| Show OHO OHIO S SURELY SUREY DEMOCRATIC Frank FrankS S Monnett Monnet Speaks on Conditions in Tafts Taffs Home State SPLIT IN REPUBLICANS FIGHT TO CON CONTINUE CONTINUE CONTINUE TO POLLS Frank Frk S Monnett Jl the former forer Republican can cn attorney e general of ot Ohio who wh will willbe be h the principal speaker at a Democratic tally taUy to be held tonight ht in the Salt Lake Lak theatre arrived arved at 83 8 last night from rm Butte Mr Ir Monnett was to have bae spoken at the meeting In Provo PrO last even een evening evening ing but his train was derailed denne and ad he did not reach Salt Lake until too late to togo toto togo go to Provo In Iii Sal his place Judge Judg William WilliamH Wiliam H II Leafy Lar and Councilman F S Fern Fernstrom atrom strom meeting or of Salt Bait Lake spoKe at the thc Provo Since he spoke at Ogden a few days da ago Mr 1 has spoken in Pocatello Butte Bute and Anaconda Anaconda Mr 11 Monnett says he is sure that Montana will wi go for Bry Bryan Br an while the fight is 15 50 so cose close in Idaho that the state Is in doubt Mr Monnett Monnet Is from Ohio and feels feel reasonably sure that Taffs Tafts Tarl home state will 11 be b for Bryan Boan Almost every day said Mr Monnett ronnet the Uthe Republicans eer arc are making the thc state statement statement ment that tat Ohio Is I safely suel Republican If I I It 1 Is Js then what is their th lr reason eMon for re te reasserting asserting it I We Ve e are not rot shouting every everyday everyday everyday day that Louisiana LUisiana Is I safely sael Democratic nor are the Republicans declaring from fm I the housetops that Pennsylvania is sure surely sureY ly 11 Y Republican Yet no ho one doubts ou that Louisiana win will Wl go Democratic nor wai Pennsylvania will wi be carried by b Taft aft The surest evidence of ot strong Democratic Democrat hopes for tor Ohio is found in the forced bravado brado of ot the Republicans In claiming claiming the state There Ther are a great many factors in Ohio polities politics that tha make the result In that state in doubt and every one of or those fac factors faCtor tots tors tor favors the Democrats The first fight in Ohio was the fight between Taft and Foraker for the control of Ohio For Foraker Foraker Foraker aker was always alays and I venture to say still sti is the th more mor popular man of the two In Ohio He had fought with Hanna for control of ot the state and the fight was as al always alwa a ways wa s bitter biter When en Hanna died Foraker had things way w for Senator Dick Dick who succeeded as the head bead of ot the opposing opposIng opposing ing faction had hd none of the organizing ability of ot Senator Hanna Hanna Long before the campaign for the nomination for the presidency was as begun Senator Foraker carefully organized his hi forces throughout the state They were then and they are yet It I was only through the liberal use of ot the money mone of ot Charles P Taft that his big bg brother r was able to control the state legates delegates t tl as a against Foraker But For Foraker Forake Foraker aker ake vowed revenge at the polls and Taft wilt will wl be shown no quarter The colored vote ote in Ohio in tn m Judg Judgment judgment ment will vote for Mr 11 Bryan Boan because of the attitude of ot President Roosevelt Roosevel on the Brownsville case cise ce For months before the Chicago convention Senator Foraker Forker had in the hands of ot every ver colored colore voter oter in Ohio quantities of ot literature bearing largely on the Brownsville affair Negro Foraker clubs cubs were organized organize then and they the have since become Bryan Bonn clUbs The labor element in Ohio is enough of ot itself Iselt to swing the election electon this fall fail tal The laboring men hold the balance of oC power and if i they th stand by Mr 11 Gomp Gompers Gomp ers er Mr Ir Bryan Brn will wi carry c the state by h a handsome plurality My own belief is I that tat Encouraging the state will wi reports go for t are r Bryan BrAn received by 50 from every er state sta in the n to such auth ah ex extent extent extent tent thaU Tarts TaUs election el t to me is incon moon inconceivable I feel certain that Bryan will willbe wi willbe be b elected president by a tremendous landslide At the meeting tonight in the theatre Judge 0 O W Y Powers will wi preside He will deliver sues sties deU an address on local and nd state is issues Issues |
