The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-10-24
AS TO OHIO.
The New York World on It's
Job of House Cleaning.
A True Picture Of the Big Battle Against
Bosses and Corruption Now
Going on In Ohio
Politics.

A staff correspondent Of the New
YORK World, in writing about the Ohio
campaign, says: Ex-Governor Camp
bell, who has been nominated by the
Democrats for governor, declared war,
at the opening Of the present campaign
here in Columbus, upon the misrule and
corruption of the Republican party Of
the state under the leadership of George
b. Cox Of Cincinnati, and the Hon.
Fire Alarm Foraker, and, in q series Of
successful meetings, has been waging
that war relentlessly.
The odors Of the recent Republican
legislatures which were nominated by
Cox are as pleasant the nostrils Of re-
spectacle Ohio as the odor of the recent
Platt kindergarten in Albany to the
nostrils Of respectable New York. 1t is
openly charged that corruption has
feasted itself in these bodies, and so bad
was the record of the last legislature
that Mckinley and other respectable
leaders forced 1t to adjourn sine die at
the close Of the first session to prevent a
witches dance in the adjourned session
which has been the rule Of Ohio legis.
latures for nearly half century.
In 1889 Ex-Governor Campbell, then q
candidate for the governorship, waged
war upon Cox and Coxism and won.
The enemy was crippled, but under sue
ceeding Republican administrations il
has grown stronger than ever. Cox i.
the ally of Foraker. He is the real
strength of the Foraker faction Of the
Republican party, which seeks to put
beneath it the venerable head Of the
cold and canny Sherman and the Napo,
leonic headpiece Of the dull and dreamy
Mckinley, who has visions of greatness
and glory that no medicament of defeat
seems able 20 cure.
Foraker furnishes the skyrockets and
brass band of popularity to the combi.
nation. In Foraker's elevation Cox sees
his own advantage. Together they
iran" the Republican convention and
put up for governor Mr.. Bushnell, 9
very ambitious rich man, who is said tc
be suitable for the purposes Of the two
schemers. In that convention Cox sal
practically alone as the representative
of Hamilton county, casting its vot,
with the autocracy of a car, while the
dummy delegates who had occompanieJ
him enjoyed a moment Of liberty il
various hotel bars.
No other interest than those Of Fora
ker and Cox was considered in the con
vention. A pretense of harmony among
the factions was made and Mckinley
was put forth as Ohio's pres Dental can
didate at the same time that Foraker
was nominated for United States sen
ator. That pretense was maintained a
the opening Republican rally, wher
Sherman and Foraker and Mckinley
spoke from the same platform, but thu
reality of discord was shown by Johr
Sherman's clammy Endorsement o.
"McKinley or any other good Republi
! can" for president, and of Foraker o
any other e cd Republican" for senator
Both the Sherman and Mckinley mel
know that with Foraker and Cox il
the saddle tLey will be overridden rougl
shod, and however honest Sherman ant
Mckinley may be in their profession
of harmony, their followers are no
likely to put the knife to their owl
throats. Foraker has played the part o
Judas in Ohio politics too often to hop
for the support of every Republican
and in the probability of settlement o
ng-standing accounts lies much hop
Of Democratic success this fall.
1t is doubtful whether were there n
old grudges to slack the respectable ele
ment of the Republican party woult
look upon this alliance of Foraker AM
Cox with forbearance enough to supper
it for the sake of party success.
The Republicans, for lack of bette
issue, to distract attention from Reput
lican misrule and extravaganza and tn
disgrace Of Coxism, and to please tn
little Napoleon, perhaps, have revive
the tariff talk. The leaders have open
ly declared for return to higher duties
and the threat to revive the tarin ha
been received with no very great Joy b
the manufacturers.
The influence Of the Wilson tariff hi
| been felt already in Ohio by vigoroV
revival Of industries. and the Republi
ans are likely to find that they hay
: made tactical mistake in dandling M
Kinloy's pet baby in puhlio.