Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-13
SET BACK FOR GOLD DEMOS
Springfield Republican.

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The Ohio municipal elections or
Monday may prove consequential in
relation to national politics. Cleve-
and and Cincinnati are both normally
republican, and candidates for mayor
representing the two wings of the
democratic party stood for elections
in either city. VI. E. ingalls,, demo-
cratic and citizens candidate in Gin
crat who antagonized the Bryan an
didacy in 1896 and was o particular
ly loyal. If at all. in 1900. His cleo
ton as mayor in n republican city
would have made him a prominent AN
iidate for the democratic gubernato-
rial nomination mex summer. and
greatly stimulated and encouraged he
national movement for the ~organiza-
tion of the democratic party on a con-
servative basis. His friends expected
such an outcome. and even talked of
Ingalls, as a probable candidate of the
reconstructed democracy for the pres
idency. But where a close vote had
been anticipated. il not his election,
Mr.. ingalls, falls under an adverse plu-
rality of over $4,000. This not merely
ends his candidacy for higher places,
but must prove a decided discourage
ment To the reorganization movement
in the democracy. The probabilities
are that ingalls, was quietly knitted at
the polls by Bryan radicals.
On the other hand Mayor Tom John
son is reelected in the republican city
of Cleveland by nearly 6.0oO plurality.
and the whole city government is
made more strongly democratic han
ever. Johnson represents the radical
faction. and he has won on a radical
platform, as ingalls, was defeated on
a conservative platform. The partic-
uIar issue in Cleveland was the street
railway question, with Mark Hanna as
the real factor on the republican side,
which favored an extension of exist
ing franchises and conditions. John
son stands for franchise extensions on
the basis of three-cent fares and
municipal ownership whenever public
sentiment calls for it. He is also fully
in harmony with Bryan in opposing
a reorganization of the national dem
ocracy.
NJ. Johnson's present victory is
not only a blow TO Senator Hanna's
prestige in Ohio politics, but. side by
side with the defeat of Mr.. Ingalls,,
it becomes an inspiriting influence
for the continued radicalism of the
democratic party. Along with Mayor
Jones' reelection in Toledo. it shows
that radical proposals are popular
among the urban voters of Ohio, and
that the democratic party under an
anti-Bryan leadership can expect to
make no Roadway in at least that
part of the country.
Ohio elects a governor next fall,
and the nominations win be made
early or late in the summer John
son is now the only available candi-
date in sight of the radical brand.
and the probabilities are that the
democratic nomination will be forced
upon him. He may not are to take
il. deeming defeat 10 be certain, as it
likely viii be. should industrial con
ditions continue satisfactory, but he
will have TO take IL il he would keep
the way open for himself TO a presf-
Dental nomination next year. His
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the forwarding of radicas causes. hts
great rescurcefulness in political cam
paigning n his proved strength with
the masses of the people. make him
the o promising successor to
Bryan in the democratic leadership
which the radical wing of the party
has in sight.
Col. A. J.. Hughes came in from