Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-02
COMING OHIO ELECTION
A GREAT REPUBLICAN VICTORY
Predicted.
Private Dalzen Talks Of the Campaign
and. the Great Demand for
Hanna and HsTrick.

Private Dalzell does potFoubt that there
will be great republican victory i'm Ohio.
81 am astonished," He1 Said today that
any man who knows the history of Ohio
politics should have the least doubt of Ohio
going republican, electing Herrick, and re-
turning a clear republican majority of thir
ty, at least, in the general assembly. to sup
port Hanna for reelection to the United
States Senate. have no more doubt of the
reelection of Hanna than 1 have that the
sun will rise tomorrow morning.
"Of course my opinion is worth nothing if
I cannot produce proof, at least some
satisfactory reasons for the faith that Is in
me.
republican committee confesses that it
has been unable to place the vast army of
speakers who freely offered their services.
The county committees all send the same
message every day to republican headquar-
tiers at Columbus, Send us Hanna, Herrick,
Shaw. We don't want any one else. We
must have them! Practically there Is no
demand for ordinary speakers of even ma
tional reputation, and the committees won't
take them.
Hanna and Herrick. Shaw and Beveridge
have had large meetings-record-b breakers
in size and enthusiasm, and they are not
missing county. Before the campaign
closes tonight it will be the most wonderful
campaign since Mckinley ran for governor,
when he, too, was called for and visited
every county in Ohio and practically met
every republican in the state
I'VE soldiers in the departments are all
going home to vote for Hanna! 1 should
go if 1t cost me my life. This universal de-
mand for Hanna means the same thing it
did in Mckfnley'S case, and his victory is
foreshadowed in these remarkable condi-
lions.
1T may be said the people want to see
Tom Johnson, too, and greet him with big
w q hnr 10 70 iS f~,rA TJr
is the prince of political humbugs, next af-
ter Bryan, and the people turn out because
of the curiosity to see him. But when cleo
ton day comes these same people will not
vote for him.
II was in Ohio lately, and know whereof
l speak. Tomorrow We will cast about
100000 to 1 300 900 votes in Ohio Every
agricultural county in Ohio except a few
rock-ribbed democratic counties like Mon
roe and Wood chat never went republican,,
will roll up astonishing rnajorities for Her.
rick and Hanna, for the farmers are MAX
ing money and don't want any change eX-
cept the sort that rattles in their pockets
We have 50, 600 living soldiers of the civil
war in Ohio and 100000 sons of veterans
and 100000 of these will vote the same old
ticket that so lately bore the revered name
of Comrade Mckinley, and when they see
1t they will remember Comrade Hanna was
Comrade Mckinley's greatest friend, the
best friend we ever had in the Senate.
THE workingmen in the mills and mines
and factories and stores, 200 600 more, are
sure for Hanna, who rescued them from
idleness and poverty but seven short years
ago. They cannot forget their best friend
There are 25OO0 school, teachers in Ohio
and all men of influence with voters, and
each of them. almost to a man. will cast
three or four votes for Hanna. The far
mers are for Hanna almost to a man. Why
go any further? Every one will be astound-
ed at Hannas majority. 1t will be phe-
nomenal, and no one will be more surprised
at it than the Ohio republican committee
100000 majority. But it will far exceed
that"