The age-herald., 1901-11-03
Issues are Clean Cut With No Candidates of Third
 Parties
LIGHT VOTE IS PREDICTED
Speaking Began Late, Due to Mckln- ley's Death-Democrats Take Only Eight Days and the
 Republicans Eleven.

Cincinnati. November 2.-The speaking campaign in Ohio closed tonight with many meetings in different parts of the State. The closing rally here was ad. dressed by Colonel James Kilbourne, the Democratic candidate for Governo-; Hon. Charles W. Baker. candidate tor Uuitcd States Senator; Hon. C. :. Fitzger a!d. Judge Hiram B. Peek Hon. Theo Horts- man and Hon. M. X. Iaugharty, chair man of the State committee: at Cleveland by Senators Hanns, Foraker and others, and at Troy by ,iovernor Nash and others.
 On account f the death of President Mckinley the spsaking began at much later date than usual The Republicans held their opening meeting Ostobar D and had eleven days of campaigning. The Democrats opened their speaking cam paign October B ana had only eight days. For this reason there will be some meetings next Monday. notably the meet Ing of Senator Hanna at Elyria- Senator Hanna has been speaking several times each day since the Republican opening and Governor Nash has done likewise During the past week Senator Foraker, who is candidate for reelection in this campaign has travelled by special trains and addressed the people along his route between the hours of his afternoon and evening rallies.
 In addition to the State candidates Senators and congressmen, the Republi- cans have had many speakers from other states including Speaker Henderson and several Congressmen from other states.
 The Democratic speakers have been limited to Colonel Kilbourne and his asso- ciates on the Democratic State ticket, Hon. Charles w., Baker. who Is a candi- date for Senator and others
 No Outside Democrats.
 There have been no Democrats from other states on the stump. Early in the campaign 1t vSas proposed to have ex- Senator Hill of New York. Then others wanted Bryan. When it was decided that neither of these distinguished men would participate in the campaign the conserva- tive policy was extended also to Ohio speakers. so that Democrats who had been prominent either as gold or silver advocates, were not assigned in the speaking canvass. The most noted case was John R. Mclean, the Democratic candidate against Governor Nash two years ago. It has been reported ever since the Democratic speaking campaign open ed that he would be in Ohio very soon, but up tonight he Is still in Washington, and the discussion among both the Dem ocrats and Reublfcans regarding hls at titude is feature of the campaign. It is thought that Congressman Lentz, who is neighbor of Colonel Kilbourne at Co., lumbus, offered his services, but he was not given any assignments.
 While the Republicans had such speak CTS as Senator Fairbanks of Indiana, Sen ator Burrows of Michigan, Governor Shaw of Iowa. Governor Geer of Ore son, Congressmen Henderson. Landis and others, the Democrats brought out new men, and these from their own state only
 The contest this year is squarely be- tween the two parties. There is no third party of any such consequence as two years ago. when Mayor Sam Jones of To- ledo. a non-partisan candidate, received 106, 7H votes for Governor, more than one-fourth the vote cast for Governor Nash. Republican, and almost cne-third the vote for John R. Mclean, the Dem. ocratic gubernatorial candidate. Jones then carried the two large counties of Cuyahoga and Lucas, in which Cleve- land and Toledo are located. The vote of all the minor parties, including the pro- hibitionists, socialists and reformers this year will not aggregate 20.0O0 out of a total vote of about 9OO.000.
 Johnson Picturesque Figure.
 Mayor Sam Jones as we'll as ex-Attor- ney General Monnett has been making speeches this year for Colonel Kilbourne for Governor. Monnett on the antitrust issue has been cooperating fully with the Democrats. but Jones still claims to be non- partisan. Mayor Tom l.. Johnson of Cleveland, the author of the taxation blanks in the Democratic State platform. has been picturesque figure in the cam paign. With the exception of his speech at the opening of the Democratic cam paign at Bucyrus. he has confined his evangelical work to daily and nightly meetings In a big tent at Cleveland, and Is ambitious Ito win at Hanna's home" The equipments of their respective organ izations and the public demonstrations up to the close of the campaign both indi- cates that the Republicans have done more than the Democrats to get out their votes.
 It is conceded with full vote that the Republicans have a normal plurality in the State, but 1t is claimed that the Re- pubiicans always have much harder work to get out their vote on the years follow ing Presidential elections than the Demo- crats. In these of years the Demo- crats have carried Ohio more often than the Republicans. In fact the Democrats nave very seldom carried the State in any other years except those following a presidential election.
 Vote VIII Be Liaht.
 Col. W. A. Taylor. the statistician of the Democratic state headquarters. says the shortage of the vote is variously es- tma.eo at rom 10000 to 100000, as com pared with the vote of 1,04e,o7s last wear Tor President He estimates a total Vote next Tuesday of slo,0Oo, with a Demo- cratic plurality of 26.645. Colonel Tayior says the Democrats will carry forty.six of the eigfty-eight counties inclus1ino the five large counties. and have a ma. jority in each branch of the Legislature for the election of Senator to succeed Foraker.
 Congressman Grosvenar for the Re-