The Washington times., 1911-11-05
WH|TlOCK TO WIN
/ IN TOLEDO EASILY, /.
IS THE PREDICTION
Friends Cannot See How
He Can Be Beaten for
Mayoralty.
"IT'S A CINCH," THEY
ARE ASSERTING
Ohio Executive Has His Own Way
Of Campaigning Quite Diff
ferent From Others.

TOLEDO. Ohio, Nov. 5.-''Whitiock, In
a walk" is the way the folks who are
supposed TO he wise to politics here
figure the result of the election to be
held on Tuesday. It's q clnch." they
Gdd. in almost every case. ''and we wish
we coulil get somebody 10 bet some
money against It."
And 1t does lock that way. Everybody
says so. An inquiry was made during
the last few days to determine how peo-
pie, even those opposed to Mayor Whit
lock. thought the election would turn
out They all said Whitlock would be
reelected with as great a majority as
ever before and many Of them are/bit-
terly opposed to him.
y"But what's the use," they say. ''You
can't beat him. Not in this town. The
people here somehow have faith in him.
He never asks them to vote for him.
He never mentions his opponents. ale
never attacks anyone. Ho talks about
the principles that govern him in his
Ctfice and about the necessity for the
people to hold together against the priv
ileged interests.
Whitlock's Success.
Why, if anyone else were 10 try It
here, or anywhere else, for that matter,
what walloping he would get. Whit
lock has done it for years, Why. he
even tells the people to vote against
him and tells them he don't care
whether they do Or not. He tells them
lie wins even II he loses, because he
thinks he's been right All he tells them
to do is to Look for tie principles back
Of the men in the camIaign, and then
49, - gs-l. 4. -
interests"
That's the way the people opposed to
"aet Just think Ink ,i6tts ~ it.ss who ever heard
Of such a fool kind of campaigning any
PEOPLE do fall for it! They recognize
that Whitlock is honest, and that he's
sincere IN his attitude and his devotion
to principles They know he means
what he says when he tells then! to vote
rs they please for principles AMI rot for
men-and they eat 1t up.
Solid Sentiment. s.
That Is the eolid sentiment here. The
people opposed to Whitlock admit his
election is a mere formal ratification Of
the decision already made by the peo-
Pie. and the only ones to be found to
deny the general sentiment have been
few rather foolhardy and opinionated
prophets in the camps of the Whitlock
opponents. ...
The big issue here Is, as it has been
Tor SIX Or mere years past, the street
railway question. 1t Is the issue on
which Mayor WEitlock Is running, as
he lyas run before, nlthoUg he makes 1t
oi;ly c part of his fight on the privileged
Interests In general.
The situation Is in i very inter estinS
stage just row. Parts of the franchises
OF every street railway Lille in the city
have expired. If the city chooses to in
Woke its uudoubtcd rights, not single
street. .ar corld be operated through On
any line tomorrow, and the whole sys-
ten would be put out of business.
But Mayor Whitlock and his admin
istration have refused to eject the
streets, and on that issue the campaign
against them Is mainly being waged.
The mayor and his administration have
conterded that the public interest might
first be considered. and that trans
And SO, rather than tear up the street
railway tracks and disrupt the people 8
only means of transportation, they have
permitted the company to operate it's
care by sufferance over the expired
settlement of the whole vexatious prob
lem.
New Element of Interest.
"A further element of interest lies In
the fact that next year a convention IL
to be held in Columbus to revise the
constitution Of the State of Ohio, and It
is anticipated now that the new cons!i-
tuition will fix the peoples right to own
and operate their own public utilities
Mayor Whitlock is a believer in
municipal ownership Of street railways.