The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-13
IN OHIO.


James Creelman serves notice on the
Ohio Democrats. through the medium Of
the New York Journal that il is just as
well for them to quit, and let the Repub-
licans take the offices. He says they will
get them anyway He has already fgur-
ed out the size Of the Republican plural
ity that will be shown by the returns of
the forthcoming election. II is to be be
tween 10000 and $500, he says. He has
spent a few days in Ohio and therefore
knows everything about everything in the
state The opinions Of men who have
been connected with Ohio politics all Of
their lives and who have been watching
the current campaign closely, are not to
be considered in opposition TO his d.ctum,
according to Mr.. Creelman. Being a star
prognosticator Of yellow journalism, and
having taken a few meals in Ohio, he feels
warranted In asserting that the Ohio Dem
ocrats do not know what they are talking
about when they express themselves hope
full of carrying the state.
Meantime, despite Mr.. Creelman's no
tice, the Ohio Democrats are not going to
quit Despite the great campaign fund
which the Republicans are drawing from
postmasters and other officeholders, they
are going to continue the fight to the last
ditch, and if they fail 10 win they will be
a greatly surprised lot of voters. They
have now many reasons for thinking they
will win
The fact as gathered by closer and more
careful observers and less sensational
writer's than Mr.. .Creelman, is that Ohio
Is an extremely doubtful state. II is cal
culated that the Democrats have already
more than overcome the inertia of heavy
Republican victories for the past five
years. and that now It is clearly a tug
of war to see which party can swing the
state its way.
AT the beginning Of the campaign there
was considerable opposition to Mr., Nc
Lean, the Democratic nominee for Gov
ernor. on the part of the Gold Democrats
and some others who charged that he had
purchased his nomination. This opposition
has now about disappeared, except in iso
lated instances. Those who affected it
have come to understand that, granting
Mclean did use money to secure his nom
nation Hanna and Cox used still more
money. ana patronage ana COetClOns "
nominate Nash. As between Mclean and
Nash, therefore they will choose the less
of two evils and vote the regular Demo-
cratic ticket The great majority of the
foreign vote, which cuts considerable fig
ure in Ohio, can be counted on for Nc
Lean. in the last presidential campaign
that vote went to Mckinley on the money
issue Now it will go to the Democracy
on the question of expansion and imperi-
alism. 4 naturalized Pole, a man of intel
ligence and insight has just taken the
stump against an Endorsement of the adj !
ministrations Philippine policy. basing his
opposition upon the effect which imperi-
alism and militarism have had upon his |
native country
In party ranks, while the Democrats
have been coming together, the Republi- |
cans have been drifting apart. The For
aker- Bushnell faction is still unappeased |
Indeed, Gov Bushnell was recently fresh |
ly affronted by an insulting letter from
Judge Nash, the Republican nominee to
be his successor. This feud, there is no
doubt will cost the party many votes. On
the whole, therefore, there is no good rea-
son for despairing of Ohio. There is a
fighting chance, and a mighty good one, in
that state for the Democrats.