The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-17
CircuIaiton Statement.


Trouble seems 10 be brewing again
among the Republican brethren out in
the Buckeye State. and reports indicate
that it may result in a breaking Of the
friendly" relations between Foraker
and Hanna OF course everybody
knows now warmly the two Ohio Sena-
tors have loved each other for years,
and it would indeed be a regrettable
circumstance if any breath of cooiness
should come between them
It is to be feared, though. that some
thing of the kind may occur. and it al
most certainly viii If Foraker does not
take his presumptuous eye off the Pres
identiaI chair What right has he to
cast a longing look in that direction,
anyway? He has not been CLOSE to
MI Mckinley during the last five or
six years, and It is shrewdly suspected
nay, II Is knuwn-that some points
in the policy Of tie present occupant of
the White House have fallen far short
OF meeting the approval Of Ohio's Sc
Nor Senator. True. Foraker always
falls into lire after shooting off a few
Roman candles and things, but that IS
Lbl tlituA az -l4sAEAC lA1lAl Gil q eA.-e@H'AS
Presidential candidate. Mr.. Hanna and
his friends know something about the
requirements and the pToprieties Of the
situation. and we may rest assured that
they VIII take al necessary measures
10 curb the soaring ambition Of MI
Foraker.
There IS no doubt that Mr.. Hanna's
first ambition is 10 be elected President
in 1904: but failing that his secondary
object will be to keep himself in posi-
ton 10 control the Administra ton OF
whomsoever The Republicans may elect
if they elect anybody. Foraker's
election would dash Hanna's hopes on
both IiIes, and even make his Te-elec-
ton TO the Senate a matter of grave
doubt
The fact IS well known that notwith-
standing his many notable qualities
Ohio is full Of people who really do not
admire Mr. Hanna a considerable
number Of these are IN the Republican
party. They came very near defeating
him for the Senate IN 1888. ana they ike
him no better now than they did then.
Prominent among tisese people is Mr..
McKisson. who is a sort Of local rival to
Hanna in Cleveland McKisson is re-
ported as being again inclined 10 make
trouble fog Hanna, while the latter is
quoted as saying that If the 3fcKisson
people don't quit they must be kicked
out" and he ascribes the revival Of fac
tiOnaIism 10 Foraker From this IT fol-
lows that Fighting Joe is one Of those
who are 10 be kicked out if they
don't quit
The process OF kicking people out of
a party may sometimes be agreeable
10 a man OF Hanna's temperament, but
ii is not always good politics. But then
that IS his Io9kout-not ours. We are
now simply directing attention to the
fact that all is not serene among the
Republicans Of Ohio The friendship"
between Hanna and Foraker seems to
have broken out in a new place, and it
seems very probable that their rival
candidates. for the Presidential norni-
nation are the immediate cause It is
none Of our business in a partisan way,
but at the same tine we feel II duty
20 suggest that Foraker ought 10 sub
side Nobody calling himself q Repub-
Hcan can with any consistency oppose
Mr. Hanna's Presidential aspirations,
or cross his purposes in any other way.