The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-04
PRoSPECTs IN ONO.
A Survey az the Political Situation After the
Delegates to Evansville went Home.

was not put up 10 WIN, Dut 10 tho
coheslveness Of the party organization and to
assure Mr.. McLean's control OF It for future
exigencies and opportunities. Among the
future exlGencies and opportunities may BIO
reckoned the Democratic National Convention
OF 1000 and the Senatorial vacancy In 1908.
when the term OF Senator Foraker expires
Three OF the can didates nominated at Zanes-
Vile are. or have been. connected with tho
newspaper press. Mr.. Mclean. the nominee
for Governor. is the editor and owner OF tho
Cincinnati Enquirer. and he has recently ac-
qured control OF Toledo newspaper. The
candidate for Lieutenant Governor. Judge
Patrick OF Tuscarawas county. 10 a son OF the
founder OF the first newspaper in Tuscarawas.
His chief political distinction Is that he was an
elector on the Seymour and Blair ticket In Ohio
in 1858. The enthusiasm for Seymour and Blair
is still lively In Tuscarawas, which Bryan car
ried In 1895. and especially In New Philadel-
phia. whore Judge Patrick resides. The can
ddate for Treasurer on the Zanesville ticket Is
James German. who publishes the Irontonidn
at Ironton. Lawrence county. and 10 one OF the
few nominees really belonging to the present
political era He Ia a young man and was Sec
rotary OF the last Democratic State Executive
Committee. Lawrence county ID strongly Re-
publican.
For State Auditor the nominee OF the Zanes-
| vile convention is George Washington Siger-
| foos. He Is resident Of Stark county, tho
| home OF President Mckinley. The nominee
| for Justice OF the Supreme Court is a lawyer
| from central Ohio Dewitt Clinton Badger OF
| Madison. the chief town OF which 10 London.
Madison is In the same judicial district as this
| county. Franklin. but the nom ination OF judi
| cial candidate from the neghboring county
| will in no wise Offset the popularity OF Judge
! Nash OF Columbus. the Republican candidate
for Governor
| For Attorney General the Democrats nomi-
mated William H. Dore Of THIN. He ran for
| the same office on the unsuccessful Chapman
ticket in 1897 and was defeated by 25,0O0 ma
| jority. For some reason he Ia constantly al
luded to as having led his ticket by 1000 votes
| in that year. Actually he had no more votes
than his associates upon it. Seneca county.
| from which he halls 10 in the northern section
| OF the State and is strongly Democratic. Tho
| Democratic nominee Tor member OF the Board
OF Public Works is Fletcher D. Malin OF Panes-
| vle In Lake county. chairman OF the Demo-
cratic County Committee. Lake 10 in the
western reserve and Is Republican.
Structura!ly. the GAINESVILLE Democratic ticket
Is very weak. Southeastern Ohio in which
close elections in this State are decided. Ia
wholly unrepresented upon 1t except through
Mr.. Mclean. who is actually a resident OF
| Washington. in the District OF Columbia.
| Northwestern Ohio. from which the surest
| Democratic majorites come has no represent
alive. either actual or ostensihle. The city Of
| Cleveland. upon which. II anywhere. the Demo-
| Gratis of Ohio must depend for whatever aid
they can hope for from factional Republican
| divisions. was entirely disregarded In the
makeup OF tho ticket. The German Ameri-
eau element. which is always considered in
dispensable to Democratic success here. 10
| likewise without representation.
| ha m n n tipD Of Mr. Mol W n
| brought about in the Zanesvillo convention by
| q combination Of the vote of the chief cities Of
the State. Cincinnati. Cleveland Dayton and
| Hamilton. The vots OF Hamilton, Cuyahoga.
Montgomery and Butler counties. In which
these four cities are included. was cast unani-
| mously for Mclean. Outside OF these four
counties the vote was as follows: Kilbourne.
| 237: Mclean. 227; Sherwood. So; Haskell. 45
Rico. 80: Seward. %. and Lentz. g. The DEM
ocratic party in Ohio is strongest in its agricu-
tural districts, and the majorities which often
| make the State uncertain ana sometimes carry
it over into the Democratic column are secured
| in the farming sections where the protest
against the nomination OF Mr. Mclean was
strongest. and where there is now the greatest
disa Affection. In the estimate Of the rural DEM
ocrats OF Ohio Mr.. Mclean 10 not merely plu-
tocrat. but he is AN absentee plutocrat and.
what is worse, "kid-glove" candidate out OF
sympathy with the aspirations OF the bucolic
statesmen generally. though his consistent
support OF the silver cause has M difled some OF
the objections to him without. however. bring
ing any new recruits.
The personal objections TO Mr.. Mclean on
a candidate are numerous. besides. He has
an almost unlimited number OF enemies m ade
in past times by the course OF the Enquirer.
and through factional conflicts in which he
has taken part, from time to time. In the State.
He has another disadvantage that. while active
for twenty five years In Ohio politics. he has
never before been candidate for an elective
office before the voters, though he has fire.
quontly been an aspirant for other nomna-
tions-Presdent. Vice-President. Senator and
Representative.
The hopes OF Mr.. McLean's supporters are
based upon some very unstable political prem
ises. 1t Ia expected. for instance. that tho d.
version Of labor votes made for the eccentric
Mayor OF Toledo. the fighting Welshman.
Jones' who Is ostensibly Republican, will
weaken tho Nash ticket. There are many
labor Republicans in Ohio. especially In the
large cities and in the mining districts. and
with any other candidate than Mclean at the
head OF the Democratic ticket this element Of
danger to the Republicans would be consider
able. because the whole Of the Jones vote would
be drawn from that party. As 1t is. Mr. Jones
| will draw more Democratic votes than Repuh-
lican votes In consequence OF the antpathy to
Mr.. Mclean. and it is question. therefore
whether the independent campaign OF the
Toledo Mayor will not actually increase the
Republican lead
Another point OF dependence OF the Mclean
managers is. oddly enough. upon the colored
vote OF Ohio. There are 25.0O0 colored voters
in Ohio. mostly In the southern and south.
western counties. Many OF them have recently
been estranged from the Republican party
through the failure OF its leaders. as they
claim. to accord adequate recognition to men
OF their race. and through the failure OF Repub.
lican officials to protect them against the fury
, OF Ohio mobs Of lynchers. Two years ago the
coored men OF the State held a convention and
nominated a complete ticket OF their own as
protest against existing political conditions
The GAINESVILLE convention adopted this plank:
1--WE deplore the frequent and outrageous oxsrcis.
of lynch law in this and other States. especially
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