Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-28
TOO DAzEO FOR TALK
Ohio Republicans Not Yet
Fully Recovered
FROM ELECTION JOLT
THE SILENT VOTE UPSET CALCU-
LATIoNs OF THE AsTUTE.
Gov. Herrick Sore Over Treatment at
the Polls-Democrats in Glee
Over Spells.

senator DICK mas so lar mad nothing 10
say about the election result. He was not
wholly unprepared for it. So far as he
could get reliable information his forecaste
of the result-about $4,000 for Gov. Herrck
was all right but the silent vote upset
his calculations. 1t was a high pedestal as
political manager that he fell from. how
ever, and he can never again reinstate him
self wholly before the people of the state in
that regard, no matter what the organiza
ton of the party may be. Eight straight
state victories under his direction led the
people to think he was simply invincibe.
But now he loses state by 1000 that last
year gave 100000 to Mr. Roosevelt.
Gov. Herrick has talked freely, IL bitterly.
of the result, but no one seems to care
what he thinks about it. He has an
nounced that he does not intend to retire
from politics, but that is immaterial. He
will not again be factor to be considered
In state politics, that is certain. What
ever the cause of 1t may be, the election
returns show conclusively that the head of
the state ticket was very weak and that
there was the handicap that drew the party
down to defeat.
In certain quarters it is claimed that
George B. Cox, the Cincinnati boss, was
mainly responsible for the defeat of the
party, but it is on record that Cox was
astute enough to advise against the nomi-
nation OF Gov Herrick for a second term,
and only acceded to the governors wish to
state officials joined in demanding for the
governor what had never been refused any
republican governor. If Cox's advice had
been followed in this instance it is quite
certain that the governor-elect of Ohio
would not today be a democrat.
Verdict Against Office Coterie.
1t is true that the control of all things
republican in the state was rapidly passing
into the hands of little coterie composed
NHaII
rick and George B. Cox, and the people
were beginning to resent it. The insurrec-
ton was coming, but it would have hardly
come this year had not the opposition to the
nomination of the governor, which was very
prevalent in the state before the meeting
of the state convention, been wholly sup
pressed there and that through the CO.
operation of Boss Cox. Cox was known
as an absolute boss in his own city and
county, and the republicans UP the state
did not look with complaisance upon what
they thought was the extension of his do
main over the state.
With the members of the party revolving
these things in their minds, and uncertain
what action TO take, 1t can readily be I'M
derstood what the effect of the speech Of
Secretary Taft at Akron was upon them
Up to that time 1t was believed that while
the governor was sure to be rebuked by be-
ing run behind his ticket, he was in no
danger of defeat; but from that time on
that he might even be defeated. From
Hamilton county came alarming reports.
There were no German democrats there
from whom to secure votes for the COVER
nor All the Germans In Hamilton county
are republicans. No gain could be made
from the liquor interests there, for Cox had
always had that element, and the party
was sure to lose largely from such church.
going republicans had been acting regu-
larly with the party in preceding elections.
And so 1t happened that Cox was defeated.
One of the amusing things to Ohio poll
ticians on both sides of the political fence
since the election has been the assertion
of Senator William E. Chandler that Sena-
tor Foraker's railroad-rate utterances in
his campaign speeches defeated Gov. Her
rick and the debate on that point which
has resulted between him and Senator For
aker. The fact is, that no national matter
received any attention in the Ohio cam
paign at all.
Dick Realized Party Weakness.
Senator Dick, realizing the weakness of
his party on state issues, announced before
the campaign work on the stump began
that the tariff the principal issue in the
campaign, but even the leading newspapers
of his own party ridiculed the statement
and warned him that if he brought any
tariff spellbinders into the state to speak
they would find their audiences given over
much to yawning. And from the opening
election the republicans were on the de-
fensive as to their record in the state
The addresses of Secretary Shaw were
regarded as pro forma, and it Is not say
ing discredtable thing about them that
they had no appreciable effect upon the
campaign, because the people with one ac-
cord agreed that national issues had no
place in the campaign and would not listen
to them With view to determining their
votes.
Naturally many of the machine republic
cans are expressing bitter resentment to-
ward Secretary Taft because of the Akron
speech. 1t is from such that the declara-
ton has come that it is In order for the
Secretary to organize a new management
for the party: Having destroyed the old or
ganiza ton, they say It Is up to him to form
a new one. 1t is the idea of machine men
always that there must be leader all the
time. They hardly know how to take the
answer OF Secretary Taft to this, that he
is too busy at Washington now to attend to
such matters Party affairs will no doubt
drift along In their present condition until
time for organization Tor next years cam
paign, and 1t will be the duty of the new
state central committee, chosen at the state
convention next summer, to form the new
party management
George B. Cox has announced. as he al
ways does after a severe political rebuff
that he is out of politics now for good but
no one expects that he will keep out of it.
Senator Dick has said nothing as to his
future, but, of course he will stay In The
probability Is that he will not soon again
manage state campaign.
Clear Field for Republicans.
The defeat of Gov. Herrck opens a clear
field for a number of aspirants for the nom-
nation for governor who have been shut
out by the system of political legatees, and
III. NJ. Daugherty, Judge j. H.NDoyle, David
K. Watson Albert Douglass and others will
probably seek the nomination.
BY the adoption of amendment to the
constitution of the state in the election this
month politics will not hereafter run riot in
this state. The effect of 1t will be that
only in even years will there be state and
county elections. while in the odd years
there will be only municipal elections. Hith-
erto there have been in Ohio not only cleo
tons OF general nature every year but
twice year-the municipal elections in the
spring and the general elections In the fall.