Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-10-16
REPUBLICANS ARE NOT
REGISTERING IN OHIO
AND THE DEMOCRATS ARE CoNFI-
DENT OF CARRYING THE EN-
TIRE STATE TICKET.
CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN QUIET
But the Voters Have been Doing a
Great Amount of Thinking and
VIII Express Their ConNic-
tions mt the Polls-Some Phases OF
the Campaign Which Appeal 10
the Voters.

OA4o has ptSulidi pOAiI4S1l history.
\ and is always conceded to be a pivota,
I State by bath the old parties. The
State app2lss to be never free from
political campaisns, as eact fall State
J officials IRE elected, and eleetioRs occur
\ in each of its SIS counties. Esth spring
there are municipal and township OH
GERS elected, and there is no time in the
! Buckeye State that politics IS net prev
a.ent and occupying the minds of the
majority of the people.
] No State in the union has furnished
as many great statesmen as Ohio. and
while normally Republican. it is always
battle ground. and the contests are
always warm. and victory is never con
coded until the ballots are counted,
] During the last few years the State has
! been making gains, and several oil the
I counties have returned back to the
4 Democratic fold. and the Democratic
: organization is much better.
Ohio, until during Clevelands last
term, was a very close State, but Cleve-
land Democracy was not conducive 10
strengthening the party. During his
| term. Ohio Democrats received blow
= that almost disrupted the party. 1t was
only kept intact by loyal party men,
Old leaders deserted the party, finances
for campaigns was only myth but
yet campaign was always carried on,
and the loyalsts knew better day
would come. Men who were using the
party as tool were eliminated, and
soon new blood was in the party, a
younger element sprang up. and when
1896 came the State had again semb-
.ance OF an organization. but several
staIwart men left. such as Brice, Fight
\ ing Jimmie Campbell, ingalls,. and many
others. vigorous campaign was car
] red on, and has been Zip to the present
one. when, on November 9Th, the ballots
will be counted to decide upon a COVER
+ nor and several State officers, and Off
I GERS in every county
: During the Republican reign. more
4 State offices were created. salaries In
= creased, and with 1t came increased
u taxation. Laws were passed 10 curb all
other parties, which might combine TO
overthrow the corruption being prac-
y ticed-a law providing that candl-
: dates name could be on only one
ticket The Legislature became body
= for Doodle, the corridors and hotels
We filed with lobbyists; corporations
and trusts were favored; railroads were
given all they asked, and some Of the
:, State institutions reached condition
s that was disgraceful Senator Foraker,
a who Is now a candidate for reelection,
left his seat in the Senate. and be-
G came a lobbyist for railroads. Mark
(. Hanna appeared on the scene Mark
a ruled. lie had the graft. and he used
the patronage of the late President Nc
t Kinley. and then he struggled for the
q United States Senate and at last after
: one Of the most disgraceful scenes ever
s enacted by a Legislature, he was elect
2 ed, and the trusts had gained their vic
TRY. Mark was in his glory. Then he
n sent his great message: God reigns
Il and the Republican party still lives.
r Marks reign is at an end. His pat
: ronage is gone No more can he die
e tate his terms to the lightweight coun-
: ties Roosevelt controls, and Foraker
), is boss.
: George b. Cox is the most degraded
n politician in the nation to-day. Hanna
I III
:, and the protest was so great he had to
:, resign. He has left Mark, and returned
to his first love Foraker. To-day these
two Senators have no love for each
other. Foraker can no longer wave the
e bloody shirt, as President Roosevelt has
/. praised his uncles who fought for seces-
). sion. Hanna can not boast of the
Offices he will give out. neither can they
( point to their record as it Is such that
. no Ohioan feels proud Of Foraker
G made the duty against the black man of
Puerto Rico He has Upheld the cor
ruption of Cincinnati. Hanna has lost
his control in Cleveland. Nash, the
, Republican nominee for reelection for
governor, mas no TeCOTU. ne mas only
, been a tool of these two men. He has
achieved nothing except that he refused
to allow prize fights and positively re
, fused to see that railroads, trusts and
corporations should be assessed prop
erly. and pay their just taxes, as well
as the farmer and laboring man. His
administration has been failure. and
for the masses great detriment.
, The Republicans of Ohio have
stamped their approval on trusts. They
: openly took the Standard Oil Co under
their wing and said: I'VE will protect
you. Our State laws against trusts are
only to be on the statute books, but not
to- be enforced" fhe assertion that
they approved of trusts is a broad one,
but true. as when Attorney General
Monnett (RepublicanO commenced to
exercise the laws against the Standard
| Oil Company he WAS turned down by