Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-12
OPENING OHIO'S CAMPAIGN.
Governor Mckinley Speaks at Akron
Today.
Efforts Of the Republicans to Make Il
capped In Raising Funds-Notes.

Ohio
| Preparations have been going on for
| weeks, and today Akron awakened in a
blaze Of glory and bunting, such as 1t has
| not seen since the Blaine pageant of 1884.
| He arrived at Ills, and was greeted with
| the governors salute of nineteen guns and
| a multitude of people
| After Inner he was escorted by a great
procession to Grace Park. The weather
| was magnificent and the scene at the park
! gorgeous with colors and decorations At
230 p. m. the ceremonies began. President
| Grouse called the meeting to order and
| made a short speech of congratulation. The
Columbus Glee Club then sang After Last
| FALL" a parody on AFTER the Ball." and
| which blamed financial depression on the
election Of Cleveland After prayer by Rev.
]. c. Kaufman Gov. Mckinley was pre-
| sented and spoke about the proposed dem
| ocratic assault on protection.
| Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
| COLUMBUS, Ohio Sept. II, 1893.
| Democrats here have been dissatisfied for
come time with the delay Of President Cleve-
land in making a number Of important
local appointments. They are long past
due and unless they are soon forthcoming
1t is likely to have a dscouraginx effect
upon the party in the state campaign. AS
a rule Ohio appointments that fell natu-
rally to the dctation of some democratic
Congressman have been promptly made.
| put lIoSS III "HCH oeudlOT bElCe has Hdo
the deciding voice, have generally hung
| fire for an indefinite period. There Is
little room for doubt that Mr.. Brice v now
trimming his sails to be presidential can
| didate in 1896. and wishes to make many
| friends and as few enemies in the mean
time as possible. Unlike most of Ohio can
ddates for the presidential nomination he
will try to have the solid delegation from
his state.
Raising Funds for the Campaign.
| There is not single democratic official in
the state house now and this fact suggests
a great advantage to the republicans in
the campaign. 1t offers a sure and ready
means of raising funds for meeting the ex
penses of an active political contest. The
state roster of officials and employees count
| ing all the state institutions and public
works. is an enormous list. 1t Is customary
| to exact from every member on the list
| sum equal to per cent Of his salary for
the year, and there is no trouble about its
collection. The official or employe is simply
| asked to sign an order directing the 1nan-
| cial officer from whom he draws his pay, to
| give the proper sum designated In the order
| to the campaign treasurer OF course he
can not be compelled to do this, but he
| derstands very well that If he does not
comply promptly his tenure of Office will
| not be worth much. Both parties have
done this for long time and there are no
| civil service rules to hinder. 1t means that
| the party in power will have plenty of the
| 'sinews of war; in the campaign
| From the state prison comes an objection
| to the size of the assessment, which the
| republicans have levied this year Guards
who have been there before complain that
the sums they are asked for are nearly
double what they were the last time but
Chairman Dick says that the levy is ex-
| actly the same. The hard times problem
| makes the payment of the same amount a
heavier burden thar usual.
Democrats Without Funds
| 1T is difficult to see where the democrats
| expect to get their money to carry on
| their campaign. AS stated above, there is
| not single democrat in the state Office
| now, and the federal Offices in Ohio are yet
mostly in the hands of the republicans The
| postmasters in the large cities have not
been disturbed, and the army of clerks and
| letters carriers In these will no doubt con-
| tribute financially to the defeat of the party
| that has nominal control Of the post offices
1t Is not likely that Senator Brice will con-
tribute an unusual sum this year. neither
| he or his close political friends have any
thing depending upon the results. Never
theless, Chairman Seward is opening opera
lions here on broad scale, and acts as If
| the wherewithal to carry on a big fight
| lay right in sight. He is not the man, more
over, to go into contest without care
| fully studying the case.
The republicans here, led by the state
officials. have arranged a big excursion to go
| from here to Akron tomorrow to partici-
| pate In the opening of the state campaign
| by Gov. Mckinley. The train that carries
| the party will be a sight to see A COM
| mittee on decorations Is at work covering
| it with republican designs and notices,
and attached to the rear coach will be a
| gondola car, carrying a cannon from which
| a squad Of artillerymen will continually
| fire salutes as the train proceeds. The
| train will leave here at 100 am and leave
Akron returning at $50 pm. the same
| day. Gov. Mckinley will accompany this
| party to Akron. and will go direct from
| there to Chicago to take part in the exer-
| cises Of "Ohio day" at the worlds fair.
keynote of the Campaign.
| Gov. Mckinley addressed several thou
| sand coal miners at Shawnee on Labor Day,
and probably sounded the key note of the
campaign. He said he believed in making
what we want for our right here at
home so as to provide work for our people,
even if it did cost us a little more. He touch
ed upon politics lightly, as 1t was not a polit-
| ical speech. but intimated that he thought
the present Industrial depression here due
to fear on the part of manufacturers that
protection might be overthrow. He felt
sure. however that it would not be.
| Notes.
| Chairman c. F. Dick of the republican
| state executive committee has received let
| tiers from Congressman J. C. Burrows of
| Michigan and ex-Speaker Thos. b. Reed in
| answer to invitations to them to take part
! In the Ohio campaign, accepting the invita-
| tons but intimatin. that they will not be
able TO come to this state until late in the
| campaign. NO dates have yet been fixed for
| them.
chairman Seward Of the democratic COM
| mittee says he has promises from number
| or prominent democrats from outside OF the
| state that they will make speeches in the
campaign, but give no names. The continu-
| aton OF the special session of Congress will
| probably prevent many Congressman from
| doing extensive campaign work
| The quarterly pension payment which was
| made from the local agency, developed the
| fact that payment had been suspended in
| many cases. pending reinvestigation of the
claims, ana the republican newspapers are
| using the stories OF pensioners some of
| which, 1t must be admitted are very pa
thetic as campaign material no doubt with
| considerable erect among the old soldiers
L. L. Neal, the democratic candidate for
| governor. seems to be actively at work
/ though his campaiCp Is fl..,,.aii.,,