The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-31
THE CITIZENS, Ux1oN IN oHIo.
A Threat to Great Interests There. as .
IL Here.

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IL Hero.
To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-Sir: There 10 q
surprising lot Of falsilcNtion on the wires from
Ohio for the New York newspapers, and l send
a summary of tho facts that have q direct mp
plication to tho Mayoralty canvass In tho Greater
Now York territory.
IL Is absolutely false that there is friction bc-
tween the Republican Senators OF Ohio, and II
is a foolish Justification to say that Hanna has
been threatening Foraker. Some very fresh
liar must have told that silly tale. Foraker Is
ono OF the last men anybody would be likely
to threaten. He has been fighting hard for
Mr.. Hanna. and has constantly said he
could not havo q moro agreeable col
league In the Senate than no has got. Ho
told mo 30, and l have known him we'll an
long. There was a little friction about the State
organization, and Mr.. Hanna very properly In.
sisted upon having things his own way, as no
was particularly interested in tho Legislature
which had n Senator to re.clcct. but that blew
over after tho convention. 1t is possible Foraker
has n friend or two who have insisted upon that
untimely zeal which Ia characterized as fool
friendships" but II there nre such persons fussing
now they are unimportant, and they would
doom themselves to everlasting disgrace and
hopeless relegation to the rear II they should
persist in mnddling tho present contest.
AVA. oohh W. llCIcbu IL tuo -
unsound money principles In Ohio. He is not
only a free silver man but a greenbacker. His
father invented tho idea Of paying Off the
national dcbt-all Of 1t at once-in more groen'
backs" and he Is loyal to his fathers views,
and there is no reason about 1t. Mr.. llama,
now the Senator In the seat of Sherman. Is as
sound as Sherman himself on m~oney-and IL
Hanna goes out and Mclean goes into the Sen
ate, that body becomes tho servant OF the
Silver Trust. Mclean will be, II chosen for
Senator, tho holder OF the veto power in that
body to check all wholesome money legislation
There is now a perfect understanding of this in
Ohio. Mr.. Bryan's presence on the stump makes
the case plain. and tho Republicans aye under
great obligations to him for saying tho first
thing in Ohio that n single vote in the Senate
now would have an all-prcvailing influence
Bryan ia in Ohio TO win this almighty vote, as he
calls 1t. for Organism.
Now, how does it happen that there is any
danger of such n result in Ohiol 1t Is because
the Citizens Unions have been used to CONFUSE
party lines and obscure issues. 1t Is because
there Is In Cincinnati a Citizens Union or
ganization against the Republican party. mad
up very much in the same way and conducted il
the same manner as tho New York manifesto
ton. This Cincinnati Citizens Union is lk'
the New York new party in this-it is perfect,
reckless In regard to II not entirely hostil
toward the Republican party, for purposes tina
are conveniently disguised as reforms. 80 ia
as names and phrases go; but this reform
party in Cincinnati has to begin its good worI
by voting the State Democratic ticket. That
the head Of the thing. The tail Of 1t Is an allege
fusion" ticket for the Legislature, and /
Hamilton county ,CincinnatD fourteen member
; of that body are chosen in a block, and so con
, plctely have the reformers been hoodwinked this
If that fusion ticket is elected tho fourteen vote
0 will be for Mclean. that is to say, for an attac
1 upon the public credit and business prosperit
: of the United States, clouding the fair prospect
q Of the whole country. Tho Republicans hay
2 carried Legislatures outside Cincinnati. br
they are not accustomed to do so, and the cor
G plexion Of the United States Senate in all pro
ability turns on the Cincinnati vote. There WI
Z nearly twenty thousand majority in Cincinna
Q for Mckinley, and the Citizens Union bushes
v men, bcdraggled at the tail OF q false fusiC
= ticket. propose to turn the city and state ar
I the Senate Of the United States over to McLea
r when he has certainly not been in any sense
help in real reform politics or good governme
d in Cincinnati, but, on the contrary, quite the r
verse.
address these lines to THE Z because
think that paper has correctly diagnosed Il
disease that threatens the sound money party
- Ohio. and would check the prosperous industri
and enterprise of the country. Weof New Vol
the Greater are afflicted with the same malad
o 1t is the plague of false pretences.
y MCRAT HALSTEAD.