Evening star., 1901-02-25
This is the Prib Involved in Coming
Ohio Election.
GREAT INTEREST II LEGISLATURE
Foraker's 'oteis ssts May Be Injured
by ,cincih matt Incident.
PREVIOUS INSTANCE CITED
pecial Dispatch to The Evening Star.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star
COLUMBUS, Ohio. February ga cam
paign of unusual interest Is promised In
Ohio this year. for the legislature that is
elected this year will elect a United States
senator to succeed J.. b. Foraker
There are some unusual conditions In the
political situation, but none that would
warrant the belief that the political su-
premacy will pass from the hands of the
republicans. The factional differences in the
republican party. and the conflicting inter-
ests injected into state campaign, which
involves, as this does United States sena-
torship. however, always throws a degree
of uncertainty about the result.
Some delegates to the republican state
convention have already been chosen. and
as soon as the municipal elections are out
OF the way preparations for their state
convention will go forward rapidly. There
Is no question about the nomination Of Gov.
george X. Nash for second term. He de-
sires second term and there will be no
opposition His administration has been
fully up to the average, but he is thought
to have weakened himself as a candidate in
northwestern Ohio by opposing the bill ap-
propriating million dollars for the cele-
bration of the state centennial at Toledo
which led to the abandonment of the CEN
tennial-and in Hamilton county by his firm
stand against the proposed Jeffries-Ruhlin
prize fight. The extent of this opposition Is
probably over-estimated and as far as the
Cincinnati prize fight matter is concerned
the governor is likely to gain nearly as
many anti-prize fight democratic votes In
other parts Of the state as he will lose In
his own party in Hamilton county.
Previous Case Cited.
When Foraker was governor he suppress
ed great Sunday festival of the German
societies of Cincinnati, or rather urged
Mayor Mosby Of Cincinnati to suppress it.
The letter that Gov. Foraker wrote was
used In the campaign and Hamilton county
gave nearly 10000 democratic majority. AS
Gov. Foraker lacked about that many votes
Of being reelected it was said that 1t was
the Mosby letter that defeated him.
But the people in other parts Of Ohio are
not sticking as close to party lines now as
they were then. and granting that Hamil-
ton will strike at Gov. Nash as hard as it
did at Gov. Foraker. the detection will be
wholly neutralized elsewhere in the state.
There really seems to be more danger
in the Cincinnati situation to Senator For
aker. Hamilton county will send fourteen
men to the Legislature at this election. Or
dnarily they would all be republicans, but
if the democrats should carry the county
on the head of the ticket they would be
very apt to carry the legislative elections
well. making right there in Cincinnati a
legislature of twenty-eight votes.
While it is generally understood that
Lieut.. Gov. John A. Caldwell will not be a
candidate for a second term, no statement
to that effect has come directly from him.
1t was expected that he would make some
declaration of his Intentions in speech
he made here last week. but he did not
aliude to the matter at all. The opposition
of the Anti-Saloons League to him Is the
cause He is the attorney for the state
Liquor League and opposed with his IN
fuence proposed anti-saloon legislation last
winter.
Anent Foraker's Candidacy.
Senator Foraker opposed this legislation
also and his candidacy for the senatorshlp
will to some extent. injure the whole repub-
lcan legislative ticket. For this reason II
has been suggested as unWlse to nominate
Senator Foraker formally in the state con-
vention as the party's candidate for sena-
tor hut as the omission would leave him
no less certainly the party candldate 10 sue
ceed himself he is to be nominated.
1t seems quite certain now that the demo-
Gratis will nominate as their candldate loi
governor Colonel James kilbourne. He was
a rival of John r. Mclean Tor the non, 49n1iiaa ID
tion for governor two years ago. Had ne
heen made the nominee then the lndepend-
ent candidacy! Of Golden Rule Jones
would have been prevented. Colonel XII
bourne wants the nomination and seems 10
heard for A w Patrick of New Phtladei-
mia. The latter does not care for the non
or is old and will make no active canvass
for it, Colonel Kilbourne is wealthy man
ufacturer of this city, and Is friend ana
neighbor Of Governor Nash.
John R. Mclean wants the United states
senatorship, and that he may secure 1t VIII
IKE prominent part in the legislative
eIections AS a rival for the place he VIII
have Tom l.. Johnson OF Cleveland
nb;o democrats Tired Of Bryan.
notwithstanding the sentiments expressed
a. tho dinner given here by the Jackson
Jefferson-Lincoln League, attended by Will
liam + Bryan, Charles A. Towne and other
nromnent democrats. the general senti-
ment among the Ohio democrats is against
further following Colonel Bryan as po-
iirical leader 1t is a long time, politically
sneaking, before the next national demo-
Ratio convention meets, but it is safe to
say at least, that unless the attitude of
the Ohio democrats toward Mr.. BRYAN Is
materially changed in the meantime he
will wait long to hear their call to come
and lead them in the national campaign