El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-04
jContinued from yesterday.1
Ohio.

Ohio.
The contest now being waged In
Ohio virtually forestalls the PTes1sen-
tial cam paign in that state next year.
While the nominal can dldate OF the re-
publican party for governor 1s George
X. Nash, yet the real candidate Is
William Mckinley, and the aggressive
campaign in the state is being wsged
over the merits of his administration.
AS the home of the president, the con-
test In Ohio, of all other states, Is on
distinctly national issues. The anti
imperialist party in that state is con-
,cuct.pg the fiPh against the ad minis
tration along the lines of the Atkinson
propaganda, aud the issues thus
drought out are being met squarely by
the administration under Hanna, and
his able lieutenant, Charles Dick, who
ia chairman of the republican stare ex-
ecutive committee.
Aside from governor, state ohcers
will be elected in Ohio this fall. The
democratic candidate, John r. Nc
Lean, ostepsibly of Cincin natl, but
really of Washington. is conducting
the canvass with great vigor, and In
this he is aided by his paper, the Gin
.cinnati Enquirer, and a large barrel OF
campaign money.
to be elected governor of Ohio. He is
conducting the campaign more for the
sake of Gripping the enemy, and OF
maintaining his own leadership, or
rather dictatorship, of the party, than
anything else. Besides, Mclean WANT
to be United States senator, and thaa
has been the goal of his am bitiOn for
good many years. He made q stron
fight against Hanna for the coveted
prize in 1897. Mclean has very valu-
able property rights and interests in
Washington which could be enhanced
greatly by his occupation of seat in
the federal senate cham Der. and for
this reason be is muniicfent is the use
of campaign funds, hoping in the end
to be more than repaid for his gener-
GUS contribu ions in aid of the party
cause. In this respect he evidently
draws inspiration from the illuminst-
ing experience of Henry G. Payne, who
represented Ohio in the senate, as the
the special represent alive of the Stand
ard Oil company, several years ago.
But there is side show to the pol
iticsl managerie In Ohio. Mayor Jones,
of Toledo, who recently assumed the
position of the Good Samaritan in Buck
eye politics, has generously lent bis
aid in pouring oil and wine ,.into the
political wounds of John r. Mclean.
But as to the result of this unique cam
o ign, no one can fOresee. Il almost
passeth understanding.
Ohio is a safely republican state.
Democratic success there has not been
registered since 1869, when Campbell
was elected governor. The state re-
deemed its reputation in 1891, when
Mckinley was elected governor by
81 900 majority, and added to its lau-
rels by re-electing the staunch ex-
FOUNDER of p election by 81. 900 in 1898,
and again by giving the governor A.
900 for pre- sident, in 1895. In 1897,
%, 600; in 1898, the republican candi-
date for secretary of state, the head of
the ticket that year, carried the state
by 81 900, prosperity victory.
The most conservative prediction
regarding the result in Ohio this fall |
la, been made by Senator j. G. Bur |
rows, of Michigan, sagacious leader. |
His estimate of the republican MAORI |
ty is &c, 200 and this may be regarded |
as the minimum, although it may 60 |!
45, 900.
1t must be remembered that while |
the republicans of Ohio are working in !
perfect harmony, McLean's candidacy |
has stirred up great deal of opposi-
ton from the best men in his party. |
The character of this opposition is
succinctly stated by the Memphis |
Scimitar which declares that 'ff Nc
Lean is not beaten at the polls by a
tremendous majority Ohio should en-
blazon the scarlet letter upon her |
shield and border it with muck /
rakes Most of the reputable demo-
cratic papers of Ohio express their
of Mclean in equally for
chile and pointed language. The
CD arm an of the gold democratic state
committee of Ohio in 1896, declares
'rhst fully 80 per cent of the honest
money democrats will vote for Judge
Nash" The stand which Mclean and
his party takes on the silver question,
and the presence and active efforts of
Bryan on the stump in Ohio will serve
to run Nash's majority up perhaps |
from 10, 900 to Is 900 above the conser
vative estimate of Senator Burrows.
The republicans have massed their
strongest forces in Ohio this year, and |
have been equally opposed by the
strongest adherents of the democracy, |
not dissffected by the silver issue, and |
have met the issues ia rly and square
ly, giving loyal and unanimous sup |
port, both moral ard political, to the ad |
of Mckinley.
Readjustment Of Men And Issues.
In connection with the subject Of the |
readjustment of men and of the lead |
ing Issues within recent years, the fol- !