Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-29
TO LACK USUAL V|GOR
Ohio Classed This Year in the
Certain Column.
THE STATE CAMPAIGN
WILL BE OPENED IN EARNEST
THIS WEEK.
Electoral Vote Surely Republican, but
a Reduced Majority is Predicted
Congressional Contests.
THE STATE CAMPAIGN
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star

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! COLUMBUS. Ohio. August Z. 1904.
Gen. Dick and Representative H. {. Gar
Der, charmen respectively, Of the republican
and democratic state campaign committees,
will be in the city next week. and the work
Of the campaign will begin in earnest. Up
to this time the committee rooms have been
occupied by clerks in charge Of the secre-
| taries. Their principal work has been the
mailing of circular letters and correspond
ence with county chairmen relative to local
organizations. The democrats are waiting
| until the republicans have fixed the time
| and place of their state opening before
| taking action. But one city is now being
| considered . Chairman Dick as the place
for the republican state opening That Is
Warren. Trumbull county. 1t Is in Gen.
| Dicks district and in the center OF vast
| republican population.
| From present indications the campaign
| in this state will not be conducted with the
| usual vigor on either side. Ohio will un-
| doubtedly be classed by both national or
| ganizations with the certain republican
| states, and funds and effort will be ex-
| pended where there is more opportunity TO
| secure electoral votes. 1t Is likely that
| few of the campaign or: tors sent out by
| the national committees will be heard In
Ohio this year and the state will be left
| to the local committees.
Majority Not Over $4,000.
| But while there is no room for doubt that
Ohio's twenty-three electoral votes will be
secured for the republican national candi-
| dates Ohio is not likely to roll up the ma
| jorities of 100000 and over that she has
| been giving for some years for the repub-
lican ticket. No one need expect to see
the state go republican this year by more
| than $1,000. 1t will probably fall below
that on the state ticket. The national
ticket will undoubtedly lead the state ticket
! by good big margin.
| This would indicate factional disturb
| ances in the republican party in the state
and that is exactly the trouble. 1t has
cropped out in many places already. and is
| campaign advances. If Senator Hanna
| had lived much of this would have been
| avoided He had firm grip on the affairs
of the party, and with him still in control
| there would be today none of the friction
| between the governor and Senator Dick
over the distribution of state patronage
| The dispute between Senator Dick and Sen
| ator Foraker over the federal patronage,
| while 1t has been sharp and spirited, Is
| really not so likely to weaken the party in
the coming election as that between Gov.
Herrick and Senator Dick.
The Herrick-Dick Dispute.
Governor Herrick owed his nomination
| for governor wholly to Senator Hanna. He
| had had no previous experience in politics
| He was not even well acquainted with the
republicans of the state. The county or
ganization republicans were clamoring for
| the nomination of General Dick. 1t was
| with some difficulty that even Senator
/ Hanna depressed this preference, and it
| is generally believed here now that even
| with Senator Hanna demanding the NOM
nation of Colonel Herrick. General Dick
could have secured the nomination for gov
| ernor if he had ref sed to withdraw and
presented himself a candidate before
| the state convention
| These facts being we'll known to the ac-
| tive republicans of the state. they do not
| view with pleasure the effort now being
| made by the governor to make himself
| leading power in the republican party in
| the state. The fact is, too, that the gov
ernor is not at all astute as political
| manager. Since he has been in the gov
| ernor's Office he has made many plumbers
of a political nature which have not only
| weakened his party, but made it very
| problematical whether he will be nominated
by his party for a second term. He will
rot be candidate this year, however. and
| so that matter Is not factor in the pres
| ent state campaign.
Herrick's Enemies.
The governors opposition to the Bran
mock local option bill last winter-going to
the extent of compelling the legislature to
materially amend 1t before he would ap-
prove it-has made for the governor a great
many enemies in his own party. By far
X
ers In the state claim allegiance to the re-
| publican party. They very bitter
against the governor on this account, and
the publications of the anti-saloon organi-
zation are not permitting them to forget
1t. The fact that the governor is forcing
himself to the front in the party organiza-
ton is for this reason. likely to lose votes
| in this class for the party.
In the Ohio congressional elections the
! republicans stand chance to lose three
districts They will certainly lose the thir-
tenth. now represented by Mr.. Jackson of
| Fremont 1t Is a democratic district, how
ever and was carried by accident by the
republicans two years ago. In the sixth
district two republicans claim to have the
nomination for Congress-C. Q. Hildebrand
and Judge S. II. Scroggy. The fight over
the nomination is very bitter. 1t seems
likely that the election officers will decide
that Hildebrand shall go the regu-
lar candidate and Judge Scroggy as an In
dependent candidate. If this Is done it will
II can the election of the democratic can
didate sure. though the district is ordinarily
good for four or five thousand republican
ma iority.
There is always q chance, of course that
the Dayton district. the third. now repre-
scented by Congressman Nevin, will hop
over the political fence. 1t rarely gives
| mere than a few hundred majority either
way Two years ago Mr.. Nevin received an
unprecedented majority. but no one here is
using that election to judge this one by.
| The chances are that Mr.. Ncvtn will be re-
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cor gressional changes are probable.
Contest for Secretary Of State.
The most important state office to be
filed is that of secretary of state. For this
office the republicans have nominated for
the third term l.. c. Laylfn. He has made
a good official, but the third-term PROPOSE
ton is unpopular. and the fact that he is
up for a third term will lose the ticket a
great many votes. His democratic oppo-
nent Is A. P. Sandles of Ottawa county. a
young farmer Of good reputation. The
other state offices to be filled are Judge OF
the supreme court, member Of the board OF
public works, clerk of the supreme court
and state food commissioner-none import
ant offices excepting the supreme judge
ship. The republican candidate for that
off ce is now serving his third term.
The democrats will be fairly harmonious
in this state this year. The radical Bryan