Deseret Evening News | 1902-11-06 | Page 5 | Statement by Tom Johnson

STATEMENT 11 BY TOM JOhNSON Encouraged br flairs In County Cleveland No Nov To Tam John Johnson lon son toay today gave to the Associated Press Presslie the lie followIng sIgned statement relatIve to the election electon Wo We are arc encouraged b by the large Democratic gains In Cuyahoga count countIn county In spite of at the tact fact that n a large larg vote a all amid great Interest aroused on an the par part ot of the The ot of the tho county ticket wa was elect el ed and In time tha cases where we lost It wile as due wholly to personal preferences an amid Involved d no political Hut But probably the most encouraging sign Is time tact that where Mr Ige Igelow low loss made his campaIgn outsIde of at HamIlton county satisfactory gl gains ni were almost Time The time was Ial time viciousness ot of to too short to epse expose the tho munIcipal cde code anti and the thA Cincinnati franchise grab Time The result In Ham HamIton Iton county WI was tue due to dishonest dec elec electon ton methods fether rather than lack Inck ot of Inter Interest est eat Cox anti McLean the en entIre tr tIre election machinery There I nothIng to prevent eIther dishonest voting oUng or countIng We have hae already blun begun next years state campaign This Is I but the frt first Forth loses loees some battles but no wars m TOM TOI 1 L JOINSON JOhNSON