Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-12

by Tar the most energetic campaign so
far. The less in registration. so far as can
be ascertained from the registration books,
is shared about evenly by each side
The organization Of the negro protective
party is causing the republican managers
some alarm. Practically all the votes that
This ticket will receive win be a net loss
TO the republican ticket. There Is some
enthusiasm among the colored voters In
the movement. aroused by the memory of
the shocking lynching of a colorod man at
Srhana last summer. for which Governor
Bushnell has been held responsible nv the
colored people The new party has adopted
Ior ITS emblem the picture of Abraham
Lincoln. Secretary of State Kinney has
ruled that they are not entitled TO have
TINS emblem printed AT the head of the
ticket on the Australian ballot. hut the
colored people have taken the question to
the supreme court for a ruling on this mat
ter III the picture of Lincoln Is placed
over this ticket on the Australian ballot
and many good LAWYERS think the ruling
OF the secretary Of state in unwarrantcd
ana the supreme court viii hold. Il will
draw many colofed vote from the repub-
hcan ticket.
Republicans Disappointed.
Ire reports that are coming in to the
state republican committee of the situation
In the counties not as encouraging an
the managers of the campaign could wish.
the meetings are net well attended. Even
SUCH distinguished speakers as Senators
dnurstoh and Nelson have not generally
orawn large audiences. Here and at Day.
Ton IL was different They had magnIii-
cent audiences. but these places were ex-
captions.
Tie bad policy CT the course of the ruling
faction OF the republicans in nuttipg rn.n
OF their own faction i'm the control of The
poEticai machinery in every county Is now
appearing Ii is not known whether Sena-
ter hanna advised this course hui IA. no
doubt sees the bad effect of IL by this time
IN many counties members of the Foraker
faction had been in charge of the po,i,ics
mere ior a long time. and were Thoroughly
schooled In its management. They have
Decn thrown out, to give place to men Of
the other faction. who do not know how
70 90 TIE work. Inactivity has Character
Ecu their management. and what was
worse. the displaced Foraker man.rars
nave naturally hung back
some or The republican leasers s.y they
lear more Tor the legislature than they do
,or the state Ticket The latter they think
Is reasonably sure Of ELECTION m saa,ms
more Reasonable however to expect that
the legislature will be republican nam .bat
me republican state ticket will be 81, cted-
LOT Two reasons: First, the senatorial dis
tricts as they now stand are rerr,n,anSar-
ed In favor Of the republicans Thee are
thirty,six districts. In the present senate
mere are but five democratic members
second. the Foraker faction has aiy VS.
SHOWN itself loyal TO the ticket under ali
circumstances. Though often under great
provocation. its adher ents have alu,.vs
swaHowed their wrath and voted the party
ticket straight. The same cannot be said
OF the other faction. known first AS tha
sherman. afterward the Mckinley faction.
and now the Hanna faction. When Thai
iaction mas been seriously offended the fact
mas generally shown itself in a considera bla
defectton In the election returns Unless
both factions act differently in this cam
paign. the Foraker republicans will support
the legislative tickets which are raad,. I'm
OF Hanna men md n
faction will to some extent. at least, cut
the State ticket made up largely OF For
aker republicans.
Democrats Qaiet Cnmpnfxu.
The democrats are making very quiet
campaign. 1t is impossible to compare
their meetings with those of the republic
cans, because they are holding none Not
a prominent democrat, excepting Gen War;
ner, Is on the stump now and ne is sneak
ing only to local meetings. The fact Is that
all the old wheel horses of democracy In
this state have retired from active partici-
patton in the affairs of their party since 1t
espoused free silver. No: word is heard
from ex-Gov. Campbell. John A Mcmahon
or James f. Neal, while Cultivate. Virgil
r. Kline and many other able members OF
the party, who formerly contributed their
time and ability to the party cause, have
allied themselves with the gold democratic
state organization. Still. IL is not a war
rant that the democrats will make no
showing In the campaign that they are
making no open fight In 1892. when John
A. Farley of Cleveland was state executive
chairman of the party. he made a "still
hunt He seemed to be doing nothing,
and, indeed. he was rot doing much. But
he led the republicans into the mistake of
over-confidence. and came within thou
sand votes of defeating S. NJ. Taylor for
secretary OF state, and actually elected one
OF the Cleveland electors, feat thar had
not been accomplished in this state since
the war.
Last year in all the large cities the DEM
ocrats established what they called free
silver schools i'm the principal streets. which
were open day and night. and addresses
and discussions on the silver question were
constantly being made. None of these are
to be seen in the campaign now going on.
The state committee of the democrats
seems to be disagreed AS to the importance
" hich should be given TO the coinage ques-
ton in this campaign. John r. Mclean is
said to be opposed to making IL prominent,
while Gen. A. J. Warner is determined to
make 1t the principal issue. His speeches
contain about all that Is being said about
y on the democratic stump now The gem
eral Is evidently preparing to base his
claim to election to the Senate In case the
legislature is democratic upon this issue.
Ugly Family QunrreIs.
The republicans have ugly family quar-
rels on their hands in Hamilton, Cuyahoga
Lucas. Allen. Shelby and Erie counties. 1t
is almost certain that Hamilton county.
with its large. legislative delegation, will be
captured by the democrats Some OF the
republicans fear that they may lose some
OF the Cleveland delegation because Of the
strained relations between Senator Hanna
and Mayor McKisson. In Lucas county
there was such strong opposition to the
nomination of John r. Hankey for the
senate that, now that he is dominated. 1t
Is doubtful that he can be returned. 1t
puts the whole thirty-third district which
Is entitled to three seats in the senate. in
doubt. If the joint fifteenth-sixteenth dis
trfct. now represented by two republicans.
would vote this fall as II did last fail. the
democrats would carry IL.
There are so many close contests like
these. which may be turned by very
slight influence, as to make the situation
by no means reassuring to the republicans
In the light of the general apathy In the
election shown In the registration. and the
unfortunate faction quarrels that are go