The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-02
FREAKlSH CANVASS In OHIO.
TOM JOHNSON'S RED AUTO, CIR.
CIS TENT AND CARAVAN.
Bitter Personal Attacks on Public Men
Feature Of His Campaixn--Assisted
nv a Preacher Who Believes In Dec 10
Sclcnce Republicans lOnfidenI.


fantasy and novelty.
A. the head Of the Democratic party APP
pears Mayor Tom l.. johnson of Cleveland,
tie greatest exponent living of the single
tax theories of Henry George. With him Is
associated a minister of the Gospel, who is
a believer in occult science and is repre-
suted as ntima,ing that unseen and mys-
ferrous influences are at work among the
rcoylc for his election. This is the Demo-
cratic candidate for Secretary Of State, the
Rev Herbert Bigelow Of Cincinnati.
These new leaders of the Ohio Democracy
have inaugurated new system of cam
ra'ruing, tho result Of which ia awaited
with e,erish interest by their friends and
part sais
When the campaign opened Mayor
johnson purchased a huge red aut omobile.
He then placed orders for two large tents
built on the circus plan and arranged for
more than a score Of circus wagons and
ANAL army Of men to erect and take down
tic tents in the cities which the caravan
proposed to visit. This outfit began its
pilgrimage almost Immediately after the
Democratic State Convention six weeks
ago.
A the head OF the procession as II ira
Nersed tho northern tier Of counties rode
Tom johnson with his red auto. and closely
following him. came the wagons and his
little army Of men. In this manner one
town after another was reached,
Tie journeys OF Mayor johnson over the
State have been sensational and spectacular
in the extreme He seems to have started
ont 20 have tilt with every corporation in
the State and with every public man Of
Importance.
lie began his war on the County Auditors,
whom he charged with being III collision
with the railroads, keeping down their
valuations and in return accepting rail-
road passes Wherever he has appeared
he has bitterly assailed the County Auditor,
inviting him to a seat on the platform in
the tent, where he could explain his course
OF action. In only a single case did an
Auditor rise and agree to accept no more
passes.
He charges that the same roads which
pay taxes on valuation Of SO 900 a mile
IN Ohio pay on $50, 900 in Indiana. At
big meeting held in this city recently, which
was addressed by Mayor johnson and John
II Clark. Gold Democrat in 1905. johnson
repeated the charge against the Nickel
y
Without a moments hesitation Mr..
Clark arose on the stage and announced
that the speaker did not know what he was
talking about The road represented by
him. he said. pAid AZ much taxes in Ohio as
In Indiana. the difference in the valuation
being made up by the difference in the tax
rates in the two States. The incident
created a sensation.
After making attacks on more than
score Of Democratic Auditors in the State
whose counties he had visited with his circus
tent, johnson next took up the action Of
eight members of the Democratic minority
in the Legislature who voted for what is
known a. the Curative act, extending for
forty-four years the franchise of a Cincin-
natl street railroad
From W. c. Gear, In the presence OF a
large audience. he e1acted a promise to
vote against the Curative act. On the
following day Gear voted for it. johnson
at once came to Columbus and before a
bowling mob denounced Gear as dirty
Backyard"
In each Of the counties of these Represen-
tatyes he kept up his personal attacks,
openly charging Gear in particular with
having received his price"
Two phases of the bitter personal cam
paign are 10 be found In the relations
which the three men Of greatest national
fame of politics in ills State bear to one
another. When Mayoy johnson assumed
the dictatorship of the party through
strenuous methods peculiar to himself,
John K. Mclean, the former leader Of the
party, voluntarily retired after announcing
hi- willingness to let Mr.. johnson run things
to suit himself. But this did not suit Three
Cent Tom, who refused TO let Mclean
alone
Tie nearer johnson approached Cincn-
nat with LIS caravan the more personal
t. Mclean he became. and when he did
finally reach the Queen City Of the West
and pitched his tent in the First Congress
district, whose Republican candidate,
Nicholas Longv or,h, leader of the Ohio
Senate, he declared he would defeat, the
walls Of his long pert-up wrath against
Mclean were uncorked.
Mr., Mclean remained philosophical
throughout it all and did not seem to worry
because johnson had ruled him and his
paper out Of the party. On the contrary,
he aggravated the local feeling against
johnson among his friends by publishing
~ r. paper everything that johnson said
against himself and the paper.
The Cincinnati papers went at Mr.. john
son Ia a new style. When he came TO
stop at one Of the swell hotels Of the city
he was scarcely able To drive his red auto
through the crowds Of ward heelers and
politicians who had read in the papers
that Mr. johnson would hold levee Ia the
hotel and receive them. When he CURLY
Refused 10 be seen at all the crowd vanished
hlled with wrath against johnson.
In the early stages of the campaign there
was a prospect OF joint debate between
Senator Hanna and Mr.. johnson, the latter
intlmating that he would enjoy such per-
Torrance if he had the chance. Senator
Hanna replied that he would not be seen on
the same platform with johnson and that
furthermore, he did not propose to draw
crowds for Johnson's circus Both leaders
nave been very personal in their remarks
concerning each other, the Senator fire.
quentIy intimatng that johnson could
easily trace his lineage back to Ananias.
FOR the first time in their lives John r.
Mclean and Senat or Hanna. who were OPP
ponents in the famous Senatorial struggle
hVe years ago, seem to be in accord. The
meetings OF the senator are widely adyer-
Used IN MClean's Dapar and tho remarks