The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-11

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feated The electoral votes Of Ohio have
been cart uniformly for the pFestdentiAi
noGnanees 81 tho Republican party sance
tn enkahlisAm4nt Yet ACCOMPLISHMENTS
thess facts there u Z vigorous contest this
rear. - heretofore. fDe the Democratsc
ncninAtion In Ohio. Why onto = nos
less = Republican ssaxe now than It mas
been heretofore. AT last years cleo
ton, under political conditions about the
same n exist now. the Republican piu-
rality wua 81 Leo. The Democrats party
In Ohio has been. to great extent, ds-
rupted by BryanIsm. and the Republican
party has kcen In even greater me tsurs
benefited by an ADMINISTRATION OF an ONO
man - president. for the popularity OF
William Mckinley has always been great
IN Ohio and b greater now than II ever
was before Both United States soma
tors from Ohio are Republicans. the
ma torfty Of the delegates to congress are
Republican. the chairman Of the Repuo-
iican national committee Is an Ohio man.
and since the date Of the last election
some substantial Ohio Democrats have
retired from polific1: others. ex-senator
Brice among them. have died. The Pc
culiar feature Of this years Ohio cleo
ton IL found in the Importance of its
large cities. which have been gaining
anti-corporation acts OF some officials.
The present governor. Mr.. Bushnell.
broke away from his Republican assoct-
ates at the big Hanna fight for senator
In Columbus. The attorney general. Mr..
Monnett. whose controversy with the
Standard Oil concern has brought him
into considerable prominence. Is Re-
publican. Mayor Jones. OF Toledo
Municipal Ownership Jones-is Re-
publican. and was elected to his pre-
vious term OF mayor on the Republican
ticket Previously. heretofore. radical
projects In finance or administration
have been undertaken In Ohio by Demo-
Gratis The Republican party OF the
state. the conservative force In Ohio
politics, has arrayed itself against vio-
lent. radical and sometimes incendiary
plans and methods, and In the encounter
between the two the Republicans have
almost invariably won. In the memoir
able election Of 1877. however. they took
contrary course. espousing the views
Of many disconnected radicals and de-
claring their hearty sympathy with the
conditions Of the honest and industrious
laborers who we're willing to work, but
remain unemployed. or are employed at
wages inadequate to comfort and inde-
pendence." In the ensuing battle they
were Overwhelmingly defeated by Gin
ctnnat business man nominated on the
Democratic ticket for governor. though
at that period Hamilton county, which
includes the city OF Cincinnati. cast only
$1,000 votes. and Cuyahoga, which In
cludes the city of Cleveland. cast only
g. 600 in a total Of 555.00o. The present
vote OF Hamilton county Is los. 900 and Of
Cuyahoga county $1,000 Both Cincin-
natl and Cleveland have Democratic
mayors. and the projection of any
such issue as municipal ownership or
state regulation into this years contest
would have the effect only of solidifying
the Democratic forces In the large cities,
and 1t is In the large cities that Ohio
Republicans look for their majorities
and usually get them. The country dis
tricts of the state. and especially In
Southern and Central Ohio. are strongly
inclined to the Democratic party. and
in the presidential election OF 1886 Bryan
carried outright thirty OF the counties
of Ohio and in ten other counties vas de-
feated by a small vote only in each. 1t
was a full vote. a presidential year. and
an Ohio Republican as the standard
Bearer of the party. but despite these dis
advantages Bryan and Sewall polled 10
per cent. OF the vote of the state. and
outside of Its large cities their proper
rion of the total vote was a little over
50 per 'cent.-Chicago Inter Ocean.