Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-01-16
THE SENATORIAL CONTEST.
opinions of the Press

50 The Ashtabula Telegraph, in an articl
70 on ''The Senatorial Question" says:
AS Hon. John Sherman, and Geners
W Schenck, now in Congress from the Mont
ID gomery district, are the competitors. MI
m Sherman has proved himself worthy of re
"a spect for his general attention to busines:
and, with two or three exceptions, hi
Is votes have been such as to commend hin
'r to the freemen of the State. Unfortu
le nately, these exceptions have been upoI
/, subjects held by the voters of this region
Of paramount Importance. A vote cas-
/ for the STAKEHOLDER, against the interest!
d OF the slave, whose status, as much as any
d thing else, has been the provooation of the
= terrible ordeal of the past four years, Of
! course must prove an unfortunate one fol
L a Senatorial aspirant. Conservative IT,
n midity and overwe ening caution have be-
f come stencil in the nestrils Of men who
/ have attained the full stature of manhood
, under the chastenings the nation has Just
come out of, and men who subordinate
considerations of principles and justice
+ to ideas of mere expedlency, are not good
3 students, if they have not learned that the
! time are not friendly to the indulgence
1 T.
Sherman his due as a respectable Senator,
so far as calibre is concerned, laying moth
ing at his door in all his Senatorial course
that is not fully up to the level of medi-
ocrity, we are not aware of his having risen
far above the same level. For ability, and
power, General Sehenek has already a
name that gives him a strong and favora-
Bile hold upon the public sentiment
The Mahoning Register says:
"These factsst stand against Sherman:
First, that he opposed the repeating of
the fugitive slave laws and moved to re-
tain that of 1893, and second, that he op-
posed giving freedom to the Negro SOL
diers who shed their blood to save the Re-
public"
The Washington correspondent Of the
Detroit Tribune, an able Republican paper,
writing under date of January 7th, says:
"WHo'LL BE SENATOR 2-The friends of
Gen. Schenck and John Sherman are very
sanguine, each for the success of their can
didate in the Ohio Legislature. 1t appears
to me, however, that Gen. Schenck's friends
are the most confident. Perhaps this i'm
preston may arise from the fact that
/ General Sehenek has largely the ad-
vantage of the Senator in the number of
friends about Washington. His popular
ity here immeasurably exceeds that of the
| Senator. John Sherman never acts from
generous impulse. With him every
move is the result Of cold-blooded calcula-
ton. The General has bold, frank, out
spoken manliness, a frmness and cordiality
in his friendships, that give him great
advantage over his competitor; while in
intellectual vigor, keenness and sharpness
in debate, those who know the men give
him the decided preference. 1 have
noticed that a majority of the radical
Ohioans here, when they say anything
about the contest, express the hope that
Gen. Schenck may bear off the prize, and
there are numberless others who say yea
and amen |"
That able representative of the Union
sentiment of Northwestern Ohio, the
Fremont Journal, under the head of ''Sen-
atorial," in which the editor expresses a
personal preference for General Schenck,"
says:
at should not be forgotten that Msssrs.
Sherman, Seneuvk and bingham were all
able men, and have done the country much
good service. We can say, if we should
choose, without becoming vituperatiYe,
that we could not approve of Senator
Sherman's opposition to President Lin
coins denomination, and his ldke-warm
support after the Baltimore Convention;
of his opposition to freeing the slaves in
Government employ; of his vote, in 64,
against the repeal of the first fugitive |
slave law; that we do not like what seems
to US a general policy of trimming his
sails for Southern breezes; his tendency
to aristocracy, and his naughty bearing.
"We admire, for example, the generous
enthusiasm of Schenck, his ability as a de- |
batter, his pluck as a soldier, his genial |
temper, his lively patriotism, moral Cour-
age and political rectitude; but in assert
ing our preferences, it is not necessary that |
we lose our equanimity.
We must add, that we consider Mr.. |
Bingham, also one of the ablest and best |
men in Congress. Should our friends at |
Columbus fail to unite upon either of the |
other candidates, they would by no means
do bad thing in casting their ballots for
out-spoken and eloquent John A. Bing-
ham,"
We append another expression of
Northwestern sentiment. The Perrysburg
Journal says:
"a great majority of the Union men of
this section of the State are for Hon. |
Robert g. Schenek."
The Sharon (Pa.) Herald, in an article
on Ohio politics, says;
ain the Legislature there will be
struggle for the Senatorship as strong
objections will be urged against Senator |
Sherman, who seeks a reelection, for not
supporting Mr.. Lincoln-seeking to pay
shareholders for the military services of
slaves, and several other votes and speech
es of the Senator that at this day look
very ugly
The Ironton Register advocates Sena-
tor Sherman's reelection, and fails to see
any "intrinsic virtue in fighting for ones
country:
"Gen. Schenck is as efficient in the
House as he would be in the Senate. But
it is said Gen. Schenek fought for the
nation, and he is entitled to high rewards.
Yet there is no intrinsic Dirtlte IN fighting
for ones country for if he had been Sena-
tor at the time, he would not have been
General" I
The Lebanon Star, a paper not COM
mitted to the support of any particular
candidate, thus discusses all the aspirants
"NIr Sherman is candidate for re-
election. He is a statesman Of weight,
dignity. and distinguished ability. His
most prominent competitor, Gen. Sehenek,
is one of the most popular men in Ohio,
and especially in this section of the State.
As a soldier and as statesman he has
given many years of brilliant service to
the country. He would make Senator
of capacity, usefulness and reputation"
The Mahoning Register, in a second
article on the subject, says;
"We objected to Sherman on the ground
that his course in Congress for the past
two years showed him to be unreliable on
certain vital questions of national states
manship, and the Herald replies by talk
ing of clerks and salaries. We spoke of
his support of the fugitive slave law and
his opposition to giving black soldiers
their freedom, and the Herald talks of
taxes and dollars. Has the Herald no
other ground for its support of Sherman |
than his opposition to increasing the pay
of few hundred department clerks For
our neighbor's information we will men
ton the fact that SO just was the claim of