New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-16
POLITICS IN OHIO.
RICHARD SMITH WRITES OF THE oOl'
LOOK FOR REPUBLICAN VICTORY.
THE STATE REPUBLICAN LEAGUES REMARKABLE
MEETING-MANY CANDIDATES
ron GOVERNOR

| MEETING-MANY CANDIDATES
FOR GOVERNOR.
To the Editor OF Tho Tribune ,,.
| c.. rbere WAS an extraordinary and reniarhao'e
| Gathering in this city on Tuesday unuer inc ".'
nices of the State Republican League ~ "'
, largely attended. and in the gathering "e'e IT,
Republican leaders, while In II Also "ei' s. g.,
many OF the young. active anu "ee'.' IT,, &,
ents of the party which has so much u SUI" ..
49, 40, % achievements, and still more 10 prom
ise In the line OF legislation so necessary ~ Va.
establishment OF prosperity In all the
suits of the people and also 10 inc =, ~
mont of confidence in the financial ihtesi's VI
| Government In meeting Of the league III W
mess purposes nothing occurred outsIue Vi w =.
,,,or routIne but the banquet in the evening w
,o,oned much Of interest. not only 10 'he nep"o
| ucans Of Ohio but throughout the country e
orally. $500 cat. never
ohio may not be called keystone o'a.. .,n
,heess II Is foremost in the Republican column
| a, 49, harouet the great feature was So
| s,oocbes from eight gentlemen who are can'''a
for the office OF Governor to succeed " '''"', no
| Kinlev In addition to these there are io"' "
| other candidates: possibly there are "i'ee" CIV"
gether, including dark horses. $500 .,,ra,,,,
| Eastern readers OF The Tribune mish' na ,
| s,nrose from this that there would be wrai'sie
| in Ohio that there would be dangerous u'''
IN the ranks and that notwithstanding the s'"
majority in November. 1894, defeat wouio "o' ~ y,
,npossIble But there Is no Impending ud"s.
this kind The reason we have so many caho'ua'e 9,
| l., ,ho, Obio &c tho mother OF great men, ana OF
these we have a superabundance. THESE ho"e'e''
are all Republicans, far as thfs party 10 '
cerne,. The. contest is "A friendly one ana WIN
ever shall be nominated VII receive u''''e' sup
mort and VII be triumphantly elected.
| TO designate the strongest man as Ca''''"
| among those who made speeches at the banquet
| would be a difficult task, as 1t would a'So 'e
troublesome to point out the weakest. Ih's' u''ue'
| the circumstances. is happy cohdi'ioh'
| I have mentioned that eight of the candidates
| spoke at the banquet; this was happy ueci''o"
| Of the managers. Each speaker had SUBJECT AS
| irad 70 him and ne confined himself to that
| The sneeches were necessarily brief, put they
were also concise and sufficiently coVereu the SUI
iect in hand. No references whatever were maui
| TO the gubernatorial candidacy OF any one me
fundamental principles only were discussed i"e,
there was in those eight speeches material enough
| out ~ which 10 construct a State platform and
| National platform also. upon which all true he-
npblicans might stand erect and snouiuer u
shoulder In any political contest that might oco"'.
| There we're no evasions no disposition 10 '''o"
| dust in the eyes of anybody; the silver question
was fairly handled sound principles ana sul.'
l.. IN line with the last National PLATFORM the
! Solid South was also considered ana the CAUSES
Of the recent break In that section were Hhte'"-
| gently presented. the tariff came in for snare
OF attention: the principles OF RECIPROCITY "e'V
|
| land finds himself MAS not passed over PATRIOTISM
| NJ tho REM, blcan minority in Congress was mod
| ostly commended. and the supreme Importance ol
legislation calculated TO revive the Industries OF
| the country was iorciby advocated. mus 'ne
| Motley II the Republican party was presented ana
| there IA no criticism because there Is no sroui'l
| FOR criticism on the part Vi so""'' "N'
! progressive Republicans.
! Thu readers Of The Tribune therefore, may rest
| assured that Ohio in the next campaign VIII p'o,e
true and powerful In vocing the interests OF 'ie
| Nation Notwithstanding the numerous cahn'-
dates there will be no divisions at the poils' anu
every candidate not chosen Will be as iaI'hiui 10
| tho standard bearer as il he had himself peen
selected ,-,,
| the intelligence ard the aggrcssveness OF Inc Ne
] publicans 81 Ohio go - l., .ho
In tho I.IVth Congress ONO VIII nave III inc
toy,or house nineteen members out OF t~enty-one'
| and no theorst no crank. no extremist on any
question not excepting silver will nm II n os5h,os
to form group IN mos eveervihing but inspired.
n.' th"y mus, BE- by the sentiments OF their con-
scthsr FOR tkS National credit and the promotion
u need no, remind the readers of The Iri nnin
tina, Of the grea'Ss apd H9 Sncress IS the
evils developed in the Liz t ,Ss Inc Repub-
lean party IL free. especially IN the seh1 R
There ar members cdn,r tnas by the one idea OF
! ssiiyrr. they pose such. and boast that .nsy
| h,II hR
,h,f n thcv cannot have their way the great oouy
| - 'Renuhcans snail be rendered po"eriesss II
ono RgPg6 ST .p ssGH be dsposed Of Perhaps
they consider themselves above and peyohn ans
PASS randy and the members OF any party eiec,cr
Congress either ~ the upper r p or r"e through
trs Wi be los, under the influence OF public sent
r m,ss RcpnbIicans deserving the name VIII get
together. stand together and WORK together io' we
success Of those measures which the party may a,
Deem host for the interests of the country nor
| forgetting that those who serve their country
"' As regards the Presidency. ohio is united IN
favor OF William Mckney In me NasoH iSr bim
IL viii not be divided. as 1t has been IN the pas.
not be seected ohio win oysy support me ShI be
OF the cony cnton. and the electoral vote or nus
| S,at" Will be cast for that candidate. Reed. mar
rison and Nilsson arc all popular. and while our our
| pcope love Mckinley most they VIII not love 'he
in regard to the Senatorial question. ohio has al
ready settled upon Governor Foraker az the SIc
snG he 10 viii prove il elected an ecent colleague
the ys se SnaS H ha JOIN S1
political divisions, Is today the most p1 b, a
nar,,ss n. the safest loader regards great
| financial questions I'm the United States SENATE
rc nmS y''11 bone OF contention from legislative
nominations 1t is virtually nomination oS ,r tne
Republican party. and is equivalent to d'rect
The readers Of The TrbnnS may in ASK h wna !.
S SsrS is not not 1sa% in the November election
G aS PSi EGis Repnbean S
| but the Democrats OF Ohio are without q leader
| thev arc elso without policy: they are also with
! out newspaper organs. The next election In this
respect viii probably be repetition OF that when
| occurred last November but still do not look Tor
the death 81 the Democratic party. AS an organ
| ization IL has outllvcd many defeats, ana IL Is
cana e OF OUTLYING others its future largely de-
pends upon the conduct OF the Republican parry.
! and this should not be forgotten by the l-IS n
Congress or by the Republican party when 1t shall
bo restored fun power In 1856
| lot II moi bc forgotten that the party that ad-
| vances IN, interests OF the whole people most may
| expect To be continued In power ..- ...
| Cincinnati. Feb. H. 1872 RlCHAkD SMITH