Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-26
Mclean VS.. JOHNSON
Friends of the Cincinnatian
Against the Mayor.
MEETING IN COLUMBIA
BELIEF THAT AID WAS TENDER
ED COL. DICK.
The Campaign Continues to Grow
Warmer as the End Draws
Near.

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| Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
| COLUMBUS, Ohio, October 24-It seems
| to be quite we'll established now that the
anti-Johnson democratic leaders are doing
| all they can to help swell the republican
| vote this fall in order to bury Johnsonism
under a big republican plurality. They are
| convinced that nothing but a crushing de-
| feat will cause him to retire. and that unul
| he retres there will be no hope for demo-
| cratic success In Ohio.
| This week there was q conference here
| between Lewis G. Bernard of Cincinnati
| Jos. H. Bowling of Cincinnati. ex-Represen-
| tative J. R. Norton of Tiffin and Peter
Schwaab Of Hamilton-all prominent demo-
| Gratis and openly opposed to the election or
| Johnson. Their meeting was private, and
no one knows what was done, but before
leaving the city Mr.. Schwaab called at the
| republican state headquarters and was
| closeted for some time with Chairman Dick
Schwaab is a millionaire brewer, who IS
never in politics as seeker after office. but
| manages to control the democratic machine
! continually in Butler county-the most pro-
nounced democratic county In the state.
This opposition is, of course, centered IN
! Cincinnati, where all the influence of John
| r. Mclean will be thrown this year against
| the democratic state ticket, or at least the
| head of it. A close friend of Mr. Mclean,
and one who sympathizes with him in this
| ma tier, said the other day that Mayor john
| son could count on getting about as many
votes in Cincinnati this year Mr.. Mclean
| got in Cleveland, when he ran for governor
several years ago. That was the year that
Samuel M. Jones. the golden rule mayor
of Toledo, came out as an Independent can
didate for governor. He received at that
election more votes for governor in Cuya-
hoga county than Mr.. Mclean did-a fact
OF a,,d NC Fri dc how owl
IDENTIFY not forgotten Mayor johnson was
| then a principal factor in democratic poll
tics in Cleveland.
Going to Invade Enemy's Country.
Undaunted by the strong opposition. to
him in Cincinnati. Mayor Johnson has ar
ranged to invade Cincinnati next week on
campaigning tour, and will camp on the
TRAIL of the opposition. He will stay three
days and speak daily in that city. John
H. Clarke will accompany him there Mayor
Johnson seems to have the cooperation of
some of the best democrats there, however,
for it is announced that Johnson Harmon,
ex-Attorney General Of the United States;
Harlan Cleveland. ex-United States district
attorney. and others of like prominence.
will speak at his meetings with him.
Mayor Johnson has added a unique fea-
ture to his already unique company of
campaignerS. 1t is a magic lantern"
lecture. Peter Witt formerly a labor agi
tator, who developed into political cam
paign orator in the free silver campaigns
of 1896 and 1900, is the operator and lee
turer. He is Cleveland product. His
special topic is taxation, and his talk
and his pictures have for their object to
show that the burden of taxation does
not fall with equal weight upon all per-
sons. ,..
Mayor Johnson evidently regards this
feature as valuable in impressing the
truths he desires to present, for at con-
siderable expense he causes pictures to
be taken in each place where addresses
are to be made, and lantern slides to be
perpared from them.
From Cleveland comes the authentic re-
port that the old McKisson faction. which
has been opposing Senator Hanna for
senator and dissolved Mayor McKisson
and all the old leaders are in line now
with the regular ticket. 1t was the OPP
position of these republicans that threw
Cuyahoga county repeatedly into the
hands of the democrats, and this turn In
affairs would seem to insure republican
victory there this fall.
Chairman Dick is not given to making
rash claims or unfounded predictions as
to the result of elections, but he regards
the conditions in Cuyahoga county now
as fully justifying the prediction that a
solid republican delegation will be elect
ed there to the legislature That result
Mayor Johnsons hope for the election of
| a democrat to the United States Senate.
Lucas County Middle Cleared.
the embarrassing position they were put
in by failure of the Lucas county repub-
lican convention to certify the nominal
lions of candidates for the legislature to
the county election board within the time
provided by law by action Of Secretary
of States Leylin. The county board hav
| ing refused to put the candidates on the
| ticket (both house and senate candidates
were involved). appeal was made to the
secretary of state who is ex-officio state
supervisor of elections and he ruled that
| the names should go on the ticket, even
| though the legal time for making the
certificates had expired. This Is very
| fortunate for the republicans. as it would
| otherwise have meant the sure defeat Of
all the legislative candidates The SUI
| preme court has already held that in
| matters of election the state supervisor
| Of elections is supreme. so there can be
| no appeal from this decision.
singular matter has just come to light
| in Washington county which is causing the
| republican state committee some embar-
| rassment.- Chairman Dick has lately been
| making it very prominent in his campaign
| of Henry Georges single-tax idea. and
| basing upon that fact the charge that he
| Is a socialist Senator Hanna made this
the principal part of his campaign speeches
| up to last week, when 1t was discovered
| that w A. Smith, the republican candidate
| for the legislature in Washington county,
| and one Of the men upon whose votes Sen
| ator Hanna will rely for reelection to the
Senate is an ardent supporter Of the single
| tax theory. and has made many addresses
| in his county in support Of 1t.
| Foraker Defends Franchise Act
| Among pieces of campaign matter sent
out from the republican state committee
| recently was letter from Senator For
| aker defending the Rogers ffty-year street
| railway franchise act, the curative meas
| ure for which, adopted in the recent special
session of the legislature. has been vigor
| ously attacked by Mayor Johnson. Many
| republicans have questioned the wisdom of
| this, for few now care to defend the orig
| inal act, and the memory Of 1t and the
| circumstances of its enactment are not
| pleasant. The main arguments for the
curative bill do not apply at all to the orig
| inal law. The advocates Of the curative
| measure-many Of them-conceded that ii
| was q bad law and should have never been