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has as yet been developed alb
. mo one man with political gen.
f0ugh to secure undisputed con-
the Republican party of the
Ex-senator Dick has a better per-
Nknowledge of the state at large
@hny other one man, but he is not
6nally popular, and, although
. politician, it is not probable he
Twill be able to exercise the undis-
personal control which made
6ila SO strong a factor in the poll
mot only of Ohio but of the coun-
lie man to step into the shoes of
. Hanna is yet to make his pres
sfelt in Ohio politics, and until he
6Sars there is likely to be a general
Inning down at the heel of the Re-
6liean organization, such as that
Ina il SO marked a factor in the
lent campaign.
-&there is really no reason why ma
donal affairs should be injected into
elia campaign, and yet they will be.
This is distinctly an off year. There
esno congressman to be elected, and
here Is Involved in the campaign no
distinct question as to the indorse-
NEation. He carried the state only a
Year ago by a plurality exceeding a
Auarter of a million votes, and that
surely is Endorsement enough to salts
~ any federal administration, yet in
1he opening campaign Senator Foraker
.saeparently went out of his way to an
Mounce that he was opposed to the rail-
road rate regulation advocated by the
spresident This has stirred up more
Sreal interest than anything else in the
II present campaign, and it would not be
Tat all surprising if it should become a
real issue before election day.
They have started an open letter idea
In the conduct of this campaign in
EsOhio, and are likely to keep it up. Sem
ator Dick at Columbus gets out an
asopen letter, generally in the form of
questions propounded to the Demo-
cratic candidate for governor, about
severy twenty -four hours. Shippers.
sSswho have been stirred up to such an
extent by Senator Foraker's speech at
SBellefontaine, are preparing to take Il
leaf out of Chairman Dicks political
book. They expect to issue within a
few days open letters signed by the
sOhio Shippers association and ad-
dressed to Gov. Herrick Senators For
4aker and Dick, and Candidate Pattison,
+ in which each of these gentlemen will
be asked to define explicitly his posi-
! ton in regard to the railroad legisla-
ton proposed by President Roosevelt.
In the same way Il second series Of
open letters is being prepared by the
policy holders association asking some
pertinent questions, not only of Mr..
Pattison as president of an insurance
.
as a banker and associated with vari-
Gus trust companies, is alleged to have
more or less personal sympathy with
insurance interests.
There is really a good deal more in
terest in the outcome of the mayoralty
campaign here in Cleveland than has
1t,,rr tEo
result in the state. Mayor Tom john
son is carrying on one of his character
istic campaigns. He does not take
particularly we'll throughout the state,
as has been demonstrated in more than
one bitter fight, but he does seem to
understand the political temperament
of the people of Cleveland, and he and
his advisers assert he Is certain to be
reelected mayor by a larger majority
bit of his political radicalism. He adj
vocates single tax, municipal owner
ship, lower street car fares, reform in
state taxation, and almost every other
'ism," which, in the hands of skill
full demagogue, could be made to con-
vert ignorant sentiment into votes.
Yet it must be admitted that Mayor
Tom always Is ready to back up his
opinions. and he has just perfected an
agreement by which he and William II
Boyd, the Republican candidate for
mayor, will discuss the issues of the
joint debate, which it is likely will de-
velop into the most picturesque and
most significant thing in the present
Ohio campaign.