Evening star., 1901-05-06
Ohio Governor Has No Fear Of Demo-
cratic Success.
His FRIENDS NOT 50 CONFIDENT
Republican Slate for State Officers
Already Made Up.
CON VENTION JUNE IA
special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

| Special Correspondence of The Evening Star
COLUMBUS, Ohio, May f. 1901.
| Governor Nash refuses to believe that
there is danger ahead for the Ohio republ-
| cans this year To northern Ohio repub-
| lican editor who called upon him here this
week and told him that it seemed to him
| that the outlook had not been more fore
| boding to republicans since the campaign
| in which James f. Campbell was elected
| governor. he said. "Oh, that's the way with
| Ohio democrats and some Ohio republicans.
| The democrats are always carrying Ohio
about six months before the election, and
you can always find republicans ready to
concede it at that stage of the game, but
when election time comes round the repub-
licans get together, come out and vote, and
carry the state I expect to see that occur
again this year l can see no reason why
| it should not
| His editor friend called the governors at
tention to the fact that the conditions are
| such that it will be impossible to put ma
| tional issues into the campaign. The ma
| jOrity of G9,GW given for Mckinley last
| fall, he said, was no indication that some
such result would be given this year with
| the war issues and free silver wholly elm
| mated But the governor is not ready to
! concede that there has been anything in his
| administration that will make him weak
! candidate for reelection. He is proud OF
| the states financial condition. and the man
! agement of the state institutions, unuer MS
| appointees, and will not seek to evade state
issues if the democrats insist upon them:
| Very few republican leaders despair OF
being able to carry the state this fall, oul
| Governor Nash stands quite alone among
| them in claiming that there is no danger
| whatever of losing it.
| Trouble Over Second Place on Ticket.
| Some trouble seems to be brewing for the
| republicans in regard to the nomination for
| lieutenant governor AS has already been
| explained, the narrow escape of John "A.
Caldwell from defeat two years ago and the
doubled opposition Of the Anti-Saloon
| League to him now has determined the
party leaders not to nominate him for an
| other term. Judge Caldwell has acquieSced
| in this, but submits that he should be
given in place of it some good appointive
| office. This the leaders were willing to
concede, but when Judge Caldwell became
| decidedly arrogant in demanding to be
| cared for they refused to be held up. This
| is why Judge Caldwell has received no Of
| flee, and has not announced his withdrawal
as candidate for the lieutenant governor
| ship 1t looks now if it would be nee
cssary to forcibly "shelve'' Judge Cald-
well in the convention, and that would, of
course offend his friends very seriously.
Practically every other nomination for
! office to be made in the state convention,
which has been called to meet here on June
IA and II, is decided upon now The re-
|
| For governor-Gcorge X. Nash.
For lieutenant governor-John C. Rorick
| (probably).
For supreme judge-A. p. Crew
| For supreme court clerk-A. L. Critch
| field.
For state treasurer-J. B. Cameron
| For attorney general-John NJ. Sheets.
| For member board of public works-W. q.
| Johnstone.
On the democratic side all agreements be
tween candidates for the nomination for
governor seem to have been annulled, and
the race becomes a frce-fOr-al. Mayor
| Johnson's declaration that he would not be
a candidate, already under suspicion, is
now generally disregardod for the reason
that it is found that he has agents out in
the state at work making sentiment in IA
vor of holding the democratic state cen
vcntion at Cleveland
Hinkle Will Not support KilbOurne.
Mayor Hinkle, neminaly at the head OF
the democratic party in Columbus, has re
fused to sign an address TO the democrats
of the state presenting Col kibourne for
| the nomination for governor. Since Hinke
| was nominated and elected through the
| influence of John ]. Lentz and is wholly
dominated by him, the mayors action is
| generally interpreted to mean that Mr.
| I.entZ has not Vet wholly given up the
| hope of securing that nomination.
| With John r. McLeans newspaper MAX
! ing fun of the peculiar democracy advo-
Gated by Mayor Jones, and Mayor john
son and Allen o. Myers, long a close polit-
ical friend of Mr.. Mclean, openly advocat-
ing the nomination Of LentZ, it really be-
gins to look as though Mr.. Mclean pre-
ferred LentZ
No doubt the strongest candidate the
| democrats could nominate would be Col.
| kilbourne, and if the party bosses would
not interfere he would easily be nominated
| by the state convention. But there are
good reasons why Mr.. Mclean, candidate
for the United States Senate should pre-
fer some one else for candidate for COVER
nor Col. kilbourne is very independent
| and headStrong. He is known to look with
disapproval upon some parts Of John r.
| McLean's political course. At Kansas City
| last year he declared he would not sup
port Mclean for national committeeman
| again. and did not. Col. kilbourne as gov
| ernor-elect could do much harm if he cared
| to do it, to Mr.. McLean's candidacy for
| the United States Senate.
| The same might be said of Mayor John
son, and if John r. Mclean is really push
| ing Mr. IentZ to the front as a candidate
for governor, it is probably with some
such consideration this in view.