Show THE THE DEMOCRATIC OPPORTUNITY Shrewd political prophets are almost a unit In declaring that not in twelve years have the Democratic prospects for carrying the country been as bright as they the are this year ear A Republican congressman from Ohio Is quoted as assaying assaying saying that if Secretary Taft Tuft is nom twin nominated nomInated mated at Chicago and it is almost a certainty that he will be Ohio wilt will certainly certainly give her electoral votes to to the Democratic nominee The secretary is not ot as popular in Ohio as he lie seems to tobe tobe tobe be in some other oilier parts of the country Largely through the Influence ce of oC the federal machine he lie will receive the votes of the Ohio delegation but he must travel a rocky road before he se secures secures secures cures a majority of the votes cast in Ohio next November The Foraker In Influence Influence fluence will be against him and it is strong enough to be reckoned with Cincinnati Republicans s have not for forgotten forgotten forgotten gotten that Taft went there and made madea a campaign against ag the regular nom nominee I inee of ot the party for the mayoralty The labor men are aro against him practically practically to a man The lowest estimate is that 90 per cent of ot them will vote yote the Democratic ticket It may seem to talk of carrying Ohio for or a Democratic presidential candi date hut but Grover Cleveland Cleeland came mighty close to carrying it In 1892 He came so losen fact fa t that he received one of oC the states electoral votes Also he carried another supposedly Republican Republican lican Gibraltar Illinois Conditions now ate are not altogether unlike the theton con conditions on of 1892 1832 And they the are more like the conditions of 1896 when thanks to the panic three years earlier and the tho enormous fund Mark Hanna scared out of the men Bryan B an was ivan defeated i The difference is that this year ear the shoe Ison Is on the other foot Every argument argument ment mont used by the Republicans in 1835 1896 may properly be used by b the Demo Democrats Democrats Democrats against the Republicans this year The Republicans have issued bonds in A i L time of absolute peace A country has been checked in Ir the midst I of abundant prosperity Hundreds of 1 thousands of laboring men have been thrown out of or employment Factories l 1 are idle and retrenchment is going on everywhere along the line We shave have hae even had the so vigorously denounced when they were necessary in hi a Democratic administration The Republicans will hardly have the effrontery to say this year that na national national national prosperity is never possible ex cx except except when their party is in control and that hard times cannot come as long as they are In power The record against them is entirely too recent The pub public public lic can hardly forget torget between now and November next Literally hundreds of thousands of oC voters who supported Roosevelt four years ago will give their support and their influence to the Dem Democratic Democratic I ticket this year |