Evening star., 1897-01-21
THE OHIO FACTIONS
Not Likely to Be Trouble Over Mr..
Sherman's Successor.
LOCAL CONDITIONS DEMAND UNION
Democrats Getting Ready for the
Election Next Fall.
HANNA FOR THE SENATE

The acceptance by Mr.. Sherman of the
secretaryship of state has started afresh
all OF those stories recently In circulation
about the republican factions in Ohio. and
the liability of outbreak at any time
The outbreak is promised now for a.cer-
tainty. Mr. Foraker is represented as he
ing opposed TO the proposition to make Mr.
Hanna senator by appointment. and as
maturing plan by which he can secure a
colleague entirely acceptable TO himself.
This sort OF talk proceeds of course upon
the assumption that Governor Bushnell will
cooperate with Mr.. Foraker in any course
he may decide to pursue.
But confidently and frequently as these
stories are repeated, they are rejected by
some of the best informed Ohio republicans
in Washington. The explanations these
men give of the situation, and the predic-
tions they make on the subject, put the
whole matter in an entirely different light.
Ihey believe that so far from the situation
becoming complicated as the result of Mr.
Sherman's retirement from the Senate. II
Will be simplfied. and that the harmony
that prevailed in last falls campaign viii
prevail again in the campaign of next fall
They predict Mr.. Hanna's appointment 10
the Senate by Governor Bushnell upon
these grounds.
Good Reasoning Grounds.
ID. Governor Bushnell could not afford
10 ignore the known, IL uneXpresscd, wishes
of Mr.. Mckinley on the subject IL Mr.
Mckinley wants Mr.. Hanna added to the
number of his friends in office in Washing
ton he is entitled to have his way about
the matter. As President he will be carry
ing a heavy burden, and at the outset
particularly, he will have the right to COM
mand, and should receive the cordial sup
port of all his party friends.
CD The appointment will strengthen the
party in Ohio for next falls camDaipn
Both factions will then have a stake In
the game and both will exert themselves
all the more because of that fact. fun
state ticket and legislative are to he
elected, and the Legislature will choose both
for the uneNpired term of MIR. sherman
in the Senate, and for the full term, which
Will begin March 4, 1899 Mr. Hanna will
be candidate for both the unexpired and
the fuli term. Governor Bushnell aspires TO
second term in his Office, and his sup
porters will thus be brought enthusiastic
ally into the campaign.
The Democratic Leaders.
CD. 1t viii be necessary for the republi-
cans to be united and alert in order to win
Some lukewarmness will necessarily follow
the distribution of the federal patronage.
Then the democrats viii be aggressive
and well led. Their candidate for gov
ernor win probably be ex-Congressman
.ooi - Ntiy wealthy BOOu pOll-
tcian. Their candidate for senator will be
John K. Mclean, another very wealthy
man. and politician of national renown.
Mr.. Mclean has the whole machinery of
his party in the state in his own hands,
and his desire to be elected to the Senate
will lead him to make the most thorough
and complete campaign of his life. Two
such men Sorg and Mclean, working
together, will need watching, and nothing
but solid front on the part of the repub-
licans will suffice to defeat them. Any
serious contention whatever between the
Hannaites and the Forakerites would be
almost certain to result in giving victory
IN the state TO the democrats.
Hanna's Appointment Predicted.
And so it is that some well-informed Ohio
republicans friends of Mr.. Foraker and
Gov. Bushnell, and in ordinary circum-
stances not likely to be found on the Hanna
side of a local question-in the circum-
stances that exist, and which they thus de-
TAIL favor and predict the appointment OF
Mr.. Hanna to the Senate.