Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-07
Opposition to Clarke.

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the premises to any other body, even If it
desired to do so. Neither the nomination
Of Mr.. Clarke nor Mr.. Bryans acceptance
of his candidacy will have any weight with
any democratic member of the legislature
who in accordance with his solemn oath of
office proposes to vote for his choice for
senator, he Is instructed to do by the
constitution" This would seem to indicate
that the democrats who oppose Clarke will
generally support the ticket. or at least
not bolt it because he is on it, but oppose
his election by the legislature should that
body prove to have democratic majority
on joint ballot.
Bryan Unpopular.
The radical free silver democrats feel very
unkindly toward Mr. Bryan for his espou-
sal of Clarkes candidacy, and take little
pains to conceal the fact. Representative
w. C. Gear of Wyandotte county is one of
this class. Clarke is one of the men of
our party" said he, who were calling US
mutton heads and idiots when we were
fighting Mr. Bryan's free silver battle for
him in 1896. We repaid by having the
leader in the bolt in our party at that time
placed in the position of highest honor.
When Mr.. Bryan comes to Ohio to speak
this fall he will be piled with all sorts of
embarrassing questions bearing on the re-
lations between Mr.. Clarke and himself
concerning the paramount ISSUE on which
the two men are just widely apart now
as they were seven years ago. 1t will GER
tafnly be very embarrassing for him..
The illness of Senator Hanna has had the
effect of cutting down the length OF the re-
publican state campaign very materially. The
date OF opening is September 10 at Chilli
Gothic. 1t is expected that Senator Hanna
will be one of the speakers at this meeting,
but 1t is by no means certain now that he
will be able to take part. His physician
has warned him against attempting to
speak at the Chllicothe meeting but the
senator has declared that when the time
ha vxyi11 no no undo Of hi
condition, and that he proposes to make
speech.
His heart is bound up in the events of the
campaign, and there is danger that he will
make the attempt to speak when he is in
no condition to do so. 1t is evident, how
ever, that the failure of his health will
have the effect of reducing the number Of
speeches he will make in the campaign.
Hanna on Deck.
Senator Hanna has opened bureau in
Cleveland, from which he will keep track
of the legislative elections. Capt. ]. c.
Donaldson, long the private secretary and
political manager of the late Senator John
Sherman, has been placed in charge of the
work. But the senator himself will keep
a close watch over the work.
Though the republican state campaign
will not be opened for two weeks yet, it
does not mean that no campaign work has
yet been done. State Chairman Dick says
he has reports from fifty of the eighty EIGHT
counties of the state, giving complete or
ganiZationS, and that the work of the cam
paign is further advanced now than 1t usu-
ally is at this stage of the game. The re-
publican candidates have been nominated in
twenty-five Of the thirty-three senatorial
districts, and in Lightweight of the 10 dis
trictS for representation In the house.
The break in the democratic ranks grow
ing out of the state convention seems to
leave little ground for democratic hopes for
securing a democratic majority in the legis-
lature. The anti-Johnson democrats are
plainly engaged now in trying to upset
Mayor Johnson's plans to capture the legis-
lature. State Senator ]. E. Hurst of New
Philadelp hia, who was on the ti-Johnson
slate for the nomination for lieutenant gov
ernor, said here last week: II hope there
will be no fusion in Lucas county nor any
where else. If this fusion business goes on
much longer there will be no democratic
party"
1t was in Lucas county that Mayor John
son was trying to arrange to elect a legis-
lative ticket made up in part by democrats
and in part by Golden Rule Mayor Jones
republicans-the only agreement being that
the whole county delegation should support
the democratic candidate for United States
senator.
Johnson is Active.
Still, Mayor Johnson shows no signs of
being discouraged He is all activity, and
though the campaign committee has not
yet been elected, nor has there been a meet
ing of the state central committee to con-
slider plan of campaign, he has announced
that he will open his state campaign on
September at Akron. He thus fires the
opening gun of his campaign right in the
home of the republican state chairman.
Gen. Dick.
John III. Clarke will speak with him there
and they will follow up the campaign work
with speeches Thursday night at Wads-
worth, Friday night at Ravenna and Satur-
day night at Youngstown. Monday and
Tuesday he will attend to political matters
in his own city and spend the rest of the
week campaigning through the state, a new
program being prepared for each weekly
trip.
Adverse to Mayor.
A case with very decided bearing upon
the political situation in Cuyahoga county
was passed upon in the supreme court last
Saturday adversely to Mayor johnson. He
had arranged for a special election to be
held tomorrow for the necessary approval
of proposed issue of $1.9O0OOO of city
bonds with which to proceed at once with a
number of city improvements. The SUI
preme court was appealed tot is believed
by his political opponents-to restrain the
election on the ground that by the pro-
visions of the new law under which 1t was