New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-12
NATION WATCHING OHIO.
GoUermor HerricHc's Fight for Re
election of Vide Interest.


Columbus. Oct II (Special.)-The canvass in
Ohio this year is of unusual interest for the
reason that the Governor and the other State
officers to be elected will serve for three years
and will thus be in office during the next Presi-
Dental election time The Democrats are try
ing TO conf1ne the canvass to State issues but
that is impossible. In their platform they
brought in the tariff In the first plank. and the
chairman of their State convention declared
that they would WELD unending hostility to a
protective tariff.
Mr.. Pattison, the Democratic candidate for
Governor. has said nothing on any national
topic so far in the canvass. but he has a record
as member of Congress from which he can
not easily escape. He member Of the
SD Congress, and voted for some of the pop
gum tariff bills that were put through the
House at that time by the Democrats. In fact
his record is that of free trade Democrat and
in his first public speech in this canvass he de-
clared that Mr.. Bryan was his ideal of a states
man, and he mentioned Tom Johnson of Cleve-
land, another ideal.
Mr.. Herrick the present Governor of Ohio
who is the Republican candidate for reelection
has aroused some opposition in his own party,
growing out Of the passage of bill providing
for local option in residential districts in cities
Mr.. Herrick forced some changes in the law on
material, and the Governor says that they were
necessary to prevent the bill from being de-
clared unconstitutional. One of the judges of
the Supreme Court substantiates that view Of
the case.
The Anti-SaIoon League, the superintendent
of which is a Methodist clergyman attacked
Governor Herrick for those changes and tried
to defeat the bill. Two or three Methodist con-
ferences have declared against the Governors
reelection, and there is doubt that he will
lose some votes on that account. But he will
probably gain from many who do not approve
the warfare against him. That it is not all
based on the local option bill is clear from su-
perintendent Baker of the Anti-S Saloon League
denouncing the Governor for approving an in
heritance tax law similar to that which prevails
in New-York, Pennsylvania and various other
States. The Governor has been in receipt Of a
great many threatening letters from persons who
do not sign their names, and his wife has also
been annoyed In a similar manner, but as the
public comes to know the situation better it is
changing rapidly in favor of Governor Herrick.
The veto power was conferred the Gov
ernor for the first time since Mr.. Herrtck was
elected. and his exercise of that power calls
forth more indignant denunciation by the Anti
Saloon League. The Republican plurality in
this State last year for President was 2ooOOO
and Mr.. Herrick was elected the year before by
1l4,OO0 majority. There would nave 10 De d
tremendous change this year to bring about his
defeat and that is not probable.
Mr. Pattison is president of a life insurance
society, a stock company with 100000 OF PAID
up capital, of which Mr. Pattison is SAID 10 con-
troll ffty-one shares, and the dividends are said
to rival those of the Standard Oil Company In
view of the exposures concerning lie Insurance.
corpor1tions in New-YOrk, an effective point IS
being made here against the election OF MI
Pattison as Governor. 1t is evident that lnsur-
ance legislation will be brought before the next
DR.. James H Beal, author of the Beal Local
Option law, and many other leading temper
ance men who have records which entltle thelr
o-toions 70 a good deal of weight, are strong
advocates of Governor HerricHs re-electlon
Pattison is trying to make an cutlery on the
subject of bossism. having reference to Mr.. COX
of Cincinnati