The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-09-17
MR.. FORAKER is CONFIDENT.

MR.. FORAKER is CONFIDENT.
The Ohio Senator Says There's No Doubt
of Republican Success.
Senator Foraker speaks most confidently
of the probabilities of the success OF the
republican party in Ohio this fall. The
senator says the situation has changed won
derfully within the last few months, and
that while there was some doubt before
congress adjourned of big republican vic
tory, there is none now. 1t has been very
quiet in the state for some weeks, but next
Saturday the campaign will open with a
flourish, and all the prominent republicans
will speak at various meetings.
The talk of an estrangement between
Senator Foraker and Senator Hanna is
discredited by the fact that both senators
will open the campaign at Burton, Ohio,
and speak from the same platform, to-
gether with ex-Secretary of the Treasury
Foster. Senator Foraker will then go into
the campaign and will do much hard work.
In speaking about the fight in his state,
Senator Foraker says the republicans are
In excellent condition, and will go into the
campaign full of confidence and harmony.
"The republicans are enthusiastic, and
we will elect our state ticket and ma
jority of the legislature" said Senator For
aker. "That will insure the election of a
republican United States Senator to succeed
Mr.. Hanna, and that senator, of course,
will be Mr.. Hanna himself. The prosper
Gus condition of the people In Ohio has
greatly changed the situation there, and
the republican party is getting the benefit
of the boom.
"In my travels over the state / have
found hardly any free silver sentiment,
and, indeed, 1t seems only to be found in
the Cincinnati Enquirer and other demo-
cratic papers in Ohio. The people are too
busy now making money to listen to free
silver arguments. The resolutions adopted
at the recent county conventions show the
change in feeling on this subject.
~ found the same prosperous conditions
everywhere, not only among the farmers
and business men, but among the railroads
and other Industries. The boom came so
suddenly that it caught all the railroads
unprepared, and there is not railroad in
the country today that Is not short of
equipment and rolling stock. These have
been obliged to order new cars, and you
can see at once the effect. Hundreds Of
men have found employment; there has
been a demand for iron, wood, and other
materials needed In the construction Of
cars and building of roads.
"This means work and employ ment for
various other trades, and its effect Is being
felt everywhere. 1t is not only so with
the railroads, but other industries. A
great deal has been said in regard to dol
lar wheat. That Is not the only product
of the farmers that has felt the revival of
prosperity, for there has been as great a
rise in the price of other things in pro-
portion as in the wheat. lake, for in
stance, sheep. The rise In the price in
sheep has been far greater than wheat in
proportion, and there is not head of sheep
in this country which Is not worth double
the price 1t was before the tariff bill was
passed.
''It is so with corn, oats, barley, as well
as potatoes, horses and other products
raised by the farmer. One has only to 90
out into the country to realize all that |
have said. The people understand it, and
In my state they are not going to be led
astray by any free silver talk. Under the
circumstances don't see why the republic
can victory cannot be made unanimous In
Ohio"
Senator Foraker expects Secretary Sher-
man to speak in Ohio this fall, and says
great interest is manifested in the speech
he expects to make. Turing his stay In
the city, which will end tomorrow, the
Senator called at the State Department and
had talk with Secretary Sherman, as well
as with Assistant Secretary Day. He ex-
poets to return to Cincinnati, and will &c
into the campaign In earnest. Washington
Star.