St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-01-06
The Alarm-Gong Politicians
Friends Charge Coercion
By His Enemies.
Great Bitterness Developed
in Ohio Against President
Harrison.

established beyond contradiction one
significant fact-that j. B. Foraker is
the mistaken idol of the young Repub-
licanS of Ohio.
His magnetic qualities of leadership
have bound to him loyal following
whose enthusiasm knows no test, and,
despite the strenuous efforts that are
being made by Sherman to break his
ranks and create stampede to the VEN
cradle leader. his followers find pride
i'll remaining steadfaSt to their leader
and going down with him to glorious de-
feat.
The declarations today of Represent
atlves Dunn and Daughertv for Sher-
man add two more to the senator's ma
jority, and his friends are now claiming
that he will have fifty-eight votes, while
they give Foraker but thirty four, the
remaining two being doubtful.
No Surrender.
OF course the Foraker people do not
cOncede these claims. They maintain
that Sherman has not now positive as
surances from more than forty-fye
votes. and that the ex-governor has still
a good fighting chance. 1t is generally
believed this evening that the Foraker
managers are basing their hopes upon a
secret ballot. They think that should
the ballot be secret, many of those
members who are confeSSedly for Fora
ker, but have gone over to Sherman in
obedience to the will of their constitu-
ents, might break away from their
pledges and vote for the ex-governor,
thus possibly effecting his nomination.
The Sherman people are loud in their
demands for an open ballot by roll call,
and maintain that everything should be
fair and public. To this argument the
Foraker people reply that the Sherman
forces found no objection to a secret
ballot in the SpeakerShip caucus Satur-
day, and in support of the argument for
a secret ballot cite the fact that all the
ballot reform laws strictly provide that
the private voters ballot shall be secret,
and maintain that what is good for the
public at large is good for senatorial
caucus.
Coercion Charged.
Their chief argument for secret bal
lot, however, is based upon their claim
that many members are being coerced
into voting for Sherman, and that they
should have an opportunity to secretly
vote their preference. To all this the
Sherman managers reply that the COM
pariSOn drawn is misleading: that the
private voter represents himself aloue,
while the asseEblyman represents his
constituents; that the Foraker men who
have come over to Sherman have ac-
knowledged that they did so in obedi-
ence to the will of their constituents.
and these constituents have right to
know that their representative is car
rying out their will. This public knowl-
edge, they maintain, can ouly be given
through she medium OF all open ballot.
1t looks tonight as though the open
ballot idea would prevail, as the Sher-
man people apparently have votes
enough to carry it through the caucus,
even though the Foraker people should
make fight for secrecy.
The state trades and labor assembly
met in this city today, and, as was an
ticipated, attempted to solve the SEN
atoral question. The president. in his
opening address. recommended that the
assembly do not Interfere in the matter,
but despite this a resolution was this
afternoon introduced denouncing Mr.
Sherman's senatorial record. 1t was
defeated after considerable wrangling,
but it is understood the Foraker men
will revive the controversy tomorrow.
Bitter Toward Harrison.
toward the national administration Is
intense. and Hon. w. S. Cappellar, of
Mansfield, one of the ex-governor's
leading managers, and man whose
prominence ip past state conventions
gives weight to his words. today says
whether Mr.. Sherman be nominated
or not, beyond that time he is political
blank in Ohio politics for the reason
that he Will have no future upon the
political carpet, state or national. and
while the outrageous interference of
the federal administration, so conSpicu-
Gus to all, is admitted, 1t must also be
admitted that if the Harrison admins
tration hopes to succead itself and to
carry Ohio, it will climb barbed wire
fence, if necessary, to be friendly with
Foraker and his following in this state.
The senatorial contest will leave sore
places in tevery county, township and
school district, and if Mr.. Mckinley,
the incoming governor, can comprehend
and realize the situation and be able to
heal up the wound and bridge the
chasm, he will have performed a very
creditable feat. But there are those who
believe that If Sherman is nominated
for the senate 1t necesSitates the nOmi-
nation of Mr.. Blaine as president tC
swing Ohio into the Republican col.
umn."
This statement of Mr.. Cappellar is be-
ing received as an admission that the
Foraker people purpose to array them.
selves against President Harrison and
carry the state delegation to the national
convention for Mr.. Blaine, or in the alb.
sence of his candidacy, for Senator Gull
ION, OF Illinois, or some other declared
candidate for the presidency.
Giving Names.
For the first time in the contest the
Sherman people today gave names and
figures. Chairman Hahn, of the state
central committee, says: ''Mr. Sher-
man will have Sc votes, beyond all CUES.
ton. Fifteen of these will be senators
and Al representatives. If the vote was
taken now that would be my estimate
of the result. However, it may be in
creased"
"Who are the senators?" was asked OF
him. "Here they are: f. G. Carpenter,
jeremiah Carpenter, Philips, Abbott,
Rawlings, Bath, Iden. Nichols, Snyder,
Eckley, Oil, Lampson. Spencer. Hide
brand and Green. l do not feel at lib
erty to give the representatives now.
My estimate will hold good, however,
and l have no hesitation in saying that
Representatives Clapp and Mccoy will
vote for Mr.. Sherman.
Representative Dunn. of Morgan, who
has been claimed by the Foraker 9eo-
pie, this morning unqualifiedIy declared
for Sherman. when was nominated,
promised in my speech accepting the
nomination, that l would honestly and
faithfully try to represent the will and
wishes of my constituents. Personally,
my inclination was toward Gov. For.
aker, and the immediate neighborhood
in which / reside is favorable to his
election. After my election 1 received
many letters and petitions and had
many personal interviews with many Of
my cohstituehts. Taking the evidence
all together up to this time, the. pre-
ponderance is largely in favor of Sher-