Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-07-22
fHR OHIO CAMrAIGN.

On the second Tuesday In October. q
little ovsr two months from date. the
Ohio election will taieplace. Formerly
the Pennsylvania election. which also
occurred In October. VA regarded - q
tsy 70 the result Of the ensuing elections
in that year. But the change Of the
time for holding an election In the lattsr
State 10 November. has shiftsd This In
tsrsst 10 Ohio. the result In which 10
regarded as In . great degree indicative
81 the prospects Of the two great parties
In the Presidential contest next year.
The campaign in Ohio bids fair TO b
clossly contested. Two ysan ago the
Democratic party elected Vim. Allen .
Governor. BY . majority Of some 500 In
n total Of nearly 10000 votes cast.
This year no has been renominated, and
against him the Republican party has
pittsd Gen. r. d. Hayes. who has twice
been elected 10 the Office Of Governor by
heavy majoritiss. boating successfully
Thurman and Psndleton. Both Allen
and Hsys~ M extremely popular. and
both will have the support and influence
Of . host Of personal friends. The
great drug rope attached TO the Demo-
cratic party in the present campaign h
its position on the currency question.
It's platform Ii what Ia technically known
a. imitation /; I. g.. II demands tho issue
Of unlimited grssnbacks, and opposes
tho idea Of specie resumption. and such
contraction Of shs currency a. Is rsqui-
sits thereto. This attitude Of the Ohio
Democracy has driven from lis support
the greater portion Of tho Eastern press,
which. as . rule. is opposed to imitation
and In favor Of hard money. On the
other hand. Il has combined the forces
Of the sIpansionists, not only in Ohio.
bat throughout the Southwest and
South. The Republican party adopted
ahard-monsy platform. and averred that
the faith Of the Government. being
pledged to the redemption Of Its paper
promises In gold. all increase Of the cur
rsncy tended to reputation. and vas to
b opposed. II will DO seen. therefore.
that upon this important question .
square issue il made between the parties.
Tho result Of the Ohio election is i'm
portant in another view. viz: To the
Democratic party itself. For II on an
imitation platform that party Is sue
cessful In October. IL can then demand.
with force and consistency, that the
National Convention Of tho Democracy
nsxt rear shall also adopt the programme
Of the expansionists. This will place
the hard money wing Of tho party in an
embarrassing and indefensiblo position.
for 10 support tho party they would 30
forced TO swallow their professions and
stultify themselves In the eyes Of the
public. II. on the other hand. the Re-
publicans are victorious In Ohio.
the few iniAtionists who. like
Kelly and Logan last Winter. sought
TO food the country with grssnbseks.
win and themselves in . minority. and
the support Of al friends Of hard money
win naturally be directed TO the party in
Tie contest Of ns1t year. Tho prestige
Of success, 10 gained by the Democrats.
viii carry with IL the curse Of embryo
rspudiation. while. II secured by the Re-
psblicans. Il will bear with II all the
moral support to DO derived from an
honest pledes 10 sustain tho credit and
enforce the promises Of the Government
10 its crsditon- Yesterday the cam
paign was opened by the Democrats at
Galiipolis. Senator Thurman and Gov
ernor Allen being the orators. Thur
man last winter acted with the hard
money men. bat has apparently smoth-
cred his principles to aid in In unels's
election. There Is not much snthu-
siasm among Eastern Democratic jour.
malls in favor Of tho party in Ohio. ow-
ing 70 the causes We have mentioned.