Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-11-06
PRESIDENT M'kINLEY IS NOT so
CONFIDENT As DICK.
SATISFIED IF NASH WINS
DOES NOT COUNT ON PREDICTED
10000 PLURALITY.
Realizes That Hanna's Part in the
Campaign Has Hurt Republicans
-Better If the Senator Had
Been Kept In the
Background.


kinley will go to Canton. o., to vote on
Tuesday. He is naturally anxious over the
political situation in Ohio and hopes to
see l good Republican majority for Judge
Nash and also for the legislative ticket;
but he does not take the roseate view OF
Chairman Dick, who claims 5000 majority
for Nash. The president will be satisfied
with Nash's election, for he realizes that
the party has heavy load to carry in the
efforts of some of his own personal friends
TO make the campaign personal one,
claiming that none We're Republicans eN-
cept those who acknowledged allegiance
to Senator Hanna and others who posed as
the personal representatives of the presi-
dent.
The president now realizes that it would
have been better had Senator Hanna been
kept in the background, as was recon-
mended by some of the shrewdest politi-
clans in Ohio when the campaign opened
Senator Hanna is not popular In Ohio he
has many enemies in his own party and
even among those who are sincere friends
of the president.
Other friends of the president do not ike
to see the small coterie of men who sur
round the junior senator pose as the only
men who are loyal to the president. They
did not want Mr.. Hanna for an issue, be-
cause of the personal antagonism toward
him in the party. They wanted Mckinleys
administration for the issue. and Judge
Nash as the representative of that issue in
Ohio.
But for the first time in half century
the Republicans of Ohio have conducted
a campaign without making the head OF
the ticket the leader. Hayes and Foster,
Foraker, Mckinley and Bushnell were the
men most talked about when they were
candidates for governor. but this year the
talk has been about Senator llama ana
not about Judge Nash.
Fool friends of the president have at
tackled Senator Foraker as disloyal and
abused Bushnell and every other Repub-
Ecan who was not Hanna factionist. The
presidents friends now admit that this was
u grave mistake, for the Republicans of
Ohio have never submitted 20 bosses. and
the methods of Hanna and most of his
| champions have aroused prejudice and the
suspicion that he would be boss.
The vote next Tuesday will be compared
with that Of two years ago. The total vote
| for governor in 1897 was S5i,9S5. against
| 1.O11. $50 cast for president In 1896. Governor
| Bushnell received 429,9l5 votes and H. l..
| Chapman, the Democratic candidate, 43l.-
| 49, with about 20.0G0 scattering votes. Bush
| nel's plurality was $500 and the president
| will be satisfied If Nash has as large a
| lead in view of the Republican admissions
| that Mayor Jones will receive from 1000
| to 10000 votes.
II Nash Should receive a plurality i, Of
| demonstrate to the president that the party
| is in better condition now than it was two
years ago.
| 1t will also demonstrate to him that his
| Philippine policy is real source of
strength in Ids own state instead of an
| have judged by their making it the prin-
! cipal point of attack. 1t will show the
president that the Republicans Of Ohio are
| so much interested I'm his Philippine policy
| that they are willing to bury factional diff
| ferences and personal prejudices to present
| a united front in defense Of that policy.
| 1t should be understood that Bushneil s
| ma jority two years ago did not represent
| the vote for Senator HannaS reelection.
| The senator was an issue two years ago.
| for he had been nominated by the state
| convention. and the Republicans elected to
the Legislature were pledged TO vote for
| him.
| IL will be remembered that the Repub-
| licans had very narrow margin in the
| legislature and that the senator got
| through by a scratch. But lew politicians
| have taken the pains to figure up the pop
| ular majority for Hanna as measured by
| the vote for the Republican candidates for
| the legislature. The Bushnell majority did
not represent the majority for the whole
| ticket.
| The fight then made on Senator Hanna
| cut the legislative vote down IN every
| county from loo votes in the rural districts
| to 2.c1o in Cincinnati. In all the cities Han
| mas candidacy cut the Republican majority
| for the legislative ticket very materially,
| and in Cuyahoga county. his own home
| the prejudice against him cut the vote
| from 2,Go5 to $3.50 below the vote for Cover
| nor Bushnell, while in Cincinnati the preJu-
| dice against George Cox, who was the
friend of Hanna. changed a Republican ma
| ;drity for governor into a Democratic ma
| iority on the Legislative ticket. There were
| similar cuts in Columbus. Toledo. Spring
field and DAYTON. and the Republican plur
| aIity on the legislative ticket was less than
5000 In exact figures it was i.sSl
| That represented the plurality for Sem
| ator Hanna in Ohio TWO years ago. and IL
| Nash gets SD.O0O plurality next Tuesday the
| presidents friends will feel that the ex-
| pansion policy of the administration IN
! Washington has overshadowed factionai
differences In the Buckeye state and saved
| the ticket from defeat due to the prorni-
nence of NJ Hanna as an issue. The preSl-
| dent admits that Mr.. Hanna is not good
| issue in Ohio. and other Republican lead
| ers believe that next year 1t Will be ad-
| visable for Mr.. Hanna TO take a place III
| the ranks and allow some other Republican
| TO manage President Mckinleys campaign
iVt VCtINCINNATI. O.. Nov. 5.-Mr. John r.
Mclean. the Democratic candidate for
of Ohio 10 sahhs ih
| 1t contains his view OF the ohio election
| outlook:
/ COLUMBUS. o.. Nov. s. 1899.
To the Voters of Ohio
their bs ots give expression TO their opinions the
issues before the public. After most careful can
vass after a thorough look into the situation.
hearing county. from nearly every town
| shin Of the state. l believe that the Democratic
ticket will receive thousands more votes thin
the Republican ticket.
After careful look through the election systen
party and looking fairly into the organization OF
III. opposite party. do not believe that any wang
can be successfully brought about. All the DEM
ocrats have to do Is be careful: watch the votes
cast see them counted after they are cast: see III
returns properly made and slated. shutting out ali
opportunities substitute Hanna ballot for
democratic one, and victory is ours.
l saw this without qualification. without reserve.
Mamma is beaten. JOHN Z. M'LEAN
The most significant development in the
Ohio campaign since yesterday is the pre-
diction made by Ex-Governor Charles Fos-
ter who has been speaking throughout the
state for the Republican ticket He esti-
mates the total vote of the state at $4,000.
| of which Nash iRepubiicanl will get not
less than 465 600: Mclean CDemocrap. not
| more than 10000. and Jones tnon-partisan)
and all others will divide the remainder.
| After giving the above figures Nash
and Mclean. Mr.. Foster said there was a
strong probability that Jones would cut
| down this estimate on the leading candi-
| dates. but. If he did. three-fourths of the
| cutting would be on the Mclean vote.
Mr. Foster predicts that. outside of Cuya-
the cities of Cleveland and Cincinnati. the
Republicans will elect not fewer than eigh-
| teen senators and sixty representatives.
| which would give both houses to the Re-
| Hamilton county has Republicans on it.
| A peculiar feature of the campaign has
| been the use by both parties of utter
ances of ex-senator John Sherman. 1t is
IT.