The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-07-30
PUBLICAN ROW IN OHIO
raker Sulking and 0minous
Divisions in tho Ranks Of
the Party.
Avelaud Now Stronger Than Ho
Ever Was In the Buckeye
State.
y Bittsrneaa and Desperation OF ths
Foraker FollowiuE shown BY At
fairs In Northern Ohio.

COLUMBUS, O.. July 28.-Ths latest ana
Bat inglorioua defeat Of ex-Gov. Forak-
1 hopes, the death Of the water works
hsms st Cincinnati, was such = complete
story for his enemies that they are en-
ged In wondering whether he has a. last
ccumbed. The scheme was fatheSed BY
maker and Val voted upon last Wsdnss-
), with tho result that II was defeated By
3 large majority Of 1850, which IL An
usual figure for even Cincinnati.
This cannot but assist the democrats to
Rure ont Z decrease that mny get below
% low water mark and give tho state to
/. Cleveland, for no n here 10 80 rash
to assume that Mr.. Foraker will engage
the campaign or permit hts followers TO
soin any other than a perfunctory way.
it'll his orato,y limited to q few engage
snts. His dislike Of Mr.. Harrison n
| who supported him in Ohio 10 90 pro-
ounced that he has made no attempt 70
3nosal IL, and his numerous defeats By bis
aemies in his v party have cooled his
rdor az a partisan.
The democrats will organize next weak In
bis city for a campaign that Is not to DO
ought as being already lost. but az worth
lying to win. with the chances favorable to
~uccess. Mr.. Hasrison's extreme unpopu-
hRity and the Foraker disafeotion. with
hs uncertain vote Of the peoples party and
he prohibitionists, are destined to work
nexpeoted changes in tho election figures.
there will not be the slightest trouble
mong tho democrats in organizing and
koing something definite at once, and
(n this they will be In pleasant contrast
With the republicans, who have 90 far
allied to begin. Intellectual attempts are
10 fire. uuent as to give the proceedings the
character of o perennial joke. This week
Judge George X. Nash, u former chairman,
was taken into the counsels, but the CON-
|nittee again adjourned without enlighten-
ng an anxious public, and on next Tuesday
there will DO = meeting Of the full
Executive committee.
The rooms are open. but no work ia be-
ing done, and none will be until August.
In the meantime tho numerous applicants
Tor the limited number of clerkshlps will
vegetate in their temporary resting places.
Again, there is q umo that Gov. McKin-
ley intends to retire from the field after
one term, and that ex-ConRressman Henry
L. Morey, of Gov. Campbel's district, 10 in
training for the governorship. This rumor
has become a trifle stale, but it would not
surp Use Ohio people if the governor should
decide that in n term he has had enough
and criticism to last the average
a lifetime. Gov. Mckinley has not
hardly recognized the recommendations of
the various factions which wanted to got
their men into place. He has seemingly
! referred to exercise a little business iudg-
and he has several times gone out of
the beaten path to find some moro or loss
man in the ranks.
The democratic committee rooms have
been open all winter and since the McKin-
ley-Campbell R~ubernatorial fight. and the
party ia in excellent trim, with a splendid
and tho forces united. There
are no factions az in the republican party.
for none of the candidates On tho demo-
cratic ticket were extensively identified In
Campbell in Cincinnati. and they
are, therefore. strong candidates upon
whom all democrats can unite.
1t ia confidently believed that Nj. Cleye.
land was never so strong in Ohio AZ to-day,
and that he will get = largo independent
vote and profit by the apathy in the repub-
lican pa,ay.
The bitterness and desperation Of the
Foraker element in the republican party in
Ohio is shown in a striking way by a
that has just come to light In Cleve-
land.
The part taken by Congressman Vincent
A.. Taylor, the curiosity who represents tho
district in the senatorial contest.
when he championed Foraksr's cause with
to secure a denomination, and he months
ago amused tho public by announcing that
for business reasons he would not consent
to stand for reelection, although the dis
trict in which he has been placed BY tho
gerrymander 10 1900 republican. He and
his friends determined, however. to prevent
the patronage Of the distriot from falling
into the hands Of the Sherman men, ana
plotted accordingly.
The Twentieth district comprises the
counties of Medina and Lake. the townships
of CuyahoRa, and that part Of Cleveland
west of the Cuyahoga river. Capt. j. @.
Burrows, Of Painesvills, and M. g. Norton.
of Cleveland. wsre.lsading candidates. Both
are Sherman men. and Burrows unsuocess-
fully combatted Taylor two yeas ago. The
Taylor ooterie backed Millionaire White, Of
chewing gum fame, and no has gone Into
the fold with . vim and shrewdnsss that
has dismayed his opponents.
Now it transpilea that the scheme 10 TO
nominate White IL possible. and then to
Congressman Tom L. Johnson. the
present democratic representative. resides,
TO The enemy. This would give the
Taylor gang all the patronage Of three coup.
ties and that of this city. The plan il
made easier Of accomplishment, In event Of
Whites nomination. by tho great popular
ity of johnson and the general disgust With
Harrison's appointments here, which.
with but one exception. are IS rank a. they
we'll could be. Tbs Twsntv-frst district 10
1900 republican. but Johnson ran that
much ahead Of his ticket two years
ago, and II the Taylor gang joins handa
with him he can undoubtedly do so again
with great ease.
The discovery Of the scheme has alarmed
the sherman men and greatly increased the
bitter fractional feeling in that end OF the
state.
Specimen Cases.