Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-09-22
THE ONO CAMPAIGN.

In any disposition we may nave "
take an optimistic view OF The Demo
cratic chances In the approaching election
I'm Ohio. we must reckon, and reckon Sc
rlously with the consideration That
on the result is staked largely
the political future Of Mr. Mchih-
ley. The moral eject Of Repubncoh
defeat in Ohio-the state OF Mckinney
! md the Republican national boss. MarA
| A. Hanna-would prove an almost IRE
| trievable disaster 10 che administration
| In truth. IL is not going too far to say
! that II would. in AL probability, absolutely
/ dissipate Mr. McKinley's hope OF attain
ing Tie goal for which he has Deeh
| striving ever since his inauguration, ana
/ which is a second term. Democratic
triumph would be a crushing rebuke 10
the policy he has appended upon to en-
sure his succession. and would encourage
the Democracy and the general anti-im-
periaIist element the land over This Is
recognized I'm no uncertain tones by the
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune, one OF
the leading Mckinley organs Of the Buck
owe State. when 1t says that ''it is in
cumbent not alone for her own SAKE
but upon behalf OF the party and the
Union, that she ohio make her Repub-
lican majority next November fore
cast OF the Unions verdict for Novem-
Der a year hence"
BY upon behalf Of the party and Inc
Union" the Commercial Tribune means
upon behalf of Mckinley and Imperial
ism. and it makes a clear confession
that it believes the Ohio outcome VIII
practically determine the result in 1872
Hence. we may expect in Ohio such
Republican fight as that party has rarely
put up. We may expect hight herce
10 the last degree. We may look for re-
course to every Vaccination such a mas
ter Of political trickery as Hanna can
devise, and for the most unblushing re-
sort to the "logic" of Doodle and corrup-
ton the country has ever known From
the standpoint Of Mckinley and Hanna
the State must be carried for the Re
publicans at any cost.
But. on the other hand. in any dispo-
may reckon with the fact that grave APP
prehension and desperation have seized
upon the Ohio Republican camp. The
existence of this condition is being made
manifest in various ways. The Mckin-
ley organs are making no effort to check
the rising tide of anli-imperialism with
argument, but instead are pouring out
upon the anti-lmperialists a vicious ana
vituperative suice OF charges of cow
ardice and treason and taunis that they
want to haul down the nag" Here. from
the Commercial Tribune. is a specimen
of that performance:
"Hiding their cowardice behind spe-
cious pleas. and cloaking their treaehery
under an assumption of virtue, masking
craftsmanship by a counterfeit patriotism
i'm a confusion Of sense by deluge OF
sound. they chant their hypocrisies III
meaningless phrases and rest thcir cause
in play upon prejudice and imposition
upon ignorance
Moreover. these same organs ignore tho
Democratic prOnouncement against trusts
and militarism, but are sedulously en-
deavoring to soft-soap the large disaf-
fecied German element by making to the
Germans appeals which have nothing TO-
do with the case. Again, they are print
ing all sorts Of befuddling statements
designed both to minimize Foraker's in
nuence. and produce the impression that
the senior Ohio Senator. who has just
given an excuse for not accepting an In
vitation to help open the campaign, had
thrown away the knife he has so long
carried for Mckinley and Mark. Las.,
but not least, Republican apprehension
and desperation have found vent in a
Macedonian cry to Mckinley to come
over to Ohio and take the stump.
1t would, therefore, appear that after
making all allowances for the momen-
tous necessity for a Republican victory,
and for all the agencies which, in their
straits, the Ohio McKinleyites will bring
TO bear in order TO secure a victory, the
outlook for the Democrats in the State
is brighter and more encouraging. and
should be more stimulating than il has
been for years. They have reason 10
fight on and hope on until the vote shall
have been counted on the night Of cleo
ton and should remember that by the
same token that Republican success
would assure McKinley's denomination.
and might assure his reelection, Demo-
cratic success might assure the over
throw of the Republican party in the
next presidential struggle. The moral eff
feet factor involved in the result of the
campaign is capable of working with