Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-12
TO CONTROL The CONVENTION
Summary Of Their Estimates Given
Out.
SENATOR BRICE'S STRUGGLE

more confident than ever thdt tney VIII De
able to make the Ohio state convention
speak for gold.
They are sure enough of it now to give
out estimates of their strength by districts
and by votes in the convention. From the
district estimate 1t appears that they do
not credit the free silver. men with more
than four, or, at the most. five, of the
twenty-one districts. The following is a
summary of the estImate:
The first and second districts according
to this estimate, will be for the single gold
standard. They are made up of Cincinnati
| and Hamilton county, and would naturally
be expected to stand so on the money ques-
ton because of the large financial and
business interests of the territory en-
braced. The estimate is probably correct
Notwithstanding The fact that the CfnciR-
natl Enquirer has been making hard
fight, for some reason. for free silver.
But while the, Enquirer is. recognized as
a great newspaper, it has not as much in
behind it and the circulation 1t has. The
third district is conceded to have a large
free silver element, but the great German
population of the city of Dayton, which Is
included, and which is almost entirely
democratic and for the gold standard, is
| believed to be sufficient to overcome this.
in Brice's own District.
In the fourth district there will be an in
teresting fight. 1t contains a strong free
silver element.
1t is Senator Brice's own district, how
ever, and it is believed that he will be able
to hold it in line for the single gold stand
ard. -."''- 'fFF
The fifth, sixth and seventh districts will
vote for the gold standard beyond doubt.
There will be a small fight in the sixth,
however, on account of the fact that the
| democrats Of Clinton county have adopted
o1y,t;o 10 M.
cannot hope to carry the district.
The eighth district is thought to be about
| equally divided, and the. free silver men
may capture it. 1t is the district now rep
resented in Congress by Luther NJ. Strong.
1t is composed of the counties of Hardin,
Hancock, Logan, Champaign, Union and
Delaware.
The thirteenth district promises to afford
| the most interesting fight on the money
| question. Crawford and Seneca counties
are free silver strongholds. There are
| many free silver democrats in Marion coun-
| ty and not few in Wyandot
hard fight is now being made against
free silver in Sandusky county, and Erie
county, it is believed, will be solid for the
| gold standard. The ninth, tenth. eleventh
and twelfth districts are put down, and it
| is believed safely so. for the gold standard.
The fifteenth district is put down as little
mixed" but is believed to be against free
silver.
The seventeenth district is conceded ty
| the gold standard men to be for free silver
almost solid. 1t includes the counties of
Licking and Tuscarawas. which were the
this state. The eighteenth district is rated
| as equally divided. 1t is composed Of the
counties of Columbiana, Mahoning and
Stark.
On Fighting Ground.
There is quite strong free silver element
here. centered in Columbiana, where Editor
Potts of the local democratic organ has
| been acting with Allen w. Thurman in his
| fight for the white metal. The district will
| be fighting ground. The fourteenth, six
| teenth, nineteenth, twentieth and twenty
| first districts are claimed by the gold stand
ard democrats with confidence. The two
| last mentioned districts are composed in
part of the city Of Cleveland, where Editor
| L. E. Holden of the Plain Dealer has been
making a long and hard fight for free
| silver; but the party leaders do not seem to
be paying much attention to him. and it
would not be at all surprising If the pre-
| dictions of the gold standard men as to the
stand of the two districts on the financial
question were realized.
AS to the relative strength of the gold and
silver men in the convention, a representa-
| tive of Senator Brice states that about $50
delegates to the convention have now been
| selected. and that over 400 of them are FOR
| the gold standard and will support Senator
Brice for the Senate on the question Of in
dorsement There will be about $50 dele
gates in all.
Republican Campaigning.
The new republican state executive com
mittee begins operations with quite a hand
| leap, bequeathed to it by it's predecessor
| under peculiar circumstances One of the
| few speakers called into the state last year
to help the republicans in their congress
sional elections was Congressman Boutelle
of Maine.
After making number of speeches over
| the state, Mr.. Boutelle came here to see
Gcv. Mckinley and the state chairman,
Major Dick Asked by the chairman what
he thought of the chances of the republic
cans as to Congressman. in the state, he
| told Major Dick that it was his opinion
that there was not much show for them
to elect majority Of the delegation unless
| a strong effort was made to- that end at
once. The committee was out of funds,
having supposed the victory won, and on
hearing this unwelcome news a council
| to borrow 5000 at once and put it where,
| in Mr.. Boutelle's opinion, 1t was needed.
OF this sum, $500 was spent, and stood
| at the close Of the campaign as a def
cheney, for which the committee gave q
| note. This >note was the committees
legacy to the present committee.
The funny thing about 1t is that when
Mr.. Boutelle gave 1t as his opinion that
| the republicans in Ohio were in danger
| CT defeat the political ground was even
| then beginning to swell with one of the
greatest republican earthquakes that ever
shook the democracy Of Ohio. Congress-
man Boutelle has no reputation in Ohio
as a political prophet now, and his blunder
| in this case will not be forgotten until that
| note of s., 800 is paid.
Boom for Col. KilbOurne.
Here at Columbus quite a boom has been
| started for Col. James kilbourne for the
| democratic nomination for governor. He
| Is a wealthy manufacturer here, and Is a
! free silver man Of the conservative sort.
A son Of his is now a candidate for the
general assembly on the democratic ticket
| in this county. Col. Kilbourne has always
| been strong democrat, but has not stood
as one interested in state affairs. How
| ever, he has recently bought large share
| in the Press-Post, the democratic organ
| of central Ohio.
| A much more probable rumor connects
| the name Of Walter B. Richie of Lima
| with this nomination Besides being a
neighbor Of Senator Brice, Richie has long
been associated with the Senator in bust
ness and politics. and on several occasions
In recent years he has been spoken of for
| this nomination.
1t was thought until the recent collisions