Evening star., 1901-09-27
Campaign Temporarily Abandoned by
Both Political Parties
OUT OF RESPECT TO MKINLEY
Will Reopen October 10 With
Meeting at Delaware.
MR.. HANNA IN POOR HEALTH
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence OF The Evening Star.
COLUMBUS, Ohio. September 26. 1901
The light campaigning Of an "off year
in Ohio politics has been almost entirely
stopped by the death of the President All
work was stopped in both state committees
Immediately upon his death. The demo-
Gratis have been waiting for the republicans
to take the initiative In renewing the cam
paign. and the republicans have been re-
luctant to take up the work. Finally they
| have fixed October 10 as the date of the
| opening meeting at Delaware, which be-
| fore the death of the President was fixed
| for September 2S. The democrats Will M
doubtedly take date in the week follow
! ing for the opening of their campaign.
| This will be at Bucyrus, as originally de-
cided.
At the republican opening the speakers
will be Senators Foraker and Hanna, Gov
ernor Nash and Senator Carl n. Nippart
| the candidate of the party for lieutenant
! governor. AS election comes on November
but little more than three weeks of cam
| paigning will be allowed to the republi-
| cans. and the democrats will have less.
General Dick, chairman of the republican
state committee, said yesterday In regard
| to the campaign work: "All the difference
Will be that the six weeks campaign work
originally contemplated will be crowdr
into three weeks. We propose to make as
hard fight as was ever made In this state
| for three weeks next preceding the cleo
| ton"
Wish of the Majority.
The advantage coming from the lax cam
paign work naturally goes to the demo-
Gratis. Ohio is normally a republican state
| and anything that stirs the voters to ac-
| tfvity is apt to increase the republican
| plurality. The democrats were anxious
| from the first to omit all stump work in
the campaign. NJ. A. Daugherty chair
man Of the democratic state committee,
sent a letter to Chairman Dick Immediately
after the Buffalo tragedy proposing that,
on account of the wounding of the Presi-
dent, all campaign speaking be omitted.
1t then seemed probable that the Presi-
dent would recover, and the proposition
was not accepted by the republican state
committee. 1t would not be possible to
thoroughly arouse the voters to an active
interest In the state campaign in the short
time that remains, no matter how actively
Chairman Dick might push the work of
the campaign. 1t would not be possible
even II the people were in their normal
state of mind, but the assassination of the
President by an avowed anarchist seems
| to them to indicate that 1t is time rather
for making common cause against this
| most threatening public danger, than Cor
permitting themselves to be arrayed against
each other along party lines. Since there is
absolutely no national issue at stake In
to have the people think of anything politi-
cal apart from the great tragedy OF the
nation before the date of the election VIII
| fail.
Effect on the Leaders.
| 1t is also likely that the murder Of the
! President will have the effect of softening
the asperities that had begun to make
themselves felt among the republican lead
ers. The opposition to Governor Nash in
| Cleveland Toledo and Cincinnati is likely
| to die out in a large degree. The grief of
| the people Of Ohio in the death Of President
| Mckinley is sincere. The demonstrations
| here have not been perfunctory by any
means. He was respected by people of all
| shades OF political belief In this state and
| the republicans of Ohio admired him with
| out regard to old factional lines. In their
| bereavement personal dislikes and party
| factional differences are likely to be alike
forgotten.
Both party headquarters have continued
| sending out campaign literature, however,
and vast amount of this has been put
| into circulation. The death of President
| Mckinley and the succession of Mr.. Roose-
! welt to the presidency leaves much of this
| inapplcable to the situation-especially
| that sent out by the republicans-for the
reason that much of it was in the nature
| Of an appeal of the people of Ohio to sus-
| tain the Ohio President in his national pol
| icies. One piece Of campaign literature
| that the republicans have been using very
freely deserves special mention in this con-
nection, as probably the fairest piece of
| campaign work of this kind ever done in
! this state. 1t is simply the platforms Of
| the two parties printed side by side with
out a word of comment. 1t would be inter
| esting to know. If it could be definitely as
certained, what effect this kind OF cam
paign literature has.
Senator Hanna in Poor Health.
Senator Hanna is generally expected to
| retire from politics soon. His health has
for nd he deat n
of the President is proving a blow to him
from which he is not likely to recover soon.
He has grown five years older in appear
ance since the 9th of this month, and
seems to have lost interest in national az
fairs 1t is believed that he will be pre-
vailed upon to retain his seat In the Senate
through this winter, but will probably re-
sign In time for the legislature which meets
this winter to choose his successor. This
will be no doubt General Dick.
Ohio republicans keenly feel the loss of
prestige their state suffers In the change
of administration. They see the stage of
political action changed suddenly from
Ohio to New York. and the republican
influential at the White House for the
past four years. relegated to the rear Of
| the procession. They recall the fact that
at the Philadelphia convention last year
Senator Hanna stood out to the last
against the nomination Of Mr.. Roosevelt
for Vice President and acceded to the gen.
eral popular demand for his nomination
| only when it seemed useless to hold out
longer. In view of this 1t seems quite i'm
probable to them that Senator Hanna will
| have much influence with President Roose-
Welt, though he may wish to carry out the
| desires of the late President absolutely In
| other regards.
There is a large group of ambitious re-
publicans in Ohio who We're counting on
help from Washington during the next
three years to put them in good positions.
| to whom the death Of the President comes
as a great personal loss. All over the state
republicans are to be found who were act
lively at work in political harness with
some such objects as these in view, who
suddenly feel that the incentive to work
Is gone.
j. j. Lentz's UnpopuIarity.
The publication of the alleged interview
Of the Washington correspondent Of the
Chicago Record-Herald with former Repre-