The Sunday globe., 1901-06-30
SUNDAY, JUNE 30, 1901
ONO POLITICS

The Hanna-Foraker combine Will
fail. The followers Of each are dls-
gusted with the hypocrisy and coward
ice of their respective leaders; the MID
dleman. Congressman Grosvenor, mas
few friends and thousands OF oitter
enemies in both factions; the only man
who has still any hold upon the unpur'
chased sympathies Of Ohio RepupIl-
cans Coutside the soldier element Is
the President himself As for Nash'
he is not counted as influencing one
way or the other, the course Of Repuo
rcan events. In bad health, and even
at his best. Of a colorless, non-coul'
bative temperament, he never ranked
higher among the so-called leaders
than a mere figure-head. The tradlns
Of Caldwell for Carl Nippert for sec
ond place on the ticket will not aHec'
the fight in Hamilton county against
Governor Nash. The Germans nave
long memories, and they never fan 10
punish at the polls those who manlles'
hostility towards their race. Boss Cox
can not whip the sturdy German vote
of Hamilton county into line for Geo
K. Nash. even with big-hearted Carl
Nippert as the running mate.
The Republican ticket is doomed TO
defeat. and the retirement Of Senator
Foraker is assured. He has lost his
hold upon the following which stood
by him while he fought or pretended 10
fight Boss Hanna. He is not any more
the Foraker who reused the enthusi'
asm of the younger element Of the
party He has played for Foraker
alone and sunk the only real issue
which kept his followers together IN
compact. fighting mass This issue
was the supremacy Of the tghting'
Younger Republican element OF the
State against the domineering inso-
lence of Hanna, his barrels and pur-
chased henchmen Foraker has sur
rendered. and is now Mark's' obedl-
ent servant, nor can he retain 'frac-
tion of the element, formerly so loyal
to him, by privately assuring them OF
his personal antipathy to Hanna, Gros-
venor and Mckinley.
The issues Of the Ohio campaign as
announced In the Republican platform,
while puerile, insipid, and almost lu-
dicrous, are not binding on the Democ'
racy of that State. The Democratic
marty usually constructs its own plat
form. and no dive-keeper like Boss Cox,
of Cincinnati. or slave-driver and gi-
Tantic corruptionist like Hanna, can
make the issues they raise to cover
state decentralization, binding upon the
Democratic or the intelligent voter
For ten strai ght years the Republi
can party has been in control OF the
State. and in no off year like the pres
ent contest, has national issues ever
been injected into the State campaign.
1t is a sign of weakness on the part
of the Hanna.Foraker combine to raise
them now, and the intengent Demo
cratic voter will not be slow to see the
true inwardness Of Charley Grosyenor's
blatant bray on the Republican plat
form.
From inside sources and our general
knowledge Of Ohio politics, we conf
IDENTIFY predict that in November next
the people Of Ohio will elect Demo
cratic governor, State officials and a
decisive majority Of the members Of
the House, with an even break in the
Senate. thus insuring the election of a
Democratic United States Senator to
succeed the once fiery but now Hanna
stipendary-Jose B. Foraker Mark
the prediction.