The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-01-06
Ohio Senatorial Contest

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 5.-The night be-
fore the great senatorial battle finds the
inevitable still staring the Foraker forces
omniously in the face. To them all the in
dlcations of the political situation point to
defeat, but they have made gallant battle
and the struggle has established beyond
contradiction one significant fact that
Foraker is the mistaken idol of the young
Republicans of Ohio The declarations to-
day OF Dunn and Dougherty for Sherman
add two more to the Senator's majority
and his friends now claim he has So votes
while they give Foraker but "a OF course
the Foraker people do not concede these
claims. 1t is generally believed this even
ing Foraker's managers are basing their
hopes upon secret ballot. They
think should the ballot be secret many
of those members who are confessedly
for Foraker, but have gone to Sherman in
obedience to the will of their constituents,
might break away. The Sherman people
are loud in their demands for an open bal
lot by roll call and maintain that every
thing should be fair and public. 1t looks
tonight as though the open ballot idea
would prevail.
The state trades and labor assembly met
day, and as was anticipated, attempted
to solve the senatorial question. The presi-
dent, in his opening address, recommended
the assembly not to interfere in the mat
ter, but despite this a resolution was this
| afternoon introduced denouncing Sher-
mans senatorial record. 1t was defeated
after considerable wrangling, but it is I'M
derstoood the Foraker Len will revive the
| controversy tomorrow.
The greatest senatorial contest the
Republicans OF this state have ever
known is practically at an end.
Every political indication points to
the nomination of John Sherman to-mor-
row by majority of ten or twelve votes
over Foraker. although, this of course, is
not conceded by the friends of the latter.
Foraker's friends still declare he has a
chance to win, but the Sherman people
consider their victory as already assured.
| The press OF Ohio this morning generally
considers the contest at an end. The bitter
ness OF the Foraker people toward the
| national administration is in tense and WIS.
Appeliar, Of Mansfield, one of ex Governor
F'oraker'S leading managers, today said
whether Sherman shall be nominated or
not, beyond this time he is a political
blank in Ohio politics for the reason he
pc ltlcal aspect-state or national, and
while the outrageous interference of the
| federal administration, so conspicuous to
all, is admitted, 1t must be admitted if the
Harrison administration hopes to succeed
itself and carry Ohio, it will climb a
| barbed wire fence if necessary to be
friendly with Foraker and his fol-
lowers in this state. The Senatorial
contest will leave sore places in every
| county, township and school district and
| II Mckinley, the incoming governor can
| comprehend and realize the situation, and
be able TO heal up the wound, he will have
performed very creditable feat But
there are those who believe If Sherman is
nominated for the Senate it necessitates
the nomination of Blaine as President to
swing Ohio into the Republican column. "
This statement by Cappellar is being re-
ceived as an admission by the Foraker peo-
pie OF purpose to array themselves
against President Harrison, and carry the
state delegation in the national convention
for Blaine, or, in the absence of his can d.
dacy, for Senator Cnllom, of Illinois, or
some other declared candidate for the pres
idency.
| For the first time in the contest the Sher-
man people to- day gave names and figures.
Chairman Hahn, of the state central COM
mittee, says: fisherman Will have Sc votes,
beyond all question-15 of these will be
senators and Al represen tatives. If vote
were taken now that would be my esti-
mate OF the result. However, it NAV be
| increased
Representative Dunn, who has been
claimed by the Foraker people, this morn
ing unquallhedly declared for Sherman.