Evening star., 1901-10-21

VOTERS INDIFFERENT
Registration in Ohio Shows a Lack
of Interest.
BOTH PARTIES ARE LOSERS
Estimated That Republicans Are
Affected the Most.
THE GENERAL SITUATION
THE GENERAL SITUATION
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, October 20, 1901.
The registration of voters, the result Of
the first two days of which is now known,
indicates further a general lack of interest
In the campaign. The registration figures
are compared with the first two days Of
registration last year. The comparison Is
hardly fair, as last years election was a
presidential one, and voters naturally took
more interest in it than they would in an
ordinary election. Still, the falling off in
the registration this year, as compared with
that, is beyond expectation. 1t runs from
% to 100 to a precinct. Precinct workers
will now begin to urge their voters to reg
lister, but the invariable rule is that the
bulk of the vote is registered on the first
two registration days
George B. Cox, the Cincinnati boss, Is
making hard fight to hold his city in line
for the republican ticket, he having had his
own way largely in making it up, and so
the registration in Cincinnati is fairly good.
Loss to Both Sides.
No doubt both parties are losing many
votes by this, but the indications are that
the loss Is falling much more heavily upon
the republicans. This conclusin seems to
be justified by the fact that in all the re-
publican precincts the loss In registration
ters.
Former Representative Outhwaite. who
led the Ohio gold democrats in 1896, and
supported Mckinley last year, has not ac-
lively aligned himself with the democrats
in this campaign. but practically all the
other prominent members of the party who
refused to support free silver are back in
the party lines again now. Former Gov
ernor James E, Campbell, one of the most
notable Of these, has written Colonel Kill
bourne letter assuring him of his hearty
support, and he has been assigned to speak
with Colonel Kilbourne at GAINESVILLE on
the evening of November 2. John H.
Clarke, the eloquent young lawyer of
Youngstown, who made himself famous by
speech in a convention which was con-
trolled by the late Senator Calvin S. Brice
most caustically critcising the senator
is also making speeches in the democratic
campaign. He was also one of the gold
democrats of this state. Only Virgil P.
Kline of Cleveland and Henry Apthorp of
Ashtabula of all the many prominent Ohio
democrats who left their party because of
its advocacy Of free silver coinage seem
to still hold aloof.
The short campaign will certainly be a
warm one on the republican side at least.
Besides a considerable array of home tall
ent they are bringing to the stump many
prominent republican orators from other
states Prominent among these are Speaker
D. B. Henderson, Senator J. c. Burrows OF
Michigan, Senator Fairbanks and Repre-
sentative OverStreet of Indiana, Senator
John c. Spooner of Wisconsin. Governor
Green of Oregon and John X. Richards. So
licitor general of the United States.
Senator Depew Cannot He There.
Senator Depew, who had consented to
make a few speeches with Senator Fora
ker. has been obliged to recall the engage
ment on account of his duties in connection
with Yales bicentennal anniversary, he
being a trustee as well as an alumnus Of
Yale.