The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-24

] campaign George S. Long, who at the time
of his election was abroad. Mr.. Long only
got home this week and has not yet taken
good hold of his work. The result is
that the organization of the party is away
! behind. and things have been running
rather loose around Democratic State head
quarters. Mr.. E. A. Crawford, the secre-
tary of the committee has been doing the
best he could under adverse circumstances,
but it is quite evident that the party is
not well organized and that much hard
work is necessary before it is in good
shape to compete with the fine organiza-
tion of the Republicans. The Republicans
OF Ohio, by reason of the Feueral and State
patronage, constitute, as it were, stand
! ing army and are always ready for po-
litical battle. Then they also have the
money to make the party mare go, and the
/ Democrats have hardly money sufficient
to keep a good supply of postage stamps
on hand.
John R. Mclean and Thomas L. Johnson
have also been abroad. and their usual con-
/ tribution to the party has been sadly
I missed. Mr. Mclean. since his defeat for
Governor last fall, is not so enthusiastic
for the ticket as some would suppose, but
he has promised to help the boys out at
least a little when he returns. He is ex-
pected next week.
Tom Johnson returned week before last
and has already gone to work with an ear
nestness and enthusiasm worthy of the
cause. He is now on the stump speaking
daily and proposes to keep it up during
! the campaign. Mr.. Johnson. with his
brains, energy, and money, will doubtless
accomplish much good. He is one of the
few rich men in the country who has made
his fortune through Republican tariff legis-
lation and has the honesty and courage to
tell the people just how they are being
robbed and how the rich are made ricH9T
In 1896 Ohio polled 1.009,225 votes and
Mckinley carried the State over Bran by
4S.497. While Palmer and Buckner received
only 1857 votes, 1t is believed that fully
$1,000 Gold Democrats voted for McKin-
ley The poll now being -aken by the Dem
ocrats in eighty-eight counties in the State
shows that practically the Democrats are
united. The result will not be known IN
I'll the first of next month, but the reports
from the various county chairmen on the
progress of the poll is highly encouraging
to the Democrats. From a number of coun-
ties the chairmen write that the deserters
OF 1896 are back in line and that fully rs
per cent of the labor vote is for Bryan.
and solely on account of the trusts These
chairmen also report many new converts
aud that Bryan will receive a majority of
the first voters
Hanna Helping Bryan.
There is no doubt that the Ohio Demo-
Gratis are highly pleased that Mark Han
ma has gone to speech making. and is at
tempting to belittle the trust question
They say that whenever he makes a
speech it will make Bryan votes; and
they are praying that he will stick to the
stump. In 1886 Hanna kept his mouth
closed, generally refusing to talk even
for the press. He put in all CT his time
hard at work in the Natior=l Committee.
looking after the business end ef the con-
test, which is by all odds the mcst i'm
portant part of campaign work. The
Democrats only feared him in that
branch of work, for which he had so
much capacity. Therefore. they are sin
cerely glad that he has gone to making
campaign speeches against Bryan, for
they feel quite sure that he cannot hurt
Bryan, and by making Speeches he is
necessarily compelled to nesleetz-to a
great extent the business part of the
campaign. They say that he is the chief
engineer OF a big machine, and if he does
not keep his hand constantly on the
throttle cog may slip and do great
damage. and that engineer can never
trust fireman except, to pile -in.,the
coal.
The strike OF the coal miners in Penn
sylvania is causing the Republicans in
Ohio much uneasiness. They fear that It
will create sympathy among tha miners
in this State, which :s likely TO hurt the
Hanna ticket, for the reason that=the cp-
orators Of the mines are Republicans
Every effort was made by President Nc
Kinley and Hanna TO stop the strike by
strong party appeals to the mine own rs
but without success. Now since the
strike is on, some of the Republicans
favor taking ground in favor of the
miners and contributing to their support,
at least until after the election. In add,
tion to this. Republican newspapers
throughout Ohio have been cautioned not
to print anything that will give offence
TO the strikers This caution has teen
faithfully regarded. and the Republican
editors of this State handle the strike as
tenderly as they would dynamite bomb.
In conclusion, the Republicans claim
Ohio by fifty thousand for Mckinley, but
then, you know, the Republicans claim
everything. and think they know it all.
o. o. STEAIEY