Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-03
Senator Hanna Greatly Inter
ested in Carrying It.
HIS PRIDE AT STAKE
HE ANSWERS VIGOROUSLY
CHARGES OF MAYOR JOHNSON.
Campaign in the Buckeye State Wakes
Warmer as the Election
Draws Near.
pecial Dispatch to The Evening Star.

Special Dispatch to TIE Evening Star.
COLUMBUS. Ohio, October 3.-Senator
Hanna is evidently concerned about Cuya-
hoga county in the legislative elections
Though he believes that the republicans
could easily control the next legislature,
even though Cuyahoga should return a
democratic delegation to the general as
sembly, his pride would be severely wound
ed If he failed to carry his own county. He
is making every effort to have republican
candidates for the legislature elected there
It is noted that every prominent speaker
from outside the state who is given Ohio
dates is assigned to make at least one
speech in Cuyahoga county, and it is gem
orally the opening one.
An idea of the vigor of the campaign
work that Mayor Tom L. Johnson is doing
now may be formed from the program for
his visit to Columbus yesterday. Arriving
in Columbus at noon he was driven in his
automobile to the works of the Jeffrey
Manufacturing Company to address the
several thousand workmen there during the
noon hour. From there he went to Milo, a
suburb, where many railway shops are To-
Gated. and spoke three-quarters of an hour.
A trip to the west side and another
speech to the hll-toppers, closed the after
noon, while at night. in tent on the south
side, he made the principal speech of the
day to the residents of that almost solidly
German section of Columbus. 1t was his
first and probab bly, his only visit to Column
bus during the campaign.
Senator Hanna Warming Up.
Senator Hanna is warming up to the work
of the campaign, and in the use of plain
language is taking scarcely second place
to Mayor Johnson. Chairman Salem of the
democratic state committee issued a cir
why Senator Hanna ought to be defeated
They We're these. in substance: Because he
had tried to have the ship subsidy bill
passed. to take $l0,Gi00I0 annually from
the people and put it in the pockets of the
ship owners; because he had forced the
municipal code bill through the legislature
depriving the people of the cities of the
right to govern themselves they saw fit
depriving them of home rule, and because
he had secured for himself valuable fran
chises which compelled the people to pay
eXorbitant rates for public service, to his
own great benefit.
To the first of these Senator Hanna re-
piled that he was proud Of his connection
with the ship subsidy bill, and he proposed
to continue to urge it's passage Il have
been connected all my life with the mer
chant marine" said he, and l am talking
about something that ] know something
about. in no second handed way, when L
speak of the subject. l have seen the cost
lakes from So per ton TO 10 cents, and it
was all done by the development of ship
ping facilities. 1t costs more to operate
American ships than it does to operate
those of peoples across the water, because
we pay better wages here. Does Mayor
johnson want to reduce wages? If he does
l will take the other side of that PROPOSE
ton and debate 1t with him
- Answer to the Second Charge.
Regarding the second reason why he
should be defeated, Senator Hanna said
Now, what did l have to do with the adop-
ton of the municipal code? l was not even
member of the legislature. But l am sure
no person who was need be ashamed of his
work in making the code. 1t is possible
that it might be improved, but it might
nave been a great deal worse. Mayor
Johnson says | have used my official in
fuence to secure valuable franchises for
myself and my aSsocia tes l do not know
what that means. l never secured any sort
of franchise from the state. In his Akron
speech Mayor Johnson referred to that city
as an injunction town." and said he was
enjotned fifteen times there while trying
to lay a competing street railway line
Well. that only means that he tried fifteen
times to ride the law and was pre-
vented by the courts"
Though Gov. Nashs health is still very
precarious. it is probable that he will take
some part in the republican campaign work
test. Congressman-elect Longworth chair
man of the speakers bureau, called at the
executive office yesterday and personally
invited him to speak. The governor prom
ised to do so if his health permitted, after
the 18th of this month. He goes to Antie-
tam next week to preside at the dedca ton
of the Ohio monuments on that battlefield
and October 81 win take part in similar
ceremonies on Mission Ridge.
DR.. Wyn Placed on Ticket.
At meeting of the democratic state COM
mittee here Thursday DIR. William A. Wyn
of Piketon was placed on the state ticket
as candidate for the Office of member of the
state board of public works, for the short
term, made vacant by the death of Charles
a. Goddard of Portsmouth. member of that
board. This action was a surprise, as the
natural and logical thing to do was to
nominate for this emergency term the same
person who was nominated by the state
convention for the regular term, H. b. F.
Jones of Ironton. No explanation of why
Jones was overlooked has been offered.
The republicans are not satisfied with the
condition of things in this (FrankIin)
county. and there is danger that part If not
all the county ticket may be lost. There Is
decided dissatisfaction with some of the
county candidates. especially the candidate
for sheriff. VINO is said to have been forced
upon the party through the help of Senator
Hanna. who at the same time and a part
of the same deal placed a decidedly objec
tionable man on the local board of equaliZa
ton The state republican committee has
been asked to give the county some atten-
ton, and two great republican meetings are
to be held here about the middle and end
of the month. one to be addressed by Sena-
tor Hanna. and the other by Senator For
aker This county sends six members to
the Legislature and is worth looking after.
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