New-York tribune., 1895-10-28
OHIO'S POLITICAL POT.
- IS BOILING WITH ALL ITS wONTED
VIGOR

pprsrpENCY. THE GovERNoRsHIP AND
SEAT IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE
HARMONY on BOTH SIDES.
fx,ox A STAFF CORRESPONDENT OF THE rRrpuNE]
columbus Oct 27-Many agencies have con-
tributed to lift Ohio to position OF commanding
influence in American politics-none more effect
lively, perhaps, than the well-grounded persist
ency Of its political leaders ia fighting their bat
ties great small. on issues Of broadly National
interest and National Importance. Certainly no
state in the Union has succeeded In imparting to
IT'S everyday politics marked and unmstak-
able a National flavor. Since the early seventies
Ohio has been. IN fact the favorite battle ground
on which, under brilliant and representative lead
ership the two great political parties have chosen
to test the strength OF rival National policies.
This choice was at once natural and necessary
under the now abandoned system of dual cleo
,ions one for State officers in October and one
for Congressman and Presidential electors in
November. which thrust upon Ohio Jointly with
Indiana. the singular responsibility Of practically
passing month in advance or all the momentous
issues. personal and political involved in each
succeeding Presidential canvass The October
election has long since been abolished Yet
through the operations Of this peculiar system.
the habit OF authoritative leadership had become
sion and activity so widened. that no campaign Of
any sort has been conducted in Ohio for years
past any other plane than that OF broadly
National party politics. Nor can IT he surprising
in State where for twenty years such leaders
Sherman. Hayes. Garfield. Foster. Foraker and
Mckinley on the one side and Allen. Thurman,
Pendleton Campbell and Brice on the other. have
contended for local supremacy, that practically
every campaign. however unimportant in its be-
ginnings. has ended by uncovering not only issues
OF far-reachng Importance. but personal ambi-
tions and resentments whose satisfac.o ION disap-
pointment has had an immediate and vital in
fuence on National political life.
COMPLICATED CANVASS.
The campaign of 1895. now drawing to It's
close accords completely with this general
characterization Of Ohio politics. II anything,
the personal and political interests at stake in
the approaching election more than usual
ly National in scope. and than usual
y far-reaching in Importance. Three separate
campaigns are really merged in one. The most
immediate and obvious contest between the
Republican and Democratic organizations Is
that Of course for the possession Of the State
government. recaptured from the Democracy
In 1891 by Major Mckinley. and retained by
bm through two successive administrations
(Sneral Asa Bushnell has been chosen by the
Republicans to succeed Major Mckinley, and
James E. Campbell. the Majors predecessor in
Office is once leading the Democratic
forces in effort to regain the Governors
chair.
Behind each candidacy for the Governorshp
is candidacy for the Presidency. One, that
OF Major Mckinley, is open and avowed, the
other that of Mr. Campbell himself. is ten
tatve and experimental. Major McKiney's
canvass for the Republican Presidential nomi-
nation. conducted for two years past without
concealment, received unanimous indorse-
ment at the GAINESVILLE convention, and a de-
cisive victory In the State this fall on plat
form unequivocally approving his candidacy is
naturally looked forward to by Major McKin-
ley's friends TO give his Presidential campaign
an additional impetus In every other part of
the Union. Mr.. Campbell's Presidential aspira-
tions less open and far less definite. are even
more directly dependent upon the result Of the
approaching election. and he has doubtless
been induced to Lead apparently forlorn
hone foI the Governorship by the vague be-
lief tha. an unexpected victory this fall Will
put him in the direct line Of Presidential sue
cession should Mr.. Cleveland determine TO
forego his own third term ambitions and
throw the mantle of Democratic leadership
upon the shoulders OF some convenient resd-
uary legatee
Jointly with these TWO pdrdIel campaigns lOl
the Governorship and the Presidency and some
what beneath their surface. third contest.
equally important and determined, IS being
carried on--that for the possession Of the seat
IN the United States Senate which is to become
vacant on March T. 1897. Ex-Governor Joseph
r Foraker was nominated for the Senatorship
nv the convention at GAINESVILLE. which pledged
the States support to Governor McKinleys
Presidential candidacy. and his election VIII De
unopposed II the next Legislature Is Repuph-
can Calvin s. Brice. the present Senator, is
making a desperate struggle to retain MS seat
in the upper house" at Washington, and with
Il the peculiar authority and influence which
he now exercises in Democratic National poll
tics The duel between these two venturesome
and resourceful politicians is naturally an abb
sorhine one: for the winner, In either case. is
assured not only of a six years term In the
Senate. but OF practically undisputed leader
sb,n during that time in his own party organi-
zation in this State. SO many varied interests
and ambitions have rarely centred on the result
OF A single State election, and the magnitude
OF the stakes involved. as well as the intensity
OF public expectation aroused. VIII make the
camnai9n of 1895 long memorable even in Ohios
turbulent and eventful political history
HARMONY ON BOTH SIDES.
Fortunately the personal interests and ambi-
tions involved have been harmonized this year
in both parties TO a degree altogether uhusuai
in Ohio politics. For the first time IN years 'he
leaders Of both political organizations nave
mutual advantages TO gain through a decisive
party victory and are vying with each o'hei
in zeal for party success. This unity ana cor
A,autv or feeling on both sides are strikingly
ernhas,zed by contrast with the divisions ana
fac,,onal bitterness which marked the cam
paien for the Governorship four years ago
Then. as now, a Presidential election was ap-
proacbing and seat in the United States SEN