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Show TOM JOHNSON TELLS WHY. Cleveland. Nov. 4. Tom Johnson, the i defeated candidate for governor, " tonight J gave.'otit the following statement -relative j to the' election in this state,' in which he j-said." j-said." in part: "THe result in Ohio is due 'to . several 1 causes, of which the chief was the Successful- attempt of Senator Hanna to im- jj press upon, the-' people of this, state that a continuance of disturbed business con- f ditions demanded'his return to the sen- ;, ate. $ "In the last few days of the campaign the closing of mills and the discharge of !j thousands of workmen, together with j bank and business failures throughout the country, gave color to Senator Han- S' has claim that the election in Ohio m-volved m-volved national Issues of greatef import- y ance than the betterment of our local r conditions. 5 "I hope that' Senator Hanna's state- Ei merft that his re-election will . preserve f. the industrial and business- situation from disturbance will be verified and that confidence which he believes to bo the basis of' prosperity will be preserved f, "The Republican party in this campaign 55 had a fund in amount larger than ever in :t the history of state politics This fund $ was furnished by privileged interests throughout the . country, they not unna- i! turally feeling that Senator 'Hanna. -was p their national representative. The mag- nitude of this fund enabled the Repub- ; lican committee to give the widest possi- ' ble circulation to their claim that busi- f ness prosperity depended upon ' Hanna's j re-election." . . , |