The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-22
BREAKERS AHEAD FOR M'KIN-
LEY.

There are breakers ahead for Major
Mckinley; of that there is no doubt.
They are coming from the turbulent
sea of Ohio politics. The Cincinnati
Enquirer of the 18th inst. sums up the
Ohio situation about as it is. OF
ocratic paper, but still by one that is
thoroughly well informed and that
aims to be impartial The Enquirer
says:
So complicated are the internal diff
culties of the Republican party in Ohio
that all hopes of harmonizing them are
rapidly vanishing. The great question
upon which everything centers is
whether Mark Hanna can control the
Republican machine of the state, so
as to make President Mckinley inde~
pendent of Senator Foraker if neceS-
sary, or whether that senator will re-
tain his present CONTROL and. by die
tating who shall be his colleague in
the senate, make the new president
dependent upon him for the privilege
or appointing some of his own friends
to office in Ohio. Even if Major Nc
Kinley and Senator Foraker could sit
down quietly and divide up the loaves
licans, the question would still remain
where shall the power be lodged for
the execution of this agreement or for
its violation. Suppose it were fully
settled how every federal office in Ohio
should be bestowed. Senator Foraker
would still wish to dictate who his
own colleague shall be, so that if the
president should be unmindful of the
arrangement at any time, the United
States senatorial delegation from Ohio
could oppose the presidential nomina-
lions. On the other hand, the presi-
dent and Mark Hanna would still in
sist that Mr.. Foraker'S colleague ought
to be selected from Major McKinley's
ranks, so that if Senator Foraker
should weary of well-dOing, his coll
league could antagoniZe him in the
senate, and thus make easy the con-
firmation of the Republicans nominated
TO office from the Mckinley side of
the party. In a word. the question is
which side shall trust the other Mr..
Hanna'S great services to his chief,
and to the Republican party, would
seem to entitle him to a seat in the
senate from Ohio if he insists upon it.
That he will make great contest for
the senatorial term, commencing March
4, 1899, can not be doubted. If there
is to be any fair division of the federal
honors in Ohio during Major McKin-
ley's administration, it would seem but
fair play that Senator Foraker should
name his own colleague, and this, it is
understood would only be the fulfill
ment of the understanding had when
the national delegation was conceded
to Major Mckinley.
With Major Mckinley in command
of the White House, and Senator For
aker in command of Ohio at the fed
eral capitol both sides of the party
would be fully represented, and neither
could easily take advantage of the
other. With Major Mckinley in the
White House. and the senatorial dele
cation from Ohio divided, Senator For
aker would be a cipher in national
politics, and his prestige at home could
only be maintained by g. successful war
upon the federal administration.
There is the Ohio situation: fight. in
reality. for the spells of office. The
president of the United States should
be bigger man than an Ohio sena~
tor. Will he be? That is the ques-
ton. If there is a fight in his own
state over the division of office and he
elects to take part in it, he might or
he might not prove to be the bigger
man. If he kept out of it and the
senators of his own state opposed his
nominations from mere pique, it may
be doubted whether senatorial cour-
tesy would be powerful enough to
cause the senate to side against the
president to simply crafty the Ohio
senators.
Something may or may not come of
all this talk about discussions in the
Republican party of Ohio, but if there
does and they are carried to Washing
ton, the people will quickly resent any
attempt to make Ohio politics doml-
nate national affairs. Let Ohio keep
her political troubles within her own
boundaries.