New-York tribune., 1896-10-05
no DOUBT ABOUT OHIO.
THE POPOCRATS' GROTESQUE CLAIM or
THE STATE ABANDONED.

LABOR VOTE ENTHUSIASTIC FUN "
cor,or Ohio. Oct. (speciaD.- The assertion that
Drvan expects TO carry Ohio. which has repea'eui.
and ,ndustrjously been made within the ias' c's"'
ueoks is ono OF the few flights ot fancy VI "''"
., hu,or thai have emanated from the Nauohai
bc,douarters OF the Chicago candidate ihe s'h'e
ment that the Bryan managers nope an" ,"p
defeat Ma ior Mckinley in his own S'a'e ""' 49,
dwelt upon insistently ana empnas,heu 50 49, ,
~ that in many places outside Of Ohio lear mas
been expressed by Repubii'ahs aoo"' "
the election here
II seems that the Bryan people have declared 50
o,,ep their ability to carry Ohio that Tor u"e
they really thought some way might oe us
wrestling the State from the Repuplcahs i"es
10 work I'm the first place. 10 caP'u'e Wv
vote Men and money were sent 10 ''e'e''
Cincinnati Toledo and 10 several mining res'o.H,
a.,i,,o,, e@orts were made to strike Major
,tt,inl., through Mark Hanna. VINO. peins
larry. employer Of labor. has hah MS 'ro"'
months the strenuous effort 10 eN'''' ,,'.,
-, array # agatns, capital has been "''se",N
prosecuted but It seems to nave w." '
nb,rdon,a within the last day or TWO
rho FRS, rebuff which tn" apostles o' "',o'' ,
go, ra,.fred WAS al the hands OF the miners, ~
.o.i miners OF Onto know tha' Major Mc.>''''!
has always been friendly 10 them ana ''"t w "'
always advocated policies that were n""s W
III them They recall his prompt an" e'ioi'"' 60
49,, rh.. starvation threatened 10 drpopu'"'e 'ne
tIocLiuV Valley two winters ago, an" 'ne 's
,,,.a,, soor found that II was useless 'o Pie''"
,he,r yosuel OF revolution TO ms clasS. II "
u,o Kim in Ohio politics That, wheh ''' ~
rorf the Republican candidate 'h' "''' '
considered pretty safe. The miners "'' SUI
AN - unit for Mckinley this year. ana most o'
49,. oreoniyation. throughout the state are
,,.,,,, ,b.,r support TO the Republican candidate
,.,r.rror Foraker addressed. about week aso' III
ne Jackson coal-mining district the Id se. u
Ing OF miners ever assemoie" III "'''
w Peabody who also spoke al ''e S"''e " ' -,
,oid Ma,or Mckinley a few dars later that ne Iau
,nvor found the miners so eh'h"s'"s"N >" 49,.
-, y, the Republican party before- "aJoi
peabody is vice president and generai "a,,'s
rho baltimore and ONO so"'"w'''
.hirh has extensive traffic and TRANSACTIONS J." VIC
.oal.,rining regions OF ohio and he mas iarse per
.or,, ,couaintance among miners. mne-o"hers anu
'' .rbe,e have been several fine dele
-. -, minors I'm Canton 20 visit MAJOR M'>''-
-, ,d ,b.rc will be- others withn d II" "'''
,r,,,, various points in tine hochlhs '""''
r,uI.Rr, TO CAPTURE THE LABOR \o'r
!, j. true tina, the Democrats nav w 49, ,ha,r
considerable efforts To carry oh'o' a'. 90 IN.
oor,s have been largely concentrate" "
,,',. classes but It Ia equally true ina, ."os7
"' - no, hoer successful The Republicans
= .,,,s ground daily and the free-siIVer 'au''
o,,s more hopeless every hour IN ths S'a'o' ~
prvan managers cannot point 10 S"'h" ,,
la obio where their poll II hohes'H ''Po ",
shov any gains over the vote '"'' 'o' ' II.
,t,Io,, tho las; time he was elected Governor o'
Ohio -. ,,o,or NcLIn
,. ,.o,o viii exceed that which he received inc
l.s, time he was candidate III lh' ne'" VI Wv
,icle, in this state lie then had P'ur"''' "
edipe 10 or, and received the arRes' 'o'e ''''
tn , candidate for Governor. Ihis year Wv. We
,,, -, oh,o who number about 5000. VIII
,ron,I,, vote for Bryan. and "A considerapie fo'
,,on Of the Prohibition vote may pe gam" "
means Of fusion tor the candidate OF 'he -" ~
convention Major Mckinley VIII receive '"' '",
Rcnublcan vote There Is no DOUBT OF t"'' ~
-, u, 90, -, least ~ or ~ per cent OF the oou""
-. ' ,,,,o.o, vo,e but will not get II all. nor
u ,ho Dcmocrats refrain In large numbers IRON"
o,,,r as they did last year. when Governor p"S"
nell received his rcmarkahie piurail'!' D.
,rherc are OF course. Il number OF tr"'-S'''' "
nublicans In ohio who VIII vote ioI p''"'' =,
,, ,,ou NJ the state shows that they are "'se's
,,,,mhored by Sound Money Democrats who
,,, ,, mot FOR the nominees OF the lndahapohs
Corvcntion but for Mckinley ana hooar'' "'''e
~. middle OF August the free-s'iVer Se"''"e"' "
ohio has been declining In marked an" '"p''
way II has had it's day. ana the res"', =" w.
,'a,,or 4 unless all sound and reasonable sishs
tu win proye that at time did II muster
,olIowing at ali commensurate with the ho'Se'
i,,ster and claims OF Its advocates
THE FIGHT IN CANTON.
Canton was fixed upon by the followers OF Bryan
in ohio as the field for stubborn anu spe.,"N"'.
contest Immediately after the ho'''"""o" "
Ma nior Mckinley many curbstone orators appear"
Az, ,ho stree, corners shouting for Bryan and free
silver All through the summer the money a"e'
,,o, v,s debated bv peripatet!c silver men, sent
| h.r. nv IN. Democratic committees. They iaporeu
ind,istriousiy; no heat WAS Intense ehoue" u "'-
terr,,pt or PROSTATE them. They sought 10 ehs"se
| the passer-by In argument. and became SO Pers''-
/ ont so ubouitous and noisy In their advocacy
hay
uusances; hut the Mayor Of the city rs In Syn, ,',t
painy with them and neither ne nor ms
nolic, restrained molested them frse-siNei
literature handed out and ds,riDu.ea hnri "a, o
principal street corners ana NE @ 20 heir nla es
Of business Without annoyance from the he demon lemon
sra.ions of prosessom,as syer x,r"yasan claim.
about what Canton and STARK SountS Sa, nv
for c"nddate would carry the county by
1900 or 1000 plurality; u., howsvsr in N. Lao,
fortnight The Democratic Committee ,,,, has care are
fully M PGea S arTeG 'nf a0SS'M Sy Mckinney M plurality
cceSi"s Ti sooo This VII be splendid personal % tr
umph for the Republican candidate; tor Mr.; Sievs
! some ma jority and Stark is considered one OF 'h'
Democratic counties of the state
THE ENERGETIC REPUBLICAN FIGHT.
The political situation In Cincinnati Is thorough
~ satisfactory, from the Republican point OF view
| The party organizati ton there Is the most perfec
In the State. and all OF its energies are being dl
rected the work Of rolling up big plurality ~
! Major Mckinley. The city of Cincinnati will prob
ably give him "A plurality OF 5000 or 10000 votes
| The German Americans, who compose quite one
! half the population OF Cincinnati. are for soun,
money and the preservation OF National honor Sen
| mtor Sherman who has their respect and conn
dence In high degree, has been among them an'
addressed them. II" says they may be depended
Upon all great and serious issues they will stan,
| by the X, publican party.
The Republican State campaign II being con
| Quoted by Chairman c. L. Kurtz. who Is also
member Of the Republican National Committee an,
who won the brilliant victory In this State las