St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-05-18

Thomas C. Platt to Cincinnati this
week, and his interview with ex-Gov
Foraker, were seen in this mornings S
Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette, whose
double-leaded editorial, saying the anti
Harrison men had united on Sherman,
and that Ohio must support the latter,
has set Buckeyedum wild and
made the air very Shermanlsh.
That paper is FOraker's organ, and it
shows that the ex-governor has gone
into the alliance with Quay, Platt, Alger
and Malone to down Harrison. By
Sherman's election Foraker can step
into his six years senatorial shoes from
March 4, reunte the party in this state
and be the chief dispenser of executive
patronage. Delegates In eighteen dis
tricts have already been chosen for the
Minneapolis convention, and these, with
the senatorial delegates and those to be
elected in the three others, will stand:
Sherman men, 2s: Forakerites, Is. and
by the ex-governor's forces joining with
Sherman's friends the state will solidly
20 for the senator for president. They
could not
Unite on McEInleT
because George B. Cox. the Cincinnati
boss, says he would in no event go for
Mckinley. As the case now stands in
Ohio. Foraker'S supporters are getting
no state patronage under Mckinley,
have been tabooed by Harrison, and i'll
case of his reelection would still be out
in the cold. By Sherman's election to
the presidency Foraker goes to the
United States senate, the Buckeye
breach in the party is healed, and For
aker's friends come in for all equal di-
vide of the national patronage. Harri-
son has not a hearty friend i'll the Ohio
delegation, who are distlLctively known
as Sherman or Foraker men. Columbus
today has been babel over the
new Foraker movement of booming
Sherman, and it takes like wildfre as
the best solution for the party nation
ally, and for bridging over all state diff
ferences. When New York, Pennsyl-
vania and other states vote for Sherman,
Ohio's vote will be changed by Foraker
to the senator, who is then expected to
carry the convention by storm. The
hotels and streets tonight are full of Re-
publicans talking of the Foraker-Sher-
man coup d'etat, and the coming defeat
of Harrison, for whom no one seems to
mourn. Ever since Foraker began his
fight for the senate the Republican
organs of the state, foreseeing the dis
aster sure to overtake the party if it
were split into
Shermanites and FOrakerites
for all time to come, have been urging
the factions to "get together" This
proposed plan of ''getting together is
universally considered the very best
that could have been suggested. The
Cleveland convention was not the love |
feast that it appeared on the surface.
Foraker went to Cleveland knowing he |
was beaten, but determined to make !
bluff with his strength and get all he |
could. He did get much more than he |
expected, and prevented solid Sher |
man delegation from going to Minneap- |
oils. This characteristic obstina- |
cy of the ex-governor has !
been source of great annoy !
ance to the other leaders of his party, |
for, as Sherman holds the federal pa
trOnage of the state in his hands, For /
aker cannot with confidence expect to !
regain the prestige he had before his |
defeat by Campbell, except by the aid |
of Sherman and his friends. In all this !
talk of Sherman-Foraker combine, |
though, there is one man who must not |
be forgotten. Charles Foster is his |
name. He is now secretary of the treas |
ury, and was selected for that place as |
much for his ability as political Or
ganiZer as because he was so well fitted |
for its duties. Mr.. Foster is more than !
likely to step in and upset the Sherman
Foraker ehurn and spoil the batch of !
butter before it is made.
Sherman's Hands Tied.
Sherman's reelection to the senate