Evening star., 1895-10-25
.BETTINGON MAJORITY
Even That Republicans Will Garry
Ohio by 10000.
FRACTIONAL BITTERNESS DISAPPEARING
PopuIists Will Poll Larger
Vote.
Larger
SOCIALIST-LABOR PARTY

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
COLUMBUS, Ohio. October D. 1895.
On the whole, the conditions of tine state
campaign seem to be turning in small
degree in favor Of the republicans. They
are putting more energy into the campaign
as the election draws near, and the factional
troubles seem to be disappearing as the
democrats, headed by Ex-Governor Camp
bell, wage severe war upon the party. On
the other hand, the democratic party's tIou-
bles seem to be on the increase. The anti
Brice faction of the party is evidently MAX
ing itself felt. 1t is reported that the Sena-
tor has indicated a disposition to cut off
his contributions to the state campaign
unless the state committee will compel Allen
w. Thurman and his colleagues to stop the
fight against him and for free coinage until
after the campaign Is over The democratic
state committee denies this, but there is evil
IDENTIFY scarcity of funds in the committee
The democratic candidate for representative
in Perry county has made several visits here
to see the state committee and secure a con-
tribution to the fund for his election. So
far, he says, he has been unsuccessful, and
on his last visit he said that if he was not
aided by the state committee he would with
draw from the ticket. He had accepted the
nomination with the understanding that he
would be furnished with sufficient funds
to make hot fight.
Perry county is one of the close counties
of the state. 1t must be that the committee
is short of money when it fails to put it in
that place.
1t is said that the populists are being aided
by the republican state committee for the
reason that the populists draw strength
largely from the democratic party. A big
populist vote will mean a small democratic
vote. The democrats are undoubtedly work
iynkr
party.
POpulists Increasing.
Persons who have Travelled in the farm
ing districts of this state in the last two
months say the populist vote is going to be
larger this year than it was last. The
farmers do not seem to have felt the re-
turn Of better times yet. The prices
of crops are still low, and the yield
this year is by no means great as it was
last year. The wheat crop, for instance is
over 24O0O,0OO bushels short Of last years
crop. The populist strereth has always
been large among the farmers of the state,
and is for that reason not likely to be
greatly reduced this year because of the
revival of industries.
In the cities the popullst party will PROB
ably lose some votes by reason of the fact
that a great many who were idle last year
are now employed and have become recon-
ciled to their old party.
But this year new party appears upon
the Australian ballot. 1t is the socialist
labor party. Its ticket was nominated by
state convention and placed upon the
ballot by petition signed by nearly 5000
persons, all voters. The ticket is. there
fore, certain to get that many votes at
least. From the signatures to the petition
it seems that the new party is strongest in
the mining districts and in the city of
Cleveland. In the latter place the members
Of orfHr r,yif, oil siovc
and Bohemians. The party will probably
draw the greater part of its voting
strength from the democratic party.
The publication of extracts from the
Forthcoming book of Senator Sherman at
this time is calculated to do the republi-
cans harm, for it is sure to stir up again
the old Sherman-Foraker fsctional fight.
which by the efforts Of both Foraker and
Mckinley have been kept down SO far in
this campaign. 1t is to the interest Of both
to have it so.
No Pictures of Sherman.
In this connection the significant fact
should be noted that in the great republican
demonstration here last Saturday night the
parade was lined with pictures of Foraker
and Bushnell, and quotations from their
speeches, while but single picture of Gov.
Mckinley was to be seen, and none at all of
Senator Sherman. Nor was he referred to
in any way. If the slight was Intentional,
it shows bad feeling in the party; If it
Was unintentonal. it indicates that the
Sherman men are not taking an active
part in the campaign.
The recent political sensation-the publi-
cation of letters of the republican candi-
date for the legislature in Darke county
indicating that he agreed to vote for Mr..
Brice for United States Senator in consider
alton of Sl,500-was no great surprise to
those who know Mr.. Heoffer best. He was
looked upon with a great deal of suspicion
by his republican colleagues when import
ant party matters were up in the last legis-
lature. of which he was member. 1t looks
now as though Chairman Kurtz of the re-
publican state committee made a mistake in
Undertaking to defend Heoffer, and to prove
that the letters We're forgeries and that he
was innocently entrapped by agents Of
Senator Brice.
The betting is now about even as to
whether the republican majority will reach
30 600 or not, rather complimentary to the
democrats considering that the republicans
carried the state last year by over $4,000.