National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-08-17
"a Western Letter.

OH1O, Augu5LS,
TO the Editor of the National RsDu0Lfcdn:
Sir: left your city on the 10Th ultimo for the
triple purpose of business, recrestion and physical
restor ation upon the south shore Of Lake Superior
The nrst ] did, the second enjoyed, and the
third obtained. There Is no medicine that 30
naturally and 50 magicslly, also, restores ex-
haHsted physical energies as the air Of that Lake
Superior. One, wrapped In his winter under
wear and overwear, basks In the strongest sun
heat as enjoyably there as o terrapin does on the
banks Of the Potomac. About every other morn
ing fires In the hotels and business places are
kindled. One morning before sunrise the mer-
curry stood at fifty degrees. Often an overcoat in
the evening Is desirable. Languor In human
limbs is outlawed At once In that Lake Superior
Until / stopped to think about 1t, a few days
age regarded copper as Gi6E .. Lake spPsT 1
brings more money per ton than copper in the
ingot. And Lake Superior iron is unsurpassed In
business in that region, and it is a handsome
town-is the largest and the finest on that great
fresh water sea. Hsughton, ninety miles west Of
mining interests, is q fine and q business town,
but does not compare with the iron town.
POLITICS IN OHIO.
But brief notice of the political situation In
this State is the special purpose Of this letter.
The canvass Is noticeably lively in the journals
in the State, and it is in none more so than in
those Of this city. The "old," but active, Cleve-
land Herald g1Vee STURDY, telllng DlOWs from Qay
TO day for the party that saved the country In It's
most trying hour. But, as lively as the papers
are an outsiders citizen Of another State-does
not get from them an earnest, clear and IN
Questionable.viev Of the coming October event IS
he can fronthe people. Therei no pub outburst
of excitement, but In their quiet moods there Is
more Of earnest purpose ana confident trust In
triumph next fall among Republican people now
than have ever before seen In any canvass. The
Democratic party in this State is as bold as ever.
1t has, in its Legislature last winter, shown the
people precisely what is to be expected from II.
When party unscrupulously strikes at the fair,
Just, benign and wholly unsectarlan school law IL
strikes at the great body Of the people and i
think that they will say something about It this
fall They say, at least indiVidually-as have
talked with them-thst they will. The "hard
times, which had no political origin, Is Iugged
into the canvass to bcfog, II possible, the people
with. 1t is useless TO assert that contraction Of
the currency brought about these times. The
minimum In the circulation was reached under
McCulloch, / think, in 1867. The volume re-
manned there for . time, when It was gradually
increased, reaching G considerable Increment
before the partial business paralysis struck the
country in the fall Of 1878 S0it was not scarcity
OF. greenbacks that brought hard times; 1t was
unsound business transactions and speculation.
We are still labortng under business dependency
and depression, and the cause now Is the fact
that the country has been over-producing In
almost everything. II the country should be
saddled after the next Presidential election with
the Democratic revenue tariff our over-production
in agricultural products will be still more than
now, and the ''times" still more oppressive.
L 8, A.