Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-10-06
REPUBLICAN,.
Box No. ! ZOOS, Lima, ONO.


GAIL SiHl hE = SfEEl II 81.
From the Dayton journal, September SOth.
Mr.. SchurZ personally verified to us,
last night, the statement i'm yesterdays
journal, of the reason which induced
him to return from Germany to take
part i'm the Ohio campaigu--the letters
of Messrs. Halstead, of the Cincinnati
Commercial, Mr.. Nordhoff, correspond
ent of the New York Herald, aud also
one from Judge George Hoadly, of
Cincinnati. He Indignantly denied
the Democratic calumny that he is re-
ceiving, or is to receive any cOmpensa-
ton for his services, from any source,
and added that if the Democratic Com
mttees will examine their books of
1872, they will find that he did not re-
ceive any compensation from them.
The speech OF Mr.. Schurz last night
was perhaps the most effective that
was ever delivered at the Court house.
1t was addressed to the common sense
| of average men, and his points were
! put with an incisiveness thai cut into
| the very marrow of thought, The au-
! dience was even larger at the close
than at the beginning, and the great
mass of voters listened with intense in
/ terest.
The Toledo special to the CONNER
cial reports the SchuIz meeting there
as overwhelming, and says;
Leading Republicans here express
the opinion that the rising tide which
/ Is perceplible nearly everywhere in
this State in favor of Hayes, giving a
sound currency, and putting an end to
| Jesuitical interference in matters of
| legislation, will be found AS strong in
| Lucas county as in any part OF the
| State.
Special Disratch TO the Cincinnati Gazette
/ SHAWNEE, o., Sept. 3O.-The only
room in Shawnee at all suitable for a
meeting such a stormy night as this,
was a hall connected with the depot,
evidently on other occasions used for q
restaurant. 1t is about forty feet wide
by seventy length 1t was crowded
10 its utmost capacity with a crowd,
many of whom had come down on the
evening train from Newark and other
/ towns from the north.
/ Samuel w. Butt was elected Chair
man by the Democrats, and Col. KEEL
ley for the Republicans The crowd
/ though packed, behaved very nicely.
| It was variously estimated at from
| | 400 to 1000 in number.
When the two distinguished orators
met on the rostrum il was very ca-y TO
| see that Mr.. Woodturd had a marked
/ advantage. His power over an audi
| ence, the larger part Of which was
strongly adverse TO him, was plain
| from the outset. He spoke with rapid
/ ity, and his arguments followed each
in their droppings like the cause he
| was advocating.
Gen. EWing's delivery was slow,
sometimes even hesitating. Even his
/ friends family praised his speech 10y
, saying that iU would look better in
/ print than WOOdford's.
The Republican portion of the audi
enCe could not restrain their delight at
] the success of their favOrite in the con-
test, and it was due to the skillful
manner i'm which the excited crowd
was managed by the orators that the
/ hearers did not assume q belligCrent
/ turn. The precedence OF the speakers
was arranged by lot, so that WuodiOrd
spoke first, although maintaining q
negative proposition. His speech Of
forty-fve minutes was followed by
| Gen. Ewing i'm one OF an hour. To
/ this Mr.. Woodford replied in a stir
ring speech Of fifteen minutes, during
| which he took occasion to condemn
. his opponent for setting up strife be-
/ tween men of the East and Of the
. West.
tits worth saying that sam. Cary
/ had scarcely corpCrals guard at his
meeting here last night.
Gen. Ewing and Gov. Woodford
/ continue their discussion az Lancaster
/ tomorrow night.
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