The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-30
AFTER HIS PoCKETBooK.


AFTER HIS POCKETBOOK.
It is overwhelmingly funny to read the
accounts Of the Republican ruction
down in Ohio, with it's alleged revolt
servation Of his forthcoming defeat. A
baby could see through the inward
| meaning Of the present arrangement Of
the forces. Mr. Hanna's reelection
was taken care Of long ago. He fixed
himself up with the last Republican
| convention and with the legislative
candidates in different parts Of the
state during the fall campaign. He was
| put in line to be his own successor, and
how much it cost him probably nobody
but himself knows. The election, how
ever, showed the return of so narrow
a majority for the Republican party
that the opportunity was too good to
be lost. The Republicans Of Ohio, like
other Republicans, are not blind to g.
good thing when they see it, and Mr..
Hanna as a candidate for the United
States senate is one of the best things
going. He has command Of millions.
and nobody needs to be told that he
would spend any amount within reason
rather than be retired from his posi-
ton Of kitchen boss and representative
Of the administration in the senate.
The sole question, then, became how far
the fears of Mr.. Hanna could be worked
upon by fomenting a revolt in the
Republican ranks and compelling him
to shell out under the threat of losing
Ohio mutiny means. 1t is merely ques-
ton of dollars and cents, Of shrewd en-
gineering to make Mr.. Hanna pay
roundly for his election, according to
the approved theory of politics which
he SO thoroughly represents.
It stands to reason on the face Of it
that the danger of bona fide opposi-
ton to Hanna is slight indeed. How
ever Mr.. Foraker may feel about it, he
has got what he wanted He is a United
States senator and his trusted friend is
governor of the state of Ohio, and the
state machinery is still within his con-
troll He may not particularly desire
to share the honors with Mr.. Hanna,
but that is a good deal better than
fighting him. Mr.. Foraker is shreWd
enough to have measured the caliber
Of Ohio Republicanism, to understand
that the machinery of the party in his
state has to be kept we'll oiled and to
appreciate the fact that, if it came to
a showdown between him and the
Hannaites, he would be ingloriously
left. Why should he invite such a strug-
gle and such an issue for no present
gain other than the poor eff
feet of splitting the party in
two and bringing about It's
probable defeat? No, this alleged move
ment Of the Foraker people has just
enough countenance to make it a good
able bodied scare for Mr.. Hanna and to
loosen his purse strings, which he has
drawn uncomfortably tight.
The members of the Ohio legislature
mean to send him back to Washington,
but they mean that he shall pay for
it roundly, after the approved fashion
of getting elected to the United States
senate nowadays in most of the states.
He need not think that the paltry sums
which he put up to carry the election
paltry as compared with his great re-
sources, will be accepted as a discharge
in full. They will scare him just enough
at Columbus to tap him for another
contribution. II he proves obstinate
they may even create deadlock and
hold up possible senatorial vacancy
until he meets their demands. If Mr..
Hanna is going back to the senate, he
may as well make up his mind to fol-
low the precedent that he has done so
much to create, and come down with
the amount Of cash that is proper
toned to his private fortune and the
average price of senatorships in the Re-
publican market