Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-31
The Congressional Elections as Fore
Swallowed in Columbus.
CULTIVATE And JOHNSON IN DANGER
Republicans Claim Fourteen Dis
tricts and Hope for More
THE WAY 1T is FIG U RED
Correspondence of The Evening Star.

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entire force of the A. p. A. organization
here seems to be arrayed against him, and
If this is true nothing can save him from
defeat. OF course Mr.. Cultivate is not
Catholic, but 1t is charged by the A P. a.
that eight of the dozen federal appoint
ments made in Fairfield county upon his
recommendation have gone to Catholics,
and that his recommendation of F. NJ. Seu-
ter to be postmaster of Columbus was
made at the request of Bishop Waiter
son, who is friendly to Mr.. Seuter, be-
cause he patronizes the parochial instead
of the public schools. Several weeks ago
the A. T. A. addressed letter to Mr..
Cultivate asking him to express himself
upon the a. p. A. movement. 1t seems
that he did not reply to it at all. These
facts have turned the organization pretty
solidly against him, 1t would seem from
the way the members openly speak of the
matter
Another trouble for Mr.. Cultivate has
broken out in the southern part of his
district-Fairfield county-where one OF the
democratic organs-the Lancaster Demo-
crat-has come out squarely against him,
and advises that the good of the party lies
in the defeat of Mr.. Cultivate. MIR. Outh-
waite has come out in card regarding
the matter in which he states that the
to purchase an interest in the paper for
5000. and the attack upon him Is made
in consequence Of his refusal to be black-
mailed into purchasing the newspaper prop
erty at figure far above it's actual value
AS to what influence the action of the DEM
ocrat will have upon the democracy or
Fairfield county, democrats here are not
agreed. In figuring out 'Outhwaite's cleo
ton they had counted upon about 100 DEM
ocratic plurality in Fairfield. 1t is gem
orally conceded that it will be a very mar
row plurality that Franklin county VIII
give Mr. Outhwaite If, indeed 1t Is not
carried by the republicans. With the pros
pect of no democratic plurality in Fairfield
county, the hope of electing Mr.. Cultivate
seems to be without anything substantial
to be pinned to.
A Doubt Removed.
decision made by Secretary of State S
NJ. Taylor, who is also eX-ofticio state SUI
pervisor of elections, last week, has re-
moved the last doubt about the result of the
election in the eighteenth congressional dis
trict-Gov. McKinley's home-composed OF
Stark Columbiana and Mahoning counties.
Dr. j. A. Hole OF Columbiana county was
candidate for the republican nomination
for Congress there, but was defeated by
Robert w. Taylor. Ever since he has
cherished the notion that his defeat was
rot accomplis he'd by fair means His friends
urged him to become an Independent cam
Cidate. The democrats cultivated this, and
two weeks $50 put petitions in circulation
asking that mis- name be put on the Aus
traiiln ballot as a candidate. The danger
to the republicans was apparent, for Tay-
lor's vote would be reduced by just the
number of votes that Hole would get, and
If the populiSt vote among the miners
should prove a big detraction from the re-
publican strength, as is feared by some
it might leave the district in doubt. The
petitions, as required by law, were pre-
scented to the state supervisor but were re-
.11 t., 49, I,<
titions did not contain the notary's GER
tifcate, as required by law, and these be-
ing rejected. the number of petitioners was
reduced slightly below the number requr
ed by the statute. In making the ruling
Secretary Taylor made Il peculiar blunder
He first decided the case against Hole on
,hc ground that his name was not used
in the Petitions and there was nothing to
show what name was to be placed on the
ticket. This was in spite of the fact that
the anne of DR.. Hole was printed in the
petitions in large type. When his atten-
ton was called to 1T, Secretary Taylor held
to his decision, but changed the basis of it
to the grounds stated above. The district
is sure to elect Taylor, republican, by a
large plurality.
Where the Results Are Certain.
Except in a few districts, the result of the
congressional elections in Ohio can be pre-
dicted now with great certainty. The demo-
Gratis cannot carry more districts than the
present gerrymander of the districts was
intended to give them-six; they may lose
one or two of these. The republicans are
at work, apparently with hope of success,
In at least two of these districts.
In the first district the republicans will
elect Charles p. Taft. This is beyond
reasonable doubt. Gov. Mckinley carried
the district last fall by $500, and, even in
the republican Waterloo Of 1892, Bellamy
Storer carried the district by 1225 The
second district Is pQuallV tn elect cOh
H. Cromwell, the republican candidate. 1t
gave republican plurality last year of
5,2S1, and the year before of 2166. The
third district will no doubt return Paul j.
Sorg, democrat. Though the district was
carried by Mckinley last fall by 563 votes,
Sorg was elected last spring to succeed Con-
gresham Houk by twice that many votes,
and two years ago Houk had a plurality In
the district of 4.3l6. Though the republi-
cans claiming the fourth district and
working as though they really believed
there was a good chance to elect their cam
didate, the recent election results do not
justify 1t. Two years ago Congressman
Layton had a plurality of 1874, and even
last fall 1t gave plurality against Mckin-
ley of 1850. Congressman Layton is the
candidate of his party for reelection there,
and 1t looks as though it will be impossible
to defeat him.
The chances for carrying the fifth district
are overwhelmingly with the democrats.
Their candidate, John j. Shook, is n popu-
lar young man and has the united support
of his party. The same cannot be said of
his opponent, F. b. Dewitt. The district
gave Dennis ID. Donovan 4,GO4 democratic
plurality two years ago, and under the re-
publican tidal wave of last year this was
only reduced to ], 1D.
The sixth district is reliably republican
and will return George w. Hulick to Con-
gress The seventh district gave George
W. Wilson a republican plurality of 1,S2G
two years ago, and Mckinley plurality of
4,72S last year. The eighth is one of the
strongest republican districts In the state
CESS plurality last year--and there Is no
doubt about the return of Congressman l..
NJ Strong.
The ninth district will undoubtedly send
a republican to succeed Congressman
Richie, whose slender plurality of IA votes
in 1892 was swallowed up last year in a
plurality of 1861 for Mckinley in that
district The tenth district, republican two
years ago by 1851, will elect l.. j. F'enton,
republican and the eleventh district, 1851
for Grosv anor i'm 1892, is equally sure to
send him back this year. The twelfth dis
trict. democratic by reliable plurality for
a long time is likely to elect ID. X. Watson,
republican, for reasons stated above. The
republicans are making some claims upon
the thirteenth district but they do not seem
70 he well founded. CONGRESSMAN Hare