Evening star., 1901-11-04
Outlook for Republican Success in
Ohio is Better.
DANGER 70 LEGISLATIVE TICKET
Temperance Question Overshadows
All Else in Cities.
SOME OF THE ESTIMATES
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence OF The Evening Star.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, November 3, 1901.
On the eve of the election the outlook in
the Ohio political field is more favorable
to the republicans. Impartial and COM
petent judges of political conditions here
think Governor Nash will be reelected by
comparatively small plurality, and that the
rest Of the republican state ticket will be
pulled through with him. Two years ago
Governor Nash had plurality of 10000.
Chairman Dick has given no more definite
estimate of the result than that which was
drawn from him in an interview in WASH
ington three weeks ago, that the republicans
would carry the state by $4,000. He prom
ises to give detailed estimate of the
suit tonight, but it is expected to be rather
indefinite He has come very close to the
result in every estimate he has made of
elections in which he has been chairman,
but it is hardly likely that If he felt that
the result was in doubt he would admit it.
In the absence of Chairman Dougherty of
the democratic state committee Secretary
C. F. Gillian has given out the committees
estimate for the counties in which the large
cities are located In these four cities
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Toledo and Column
bus-Governor Nash received nearly all his
plurality two years ago. The results there,
for this reason, have an important bearing
on the state result
Secretary GiIlfams Prediction.
Secretary Gillian predicts that Hamilton
county will give democratic plurality of
from 5000 to 10000; that Cleveland will
give not less than 5000 democratic plu-
rality; Toleda, 5000 and Columbus, 1000.
There are many indications that Secretary
Gillam's figures are in the right line in part,
but greatly exaggerated. In Hamilton
county the republican organization Is in
hot hd n a
time. The registration is large, and George
B. Cox, the republican boss" has the sit
uation well In hand. The usual fusion Of
the anti-Cox republicans with the demo-
Gratis has not been made; indeed, there
seem to be no anti-Cox republicans In Ham
iHon county now. If there are any they are
not organized 1t is the home of Senator
Foraker, whose personal interest in the
campaign is very great, and local pride in
him will naturally help the republican cause
there. John R. Mclean seems to be taking
no active interest in the campaign, not even
in his own county and city.
In Cleveland and Cuyahoga county, how
ever the condition is very different. The
republicans have been unable to harmonize.
Tom L. Johnson is leaving no stone un-
turned to carry the city and county. He is
the Cuyahoga county delegation in the leg
islature. There Is a large element of the
voting population of Cleveland with whom
he is influential, and, on the whole, he is
making himself a popular democratic lead
er. The general expectation seems to be
that the democrats will carry both the city
and the county.
Light Registration in Toledo.
Toledo shows the poorest registration in
the state. Compared with the registration
of last year, it is several thousand short,
and it is even less than the registration of
two years ago. The city has shown an un-
friendly disposition toward Governor Nash
ever since he set himself against the ap-
preparation of a million dollars for the To-
ledo centennial. and it's registration indi-
Gates that the resentment is cherished still.
Golden Rule Jones, the mayor of the city,
who still gives evidence of wide influence
with the voters Of the county, is working
hard in the interest of Col Kilbourne. 1t
is easy to win support for Kilbourne there,
too, for the reason that he was president OF
the board of directors of the projected CEN
tennlal exposition, which Governor Nash
put a Quietus on by Withholding the appro-
priation. There seems to be good reason
to believe that the democrats will carry
Lucas county. 1t is normally 5000 repub-
ncan.
The republicans here practically concede
Franklin county to the democrats Both
Governor Nash and Col. Kilbourne are citi-
zens of Columbus, so that neither has any
advantage on that score. Mckinley carried
this county by over 1900, but that was
the result of the money issue. Nearly every
wealthy democrat supported the sound
money candidate. The county. before that.
1,5OO to 1000. Now that the democrats
have dropped free silver in their state plat
form the gold democrats are falling back
into line with their old party.
Importance of Legislative Tickets.
The legislative tickets have grown In i'm
portance in the last weeks of the cam
paign, until now at the close they almost
obscure the state election, for the reason
that the legislature chosen now not cnly
chooses the successor of Senator J. B. For
aker, but redistricts the state for repre-
sentation in Congress on the basis of the
new census, which will probably stand
through all the present decade. Upon the
manner in which this system Of districts
is made depends the political complexion
or at least hve congressional districts In
Ohio. For this reason IN part the repub-
licans have sought to fight the campaign
mainly upon national issues and Governor
Nash has In one Of his latest speeches de-
clared that 1t was more important now
to elect republican legislature than 1t
was to elect a republican governor
II only political questions were involved
the legislative elections. The republicans
have districted the state for legislative
representation SO that under normal condi-
tions 1t would be impossible for the demo-
orous fight Is now being made over the
election Of legislators by the Anti-Saloon
League and the State Brewers Association
over the Clark local option bill. Each side
is wholly ignoring party lines in looking
after its interests, and the positions the
candidates take on the question are gem
orally known. 1t is question of ward To-
cal option, and 1t has been up in every
legislature for the last ten years, being de-
feated each time by a constantly decreas-
ing plurality A supreme effort is to be
made to secure the law this time, and the
voters are thoroughly aroused. The fight
centers here, for the reason that Clark,
the author of the measure, is a candidate
for the legislature in this county on the re-
publican ticket The betting is in favor
of his election, though 1t also favors Colo
mel Kilbourne's carrying the county. 1t
shows how completely at right angles the
temperance question strikes party lines In
this campaign. While the normal condi-
tions give all the advantage to the re-
publicans In the legislative elections, with
this confusing issue in it 1t Is not safe to
predict that the republicans VIII control
the legislature.