St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-01-02
SHERMAN AND FORAKER.

An exceedingly spirited political bat
tie is that now being waged in Ohio be-
tween the respective forces of Senator
SHERMAN and Fire Alarm FORAKER. So
far the contest has been remarkable for
its equality. There have been ''off days.
for each contestant, as there have been
days when fortune appeared to smile
rather more refulgently upon one than
the other. In the tactics employed by
each, however. there is vast differ
ence. FORAKER'S campaign has been
conducted on the fire alarm basis, with
loud gong making the welkin ring up
and down the quiet streets of Columbus.
SHERMAN, on the other hand, has pur-
sued the policy of still hunt. He is an
older campaigner than the erratic FORA
KER, and, upon the principle that
SStill waters run Deep" the strategy of
SHERMAN is likely to win success. At
least, such is the tenor of dispatches
from the front published this morning.
The caucus will be held next Thurs
day. Up to the time of that meeting,
of course, both antagonists will claim
everything.
There are number of laughabIe feat
ures connected with this vivacious
scramble in Ohio. The most prominent
is the mutual recrimination concerning
the employment, by each, of influential
officeholders, state and federal. For
AkER bitterly asserts that OfficehOIderS
under government have been sent from
washington by the administration to
reinforce the SHERMAN cohorts. Against
the advent of such influential fighters
FORAKER enters a most vigorous pro-
test. One of his political clansmen goes
| so far as to say that President HARRI-
| SON cannot carry the state of Ohio if he
is nominated next spring." In reply to
| the accusations of FORAKER, SHERMAN
| declares that all the former officeholders
under FORAKER, and all the heirs
eXpectant of future political requests i'll
the shape of pap, are tooth and toenail
Tor the pyrotecbnic statesman: In this
respect the willy SHERMAN can dis
| cover no difference in political methods,
| and, it may be added in Democratic
key, neither can the public.
The absurdity of these charges and
counter charges lies in the fact that
each contestant bewails a condition in
| state politics that each indorses heartily
when it can be used in national cleo
| lions and against the Democratic party.
the records of both SHERMAN and For
AKER prove conclusively their firm be-
lief in administrative influence in cleo
tions-wheDever that influence is col
ored by Republican partisanship. From
| the time of the Louisiana returning
board down to the present what Re.
| publican voice has ever been raised
| against SHERMAN for using his influence
| nsecuring federal assistance for Repub-
| lican partisan ends Has FORAKER ever
denounced such methods? When has
the latter ever uttered an eloquent pro-
test against federal interference, except
in this last desperate struggle where
his own personal fortunes are at stake?
The sonorous apologist for Blocks-of-
Five DUDLEY emits a wall only in his
| fight for political existence, and when
favorite weapons are turned against
him. But the picture is not saddening;
| it is simply ridiculous-a striking idea
| for the cartoonist. If the Ohio legis-
lature returns Senator SHERMAN, the
state will continue to be represented by
the brainiest Republican within her
borders. Should FORAKER win the
race, another long stride will have been
| taken toward Republican degeneracy,