The Washington times., 1905-07-08

There IS something doing in Ohio
There always is, for that matter; but
there's more of it than usual this year,
politically speaking. For Ohio has the
liquor question, in most aggravated
form. on fits hands. The situation is al
ready-so serious, according to Ohioans
who have been here lately. that the Re
publican Buckeye organization is badly
worried.
The claim is put forward that. Cover
nor Herrick is safe enough for re-elec
ton by from coo to 10000. Compared
with the figures by which Roosevelt car
ried Ohio last fall. 255.090, this claim of
the organization indicates a situation
that is admittedly serious, and demands
the most careful handling lest another
small percentage be pared off, giving the
Democrats a governor.
Ohio's first trouble is that it hasn' t
Mark Hanna to show it. Hanna had
all elements reasonably under control.
He had seen the danger of the rising
tide of liquor agita ton, and had given
his promise that there should be no
embarrassing results from il.
Hanna Is Missed.
Ee would doubtless have been able
to keep his promise had ne lived. al
though even his grip on affairs might
have been worried by the present agi-
tation. But when he was removed from
! the activities of affairs the trouble
| broke out 1T once and has been gather
| ing force ever since
Governor Myron T. Herrick cannot be
| said to have been either popular. or a
| tactful executive He is said to be the
| first governor OF Ohio TO use the veto
power. In connection with certain leg
| islation he is charged with conveying
| to legislative leaders the intimation
| mat measures under consideration must
be changed or he should veto them when
| they came UP to him.
| This was especially charged to him
| IN the matter of the local option law
! that the last legislature passed; law
! that has hot been satisfactory either
! to the saloon or the anti-saloon interest.
| There WIS enough opposition to Her
| rick to make many of the leaders be-
| lieve the part of discretion would be &c
abandon him without denomination
| Lieutenant Governor Harding was
! temperance people, and for a time ii
looked as if he might have a good
chance of the nomination.
How Herrick Won.
| He had the strong support of the tenn
| perance elements. and was only forced
| out of the running when George B. Cox
the Cincinnati boss, pronounced square.
| ly against him.
| This settled matters in favor of Her
rick: but the temperance people seizet
| upon IL as argument that the Stat.
had fallen utterly into the control o
the city bosses, and that in such IA stu
alton there must be a revolutionary
| change~by way OF teaching the bosses
| lesson aud redeeining the State.
| Superintendent Baker, of the Stat.
anti-salcon- league has taken up the con
test in earnest, and his organization
| which is reputed to be very powerful i,
the State, is making "A fight to prove it.
II m4st defeat Herrick, or come so nea
IL would establish Itself as a real facto
| in affairs. And that is what Baker pro
poses to do
! Temperance Strength.
| An illustration of the strength of tn
temperance movement, and the earnest
ness OF feeling on the subject, is foup
| In the fact that the State Y. p s. C. L
convention recently adopted resolution
against Governor Herrick.
| 1t is declared that the present car,
paign Is supreme test of power b.
tween the better and worse elements
| that. without regard to the persona
| attitudes of the two Candidates. II i
necessary for the temperance people
once and for all, tc proye their strengtl