The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-10-07
SOME FOES AT HOME
Henry George Tells How Foraker Fits
in the Campaign.
SlLVER'S FRIENDS IN OHIO
Mokiniey's Nelghbors Say His
Campaign Is One Of Deceit
and hat Hanna Forced
Him to Be a Coidbug.
SlLvER's FRIENDS IN OHIO

the Standard.
Dayton, o., Oct. al went from
Columbus to Springfield. and came here
this afternoon. l found In Spring
field the same evidences OF activity
and confidence on the part Of the Bry-
an men that ! have found elsewhere
in Ohio. Clarke county is normally
republican by a majority of from 2.l00
te 1900. Some Of the Bryan men ex-
pect this year to carry it outright and
what they seem to think q most con-
servative estimate Is that they will
reduce McKinley's majority to less
than 1000.
Springfield is the home of John w.
Bookwalter. a democrat OF national
reputation. who once ran In q closely
contested election for governor Of
Ohio. He has been for years a free
silver man, and though he Is now In
New York. his recent book. 'Tf Not
Free Silver. what?" Is being sold and
distributed in this section. 1t is also
the home Of John H. Thomas. a manu-
facturer Of agricultural implements
and now Of bicycles. who has also been
for years an ardent advocate of free
silver, and who at the age of 70 is
supporting the boy Orator" with all
his strength. Mr.. Thomas Is one Of
the rich men who show that some at
least Of the possessing classes do not
fear the election Of Bryan. He is
worth some millions half Of which Is
in his manufacturing business. and
the rest In bonds. mortgages and bank
stock. yet SO far from fearing any,
thing from 16 to l. he believes and has
long believed that free silver would
greatly increase the prosperity Of the
country and his own prosperity. Mr..
Thomas was a candidate for the
United States senate in 1889. Be-
lieving that the democrats would win
that legislature. he had early an
nounced himself, and had received
many promises Of support. but Calvin
8. Brice. who had not been known as
candidate or hardly as a democrat.
stepped in after the legislature had
been elected and carried off the prize
by a most lavish use of money.
Springfield ls also the home of Asa
Bushnell, another very rich manufac-
turer Of agricultural implements. who
Is the present governor Of Ohio. and
Foraker's candidate for United States
senator to succeed John Sherman. 1t
is in this connection that the deep fued
In Ohio politics between the Mckinley
and the Foraker factions shows It.
self. Foraker. who 10 an astute po-
litical worker, quietly organized the
state by the aid of Bushnelps money,
and very adroitly springlng Bushnell.
after repeated declinations, upon the
convention, nominated and elected
him. and built up very strong re-
have controlled 1t. Mckinley would
not have been the republican presi-
Dental nominee. 1t seems to be a
matter of common belief that Foraker
went to St. Louis In the hope Of de-
feating Mckinley. II not obtaining the
nomination himself. But Mark Hanna.
who had early begun to raise money
from the protected manufacturers
and to capture republican delegations
outside of Ohio was so over-whelm-
ingly successful that by the time the
st. Louis convention met. Foraker,
his animosities and his hopes. were
swept away in the tide, and he HIM
self found 1t expedient to accept the
inevitable by presenting Mckinley for
the formal nomination. and swallow
ing the gold standard. though up to
that time he had professed himself.
and Is yet believed really to be, a be-
lever in free silver.
The Mckinley forces and the Sher-
man forces in Ohio politics stand to-
eether, and the assumption Is that. II
Mckinley wins this state, Sherman
will be reelected and Foraker will
have for his colleague In the senate a
nan who will outrank him not merely
because of larger experience and a
wider national reputation. but because
of his friendship with the administra-
ton. On the other hand. II Bushnell
were elected senator. Foraker would
have a lieutenant as colleague. and
even IL Mckinley were defeated and
democrat were elected in Sherman's
place, Foraker, as the only republican
senator from Ohio, would be stronger
in his party and more influential in
the senate than II Sherman were be-
side him; and nearer what is believed
TO be the goal of his ambition. the re-
publican nomination for the presi-
dency.
1t seems to be generally believed
among those conversant with Ohio
politics that Foraker and his close
supporters would much prefer to have
Bryan carry this state than McKin-
ley. The state republican machine
is undoubtedly in Foraker's hands.
Outwardly this machine seems to be
working for Mckinley. but have
found a good many who believe that
this Is only on the surface and that
the Foraker men will. the moment
they deem 1t prudent. endeavor to
knife Mckinley. and some who say
that they are preparing now TO do it,
1t is clear that the Foraker forces are
rot adequately represented in the del
egations that are going to Canton, and
from Foraker's stronghold. Cincinnati.
only one delegation. and that of bi-
cyclists. has gone; while Foraker him
caif Il making hut few SueaChqs I'm