The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-01-24
M'KINLEY MUST TAKE THE AG-
GRESSIVE.

We have Just been shown a letter from
New York. written by leading Ohio Re-
publican, in which he says Mckinley has
no show IN New York State, as the Re-
publican machine there is against him,
and the machine is in obsolute control
of the party in the Empire State.
The Pittsburg Dispatch of Sunday
prints three significant articles on the
Presidential outlook-one from Wash
ington-one from Columbus, and dis
couragesome editorial. The Dispatch is
high protection organ of Independent
news proclivities, and its opinions are
probably bottomed on inside informa-
ton. The Dispatch editorial, comment
ing on letter from Columbus cores
pondent, says:
Foraker is putting himselfin training
to lay violent hands on the next United
States Senatorship, and Mckinley is bit
ting his thumb in doubt whether he may
need that place in his business. On the
other side of the fence Brice is getting
ready to pluck the rose of safety from
the nettle of danger, by preparing to
run a labor Democratic candidate for
Governor, to be owned by Brice and his
corporate interests in the background.
From this statement of the bare facts,
the imagination can furnish all the de-
tails of the Foraker and Mckinley knives
carefully whetted in secrecy, and the
lavish investments of BriCe in labor can
didates, the publishers of Democratic or
gans and solid and fluid material for the
festivities of the faithful. Present indi-
cations are that the trade of the profess
sional politician in Ohio will have a
boom for the next year, and that the
people will look on without caring who
wins, unless next spring or summer they
should conclude that they might as well
select their own representatives,
The above editorial in leading Re.
publican organ, with large circulation
and influence in Ohio, is bad omen for
Governor Mckinley. There is a positive
assertion that the party is not for Nc
Kinley in Ohio, but divided into two
rival factions, and there is also base
insinuation that Mckinley and Brice
represent only corporate interests and
machine politics, and that the people
are liable to dump both.
The Columbus correspondent of the
Dispatch claims there is an organized
movement, led by ex-Gov. Foraker, to
control the next State Convention,
name the nominee for Governor and
organize Jle DJdJb SenlTdl SOulInlIU6t
against Mckinley, which would mean a
divided delegation from Ohio to the
National Republican Convention of
1896 While this movement is going
forward, under the leadership of Big
Griffin of the murky Maumee, and the
ablest manipulators of the g. o. p., Nc
Kinley sits supinely on his launches,
without move, hugging the delusive
phantom of hope.
1t is strongly intimated that McKin-
Icy lacks aggressive and organizing
force, and that he is sure to get left, un.
less he commences an aggressive cam
| paign.
The Washington special to the Dis,
patch is also black eye for Mckinley,
1t claims the Major has practically nc
backing in Washington among the lead.
ing Republicans of the House and Sen,
ate. New England is conceded to Reed
in solid chunk. Reed also has pow
erful following In the silver States and
the Rocky Mountain region, with such
| forceful figures a. Welcott and Teller o.
' Chloride, and Carter, the new Senator