The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1899-11-15
THE REVOLT AGAINST HANNa
The Majority of Ohio Voters Have
Condemned McKinley's Policy
Next Year III State Will Vote for

The Majority of Ohio Voters Have
Condemned McKinley's Policy
Next Yea the State Will Vote for
Bryan.
The returns from the election in
Ohio show that Judge Nash, the Re.
publican candidate for Governor Sc.
cured his election by means of the can.
didacy of Mayor Jones, of Toledo, the
Independent "Golden Rule man and
they also show that Jones Is a factor
In Ohio politics Of no mean ability. It
is declared on all sides that but for the
candidacy Of Jones fully t~hree-fourths
OF his vote woald have been cast for
John II. Mclean, the Democratic can.
didate, which would undoubtedly have
elected him we Nash. Jones received
about 100, 600 votes. This vote rcpre.
sented the element in Ohio politics
dissatisfied with Hanna and Reuuhli.
can rule. The 100, 600 men who voted
Tor Jones were opposed to continuing
Mark Hanna as boss of Ohio, and the
most conservative estimates are to the
effect that had Jones withdrawn from
tho race fully t~hree-fourths of his SUP.
portcrs would never have voted FOR
Nash, thereby giving Mclean Is, OOC
more votes than he received. This
would have elected him over Nash by
q small majority.
h Democrats are charging the de.
ieat OF Mclean to Jones, and the later
returns and calculations show that the
alleged endorsement Of the MCKINLEY
administration in Ohio by the election
Of Nash Ia q doubtful honor. The com.
bined Jones and Mclean vote ia large,
than the vote for Nash, which undoubt.
edly makes a protest against the policy
Of the administration, and how the r..
publicaps q get any satisfaction on,
OF this result is hard to see. They
claim that the election of Nash is !;
square victory and endorsement of the
Presidents Philippine policy, and
marx Hanna's defense OF the trusts, but
this Is not borne out by the eturns In
Hanna's own district, Cleveland and
Cuyahoga County, be was overwhelm.
ingly defeated by Jones and Mclean,
The former carrying the county bv
H., 600, In the face OF the fact that Han
ma made speeches in every ward and
appealed to the voters to sustain the
administration and Republican rnIe,
Instead they voted for Jones and Me.
Lean. leaving the Mckinley Candidate
far behind.
The fact Is that while Judge Nash
has been elected and will be Governor.
he Is not the choice of the majority of
Oalo, and by their votes they nave re-
pudiated the Republican party and
administered a singing blow to Nc.
klnleyism'and: Hannaism by casting q
majority vote against them in favor OF
Jones and Mclean. The result shows
That the people wanted q change, but
they differed between Mclean and
Jones as to who vas the best man to
put at the helm OF State. The feeling
OF the Jones and Mclean followers Is
bitter against Hanna and Mckinley,
and the election of Nash represents
the minority in Ohio. 1t is O case OF
the minority electing the Governor,
ia other words, the opposition to the
Mckinley, administration aud Hanna.
ism In the State consists Of the major
lty OF the voters, yet by their division
n difference rs tocandidates the ms
Jority loses control of the State.
The question has been asked how
n opposition vote would go in q pres.
ldential election, and this problem
VIII give food for thought In Ohio and
The country for the next
several months. With the same Issues
before the people in o national cam
paign how would the Jones vote go-to
Bryan, say, or Mckinley? 1t is true
that the Jones followers are even more
D tier against Hanna rule than the
Democrats. They represent q reyolu-
lion In Ohio politics which, with all his
power and the power OF the adminis.
ration, Hanna cannot subdue. Jones'
!!oo,C0O followers, or at least three.
OF them, are Ia open revolt
against the policy of hanna and the
administrations as shown by their frenzv
n voting for Jones when they knew be
could not bs elected, thus throwing
way their vote to administer a rebuke
% the republicans. 1t Is asserted thai
ne greater part Of this vote will 90 "a
5ryan next year IL he Is the Democratic
lominee, because the Jones men wart
change, being Disguised with the
ule OF Hanna. ~
M followers of Mclean aud tho
eading Democrats are tskin9 this
lew OF the situation and thev ire AL
ertin9 that 1t viii be an easJ ming to
airy the State next year against Mo
A'hiey ant Hanna by siiuoiy combin
1g h Democratic and Jones indepan-
ent vote.
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