The Irish standard., 1903-10-24
POLITICAL PROSPECTS.


| states. This election is important in
Il national way for it will to some
| extent at least Indicate whether the
| Republican party is as strong now
us ii has been for the past ten years.
| The most important elections from Il
national standpoint are those which
will take place in Ohio and Maryland.
In both these states IL legislature is
| to be elected which will elect Il United
| States senator next winter. And i'll
both states men of national reputation
are before the people for Endorsement
or rejection.
The situation in Ohio is perhaps the
| most interesting in the whole country.
| Senator Hanna, the man who conduct
ed two remarkably successful cam
paigns is fighting for his political life.
If the Republicans fail to elect the
legiSlat urc in Ohio, Hanna will be
retired from political life. 1t is quite
evident that Hanna fears the posi-
bility of defeat The national adj
ministration has sent Secretary of the
Treasury Shaw to aid Hanna in his
cratic candidate for governor of Ohio
is str;lining every nerve to defeat
Hanna. Curiously enough, neither the
Democrats nor the Republicans main
tain that johnson has any chance to
be elected governor, but both parties
are lighting hard for the lcgisla ture.
johnson cannot be the Democratic
candidate for the United Suites sell
ate even though the Democrats sue
| coed, for in their convention they ell
| dorscd John IL. Clarke for that posi-
ton. Johnson is thus enabled to go
| before the voters in Il most favorable
| light. COnfe$Sedly he cannot be elect
Ell governor and lie is prccludcd from
asking for the senatorship. He is con-
Quoting Il wlrlwnd campaign stump
ing the state with Il circus tent and an
automobile. His meetings have been
much better attended than the Repub-
lican meetings, and for the first time
in his career Hanna seems to have
net Il man whose methods of cam
paiyniny are troublesome. johnson
| is All adept in the use of sarcasm and
ridicule. He has harassed Hanna to
| such an extent that the latter seems
| to have lost his self control. Hanna
| has abandoned issues and gives his
entire time to abuse of Johnson. This
apparently is much to .Jolnson's liking
for in such Il contest Hanna is no
match for him. AS an instance of the
it may be mentioned that he has ac-
cused johnson of being the cause of
McKinley's death. Hanna says, Me
Kinley was the victim of socialism
and that Johnson is the head of that
cult" The Republicans have IL ma
jority of thrty-tive in the present
in favor of their continued control by
IL narrow majority. Johnson is advO-
eating Il three cent fare on all mllni-
cipal railways, and Il two-ccnt fare
on all steam railways in the state. He
is also cOntending for equal taxation.
He has the support of Mayor Jones.
of Toledo, and other Independents.
In Maryland the political future of
Senator German is at stake. AL
though lie is not Il candidate for any
Office himself. nevertheless should the
Republicans carry the state he would
be ut once put out of the race for the
Democratic nomination for president
in 1904. The legislature elected next
month will elect a successor to senu-
tor McCOmas, Republican. The DEM
ocrats seem to have much the better
chance for success. The Republicans
are divided and President Roosevelt
has recently interested himself in try
ing to settle Republican differences.
The national administration fears Cor
man more than any other Democrat
in national public life, because of his
experience and his political ability.
Republican success in Maryland would
be Il distinct defeat to German hence
the great efforts now being made by
the Republicans to capture the state.
Both parties have nominated clean
men for governor. There are two
Democratic candidates for Senator
McComas' seat in the senate. John w.
Smith the present Democratic COVER,
nor and Isador Rayner counsel for .Ad.