New-York tribune., 1875-10-07
p POSTSC RIPT.
800 a. m.
THE OHIO CAMPAIGN.
ROTH PARTIES CONFIDENT.

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scATrrRrp rORCFs-Gov. CURuN's INFLATloN
SPEECHES A FAILURE-Gov. ALIENS LATEST
"BRIIIIANT NONSENSE
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CoIUMBUs Ohio, Oct. G.-The Republicans have
good reasons for expecting their ldfasoncd maloIl-
ties III the Western Reserve Counties II was in that
section that the Liberal movement drew most heavily
! from their ranks. Now, with scarcely known eN-
ception the men who left the party to vote for MI
Greeley in 1872, and who by keepngout OF politics,
/ aided to bring about the Democratic victories oi
1878 and 1879, are actively supporting Hayes 1t Was
on the Reserve, too, in Cuyahoga County, that the
/ large German vote abandoned the Republicans on
/ the temperance question last year. Ihrce-f"urths
of il will he rccaincd this year. The Democrats are
| forced TO conccde this. and they admit that they
have no hope of carrying that county. Early i'll the
/ canvass the Democratic Committee made great
efforts 10 keep Tie Republicans from gathering and
sod cing their former strength in their od strong
holds and sent their best speakers to preach iniia-
tion in such oycrr hclmilg Republican counties ~
Ashtabula Trumbull Portage, aud Summit.
They have kept hammcring away at that se't~n
pretty steadily ever since, but tn" result has been
inst the opposite from what they hoped for Instead
of making converts the Democratic orators have
only aroused antaconism. The R"pubIlcans have
responded to their appeals by holding monster mass
meetings, with professions of prodlgiouS length
equipped with bands and banners, d"monstra-
tons of maenitudc and brlliancy such
rs have not been seen III Ohio since the
Brough campaign of 1863. Most of the Democratic
sneakers have recently been Withdrawn from this
uipromising field. hut, rs last resort eX-tiov.
Curtin las been scut there, in the hope that his Re
puhlican antcoedcnts might win for him favor
able reception. Judging from his ils speech
at Painrsvc. TepoItcd in fhc tWciHHdH EHqHiru'
today the old w:f Governor IS failure. He comes
at the eleventh hour of the canvass to repeat
the stale initiation arguments OF Allen Ewing
and Cary, and gives them no new point
of force. Although not courageous enough
to declare in plain words for further
issue ot Icdocmabic Tcenbachs, The inference that
hc favors such measure Is inevitable from his
speech. He rca,scltcd what has been hundred
times disprovcd that there was 2.oO0, 10000 Of
money in circulation at The close Of The war, and
ascribed the depression of business wholly To con
traction Of tn currency Hs assertion that there has
already been a contraction 10 the amount of $50
OGO 900 effected by the Resumption act il SO elar-
ING n misstatcmcnt that one il disposed to think he
was not correctly reported, although it chimes IN
perfectly with the tenor of his speech.
numerous Thong Of initiation orators entered the
state from pennsy yvania about the sane time as ,lc
rx-GoyeIuor Among them is Franklin T. llu;hes
of Schuylki Comfy, who engineered the Ohio pat
form through The Ede Convention
The currency question now absolutely inomopolizrs
the canvass. In their manner of treating these
oyershadoving issues, the Republican orators may
be divided into i've classes. The first. which III
cludas Srhurz Woodford, and GIosvcnor, are pro
nomced rcSn,ptoniNis, and - To the bot
tom of the question by declaring that
bp
prosperity. until the currency is based on the pre-
cious Inet.is. The second class predict the evils of
initiation, and ridicue tine rag-noncy theory but
hesitate about going to specie by the heroic method
of contraction, prcfcuug the lct-alone. growing
up policy The Democrats are also of two
classes those who, like MT. Cary, believe III iIrc-
dceuahc crrcnbacks = cure-;il for husinc., dis
orders. and boldly demand more money; a.pd those
who ike Pcmdlcton Only 20 as tar aS to de-
nouucc contraction and early resumption, and
would like 10 have gold and silver
kept in view. II is a noticeable fact
that thc Radical speakers on both sides the most
popular The Democrats say that Mr.. Cary has done
them more good ihan any speaker they have put in
the field, and the Republicans loud in praise OF
the effort, of Schurz and Woodfori. The contest IS
too carncs; for halfway theories to obtain much
favor.
recent feature of interest in the canvass i, the
Joint discussions between Gcn. Woodford and Nh
Ewing. Five have already taken place, and there
will bc two this week. The closing to
be held in This city. OF course the organs Of each
party claim that their uan gets the better of his
antagonist in the argument. The Cincinnati Conn
iacrciql gives the people am opportunity of Judging
foI themselves by printing in full this morning the
speeches ou both sides in tn" first discussion.
The Commcrcidi regularly reports GOV. Aliens
speeches on the ground that the rambling Trades
of that astonishing orator ar highly entertaining
campaign reading for Republicans as well a. Demo
Gratis as indeed they are His latest notion is that
every man ought to have hi, fair share of the
gate annual wealth of the country So as to have
an abundance to get solid and even luxurious food
and all the beer he wants 10 drink; that all that
stands in tn way of such happy state of affairs l.
the Government, which lac dcnuunccs a machine
for taking money from the many and giving to the
few
At the rooms of both the State Central Commit
tees in this city entire confidence is expressed of
favorable result next Tuesday. The Democratic
chairman says that he ha, not received single dis
appointing letter, and feels sure OF al least 1900
majority for Alien.
The Republican Chairman declares that the news
is all good and counts ON from 10000 10 10000 ma
j1rity for Hayes Probably, the real state of the
ease is that il is hope rather than confidence that
both feel and probably both will bc satisfied il their
candidate il elected by 900 majority.
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