotten SO much
out of the popular range. 1t per-
haps did not occur to him that
his personal and party organs would not
understand that he was talking to the
Alliance people and not to the Repub]l-
can management. AS he neglected to
wink at his friends, they fell in with
his expressed views and commenced to
advocate the adoption of the plan by
the Republicans of Ohio. The leading
party papers at Cincinnati, Columbus,
Cleveland and other points, as partlSanS
of SHERMAN, committed themselves
fully to the measure. The legislature
to be elected this year has senator to
choose in place of SHERMAN, and the
lntimation that he would be willing to
retire is not repeated. The combina-
ton is SHERMAN for senator, MCKIN-
LEY for governor and HARRISON for
president. BLAINE is personally obi
Gus to SHERMAN. and not favorite
with the McKinleyites. The disturber
let in by the SHERMAN blunder
is FORAKER. He would have the
senatorial question settled in the
state convention. The challenge,
as he CONSTITUTES it, is accepted. His
strong point is TO fire the young blood
elements and swing conventions. The
SHERMAN men see their blunder and
are trying to wiggle out of the thing.
Their agents are going about to turn
the current. Secretary FOSTER has
been back from Washington to help
Straighten out the matter. But it has
gotten out of the hands of the poll
ticians, and the FORAKER element is
enthusiastic in its favor. The state
committee was made up in the FORAKER
interest. and is likely to include the
question in the call for the state con
| ventlon. Should it not do so, it is as
serted that the issue will be made in
| the convention. If BLAINE should al
| low his name to be used by the For
| AKER people, there is no doubt that
the convention could be carried
by the ex-governor and HARRI-
son left out in the later deals.
1t is more than probable that the Demo
Gratis will relieve all difficulty in the
end by taking the senator, and will de-
feat MCKINLEY If he is nominated fol-
governor, but in the immediate view is
the promise of an entertaining medley
in the Republican performances. Judge
| THOMPSON, a leading SHERMAN ma IN
indicates the outlook in the statement
that if the FORAKER men induce the
committee to put the SenatorShip i'll the
call, there will be more superheated
politics to the square inch in Ohio fol-
| three months than there has been for
years past" This is pleasant for the
| Democrats. The situation shows that
the people like the idea Of having q
hand in the election Of the senator's
and the feeling is not sporadic or sec
| tiOnal.