The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-10-22
OHTO'S CONGRESS FIGHT.
REPUBLICANs NOT SURE OF THE
sUCCESs THEY EXPECTED.

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CLEVELAND, Oct. Q1.-Au interest in the Ohio
political campaign centres in the Congressional
canvass. When the Republicans last gerry
wandered this State they so formed the districts
as TO be certain Of fifteen out Of twenty-one Con-
gressmen The morning following election day
they learned to their discontinue that the
| Democrats had elected eleven congressman. As
the State was so badly gerrymandered that II
was out OF the question to try to improve on the
Job, the last Republican Legislature let district
making severely alone and paid Its respects TO
sundry Jobs that had more In them, from
| strictly financial standpoint.
Finding the districts as they were two years
ago. the Republicans have bent every energy to
carry their full quota at the coming election. IL
is not altogether certain in spite Of the sanguine
| feeling that pervades the party, that they will
| succeed. The trustworthy Democratic districts
are the Third, Fourth Fifth, Twelfth, Thr-
| tcenth, and Seventeenth. The Republicans have
| made loud boasts Of being able to carry the
| Third, Thirteenth. and Seventeenth at the COM
| ing election. On what they base their estimates
| is not apparent. The Democratic plurality in
each of these districts is very nearly overwhelm-
| ing, thanks to the skilful way in which they
| were gerrymandered by the Republicans, and II
would take more than landslide to overcome
1t. In the Seventeenth district the Democrats
are hampcrcd to some extent. j. A. Richards,
present member from the district, was renoini-
mated In the face Of great opposition, and since
.ne nomination open warfare has come As
Mr. Richards has about 5000 plurality to go on,
lie is reasonably hopeful that he will pull
through The Republican nominee, Capt. Nc
C1urc, has been tn Congress before, and Is popu-
lar with the boys. 1t Is not generally known
that ho Is In favor Of the free coinage of silver,
and tho Republicans have taken great care to
see that the fact has not become notorious. 1t
nus pcch "'' 'h"C Ihe committees III the uIs'Trct
o"aSo ao TO Keep Mcclure silent on the money
rho Tbr,eonth dis,ric, o,so o,oimod hv ,bo
pd,,,,, imsn.n n.s,r,c.' a.so onAl,heu oy .ne
nation that was declined Tho Hon dudley
Hare who renres.n,s the a,s,ric, n, nrsssnt
was candidate before tho Democratic conven.
ton for denomination. He did not get it, be-
of the Post oflces-the same thing that has
rss', ''o p,o'pI,es vi o.n'r ai'ioi,oaS ,on ,
sressh'eh' inc democrats nominated Col'
eI that hs desraS it "na one me term WINS
ton, and it went begging. Finally the SOUTH
ern end of the district placed tho Hon Ros,on
q. Young before the next Convention, and he
received the nomination. Mr. Young has been
He for hs
uublicans expect to defeat him is something
TINT has n9t |, been explained II; record Is good
ability.
While the Republcaps are making claims at
fcnt in two of their supposed sure districts,
These are the Ninth and the Twenty first. Each
render them Insecure from Republican stand
point, The Ninth district includes the city Of
election by II Democra. with only nine votes to
spare. This year the Republicans began early
their Convention NJ Toledo and Became inyoiwed
in quarrel. Before the. Conyention Adjourned
candidate. This bclicosc condition was due to
the fact that the Hon. G.. F.. Griffin OF the Ohio |
was turned down when it came to the nominn,
ton. 1t was not the first time, but the second
dienant In some way he was s' paci III ts on M
Wardly: inwardly he shoulders like yesuylps. |
Some years ago the city OF Toledo was a hotbed |
Of greenbacklsm. II has never recovered
evils touches somewhat mildlythe heartstrings |
Of the greenbackers. and 10 a man they are with |
country with more money II doesn't make any
particular difference whether gold or potatoes
eral assertions from the Repubcan ranks are
reported because the Democrats say they are for
enough "a defeat the Republican nominee
whether free silver ever comes or not
city OF Cleveland, the Hon. Tom /. Johnson a
Henry George single-tax man and an avowcd
publican OPPONENT il is the t3ird i me these
gentlemen have been pitted against each other.
Mr. Burton the Republican nominee defeated
Mr. johnson in 1919; Mr.. johnson returned the
IN sSG MIR johnson sr5 running
of the strongest protection districts in the
United States. Here in the home Of the wealthy
iron and coal dealers he breaches free trade and |
single tax until the wOrkingmen have come TO
believe that they have been pretty generally
humbugged I'm the past or that Mr. johnson is n |
tolerably clever man with his tongue lie has
such a frank open way OF expressing himself |
that some Republicans have been heard 10 re- |
mark that IL would be better TO vote for Tom
johnson wrong than 10 vote for Others right
This fall Mr.. johnson has conducted a very
novel campaign. As already noted In TnR SUS.
he has hired a circus tent and has moved IL