Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-05
BRYAN AIDED IN OHIO
But He Seemed to Chiefly Help
the Opposition.
TAFT's WORK effective
fractional Strife Between Dick and
Foraker Factions.
PROHIBITION IS ELIMINATED
Outcome Expected to Be About Nor
NAL, and Neither Side Making
Extravagant Claims.
TAFT's WORK EFFECTIVE
PROHIBITION Is ELIMINATED
Special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
COLUMBUS, Ohio. November 4. 1905.
The campaign in Ohio has been one Of the
most apathetic in the last twenty-five
years, exceeding in that respect the cam
paign, Of 1892, when the democrats came
within thousand votes of carrying the
state on their state ticket, and did sue
coed in electing one presidential elector.
The main cause for the apathy, it Is be-
lieved, lies in the fact that but little pat
ronage turns upon the result of the cleo
ton. On the republican side 1t has been
caused also in part by the fight In the state
convention by Senators Foraker and Dick
for Endorsement as to their work In the last
session of Congress, and for the continue
ton of Senator Dick at the head of the re-
publican state organization by his election
as chairman of the state executive COM
mittee One-third of the delegates voting
against the senators on both propositions
indicates a strong sentiment in the party
against the senator's and it Is expected that
the result will show in a republican loss OF
votes on the state ticket.
Though the two senators were the chief
issue in the state convention neither has
taken an active part in the campaign work
on the stump. Senator Dick making but
two speeches, and they in small towns, and
Senator Foraker not more than half
dozen.
Secretary Shaw. Senator Beveridge and
Secretary Taft were brought to the state
by the republicans, and William J. Bryan
by the democrats. Secretary Tafts
speeches, of which he made three were as
beneficial to the republicans as his speech OF
last year was disastrous. He made no flu
sion to state matters, but appealed to re-
publicans to support the President The ap-
peal was in behalf Of the republican candi-
dates for Congress, but it is believed that I,
Will inure to the advantage of the state
ticket as WELL Many believe that the state
ticket has been saved for the republicans
oy the Coming Of Secretary Taft to the
state.
Bryan's Help Doubtful.
Mr.. Bryan's work in the state has been
Of doubtful advantage to the cause he
came to support. The plan Of the demo
cratic campaign was to keep the fight on
state issues Mr.. Bryan by his speeches
opened the way to the republicans to use
the cry stand by Teddy" with effect.
even in the face of the fact that the two
Ohio senators in the front Of the repub-
lican campaign failed to support the Presi-
dent on important legislative propositions
Senator Foraker the railway rate bill
and Senator Dick on the Philippine tariff
bill.
Neither Chairman CARRIER nor Chairman
Dick has given definite figures as to his
estimates of the result. Senator Dick SIM
ply says that the whole republican state
ticket will be elected by a normal plurality
and that the normally republican districts
man CARRIER says the head Of the democratic
state ticket will have not less than Is, O0O
plurality, and that it will probably be more
He predicts that the third, fourth. fifth, ninth
thirteenth and seventeenth districts will
elect democrats to Congress sure, and that
the sixth, eleventh and twelfth may also be
carried by the democrats, so that the Ohio
delegation in the next Congress will have
not less than six democrats in it.
The liquor question, which cut so large
| a figure in last years campaign because OF
the nomination of John M. Pattison. an
anti-saloon man. for governor, is eliminated
do Qon fho
tickets both having declared in favor OF
county local option. but the memory of last
years campaign, quickened by the enor-
mously increased saloon tax, the work OF
last winters legislature. seems to be ar
raging the liquor vote in an unorganized
way against the democrats.