The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-11-25
THE SENATORSHIP.
JOSEPH BENSON FORAKER.
BY @. L. COUCH.


reason TO rejoice over the result Of the re
cent election in this state. The officia
count having been completed announces ,
plurality of 21,51l for Major Mckinley
tile Republican candidate for governor
Also the election Of 93 members of tn,
next general assembly; both branches will
haye Republican majority, which In
sures the election Of a Republican United
States senator, fol all OF which the Repub
licans Of Ohio have reason to give thank
and rejoice. The next question to be set
tied. and one that is attracting great pub
4ic attention is who will be the next Unit
ed States senator from OhioS Will John
Sherman succeed himself, or will another
be selected in his stead?
In order that the people who depend al
most wholly upon the Cleveland Leader
for their information In regard to this
matter may have an opportunity OF hear
ing what other papers haye 10 say on the
the subject. this column will largely con-
tain clippings from other papers through
out Ohio. The Leader having been
touched" in Mr. rSherman's interests, pub
fishes nothing either editorially or from
other papers, only that which is most fav-
orsble to Mr.. Sherman, and would have
It's readers of northern Ohio believe that
the Republicans are unit in favor of the
reelection of Mr., Sherman, and no other
candidate STOOD any show whatever. Such,
however, is not the case, for he has u
most formidable competitor in the person
OF one Joseph B. Foraker,
That Mr.. Sherman has the solid sup
polt Of bankers, capitalists and monopo-
lists goes without saying, while large
majority OF the Republicans of Ohio are
asking for the election of that grand
young Republican leader, Joseph Benson
Fnrsker
The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, the
leading Republican paper OF Ohio, back
ed by the solid legislative delegation of
Hamilton county, the largest county of the
state. Is enthusiastically IN favor Of the
election Of J. B. Foraker. In Cuyahoga
county, the next largest county of the
state, Notwithstanding the claims OF the
Leader, the delegation will be divided.
In Lucas county the leading paper. the
Toledo Blade. Is doing all Il can for the
election OF Mr. Foraker and helwill have
the support Of nearly all the members
elected from that county and the entire
ngthwestern members elected 10 the next |
general assembly with possibly one or
two exceptions favor the election Of Foras
kef In Clark county, the next largest Re:
yabiican county In the state, both senator
sad representative have pronounced
themselves for Foraker |
Thus It will be seen that If left 10 the |
larse Republican counties in the state Mr.
Sherman would not be In IL. Foraker's
strength is not confined 10 the large coun-
ties alone. According TO the best obtain
able information. he has more positive
strength among the members of the next
general assembly than Mr.. Sherman. As
an instance Of the methods employed by |
the Sherman managers to boom their can
didate we cite the following In Satur-
days Commercial Gazette the Columbus !
correspondent says in large headlines,
Sherman men are claiming nearly all they
see who are not boldly and openly for
Foraker and figure out fourteen over
caucus majority, leaving the ex-governor
only twentysix votes. The Gazette Sc
cures an "inside" Sherman list In which
known Foraker men are counted for
Sherman, and others rated doubtful who
are not doubtful at all. Then follows the
Iisi of the members for each candidate
and those classed as doubtiul--all from a
Sherman standpoint. Sundays Leader
has The following head lines, "Sherman's
Stlrngth-The Great Flnancier sure OF
Majority in the Republican Caucus List
Printed by Cincinnati Paper that Sup.
ports Foraker for the Senatorship." Thus
Intending to convey the impression that
the Commercial Gazette admitted Of
Sherman's reelection. The following ap.
peared the next day in the Commercial
Ca cite, which the Leader failed to print: