Evening star., 1896-10-06
have doubled their lists without trouble
had 1t been necessary.
May BE n Subject Of Contest.

May BE n Subject Of Contest.
There is probability Chat this enormous
official sheet will be the subject Of a con-
test in the supreme court In addition to
the suit to oust Barr in the twelfth dis
trict there are threats of suit to test the
constitutionality of the Dana law. which
shuts the Bryan-Watspp electoral fusion
off the ballot under the head of populists
The republicans, however, have taken
ccursel of the best constitutional lawyers
of the state, also through the national COM
mittee, and they have NO, fear of the demo-
Gratis winning such a fight should they
make it. The question was also passed
upon by the attorney general before the
secretary of state made his decision against
the Iopuists. The effect will be the loss
Of thousands Of votes for Bryan, because
the complication between the democratic
and nopulist tickets viii be SO confusing
TO the average free slvsrite that he won't
know how to mark his ballot
There is another question which the re-
prtlicans are threatening to raise against
the democrats. In this state the demo-
cratic device on the Australian ballot otfi-
cially established is the rooster. The
question is can 4 ticket made up through
fusion of men admittedly of two political
parties go on the ticket under one device.
when the populists have a device of their
own? OF course under the Dana anti-fusion
act this ticket cannot be printed in both
the democratic and populst columns, but
can 1t be printed at all as one ticket, and
is 1t not possible that the democratic part
Of 1t should appear under the rooster and
the other part under the popuIist device:
The republicans have put the matter into
legal hands, and if their report Is against
the fusion ticket appearing in toto under
the rooster. application will be made to
Secretary of State Taylor to split it and
put It's respective parts under their party
heads. This would still further erbarrass
the voters who propose to support the
fusion ticket. They could not vote straight
tickets, but would have to go through the
tedious formality of putting cross before
the electors under both the heads. The
possibility of mistakes resulting that would
invaliiate the whole ballot is at once ap-
parent to all who understand the Austral-
ian system. Thus it may he that the very
Jaw which the democrats and poDul:sts
fought SO long and strenuously to get upon
the statute books in this state may prove
their utter undoinS in Ohio.
Republican Lengue Clubs.
The campaign committee CT the Ohio
Republican League has divided the state
into seven districts for club organization.
There are now over one thousand clubs.
President Garfeld's Old district reports sew
enty-tive new ones. IN Cleveland tifJy-One
clubs have been organized in the past two
weeks. In Montgomery county there are
fifteen. Gcauga county has cub in each
of the sixteen townships and eight of these
have more members than the republicans
east votes last year, showing marvellous
spread of sound money sentiment. Most of
these clubs are organized by farmers. Gin
cinnati has organized about sixty Rev
clubs.
The Bryanites are taking much encour-
agement from the tremendous crowds tina;
turned out in this city Friday to meet Bry-
an. There were fully 25.HS people In and
around Music Hail. and there were re
markable street demonstrations. Bryan
himself spoke enthusas tcally of the re-
ception, and felt so good over it that he
prepared signed statement to the effect
that he has no doubt of his election, basing
his confidence ION the fact that the free
coinage sentiment is growing everyw here.
| And so it goes: the republicans. on the
other hand claiming that there has been
| a great reversal of sentapent in every part
| of Ohio, and that the longer the time in
which the people have to hear the moaey
| issue intelligently discussed the fewer VIII
be the votes for Bryan 10.