The sun., 1891-06-19
Ohio.

Inc HrpublicanS or OHIO hold on Wedne6-
day the most enthusiastic and most largely
attended Convention assembled by any party
In that State for many years. They put In
nomination for the offlce OF Governor a
popular representative OF the great and
growing manufacturing interests OF Ohio.
which vic with those Of Pennsylvania
to-day, and for the Office Of Lieutenant Gov
ernor. q Republican member Of tho Farm
ets' Alliance. The State ticket, thus evenly
balanced, has, In political sense, other adj
vaBtages. Both candidates have been SOL
diers, q potent consideration in State
wnere the traditions OF Republicanism
during the war period arc still ardent
and intense. MCKINLEY comes from Stark
county In the northeast; HARRIS from
Preble county In the southwest. Neither
candidate was chosen from Cincinnati
or Columbia. the two cities where
DIRECTIONS exist In Democratic lines,
which the choice OF q resident Republi-
can might heal. Geographically, therefore.
the ticket is an ideal construction; iudivid-
ually, MCKINLEY is two thousand votes
stronger than his party in Ohio; so too. is
HARRIS. Their associates for the other State
Offices are well chosen; the platform upon
which they stand is crisp. clear. and concise
The whole Of 1t could be printed upon o
postal card.
But OF far more importance than any OF
these things was the manifestation Of re-
stored harmony in effort and purpose dis
played at the, Convention between the
friends Of the Buckeye Big Four. SHERMAN,
FORAKER, and MCKINLEY were there to
boom the Convention, while FOSTER, tho only
ohrnu L., <ok khc
effect that his hand was close to the throttle
OF Federal patronage. From the mouth Of
An Ohio man this means much.
Ohio has always been a fortunate State
for the Republicans. Since the days Of
ABRAHAM LINCOLN. q kentuckan by birth,
every Republican Presidential candidate
elected, or installed, has been q native
OF the State Of Ohio. The list includes
GRANT for two terms GARFIELD. HAR-
RIsoN, and the Fraudulent HAYES. In
CHASE and SHERMAN Ohio has given to the
service Of tho Republicans two able cham
pions Of the monetary interests; and it
has furnished the party with some
Of Its most adrolt political leaders.
Ohio luck has been no small element OF Re-
publican success In the past; and how nat
ural to them good management Is, was
shown In Columbus on Wednesday. when
the warning chie!tains got together In q
fashion which BODIES no good to the Democ-
Iacy. whose leaders were, at last accounts,
engaged In the deplorable political pastime OF
testing tomahawks on each others heads.
The Columbus Convention determined to
adopt as Its emblem. and to have printed at
the head Of every Republican ballot to be
cast for MCKINLEY, an American eagle,
patriotic suggestion which was agreed to
with great heartiness and enthusiasm. Ohio
does not vote until November, electing its
Governor on the same day as New York.
There is Republican Big Four here. too,
temporarily estranged and disoordant. but
inclined OF late to get together with DEPEw
PLAT. MILLER, and H1soocK In the front
row Of the gallery, and TRACY, BLISS,
and BE1DEN not far behind. Such a com.
binstion. which the action Of the Ohio Re-
publicans will tend to promote. would mean
nothing less than heavy battle for suprem-
acy against the Democrats Of New York; and
accordingly they have more than passing
interest in the proceedings at Columbus
waited to this Democratic town. as they
were, on the wings OF the cold wave, arrlv-
ing when least expected. and when no pro-
vision had yet been made against it.
It is q melancholy observation, but there
appear to be no flies on the Republican
eagle in Ohio,