The evening times., 1897-08-05
Fight for The Senate Over
shadows All Other Issues.
DISLIKED BIZ REPUBLICANS
His Campaign Ma rl0cd by Trickery-
Party Men Disguised Because All
Appointments Made So Far Have
Been in His Foraker
Faction Very Bitter.

rate. Politics is sizzling in both these
states. aud the eyes Of the natioa are
focused on the two comInOnwealths. Ihe
struggle is almost national one' Tor the
national representatives of the two great
parties have taken hold OF the situation, and
are conducting the battle. The chances
apuear 10 he good for Democratic success
In both states.
In Ohio the contest is one personal en-
tirely to senato Hanna His personality
has ef,:rrpd into the campaign, aud that
one fact Is the strength of the opposition
and the weakness of the Republicans.
Mr. Hanna Is dislikcd cordially among
Republicans OF Ohio, chiefly on account
of his oold-blooded manner of doing busl-
ness and his conduct of a political catn-
paign on the oSdd, hard basis OF dollars
and cents manifested ia the management
OF his trade transactions. la Omo, where
he is best known, MIR. Hanna is looked
upon as q political iceberg, beside which
John sherman is a seething and roaring
furnace.
The fight there is 10 return Hanna To
the senate lie has been Endorsed by the
State convention, and everybody knows
that il the Republicans elect the leeisla
ture this man win be perpetrated upon
the ueople for another term Of six years.
Besides his unusual unpopularity, Mr..
Hanna has sevUtal matters OF moment TO
contend with. coalitions that portend dis
as,er 20 him and the set that follows in
hls footsteps There is a very considerable
element Of the Republican party in Ohio
friendly TO Mckinley Who believe that
the st-rest way 20 make the present Ad-
1ninistra:ion popular and successful Is TO
Remove II from the srel cast over it by
MIR. Hanna. and this element win not sup
mort the candidacy OF the hard-hearted
taskfla stcr who has held the reins Of the
party during the past twelve months.
There is. too, the Foraker element, which
hates Hanna and everything that pertains
to him with a oordiality that is akin 10 the
love OF the average human being for
snake. Every young member of the party
who is !uibued with an adriration for the
aashiny senior Senator detests Hanna as
he would toad met in the middle at the
road, aud il would be with about the
same feeling that this clement would kick
him into the adjacent ditch
The Foraker wing Of the party / s not
taking its coat off TO labor for this Illus
tration CT the brute IN politics. Tue press
of the State talks a great deal about the
harmony that exists in the State between
the factions 1t is the harmony that be-
gius with a hg u, but IL does not Spell
harmony at all. Senator Foraker is doing
little t1lkin-. lie is just row enjoying a
needed rest, Tut he cannot restrain his
friends ard they are not silent in their
criticism of the conduct of Senator Hanna
and of the President, who. under the advice
OF this man, has made appointments 10
office OF Ohio men that have caused aston
fShment fn,.Al one end of the State 60 the
other.
Up to this time, not single appoint
ment has been made in that State eX-
ccpt those which are 20 fulfill bargains
made by Hanna when he engineered the
campaign The same may be said of
every appointments IN the South Not a
Republican of prominence has been given
a hearuig. Every appointment has been
dictated by Hanna, and many of them
are Infamous. Hanna used the men in
the conventi,n and before, and is now
carrying out the unhOly cOmpacts ne then
made, and the President, conscious OF
what Hanna did, is party 70 the deal
1t viii he found when the election rolls
Ground that the vote in Ohio will be far
short of the usual vote OF the party. The
Foraker wing will not go to the polls, and
if their absence can effect the defeat OF
Hanna never will men have stayed away
from the voting precincts with more of
personal satisfaction than those who in this
matter viii permit the election to 40 by
defadlt.
Hanna knows Of the situation, and is
growing desperate. He has ia his hands
an enormous balance OF the campaign
fund raised for the last Presidential con
test, aud the greater part OF this win be
put into Ohio TO purchase, If possible, the
votes nece ssary to make good the falling
off i'm the Republican vote, which he can
not hope to bring out. In addition TO this.
he is endcayoring to manufacture an ELI
tHusiasm that does not exist. and is
bolsterinc the boys up with the promise OF
an old time campaign
Thus early tie annom Cement comes
from Cleveland that a round dozen Of the
most prominent men in each House will
participate IA the campaign in Ohio, among
the names announced being Speaker Reed
and President Mckinley. No one believes
for moment that Speaker Reed has
induce him to leave the cool mountains of
Maine to go into the heat Of a campaign
for the henefit OF the manager OF the Nc
kinlcy circus and no sane man thinks for
moment that the President OF the United
States would far forget the dignity of
his office as TO go stumping State, even
N At he his own, for the candidacy of a
man for the United States Senate
Mr. Hanna has begun the game OF trickery
early in the campaign, and IL all reports
that come from the Buckeye state be
true, he VIII be Compelled to resort to de-
ception and MISREPRESENTATION, together
with the liberal use of money. in order TO
make a decent showing i'm the fight
The same general interest is being mani
Tested in Maryland, and here, as in Ohio,
The national lea ders are taking a hand iu
the struggle. With the exception OF a small
ooteiie in the city of Baltimore, who are
antagonizing Mfr. German, the Democratic
party appears TO he united, while the Re-
puhlicans are divided into half a dozen
conflicting factions. The action OF Mr.
Wellington appears to have made divisions
In the party that refuse 20 I've healed, and
the delegation I'm Congress is pulling at
odds with each other, part Of IL opposing
the Senator on every occasion. On the
question OF patronage they are unable to
agree, and the ma yorality struggle I'm BAL. |
tin'ore has totally disrupted the party In |
the city.
Mr.. German has accepted the platform /
OF tic Chicago convention. and while the |
State convention did not accent that Mat |
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