Show THE RACE IN OHIO in the nomination of lawrence T neal the democrats of ohio have at once done a felicitous and an Info infelicitous liel to thing he Is the logical candidate because with major mckinley as the tbt republican leader it was necessary in order to gi give ire a sharp edge to the he issues that a radical tariff reformer and free silver advocate should receive the democratic nomination and this has been done besides mr neal as the dubor au hor of the substitute tariff plank in the chicago platform of last year placed himself naturally in the lead and to ignore him would unquestionably tion ably have been a cause of dw estrous criticism which the party fighting odhild as 88 it does in a state that has given republican majority cannot afford to invite on the other hand band while the ad adain admin min istra tien faction lost jost their candidate for governor they carried everything ise A qualified endorsement is ig eiven given to atis chicago platform as ae a matter of political custom and the president and his hie policy are approved this makes it necessary for the candidate to either ignore the state platform and sail in OR on his bis personal views for support or abnegate himself and address his bis energies in the campaign to the exclusive support of the plat form bethink we think he will hardly care to figure merey merely as an an Inc incident ideLt inobe in the canvass a sort of stalking horse as it were and it if so the cause of silver will have a 91 prolonged and an able advocacy at his hands it Is ie a rather ve peculiar cullar condition of things that prevails rails in ohio this applies measurably to the republican party whose presidential platform of last year which is also for bimetallism while major mckinley la Is an cut and cut gold standard man but most moat strongly does it refer to the democracy who are in the curious position of upholding by endorsing the president a corn com promise ebe between tween the extremes of the silver question by endorsing the chicago 0 platform and absolute and unrestricted feted free silver because of their candidate for governor it tends to show bow completely the silver question is for the present at least disrupting the parties and how absurd to is the disposition of either to charge the other with being responsible for the prevailing situation personally mr neal is a very strong and altogether capable man his record Is barly free from many MADY of the objectionable features which attach to the average politicians s career and as a private citizen he be to is without reproach As thess the same mecan can be said of his competitor to in the race it follows that ahat the buckeye state is in great good luck this year for she will have as good a governor as could be found no matter who Is chisen this is as it ought lit to be |