Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-07
THE OHIO SITUATION
Result Of Yesterdays Mu-
nicipal Elections.
CINCINNATI OUTCOME
EFFECT OF FEAR OF CoNTEM-
PLATED BLUE LAWS.
Gives Republicans in Southern Part Of
the State Naming Of Guberna-
torial Candidate.
CINCINNATI OUTCOME

THE result Of yesterdays municipal elec-
tfons In Cincinnati and Cleveland will have
bearing on state politics of Ohio hereafter"
said an Ohio politician to a Star reporter
today.
IN my opinion, the first result will be to
give to the republicans of southern Ohio
Foraker, Flefschman and Cox, full swing
in the naming of the gubernatorial candi-
date, and they are not likely to choose
Senator Hanna's friend. Myron T. Herrick
1t is the restoration Of the southern Ohio
republican faction to a position they for
merly held in the party. 1t does not mill
tate against Senator Hanna's chances for
reelection to the Senate. as Foraker and
his friends are working for Hanna.
The Defeat of Ingalls,.
''The result in Cincinnati is the outcome
of conditions that have been fermenting
for some time. The defeat of NJ. E ingalls,
for mayor is a revolt of the populace
against contemplated blue laws. In order
to better understand the feeling it will
be necessary to go back few years.
Cincinnati got good just about the tinfe
it got poor. Hard times and dry times
have gone together. After the depression
of 1893 Cincinnati failed to recuperate as
other cities did. Cleveland, under the i'm
petus of the great boom in iron forged
dnoaQ. C1nclnnatl seemed to lose
its business grip.
'COincidently a wave of reform swept
over the town. Heretofore Cincinnati had
been the playground for a wide territory.
The people of Cincinnati were inclined to
be liberal and loved good things them
selves Consequently money was freely
spent The small merchants came in from
nearby counties in Ohio. Indiana, Ken
lucky and West Virginia and from down
the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to lay In
their stocks of goods and have a good time.
Hard Times and Reform.
when hard times struck the town and
reform followed it was too much. The peo-
pie did not have much money and could
not have much fun with what money they
did have. Still, the reform element wanted
to further tighten the lines.
Then along comes FleiSchman. He is
liberal spirited fellow. advocates giving the
boys a little swing, and, moreover is inter-
eSted in industrial propositions that prom
1se to ease up the times little bit. The
crowd takes him up and he wins
That sets the reform element wild
again and they start after his scalp in
earnest. Mr.. ingalls,. an excellent man.
pl aised by all, is put up by the democrats
and supported by the radical reform ele-
ment of the republicans. When 1t is appa-
rent that Mr.. ingalls, is backed by the
pulpit and the sikstockinged republicans,
lot of democrats get scared for fear that
there is to be a reign of blue laws, and
they slough off to support the Fleischman
ticket and Fleischman wins again.
Situation in Cleveland.
"Now up in Cleveland the situation was
this: Mr.. Myron T. Herrick of Cleveland is
Senator Hanna's choice for gubernatorial
nomination. That selection is not unani-
mously approved by Ohio republicans
Those who were against him said that un-
less Mr.. Herrick was strong enough to car
ry Cuyahoga county in the spring election,
and reinstate the republicans, he ought not
to expect to get the nomination for gov
ernor. He was not strong enough, with his
friends. to elect a republican mayor, and,
in my opinion. Mr.. Herrick is out of it
henceforth
''Since the republicans of the northern
section of the state cannot swing big mu-
nicipal election. and the republicans of Gin
cinnau can. 1t certainly will follow that
the southern faction will take the lead"