Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-07-20
10 Tho Evcnins Star.

ISENr-A THIRD fARTf TICKET RELIEVED TO M
FAVORABLE To rHE REruBIIcaSs
Special nispa:ch 10 Tho Evening Sta
CoLrNRus. ONO. July 70 1t reminds me
Of the campaigns We used 10 have IN Ohio when
this was an October state. said an old Columbus
newspaper man 20 Tue SrsR correspondent last
evening referring 60 the enthusiasm and exci,e-
ment already manifest in political cirches in the
great Mckinley Campbell contest that is just be-
ginning There is ominous calm just nov
rs before an approaching storm. Chairman
Norton will call the new democratic central
committee together for organization and tho
selection Of an executive con mittce Ia con-
duct tho campaign next wcsk. it ~ under
stood that GOV. Campbell and his adviser aud
manager, Hon. James T.. Neal. are desirons u
beginning the campaign At once. Gov. Camp
bell is almost as impe;uous In disposition as ex-
Gov. Foraker. whose dashiig campaigns are
well remembered here. and viii lead q vigorous
fight lt will be his aim to put Major Mckinley
ON the defensive at the start and keep him
there IL possible. As a matter OF fact Gov.
Campbells weakest points his troubles With
his party-are not suitable for Use on the
stump against him. In all has controversy
with the democratic officials in Hamilton
commendation of the republican press Of the
state.
Gov. CAMPBELL AND rHE SILVER FLANK
From the utterances Of Gov Campbell in aa
interview last Saturday il is plain that he is not
in sympathy with the free coinage plank Of the
platform, and that that question and all others
raised in the platform viii be laid aside in tho
campaign TO give prominence 20 the tarif
question. Ii is also evident that he regrets the
insertion of the graded income tax plank. It
is perhaps well that he hsstens 90 express him
self SO. AZ there are great many wealthy dem-
ocrat who will be careful TO vote against that
question and TO cast their ballots tins fall 40
that they cannot possibly he considered an In
dorsement of that plank.
THE RErUBIIcaS CAMPAIGN.
Both Mckinley and his campaign manager
are out of the state ON their summer vacations.
but Secretary Matthews Of the executive COM
mittee is here getting matters in shape for the
opening of the state executive committee rooms.
Chairman Holm has. however. continued his
state organization and the committee viii be
able TO begin active, telling work on the first
day.
The democrats are in need Of an active and
| able secretary of their state executive commit
tee. John l.. Geyer. who .csupied that posi-
ton last year, las been nominated for state
senator and all his time will necessarily DO
taken up in his canvass.
THEY COME AROUND To c.NrRrii-
The Enquirtv, Eu,,aing Pos' of this city and
the Eue,.ing Bee Of Toledo the democra ic pa
pers that opposed Gov. Campbelrs nomination.
have all come gracefully to his support and
announce that they will give their undivided
efforts TO the support of the ticket.
Gen. John Beatty, the republican leader who
bolted Foraker two years ago. says he regards
| Campbelrs chances as very good unless the
| farmers and peoples party ut their meeting at
| Springfield next month should put a state
| ticket in the field. With a peoples ticket IN
| the field the general is Of the opinion that q
| great many who are dissatisfied with the tarih
and will refuse to vote for Mckinley will go 20
s.f IN.
| Campbell as they would if there no third
party in the field. With a third party in the
held, he said, he regarded Mchniey's election
Us assured.
JUDGE THURMAN FAILING FAST.
| Judge Allen W. Thurman is failing fast.
Failure to take exercise is causing him TO lose
| his physical strength. His studious nature has
always INITIATED against his health. Since he
left public life he has practieally shut himself
| in his library. He still retains his habit of
daily routine acquired during bis residence at
Washington. He reads nearly all the night and
| does not rise until noon. His participation IN
| the last presidential campaign doubtless added
days to his life, because II compelled him TO
| take physical exercise that nothing else would
| have succeeded in making him take. Mrs
| Thurman has been ill for several weeks and 10
yet confined TO her bed. She urges HIM con-
| stantly to take some kind of physical exercise
and succeeds in a degree. Since she has been
| unable to look after him he has taken little
4 more exercise than could be secured IN walk
ing from his library TO the living and dining
rooms. Mr.. Thurman still retains the hearty
! appetite that his robust health and massive
| frame suggested when he was In the prime Oe
life.
REVIEW OF THE SITUATION.
While il is too early to venture TO predict the
result Of the Ohio election exactly as TO en-
ploye figures, q review Of the situation is not
| Al N =.
publican state, with a majority in presidential
| years of about 25,000. Then Mr.. Campbell
| will lose some votes in Hamilton county-prob-
ably 5000. The silver plank in the platform =
| likely to do him some damage. as also Is the in
] come tax plank. This will leave Mckinley ma
1 jority to begin with of about IS, 900. With q
| third party candidate in the field to which the
malcontents in each party may go, these facts
seem to favor the republican candidate. There
are many other complications in the campaign
with more or less influence in many directions,
such as the new Australian ballot law, the U.
S. senatorial election, the Farmers Alliance,
&c, which can be but partially understood II
this time.
CUTTING UP THE CLEVELAND PLATFORM.
4 Since the democratic platform adopted
! there has been a discussion OF it's features by
I the republican lenders with a view 10 assigning
different parts of it 10 different campaigners &c
faave control of their discussion. senator Sher-
MAN, because of his experience In national
finances. has been assigned the free coinage
plank. Secretary Foster will answer its ar
raignment of the ''billion dollar Congress.
.yn-Liov. Foraker will assail Campbelfs state
administration. while Maj. Mckinley will him-
8. Sf direct the tariff fight.
IL has been decided 10 open the speech max
ing. of the republican state campaign about
Au ynst 20. Mai, Mckinley desires TO open IL at
Go, = CaDpbells home, Hamilton, but his old
frie ads and neighbors at Niles, where he 'was
born. have demanded that he make his first
spec, in there. He has not yet decided which
place gill be favored.