The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-10-23
TWO OPINIONS ON OHIO.
The Republicans May Gain One or May
lust Hald Their Own.

Special 10 The Washington Post
Columbus, Ohio. Oct 2l-Unless the Wis
lens of Representative Charles Dick.
chairman of the Republican State com
Hittee, of Republican landslide in OHIO
prove untrue, there will not be many
changes in the Congressional districts.
There are but three doubtful districts, the
Third and Twelfth, normally Democratic.
which probably will go Republican. and
the Twentieth, strongly Republican. which
probably will go Democratic. However
all three may go either way. so evenly
balanced are the conditions in each Of
them.
The campaign in the Twentieth, which
includes portion of Cuyahoga County
cleveland. and two small adjoining
counties, Medina and Lake, has been I'M
preCedented in bitterness. 1t has amount
ed 10 civil war among the Republicans
of the district. The Republican ranks
have been cut right in two. The present
Congressman, Fremont O. Phillips, a
"Cne-termer," who was defeated for re-
domination, and wabbled about. insisting,
declining. and finally consentinz to run
as an Independent Republican. is an ac-
cident In politics. His personality has
cut no figure in this campaign But the
Republicans of Medina, his home, and
later Of Cuyahoga and Lake, took up has
grievance. These Western Reserve Re
publicans have not been trained to mod
ern political trickery, and took as a per-
sonal affront Jacob \. Beidler's obtain
ing the nomination by what they called
sharp practice.
Unless Mr.. Beidler is more successful
| in what remains OF the campaign than he
has been heretofore in winning his con-
stituents back, II. II. Harrington. the
Democratic nominee, will carry the dis
trict.
The Third, or Dayton district, IS close.
The present Democratic Representative.
John p. Bremen, who was not renominat-
d, carried ii in 1896, defeating the pres
ent Republican candidate, Col. r. NJ.
Nevin, by but l9l. Two years ago Bren-
ner won by beggarly l22 over Lieut.. Col.
John NJ. White, who had just returned
with his regiment from its camp at
| Tampa.
This year a bitter attack has been
made by one Democratic faction against
the leadership of Capt Joseph II. Dow
| ling. who had gained some popularity
among machine Democrats because of his
dismissal from the Office of internal reye-
nue. collector by President Cleveland.
The anti-DOWling feeling reached a crisis
when the captain nominated for Con-
gress L. F. Buckley, an unknown young
Hamilton lawyer.
Conditions are somewhat similar In the
! Twelfth, or Columbus district. where EN-
nett Tompkins is the Republican candi-
date. Representative John J. Lentz, who
is running for his third term. after win
ming once by 10 and again by 732, finds
the old machine leaders OF Columbus
secretly in some places openly, agains
/ him. For the inst time also the Repub-
/ lican factions are together. thanks 10
| the Hanna-kurIZ alliance OF last spring,
and 10 the cortentment of the Daughertv
men with the control of the city admin
! istration.
The outlook in Ohio is for the Repub-
leans 10 make net gain Of one Con-
| gresham.
Cleveland. Ohio oct. 2l.-There are Sax
districts IN Ohio in which there is Tea-
souable doubt as 10 the outcome of the
election next month. Nothing but a land
[ slide The other way can change the result
In the remaining fifteen districts OF the
/ State. Al this the closing period OF the
campaign there is nothing In sight 10 in
d!cste a landslide IN Che
I The Third. Eighth. Twelfth, Fifteenth,
/ Seventeenth, and Twentieth districts are
generally considered 10 be doubtful ter
Z TltuTy. There Is, however, dig night In
I the Eighteenth between ] n Morris. a
wealthy manufacturer. and Robert Tayler.
I but there is no reason 20 believe that the
/ Republicans can lose this district In the
Thirteenth district. TOO. the Republicans
are making a furious fight on ]. A. Nor
I ton. but the nominal Democratic majority
/ OF s000 20 5.oe0 can hardly be overcome.
Ia the Third district the fight is very
| interesting. Al the Bryan meeting there
the other day there were 100 Gerrua n
Americans on the stage vice presidents
| OF the meeting. who four years ago voted
| for President Mckinley. They are no =
working for Bryan and the entire Demo
cratic ticket. There will also be a big
I slump IN the same direction az the So
/ disrs' Home, where there are 90 voters
/ by reason % the administrations record
/ on the pension question. Whether IN =
/ detection extends 20 the Confessional
/ nsht q is hard 20 determine There Is a
/ Democratic factlOnal fight IN Dayton.
which viii deIract from the chances %
| Buckley. the Democratic candidate II IS
not generally believed In Ohio however
| that Neyin can win in the Third This
| district wiil probably be Democrats
| In the Eighth there Is determined fisSt
on Mr.. ], ~ Southland, the present Con
gresham from Toledo, Editor Cochran,