The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-02
QUEER OHIO CAMPAIGN
DEVOID OF PERSONALITIES AND
 NO MONEY EXPENDED.
Hard to Form Estimates-Spirit of Mckinley Dominates the Battle, Which is Clean and
 Dignifed.
o.,. Special to The Record

Columbus O.. Special to The Record
 The campaign in Ohio this year is
 U is clean and respectable. The spirit
 or MoKinley dominates 1t and is the mo-
 tive power Of the battle.
 | There Is little occasion for mud-sling- ing and the leaders, at a conference be- | Tore the campaign was inaugurated. | agreed that there should be no personal vilnhcation. The administration of Gov
 srnor Nash has been free from scandal. fnere has been no breath of corruption, and, even If the Democrats desired, they l could not point out q single blot on the The Republicans are fighting the battle on sentiment and national issues, They urge the electors of the late Presidents
 home State to honor his memory by q
 magnificent public victory; to support his successor in carrying out the policies of | administration which Mir. Mckinley had prepared to inaugurate when he was stricken down at Buffalo.
 It Is urged upon the voters to sec that q safe majority is sent t) the Legisla- ture; that Foraker be returned to the | Senate and that the Democrats be pre-
 vented from rslistr!cting the. State,
 which would mean the election of twelve | new Bourbon Congressmen
 Stand of the Democrats. On the other hand. the Democrats are l making the light on State issues alone | They declare for equality in taxation; for
 a more eeonoMical and businesslike ad-
 ministration of the State penal and char | shle institutions. and, incidentally, for | sound money. There never was such a | campaign in Ohio; never such disinter- estedness; never su ,h close and cordial l relations between the onposing guberna-
 torial candidates. and never SO perplex-
 lug and unfathomaDle a situation.
 was w9 gssrs ds cbn Th,n GoSser Nas ss drew his greatest strength from the county Tho two years of his incumb- ency have not iessened his popularity in those districts. and if anything have added to 1t. Tnerc is one thing to be
 feared, hcwever--ovefconfidenc or. worse. disinterestedness. This is the one
 serious menace which. Chairman Dick discerns in the campaign. Colonel Kii-
 bourne, the Democratic candidate. is popular with the working classes and is expected to poll large vote in the chies.
 If tho farmers neglect to rally to the Governor thls time as they did last the Republican plurality will be very near the danger mark. This is being provided lzed the necessity of immediate and viz
 o-ous action and has inaugurated & wide spread and thorough speaking campaign,
 to continue unbroken, save for Sundays, sent into every cc cunty of the State and
 public meetings are held at every cross- roads. Eminent men have been pressed into service from one end of the country thence and established reputation as ora tors have been summoned. This Is to insure good crowas aN the meetings
 Flood of oratory Turned Loose.
 Meanwhile the principal candidates.
 Senator Hanna and the entire Congres. sional delegation, are reminding the
 workingmen of the cities that under
 Republican rule alone can they hope for
 q continuance of present prosperity.
 Such torrent of political argument
 has never been attempted by the Ohio Republicans.
 Among the more distinguished speak | CTS who have been pressed into service | bV the Republican committee are: Gov 0nor Shaw of Iowa. Governor Gear o- Oregon, ex-Governor Hastings of Penn | sylVanta, G nsressEIan Prince of lIli-
 ncis, Congressman Landis or lndian Senator Fairbanks of the same State. These men are assigned for engagements b. the State Committee and are sent to | the larger cities. The county commit l tees have taken up the SD esklng ,am- paign independent of the governing com | mtttea-- -and are holding meetings in al, most every school district. Ilnzens of speeches are delivered each day and night and the campaign mlnagers are doing their utmost to arouse enthusiasm. Their opponents are doing the same
 thlng. Most of the time and resources of both are devoted to this work. and | neither is more than fairly successful. Such widespread indifference was never
 known In an Ohi" campaign. It is giv- ing both committees many anxious hours, It is an element of uncertainty which neither can combat or overcome. Un- der all precedents, 1t would contribute to the Democratic vote.
 Senator Hanna Is the really striking il yure of the campaign. and is doing yeoman service for his ancient enemy
 and colleague in the premier house. Ev- pTVWhaFn haA a demon = r V a
 reception. His blunt, outspoken oratory
 is more effective than the polished elo-
 quence of any other speaker on the com 1 mittee's list, The farmers have quit 1 looking for dollar marks upon his cloth- fng or the horns upcn his head, and , their estimate of him improves as the acquaintance grows Senator Hanna Is
 developing into one of the most eonvinc- ing public speakers In the country, and
 his assignments this fall are for the most part in the close counties, where the hardest battles are to ha fought,
 The Democratic orators are all Ohio men. and there are no Bryan spellbind- CTS amohg them. The Democratic com mittee at the beginning of the campaign
 other eminent men from outside of the
 State to deliver series of speeches. John R. Mclean said No" He doesn't
 like MT, Bryan, and he had the com mittce adopt resolution limiting the orators to residents of Ohio. Later on Mir, Blyan volunteered to speak in Col | OneI hlIDOurneS s interest, put the aCLOn
 of the committee interposed, and he was
 not invited.
 The committees exclusion of men from other States has uad the effect of re | ducing the attendance 2t the public
 meetings much below that of the Re | publicans The voters seem disinclined | to listen to men of ordinary note, and
 the Democrats are getting the worst of the speaking campaign It will continue in this way to the day of the election,
 and for the next ten days a perfect temp est of Republican oratory will sweep over the State.
 The Democrats have announced au in-
 novation in political methods. They
 have undertaken to carry the State by appealing to the honesty of the electors, They have announced that no money will be spent save for legitimate expenses- campaign documents, postage, clerk hire, expenses of speakers, etc. not one pe2py
 for the purchase of votes or of intiu- ence Heretofore the Democrats have al-
 ways had a large fund and they used 1t to the best advantage. This year they