The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-08
JOHNSON our OF IT.
Slaughter in Ohio a Protest of Demo-
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 | Columbus O., special to Chicago Chroni-
 By plurality of 10000 votes, as shown by complete returns today. the people of Ohio have repudlated the socialistic vagaries of Tom Johnson. and in this sands cast by men who have always here tofore voted the Democratic ticket. zimmerman would have been stronger than Johnson by 5000 votes" declared
 In the fury. of protest against Johnson and his platform Democrats slaughtered the legislative ticket on every hand. with the result that Senator Hanna will have almost certain of Ohio's vote for the Presidential nomination in next years convention. vi, '- As result of the crushing defeat of great activity in the ranks of the party today. A meeting of the leaders of the conservative element in the State will be held In this city within ten days. at which plans for recognizing the party | will be discussed.
 Johnsons downfall. the conservative leaders & say; eliminates him as factor the old principles W
 The Columbus Citizen, the DemocFatic tonight: The result 0, of Sf the election ia'ig iy this State yesterday was not a Repubii- can victory. It was a Democratic pro- test. It wes a protest against the the Democratic ticket and the Injection | of undemocratic theories into a Demo- cratic campaign It was protest against ism and egotism. solennniy the indignant Democracy of Ohio recorded its everlast- ing repudiatton of the fatalism that has dominated its councils for nearly two necessary to be rendered" =, Allen W. Thurman, son of the "old Roman" and the original free silver election in Ohio said: No other result was possible. No man can ever be u leader who assumes that he is not only greater, but far gerater than his party" vote next year to the Republican party, but her forty-six votes in the next Demo cratic antional convention will be cast by men of quite another stripe than those who have run the party into the ground. We have made great gains in the East and in Iowa, where the radicals could not dominate. Next year common sense will Republicans will win''
 Secretary Richardson of the Democratic State Executive Committee. an ardent puts Johnson out of business politically and that he cannot hope to control the next State convention.
 Makes Hanna Presidential Candidate AS the result or the trendendouS victory of Senator Hanna yesterday his name is on every lip tonight as a candidate for the Presidency. The talk will not down and many of his friends are saying that his name shall go before the national convention next summer whether the Senator protests or not.
 Hanna will be nominated for President by the next national Republican conven- tion if he will just keep still for few days" declared one of the most promi- nent of the Republican leaders of the country today.
 This Is the natural result" he added. "of Tuesdays elections throughout the country, not only in Ohio, but in the East as we'll. The drift of sentiment as indicated by the elections shows that Roosevelt has not fully met the approval of the people. New York has gone Democratic for mayor. which Is next thing to a guarantee that under present conditions, the State will go Democratic for President next year Maryland and Rhode Island both show Republican losses. For the past few weks one could see that the drift of the sentiment in the East was away from the President. On the other hand Senator Hanna has been given the most remarkable vote of con fidence ever given In this country by his home people. Ohio approves of Senator