Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-29
LIGHT VOTE IN OHIO
Registration Indicates Heavy
Falling Off.
BOTH PARTIES SUFFER
IN CINCINNATI THE REPUBLI-
CANS WILL GAIN.
Senator Foraker Taking Little Inter
est in the Campaign-Senator
Hanna Working Hard.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
COLUMBUS. Ohio, October 29.-Registra-
ton in the large Cities which closed ON Sat
urday, indicates a light vote In every city,
except Columbus, the number OF voters reg
istered is less than last year. The falling
off is most marked in Cincinnati. The re-
publicans point to this as indicating what
the Mclean democrats are going to do with
Mayor Tom Johnsons campaign. The Issue
between these two party leaders is most
decidedly drawn in Cincinnati, and the re-
publican claim as to what the light regis
tration means there is not groundless.
1t was Johnson's candidate for secretary
of state who led a fight there upon L. G.
Bernard, John R. McLean's lieutenant, in
the primary elections, and succeeded in
overthrowing Bernard as the local party
boss. The opportunity is presented to the
followers of Mclean and Bernard In the ap-
preaching election of getting rid of both
Bigelow as local manager of democratic
politics and of Mayor Johnson as state
democratic boss. The republicans of Gin
cinnati seem to be harmonious and enthusi-
astic 1t seems reasonable to believe that
they have quite fully registered.
Elsewhere it Is not so easy to conclude
as to which party, If either, is getting the
worst of the registration Probably 1t rails
about equally upon them. There Is nothing
by which to gauge the rural vote in this
way Chairman Dick is flooding the rural
districts with copies of the letters which he
is addressing to Tom L. Johnson, bearing
upon his well-known advocacy of Henry
Georges plan of raising all necessary reve-
nues by a tax on land. The object of Cen
eral Dick Is to get it in evidence before the
farmers Of the state, who are almost all
land owners, that Mr.. Johnson, the manager
of the democratic campaign, is proposing
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the land owners Rural Ohio is democratic
and a falling off in the rural vote means
that the average republican plurality will
be sweNed by just so much
A Slow Campaign.
The campaign has not been lively one.
The progress of the special session of the
legislature, at the same time, tied up there
many of the campaign orators who other
wise would have been engaged in enlight-
ening the people on the issues Of the cam
paign.
On the democratic side Tom L. Johnson
and Candidate H. s. Bigelow have done
outside talent has been brought into the
state by them. On the republican side
Senator Hanna has borne the brunt Of the
fight. No other person has spoken continu-
onsly through the campaign. Governor
Nash has Joined the senator occasionally.
and a few prominent republicans were
called in from other states. For some rea-
son Senator Foraker has not done much
work in the campaign. 1t is said that the
state committee found It hard to induce
him to take assignment. The story is that
he was offended because he was not invited
to join the governor, Senator Hanna and
other leaders of the party at Put-in-Bay
early In June for a consultation in regard
to the matters which had made a special
session of the legislature necessary; and
not having any personal interest In the
campaign suggested to Chairman Dick
that the governor and the junior senator
might work 1t out together as they had be-
gun 1t. The incident has an important
bearing upon the senatorial election to
choose a successor to Senator Hanna. which
will be involved in the election of the legis-
lature next year.
Unless the weather is unusually fine on
election day the total vote will probably not
far exceed $4,000. That would mean about
200 900 uncast votes. There are three minor
hibitionist, the socialist and the socialist
labor. Together the three minor tickets
Will not receive to exceed 0O00 votes. The
rest will probably be divided between the
two large parties something like this: Re
publicans, 100000 democrats, 10000. Re-
publican plurality, 10000.
Candidates About the Average.
There is nothing specially Objectionable
or specially commendable in any of the
candidates. They will probably run evenly
along with their tickets, and the result
would have to be very much closer than it
is likely to be to produce any mixed re-
suits. Bad weather on election day may
reduce the total vote, as indicated above
but it will not greatly affect the result.
The congressional situation seems to be
turning out worse for the democrats as the
end of the campaign draws near. AS has
already been stated in these dispatches,
both of the so-called doubtful districts
the third and twelfth-are now quite sure
to be carried by the republicans. Nevins'
reelection in the third district is now prac-
tically conceded by the democrats, and
while they still claim that they will elect
Judge Badger here, the whole county of
Franklin, now composing the twelfth dis
trict seems to be drifting in the republican
direction under one of the most complete
organizations ever made here. But in ad-
dition to this, Chairman Dick is now claim
ing the thirteenth district, originally
cut out to be democratic one. and Rep
resentative ]. A. Norton was supposed to
have a democratic plurality at his back
that made his election sure. Chairman
Dicks claim is supported by news from
Tiffin that Norton is making personal ap-
peals to his republican friends to help him
out in the close fight. His republican OPP
ponent Is A. H. Jackson of Fremont, who
Is putting not only personal effort but
plenty of the sinews of war into the dis
sure democratic districts in Oho-the
fourth, fifth and seventeenth. The DEM
oerats have never had less than five men,
bers of the congressional delegation since
the present system of districts has been
established.
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