Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-11-01
Outlook IS Bright
Triumphant Republican Victory,

Springfield, 1906; Findlay, 16S; Steub-
enville. 14O: Portsmouth, 1853; Newark,
1SS; Mansfield, 229; GAINESVILLE, 760;
Hamilton, 44O. Chllicothe, Sandusky
and Dayton failed to respond to Chair
man Dicks request for the figures on
the registration Gen. Dick says the
figures mean something to the Repub
Leans Of Ohio. The cities of the State,
as wei las the State, are Republican,
ard a large registration is favorable to
the Republicans, but the fact that
these gains are made in the Republi
can wards of the cities, leaves no
doubt that the Republicans are the
gamers.
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John Mcbride, formerly president of
the United Mine Workers of America
and more recently president of the
American Federation of Labor, has
come out for Mckinley on the pros
perity issue. In his letter defining his
position Mr. Mcbride contrasts present
conditions with those which prevailed
in 1886
Candidate Bryan is to again invade
Ohio He speaks at Toledo and Gin
cinnati on October 81 and will make
five minute stops at several intermed-
late points His first tour of the State
served to arouse the Republicans to
action, and the second will have the
effect of adding to the Republican
vote, and thus increasing the Repub-
lcan plurality in the State.
Because Senator Foraker formally
announced his candidacy for re-elec-
tion at the Roosevelt meeting in this
city, October 1G, and said that he pro-
posed to see that no Democrat got his
place the Democratic Press-Post of
this city, says that he defies Hanna.
Senator Foraker is not defying Hanna
or any one else in the declaration
made. There is no opposition to his
reelection in the Senate on the part of
any good Republican in Ohio, much
less Senator Hanna or General Dick,
both of whom have said that Senator
Foraker has richly earned a re-elec-
tion.
Both Senator Foraker and Governor
Nash have been hardworked during
the present campaign. They have
spoken in nearly half the counties of
the State and have been greeted by en-
thusiastic audiences. In fact there is
no Republican in the State of standing,
whatever his factional affiliations in
the past have been, who has not stood
shoulder to shoulder with those who
have affiliated with other factions.
Circulars are being sent broadcast
over the State maligning State School
Commissioner Bonebrake, and charg-
ing chat he has been eXtravagant in
the management of his Office. There
is no truth in these charges whatever.
On the contrary he has conducted the
Office economically, and otherwise
has made many improvements over his
predecessors in the office. The Com
missioner's salary is fixed by law, and
the appropriations for the current eX-
penses of the Office are fixed by the
legislature. 1t is only fair to Mr..
Bonebrake to say that these circulars
were prepared by former employees of
the Office whom he refused to retain in
their positions, though they were ap
plicants for the places. What is more
one of them at least voted against
Nash for governor last fall There is
no opposition to Mr. Bonebrake, who
is entitled to second term for duty
well performed during his first, and
the story that the school teachers are
opposing him is Democratic fake
pure and simple.
Another candidate on the Republi-
can State ticket who is being similarly
misrepresented is State Dairy and
Food Commissioner Blackburn. Cir
culars are bing put out against him.
They are anonymous, and the reason
for this is that the parties who have
prepared them, are persons who have
been prosecuted by Mr.. Blackburn for