Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-28
BUCKEYE STATE Politics.
Republicans Preparing to or-n the Cs.,
psign-wiii Campbell Run Tor Ge,eresrs
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Republicans Preparing to or-u the Casa
psisn-wtit Csmpbeia Run Tor tso.erpsrs
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Tho Ohio Legislature h. bcen In session for
three weeks. working along very quietly moth
ing more sensational arising than the NINETY
ninc-yesr street railway Franchise ian. one
OF the principal promoters Of Which y Mara
A. Hanna o, Cleveland. prominent repuhlcns
and ciose friend Of Gov. Mckinley. Ihi. b1l
Was introduced last winter near the elose Of the
session. snd bat for the early and almost sbrup,
adjournment would probably have caused she
scandal
On account Of their intimate Friendship
Hanna slmos; invariably called At the eaecu-
tive Office when he came 90 town Prom there
he would so direct o. the legislative halls and
labor In the interest OF his franchise bin.
Frequently he would meet some Of he l.si.-
tor friends there and Il Was no, long before 10
began TO be reported that the governor
interested In the MEASURE aud vas max
ing his Office the headquarters of the lobby
That was working here IN behalf Of the fran
chise ball
ms the sovsrnos indignantly denied. and
the rumor seemed TO rest entirely upou cir
cumstsntial evidence the newspaper deemed
Is unwlse TO use II. SO the matter rested al
the summer and fall. hut with the opening %
the present session 81 the legislature the sub
lect has been opened up again.
One OF the republican senators John d
Abbott Of McC onnollsNillc. has stated In an In
terview that he Was sskod bv the governor -
vote for the bill IL nov looks A. though the
democrats would he able 90 proye enough
against the governor 10 defeat HIM n he should
be nominated for governor by he Esrty again
The senator belongs 20 the sherman faction
and AZ cannot he said 10 he a FORAKER sch.ns
70 make Mckinley an impossible candidate Tor
the governorship this wear.
From Cincinnati comes a cry against the
proposition % nominate Mckinley for a second
I term. that Is no doubt being listened 60 o. the
party with some interest. IL l. 60 the Elect
that TO nominate him would be Ia invIt. the
whole force OF the democratic part, m the na-
ton 10 come In and help 60 defeat him IL
would give national character 90 the contest
and under the circumstances there would 10
little doubt a. TO what the result would be
In spite OF this, however. it L. quite evident
mat the governor - preparing t. be = cAudi-
GATE Tor second term. IL he wants it he can
get II, and % l. the general opinion that ne want.
At The center of the opposition o. hun l. at
CINCINNATI, and plans are GU foot nov bv the
governors friends there 20 down TIA. feeling
against him m that cltv. EN-NAvor Amor
Smith came 20 town this week and made Ar
Engagements Tor grand reception o. the gov
I ernor at the Lincoln Club house On the .venluf
/ OF February B. While prominent citizens IN
general wall be invited the reception viii be %
political character. the directors and ofic.r.
OF all the republican clubs in the city. the gov
ernor's staf and the Hamilton county dclegsuon
IN the legislature being invited 10 attend
An authorized announcement from the 800
rotary OF the State Republican League A. 90 the
coming banquet Of the league IN celebration Of
Lincolns birthday. declares that u will he
I practically the opening OF the campaign %
1888. This IL not lKelv 10 be kindly received
by the sherman Republicans. for the league 10
strongly Foraker in lts composition. and they
VIII not like the idea OF letting the Foraker m.u
sound the KEYNOTE Of the campaign.
IN ooNGREssxAs oUrHwArrEs DISTRICT.
The news from Washington that Congress-
man Cultivate is likely 20 be in the cabinet
has again caused commotion among the demo-
Gratis here. so long Mr.. outhwAi cares -
hold the office lac can do 20. lie has been
elected 10 his fifth term now. and the strength
that his popularity gives him II incressed BY
the contentious of those who would like Go sue
coed him. Should he resign and 90 into
the cabinet il would precipitate such squabbls
among the dozen or moro prominent demo-
Gratis who have been fot some time open aspi-
rants for congressional honors has not becn
seen here recently. The list % those who prob
ably would he candidates for Congress ~ Mr..
Cultivate should resign recently printed
IN 1HE STAR, but several candidates
have entered since then repetition would nos
be out OF place. They the following Dewiu
G. Jones. Charles q. Satin. J. &. l.. Pugn
Thos. Z. Powell, W. J. Clarke. John J. Lentz.
| Gilbert IL. Barger ~ this CITY and John a.
Reeves and Dan Dsnehy O: Lancaster.
Jones was postmaster here under Mr.. Cleve-
lands former administration, Pugh has relest-
edly contested the nomination uu-uccessfully
with Cultivate. Powell was democratic candi-
date for governor against Foraker the second
time the latter for tina, Office and the others
| are lawyers practicing here and At Lancaster.
There has been some talk about eK Gov.
Campbell being candidate for tins vacancy,
but that is undoubtedly only idle talk. Mr..
Campbell never claimed this az his home and
even while living here rs governor he voted st
Hamilton, and since removing % New York TO
live temporarily be has repeatedly said that he
retained his residence at Hamilton before.
ocv. cANPRELLs FUTURE.
A press dispatch stating that a cabinet
position had been rendered 70 Mr. CampbeI
and that he had declined IL because his plans
were to remain out OF polite. until he could
I recoup his fortune. try for the Ohio governor
ship and get in line for the democratic presi-
Dental nomination in 1886 has caused consider
able discussion among politicians here. They
wonder whether he intends 20 be = candidate
against Gov. Mckinley this year OF two wears
hence. IL he should be a candidate this year
and be successful he would retire from the
gubernatorial Office just before the time % the
I assembling OF the NATIONAL convention IN lrb-
He would have lame that would come from
defeating so strong and 30 prominent n man .
Gov. Mckinley. This is presuming that Mckin-
ley viii be nominated by has party. That 10
| the general opinion here.
II the democrats can ever curry this state
they can do u this year. At least II Is far
more likely that they will do so this year than
two years hence. II Mr.. Campbell wants to
gain any national reputation by being elected
governor Of Ohio this is his opportunity. This
A. ~.
in this state as il is not likely 90 he soon again,
and he will have in all probability n toensn