Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-11
HERRICK ON VICTORY
oHIo's GovERNoR-ELECT DIS
CUssEs LATE ELECTION.
Saws He Learned Where Single Tax
Opponent Received His
Inspiration.
he New York Tribune today says:

The New York Tribune today says:
Col. Myron T. Herrick, governor-elect Oh
Ohio accompanied by Mrs. Herrick, arrived
here from Cleveland yesterday, and Is at
the Waldorf
"I thoroughly enjoyed the fight SAID
Colonel Herrick land during the campaign
met the demands upon me physically with
out suffering the slightest ill effects. Now,
however, that it is over am feeling the re-
action somewhat. I am. nevertheless, IN
New York, attending TO some business in
terests.
81 have a measure of satisfaction In both
the manner of my nomination and my cleo
ton Only in one other instance has gov
ernor been nominated for a first term by
reclamation. That was in the case OF Nc
Kinley The complete returns give me a
plurality in the election of 114,OOo, While
the largest plurality ever before given a
candidate for governor of Ohio was Ill coo,
for John Brough, against Vallandigham.
Tells Why He Was Nominated.
'"The nomination came to me because 1t
was conceded that if any one could elm
mate factionalism in Cuyahoga county,
command the full strength of the party
and carry the county, / could do it. Con-
sidering the fact that the election of a
United States senator was also involved in
the results of the election, that was regard
ed important.
How we'll the belief was founded that I
would win in Cleveland and Cuyahoga coun-
ty must be read from the results. McKin-
ley carried Cleveland by 30 plurality, and
Johnson carried it last spring by $500 My
plurality in the city was 1000, and / car
ried the county by 5000.
The result in CuyahOga county was Sc
cured by thorough organization, hard work
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Shortly after my nomination, in June, the
matter Of organizing every one of the two
hundred precincts in Cleveland was taken
up by the chairman of the county COM
mittee.
Precinct captains were appointed to rein
force the activities of the ward committee
men, and we began what was called in de-
rision at the beginning the parlor cam
patgn.'
THAT is to say, we held a meeting at the
home of every precinct captain, and, in all,
l was present and spoke at 227 such meet
ings before the regular formal campaign
began. The successive defeats to which the
party had been subjected had diSpirited
the republicans, and many of them said it
was no use, but we kept at it, and the In
terest grew and the people became thor
oGghly aroused.
Several Conditions Had Favoring Eff
feet.
Several conditions that had a favorins
effect throughout the state included at the
beginning the manner in which Mr. John.
son secured the nomination. He evidently
expected that it would be thrust upon him.
and said he did not want it. Then, when
Mr.. Zimmerman became a candidate he
went in and defeated him, and by his high
handed methods offended the old-line demo-
Gratis. The result was a rift in the party.
Then the platform adopted at Columbus
was compound Of various isms, chief
among which was socialism. 1t was sugar
coated, and the counterfeit sentiment of
equal and just taxation was exploited. 1t
was simply false pretense to cover Henry
Georgeism and the single-tax theory.
succeeded in forcing Mr.. johnson to come
out INTO the open as champion of the
single tax.
This and the other propositions advocat-
ed in the platform were so revolutionary
OF everything that experience had approved
since the constitution of the state had been
adopted that the people would not have it,
Il was often led to wonder during the
campaign as to the real source from which
Mr.. Johnson had drawn the inspiration for
his platform and his speeches. 1 have
found 1t since coming to New York 1t is
disclosed in the lengthy biographical sketch
of Representative Robert Bates of Brook.
lyn, which has just secured a place in the
congressional Directory: Bates was for
League of the United States. while Mr.
johnson was it's president
.! find in Bates biography, every revo-
lutionary declaration that found a place in
the platform adopted by the Johnson CON
vention at Columbus and it contains everv
sentiment on which Mr.. johnson rung the
changes during the campaign. Bates had
been elected to Congress, and Mr.. Johnsou
evidently assumed it was only necessary
TO exploit the same line Of doctrines in
Ohio to win the governorship. It would
seem the people Of Ohio willed 1t different
ly 1t has been a source of genuine salts
1action to discover the wellspring of NJ
Johnson's campaign arguments"