The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-15
DARK HORSE INGALLS, 1904.
mars TIE CRY IN TIE CINCIN-
NATI CAMPAIGN FOR MAYOR.
aepublicans Say the President OF the Bis
-Four Has His Eye on the Democratic
Observation-Disclosures OF . Bitter
Contest for Control OF the City.

ness in the charges mace against tne CITY
administration and against the official
records Of the men nominated for Office
nm the Citizens municipal ticket at the
head Of which is Melville Ezra Ingalls,.
president Of the Big Four, the Western
r preventative Of the Vanderbilts.
IL is a striking feature Of the campaign
that no charge is made against the personal
Integrity Of any OF the men on either ticket
The Citizens or Fusion Democrats insist
that the campaign is one against bossism
IN the person Of George B. Coz. while the
R.publcans insist II is a campaign for the
continuation OF the efficient municipal
government against sham reform in aid Of
the Presidential ambitions Of Mr.. ingalls,.
They declare that Mr.. Ingalls, has an eye
On the White House and will try to reach it
through being first Mayor Of Cincinnati
and then Governor OF Ohio.
A second interesting feature Of the cam
psign is the official disappearance Of De-
nccracy in Cincinnati. In 1897. when the
fusionists won out, they went on the Of
fetal ballot as the Democratic ticket, and
the Republicans elected upon it have
had so much trouble in convincing their
ILrty Of their Republicanisn in State and
National politics, that the Republican end
Of the Fusionist party OF 1908 refused to
sail again under Democratic colors. So
came about the Citizens municipal ticket.
In the first place, the Democratic City
Executive Committee, acting under party
Iw and State law, vested In what is known
=. the Committee Of Twenty-six the right
4, select a ticket to be presented to the
'oters in April. The Iwenty-eix was made
~ wholly Of Democrats. heart and soul
tor fusion, ard they. Immediately. pro-
,.eded to nominate the ticket which is
row opposing the Republican ticket.
The official ballot will show first the
Republican ticket. second the Socialist hIst
goes on the ballot by petition. The Social
lists, for the first time. 60 ON the ballot as
a matter of right. having cast more than
per cent. Of the vote cast at the last
There IL no Democratic ticket on the
ballot and, consequently. no Democratic
votes will be cast as such At the next
election in Cincinnati the Democratic party
will be compelled to go on the ballot by
petition.
Of the old liners who, while opposed to Cox
and TO Republicanism. are unwilling to
surrender their party name and emblem.
The action OF the Twenty-six Will lose
many straight Democratic voters for the
Citizens ticket.
OF course, the liquor question enters into
the contest. Mayor Fleischmann is at
the head Of one OF the largest distilling
Establishments in the United States. While
that fact alenates from the hepublcans
IL draws a large German vote; The Ger,
mans see in the support OF the Citizens
ticket by the Alliance a determination to
interfere with Sunday IN Cincinnati es-
recially sover the Rhine.
Moreover, the Alliance Is against Flesch-
mann for the stand he took in favor or
the proposed Jeffries-R Rubin fight In Gin
cinnati, for which he gave n permit. On
tis other hand, the sporting element ana
the element that delights in sporting mat
tiers and Is for wide-open city are for him
strenuously.
IL has been a clean campaign to date.
but the political bitterness is growing to
n point which It makes II lmpossiple 10 say
whether the cleanness can be Kept up.
IL there is break IL will be nastv-no other
word can express the situation as 1t may he.
This il the way Senator j. b. Foraker
LOOKS at the campaign, hls Views, Views being
THE duty has fallen to Mayor johnson
Of Cleveland to hold the stronghold OF
Republicanism in the Democratic column.
not alone for his personal benefit. but as
nm inspiration to Democrats throughout
sIn the same way Mr.. ingalls, has been
selected to LEAD Democrats TO victory
under the guise of a Fusion or CtiZens
ticket In Cincinnati. and II he should be
ceoes that he would be entitled, should
he desire II, to the nomination Tor Gov
ernor at the fall election. and then, II he
should he successful at that election. to
the nomination Of his party Tor the PreS-
You cannot pick up a Democratic news
paper anywhere thst does not talk IN tome
wav about his candidacy. II II talks about
him at all. Republicans are OF the seine
opinion ss TO the ebect o. success LOT nun
uIon his political fortune: This Of itssh
- enough 10 show oonclusively that there
/, no such thing, no matter how desirable
IL might b. ,ss disconnecting the approach,
ing municipal election from the State and
i, should Le Understood and appreciated
that there u now . great contest IN politic.
istw,en the great paftss a. 70 the controi
Of the National Government. hsar nothug
.lre In political circles st Washington or
elsewhere throughout the country. and TIE
,pring .leotlons are heinG look, d forward
20 a. the frss indication ~ 10 how fuhurs
Nothing could 10 more disoouraging
81 more huTtful 10 senator Ham. a. . can
d.da,s for 70 lection than . Denocraiio
victory In Cincinnati ~ the spring sIect .on.
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