Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-25
Invitations to 1900 Speakers
for the Campaign.
ATTITUDE OF JOHNSON
SENATOR HANNA DOES NOT FEAR
CLARKE'S oRAToRY.
Pivotal State the Fighting Ground of
Warning Factions-Democratic De-
lection May Be Pretty General


COLI MBUS, ohio. September Do
Though the republican state campaign was
formally opened st week. 1t will not be in
fun swing for a week yet At the repub-
lican state headquarters it is said that IN
Vitations have been sent to 500 republican
speakers inviting them to take part in the
mpaign. Responses have been received
from many, but Representative-elect Mich
oi.s Longworth. who is chairman of the
Speakers bureau of the state committee,
has just returned from his summer vaca-
ton, and no assignments for speakers have
Vel been announced. Senator Hanna is
somewhat impati at the delay in this
work. Although he is not in good health,
IL is anxious TO the work go forward
and ready to do his part in it.
The state committee has made change
III the craftsmanship of the speakers bu-
Iclu this year. State Senator s. L. Patter-
son. who has been in charge of the bureau
10" several years. made himself objection
ule 10 Chairman Dick last year, with the
result that he was not reapponted. Long
worth is not only at the business, but
not inclined TO be as industrious Senator
Hanna would like to have the head of this
department. lie is u member of a very
wealthy Cincinnati family used to spending
the whole of the summer at the Seashore
and never under CompulSOn to work.
The result of it all is that the republicans
are losing much of the decided advantage
they had in the matter of speakers and
campaign organization. There is only
about six weeks time left now in which to
do campaign work. Mayor Johnson and
John II. Clarke expect to do all the
stump work on the democratic side.
They have been at it continuously for near
~ three weeks. and have already covered
q large section of the state. With the aid
expected from Bryan. and the candidates
for the legislature, there will have been a
democratic revival meeting held in every
county in the state before the end of the
campaign.
Republicans claim that Johnson is doing
them more good in his speeches than he
Is the democrats. There is some ground
for this claim. Johnson rarely makes a
speech in which he does not attack those
democrats who are not of his way of think
ing to the state issues part of the plat
form. He plainly tells these democrats that
he does not want their support. He de-
clares it will be good thing for the party
to get rid of them; that they are mere party
rubbish. and the sooner they are kicked out
of the party, the better 1t will be for 1T.
Undoubtedly the mayors hamner-and-
tongs way of going after his enemies In
the party will stir them up to more open
and active opposition. and in that sense the
republican claims as to the effect of his
campaign speeches are true.
From the northwestern countries where
lies the center of democratic strength In the
state comes the report that the apparent
yielding on the part Of the state convention
10 the gold bugs. in the nomination of
John H. Clarke for the United States sena-
torship. has seriously offended the demo-
Gratis of that region-mostly farmers and
thoroughly in earnest yet in the advocacy
of the free-coinage of silver. These demo-
Gratis shake their heads ominously when
asked to support an unrepentant advocate
of sound money. 1t was expected that since
the platform stood unequivocally for free
silver, this democratic stronghold would be
aroused thoroughly to sympathy In the
iur has alreadv SDOken In
that section of the state but II reports from
there are reliable he does not seem to have
brought them enthusiastically Into line lie
will try II again later on. with more success
perhaps In the northwest Mayor Johnson
counted on making gains In the legislature
He cannot do 1t unless the full party vote
is secured there.
Hanna-Clarke Debate.
joint debate between Senator Hanna
and John H. Clarke. the democratic nomi-
nee for United States senator, Is proposed.
Mr. Clarke has sent a challenge to the sem
ator Senator Hanna has referred 1t to
Chairman Dick. The chairman Is In the
east, and so action has yet been taken.
In the meantime there Is much speculation
as to what the senator will do. No doubt
he would like to accept 1t. Senator Hanna
believes that he has a far more practical
knowledge OF the subjects to be discussed
In such joint debate as Mr.. Clarke pro-
poses, ana ne UOeS not lear Sidi no VIA
torical powers. He believes that because Of
Clarkes change of position since 1896 he
would have him at a great disadvantage.
But there is the question of his health. He
knows that the excitement of one Joint de-
bate would tell upon him more seriously
than whole series of ordinary campaign
speeches. and he hesitates to take the risk.
Clarke Is young man. used to the hard
mental contests of the court room. and an
orator of great ability. joint debate or a
series Of Joint debates between them. would
make the campaign far more Interesting
than 1t is likely to be otherwise.
Senator Foraker in his speech at the OPEN
ing of the state campaign at Chillicothe, re-
ferring to Mr.. Clarke's challenge. said that
there ought to be joint debate In the cam
paign by all means. but 1t should be be-
tween John H. Clarke OF 1896 and John H.
Clarke of 1903. and then the public could
have some interesting side lights thrown
upon the psychological process by which he
brought himself from opposition to free
coinage in 1896 to Its support In 1903. 1t Is
possible that Senator Foraker used inspired
words when he said this, and that some
such answer will be sent to Mr.. Clarke's
challenge.
Passing Of the Feature
The joint debate was formerly a very fire.
quent and favorite feature of political cam
paigns in Ohio. though not employed much
in recent years.
Twenty years ago when Gen. Thomas
Ewing was the democratic candidate for
governor against Charles Foster Joint de-
bate was held between Gen. Ewing and
Gen. Stewart l.. Woodford of New York,
who was then campaigning in Ohio. Foster
was merchant. and not able to meet so
able an adversary as Ewing In debate The
greenback question was the main issue
then.
In 1885. when George Hoadley and ]. r.
Foraker were rival candidates for governor.
they debated the issues of the campaign to-
gether in Music Hall in Cincinnati The
audience was so boisterous that the debate
was very unsatisfactory, and no more at
tempts were made along this line until the
campaign in which William MCKINLEY and
James e. Campbell were rival candidates
for governor Campbell issued the chal-
lenge and Mckinley promptly accepted it.
1t was held at Ada. Ohio a small village
town in Hardin county. and was. on the
whole. the most satisfactory joint debate
ever held in the state.
Campaign Itinerary.
The preliminary itinerary for Senator
Hanna, just issued by Secretary Malloy Of
the republican committee. shows that the
senator will begin the campaign In a pretty
active way. 1t covers only ten days and
vet In that time he wjl Spaak in fourtoao