Los Angeles herald., 1892-01-02
GREEK MEETS GREEK.
A Mighty Tug of War at
Columbus, Ohio.
Sherman and Foraker Are the
Anchor Men.
Both Pulling Like Samsons for the
SenatOrship.
Long and Exciting Struggle, With
a nd
Long and Exciting Struggle, with
Honors About Even : Grand
fathers Hat and Baby Mckee
In the Fight.
Associated Press Dispatches.

wavering uncertainty of less than a
dozen men depends the solution of the
Ohio senatorial contest. The battle
which began Immediately after the No
vember election, has been unremitting-
ly waged ever since by the followers OF
Senator Sherman and Ex-Governor For
aker, until the opening of the new year
finds the lines so sharply drawn that
nine-tenths of the Republican legislators
have been compelled ~openlv to de-
clare their preferences. There will
be ninety-three Republicans in the
senatorial caucus, and Sherman and
Foraker each have forty-two or forty
three votes definitely pledged. OF the
eight or nine non-committai, each side
makes positive claims of the secret
pledges of fully.two-thirds OF them, but
the gentlemen themselves refuse to talk,
The candidates each seen equally con.
fident this evening. but neither will sub
NIT to an interview.
The Farmers Alliance has not proven
a very potent political faction in Ohio,
but strenuous attempts are being ex-
erted to secure the influence of the or
ganlzation against the reelection OF
Sherman. j. p. Mitchell, chairman OF
the legislative committee of the Frank
| lin county Alliance, stated this evening
! that he is here to oppose Senator Sher-
man. II expect the state committee of
the Alliance to be on hand on Monday
| to exert their influence in the same di-
rection," said he.
| Senator Sherman's friends assert that
the Farmers Alliance, as an organiza-
ton, is taking no formal action in the
| contest.
Representative Welsh of Knox county
maintains his peculiar position in the
contest. aud is hilariously endeavoring
to create Mckinley boom, greatly to
| the embarrassment of the governor
elect. He has announced positively
that he will never support Sherman
and asserts that the proper solution oi
the hequestion is the election OF Mckinley.
The Foraker people expect to receive
his support on the second ballot, should
the contest be prolonged to second
ballot.
The senatorial caucus will be held on
Wednesday next, but there is no doubt
| that the contest will be practically set
| tied long before that, and the caucus will
| be but mere formality.
1t ls generally conceded that Hon.
James f. Neal of Butler county, chair
man of the state committee, will receive
| the Democratic caucus nomination for
| senator.
| The contest took sensational turn
last night, when Ex-Governor Foraker
made a speech criticising the. interfer-
ence of the national administration and
declaring for James G. Blaine for the
presidency. A delegation OF several
hundred admirers called upon him ask
ing for speech. Foraker gracefully
responded to the invitation. After a
| few laughing remarks upon general
| topics, Foraker said: Somebody said
| about three months ago that he
would not scramble for reelection.
1t is my impression that he has changed
his mind, and at least that is indicated
by the presence in Columbus tonight,
] not only of all the representatives by
appointment, that hold Office within
| the borders OF our state. but all who
oa n be commanded from all the con-
fines of the United States. We have in
in this fight to contend, upon our side,
against everything from grandfather's
hat to Baby Mckee. [Cheers and
laughter But we shall win the fight"
After repeated statements that he
would win, Foraker spoke of Sherman,
paying him many compliments, saying
| he had made good senator, and add
ing:
II have no i'll will toward any Repub-
| lican because he favors Sherman instead
of myself. / have been favoring Sher-
man for the last thirty years. Twice
with words of earnest commentator |
have nominated him for the presidency.
never uttered one word / did not be-
lieve, and not one word would | retract
now. He has been, and is now, a great
man. His record is illustrious. He is
all that is implied by the word grand :
butif the Republicans of Ohio should
happen to think that he has
been there long enough. I am
not going to stand IN their way
of doing so. Nor do I think the result
will be accepted more graciously by any
one than Senator Sherman himself.
But should they decide is send him
back, shall accommodate myself to the
situation. No man is better Repub-
lican than myself and in the next bat
tie you will find me as heretofore,
shoulder to shoulder with you for the
standard bearer, who ever he may be,
helping all | can in the representation
of our principles and doing all in my
power to win success for our great party
and for the good and glory of the
United States" Tremendous APP
plause.l
Continuing, Foraker said 81 do not
know who the next standard bearer may
he. Our present president has given us
good administration, but If the people
of Ohio should take notion that James
G. Blaine should be nominee [great and
prolonged applausel we will try and ac-
cept that too. Ifhe should be named we
will triumphantly elect him [applause j
and when he shall have been elected
we shall have in the White House the
greatest OF all living Americans" Tire
mendous cheering.
| There was great excitement tonight
| when Representative Dix OF Cincinpati
Hamilton county personally called at
Sherman's headquarters and pledged