Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-18
WITHOUT A SENSATION
Politics in Ohio Mighty Quiet
Just at Present.
=. $3.50.
FOR FUTURE LEADERS
BOTH PARTIES WILL SOON BE
CASTING ABOUT.
Herrick Will Appoint Staff From Ma
tiona1 Guard-Leases House
at Columbus.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, November Ex-senator
Hanna having repressed his fmpetuous
friends who were seeking to draw him to
the center of the stage as candidate for
the republican presidential nomination,
Ohio is for the present without political
sensation.
The usual scramble for places under q
new state administration is held in check
this time by the fact that the newly elected
governor does not bring new faction into
power. and it is generally believed that few
of Governor Nash's appointees will be dis
turbed. Still. Colonel Herrick will not
wholly escape that experience of newly
elected governors here-a siege by the office
seekers It is believed that the new COVER
nor, who has been a business man all his
life, will not take kindly to this sort of
thing.
Colonel Herrick has already shown that
he has some ideas of his own in regard TO
the conduct of the governors office II mas
been the rule in the past for the governors
to appoint members Of their staff from civil
life Military experience was non-essen-
tal. 1t was the exception that a man OF
military experience was so honored Inc
rule was to select wealthy business men.
who could afford gorgeous uniforms ana
the time to appear in them on occasions
They were selected to be ornaments rather
than Of service.
Staff From National Guard.
Governor-elect Herrck announces his In
tention of choosing his staff from the Ma
tional Guard of the state. 1t Is even 1ntl-~
mated that they will be on full pay when
on duty with the governor.
Colonel Herrick is himself old guards
man and appreciates the value of military
training AS he facetiousy puts it, he does
not want to any member or his stan
falling over his sword when out on parade
This declaration of the governor-elect
chiefly interests the military and would-oe
military men of the state. The politicians
are much more interested in a statement
said to have been made by Col. Herrick in
New York last week.
The interviewer had asked MIN II ne
would be a candidate for the republican
nomination for the vice presidency and he
replied that he would not, adding that he
had no further ambition than to be the
governor of Ohio, and only one term at
that.
This has been seized upon here as
statement of much moment 1t is recalled
that Gen. Dick was a candidate for the
nomination for governor last spring; that
the rivalry between Col. Herrick and him
was warm for time, and that finally Gen.
Dick gracefully withdrew and gave the
nomination uncontested to Col Herrick.
agreement between the two candidates, to
which Senator Hanna was party. by
which Gen. Dick should withdraw and per-
NIT Col. Herrick to have the nomination
on condition that he should ask but a sim
gle term, and then permit the place to go
to Gen. Dick. Others doubt the interview.
believing that, even II there were such an
agreement, Col. Herrick would not disclose
1t now and in that way.
=, Without a Contest.
plurality on both sides Of the legislature,
the organization Is likely to be effected
without contest. Seeing that this ma
jority was so large as likely to prove I'M
wieldy, Senator Hanna promptly threw his
influence to preferred candidates for the
chief places, and the other candidates
promptly withdrew from the races.
In the house Judge George T. Thomas OF
Huron county will be elected speaker. and
E. w. Doty. a former representative from
Cleveland, chief clerk. In speaking of the
matter to a friend. Senator Hanna said
that having had so much to do with the
election of this legislature, he would gen
orally be held responsible for its work. He
therefore wanted men in the chief offices
whom he knew and upon whom he could
depend for information as to the course OF
legislation.
There is no reason to believe that Senator
Hanna now aSpireS to he presidency.
Doubtless he has thought within the last
come his way, and were conditions different
now he might seek the nomination. But he
will not be a candidate now, and when the
presidential election of 1908 comes round he
will be seventy-one years old. past the age
point beyond which probably man will
ever be elected to the presidency Of the
United States.
But age is not all that is weighing upon
him. His health is impaired. One knee is
incurably disabled, and he suffers much
most of the time This reminds him that
he must take care of his strength. He will
not, for this reason be at the head of the
national republican committee through an
other campaign.
Casting About for Future Leaders.
Republicans anxious to see the prestige
which Ohio has enjoyed in national matters
continued are now anxously casting about
for successors to her leaders who must
soon retire.
Senator Foraker is sixty-one, and must
in the nature of things retire after two
more terms at the most There are no
young republicans of promise in the state
excepting Gen. Dick. Col. Herrick will
probably not now give up business for poll
tics.
Cen CroSyenor and Gen Kaifer have