Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-09-18
OPENING THE ONO CAMPAIGN

by n purely accidental hut none the
less significant coincidence the Repub.
llcans Of Ohio opened their State cam
paign on the very day that the repre-
sentatives Of the bituminous coal min
ers decided at the capital city Of Ohio
to accept the terms Of settlement offer
ed by the operators. Early In the day
II was reported that the proposition
was rejected. hut II was finally accept
cd. There was no connection, In one
sense. between the strike and the cam.
paign. but a serious hindrance to pros.
perity could not fail to be politically
hurtful. The Republican party never
banks on calamity. That would I've ab-
horrent to its general character.
The opening was tripartite AFFAIR.
At no less that three different points
the Republicans rallied at the same
time. But the main rally was mt Bur
ton: AT least the speeches made there
by the two Senators were reported with
considerable fullness. One need not
blush for his ignorance II he does not
happen to have ever heard Of Burton.
Ohio. 1t Is Of the coney species. 1t Is
a little rural town in the Western Re-
serve. The population II put down as
$50. 1t has only one railroad. Yet
there were. II Il reported. 5000 people
there. fully ten times as many rs the
population. men. women and children.
There must have been acres Of teams
from "amang the farmers round" Does
this look as II this was to be an OF
year for the Republicans? 1t would In.
dictate. rather. that the Republicans Of
the country are SO delighted over the
results Of Republican restoration That
they are eager to improve the oppor-
tunity to show It. There Is certainly
nothing out Of the usual In that part
Of Ohio. and Burton IL simply fair
average country place.
The first speech at Burton was deliv-
cred by Senator Foraker. whose ring.
ing tones have 10 often stirred the en-.
thusiasm Of Republican audiences. He
appealed to his audience to support the
national administration and help re.
tain Senator Hanna In the SENATE. The
real contest IL over the SenatOrship.
and must be waged In every Legislative
district In the state. The Democrats
have shown no disposition to make
more than n perfunctory fight for the
GOvernorship. Their candidate II the
president Of the coal operators trust.
The nomination was made before the
strike. II II true, hut In any event II was
weak ticket. The obvious intention
was to concentrate all their forces up.
on the election Of n Democratic Lcgis.
lature. For this reason far more Inter.
est attaches to Senator Hanna's speech
than to the speech Of his colleague.
Mr.. Hanna reviewed somewhat the
campaign Of last year and punctured
the tire Of Mr.. Bryan's new wheel. hut
the significant part Of the speech was
personal to himself. He II the unani.
nous choice Of the Republicans Of
Ohio for the high position 40 long Occu-
pied by John Sherman, and the people
have a right to know all about him.
He never took q prominent part In pol.
tiles until william Mckinley intrusted
to him the management Of his Prcsi.
dental campaign. and the Democratic
press has never tired Of holding him
up a. n "plutocrat," a labor cr,,sher.
He II large employer. and has been
for many years; but II does not follow
that he has been q grinder Of the face
Of the poor. That speech Of Saturday
was made In the county adjoining the
one In which Mr.. Hanna lives, and was
bound. AZ he well knew. to he reported
widely. II would have been insuffera.
lily stupid on his part to have made a
claim for himself which the facts
would not sustain. The specific claim
which was the starting point Of 'he
personal part Of his speech was this:
II was the first man In Ohio to rec
Ognixe organized labor. and never re.
fused to recognize wOrkingmen.'
This In not a glittering generality. II
rests his case on a definite assertion.
II that assertion were not true the
making Of II would have been an eyre.
giOus blunder. The truth In that Mark
Hanna II one Of the most popular EN-.
plOyers In the country. and all because
he II noted for the fairness with which
he treats those In his employ. That
reputation was earned long before he
held once or asplred to. The more his
record IL aRitated and inquired into the
better will II be for his candidacy.--In-