Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-06
The Fight to Be Made in Ohio This
Fall.
DEMOCRATS HAVE GONE TO WORK
Republican Campaign Opens on
the 10th.
THE LEGISLATURE IN DOUBT

| COLUMBUS, Ohio, September g. 1895.
| With Ex-Governor Foraker, the dasning
young leader of the young republicans,
| at the head of the republican column and
| Ex-Governor Campbell, the most popular
man in the democratic party in Ohio and
| the best fighter. leading the forces of the
| Ohio democracy, Governor Mckinley TAX
| ing an active part on the republican side
and Senator Brice a deeply interested par
| ticipant On the democratic side, 1t need
hardly be said that the outlook is for
| very lively campaign.
The result cannot be told in advance, as
| it was last year. with perfect certainty.
/ Probably the republican plurality will be
| brought down to the old time figure. Pos
sibly the democrats may carry the state.
1t will certainly not take more than five
| figures to express the republican majority.
| Speaking of the outlook few days ago,
| Ex-Governor Campbell said the fact that
| the republicans carried the state last year
| by over hundred thousand votes did not
| mean anything bearing on the result this
| year. If they had carried it by about
| thirty thousand, said he. that would mean
| that they were in good, solid fighting
trim and in condition hard to beat. The
new democratic state central committee
| has already had a meeting, selected an
executive committee, and that committee
| has organized and held one meeting. The
time for the formal opening of the state
| campaign is determined upon, and the state
| headquarters of the party have been opened
here All these rapid movements indicate
| that the campaign will be pushed on the
| democratic side with energy and dash
| In an interview just before the meeting
| of the state central committee, when an
| executive chairman to be chosen, ex-
! Governor Campbell said he had not de-
cided whom he would recommend for the
| position, but he would say that whoever
| should be given the place would accept it
| with the understanding that he must be
| in his office every day from the opening
of the campaign until election day, from
Z o'clock am. to midnight 1t was TO be
! a business campaign.
In this connection it is recalled that when
| Mr.. Campbell was a candidate the last
time for the governorship, and was de-
| feated, the executive chairman, John A.
| Farley of Cleveland, went off to Georgian
| bay fishing in the midst Of the campaign,
| and gone for about two months, leav-
| ing the campaign solely in the hands Of
the secretary, H. H Hyman, who
stranger in politics. 1t was known that
Mr.. Campbell did not like this, but Farley
was not his choice. Senator Brice, who
| was then flirting with the governors
enemies in Cincinnati. had control of
things. and gave Farley the Craftsmanship.
Brice Gave a Pledge.
There seems to be little doubt to the
| truth of the story sent out from Spring
field that Mr. Campbell required Senator
| Brice to pledge in writing a considerable
| sum of money to be used in the campaign,
as much of the campaign funds, and
| strong an effort to be given to the election
| OF the state ticket as to the election of the
members of the general assembly. 1t is no
| secret that Campbell is without funds such
as would be needed to make a successful
race for the office of governor. He did not
| wish to enter the race, and when he was
| urged to do so by his party friends, on the
| ground that it would be worth great
many votes to the party to have him on
fha ftnly ha ia he dam Il /,
| thought he had a right then to do, that if
| it was as a party measure that he to
| be placed on the ticket, his expenses must
| be paid by the party. To this, it is said,
| there was no objection at all.
| Senator Brice was especially agreeable to
| the proposition. The details We're arranged
| at Dime: given to Messrs. Brice, Camp
| bell and few other leaders of the party
on the day before the nomination by John
| H. Thomas, the wealthy manufacturer of
| Springfield
| The choice of executive chairman for the
democratic campaign seems to have fallen
upon ex-Corgressman c. NJ. Anderson, as
| compromise between the Brice and the
Campbell interests. After canvassng
great many names, Mr.. Campbell decided
upon two. either of which would be &C.
ceptable to him for chairman to conduct
the campaign These We're the names of
| Anderson and DR.. j. A. Norton of Tiifin,
| who was Campbells commissioner of rail-
ways and telegraphs when he was gov
| ernor.
| Why Norton Was Opposed.
1t is probable that Mr.. Campbell pre-
ferred Norton and it is rumored that he
had really set his heart upon him, but
Walter B. Richie of Lima, who repre-
sented Senator Brice at the committee
meeting, said the Senator's friends in the
committee would oppose Norton for the
reason that he was radical free silver
| man and would not pledge himself to re-
| frain from advancing the cause of free
| coinage If made executive chairman in
| the documents sent out from the COM
mttee rooms.
| The Senator thought that as the state
| convention had decided against free sill
yer it would be bad policy for the state
committee to seem to controvert its deci-
| sions. He did not think it improper for
the gold standard men to make this re-
| quirement upon the candidates for the po-
| sition of executive chairman, and as Mr.
| Norton refused to make any such pledge
| he could not be considered for the position
by the men who represented the single
| gold standard in the contest in the state
convention
| Mr.. Norton's name was then withdrawn
| and that of Mr.. Anderson was the only
| one before the committee.
The New Chairman.
| Mr.. Anderson was a member of Con-
| gress from 1885 to 1887 representing the
| old fourth district. The republicans re-
! districted the state during his term and
as this threw him into republican dis
| trict he was retired from Congress- Since
| then he has been out of politics. BY ap-
| pointment of Governor Campbell he was
| the president of the Ohio worlds fair COM
| mission. He is almost a giant in stature,
| being about feet inches in height and
| as straight Indian.
| Since his election to the executive chair
| manship it has been reported that Ander-
| son is radical free coinage advocate but
this is a mistake. He is very conservative
| on the question and would certainly not
| favor the unconditional and unlimited coin
| age of silver in the ratio of 16 to 1. 1t IS
| safe to say that the state democratic COM
| mittee in Ohio will not be converted this
| year into bureau for the disseminate
| of free coinage literature as it was last
year by the chairman, Allen w. Thurman
Opening the Republican Campaign.
| The republicans are making great prep
| arations for the opening of their cam
paign at Springfield on the 10th instant.
The republican state league of clubs has
| offered a banner worth trying for to the
club sending the largest delegation to par
! ticipate in the parade that occasion