, 1876-08-18
OHIO.


THE HARn.AoSEr DEMOCRATS Ut7nER THE
TnUMB or THK KAG-uABTITEs.
From. 0ar 0ns Correspondent.
CLEVELAND, Aug. 14.-This city hus been the
rallying-pon Of the Har,l.Moncy Democracy Of
Ohio. Here have been maintained tho head
quarters of tho Democratic opposition 10 "Risc-
Up" William, Allen and The Cincinnati Enguirrr
Rag.Baby crowd. True, 1t has never been
pancky opposition mud from hence Invariably
flus go1le forth tu be beaten In the paity-coun-
ella BY the Ilng-llcpudiatiunists Isut, potsit1-
standing, tho Hard l-Mdncy Democracy Of tlis
section hare hitherto stuck to their uartl-Alouey
principles, and for the ill.usagc they received
BY the party, have hated the D!l-Al'cn Dc1nu.-
rary rs only Democrats can hntc Democrats. At
the lust s.atc Convention, thu uarl-sioncy fas>
ton were strong enough, hud they been pos-
scsscd Of tie pluck anl hm! q leader, 10 have
controlled, or at least to hnvc balkctl, the Rag
Bahyitcs. But Gen. Tom Ewing AM the Cn-
cinuati Enq,lirc7 crowd rode over tho Hard
Money Democrats r0uGh-stotl, and tic dcleg,..
tion to St. Louis were Instructed to support tic
anrlcnt Allen for the Presidency. At st. Louis
tue aucIcut WAS s1.owcd under md Gen.
Ewing was sat-down-upou, whcreat tho
Iiarl-Moncy Democracy of tho Western
Reserve rejotced exceedingly Dut their
rejoicing Was Of short duration. The untcr-
riAed who are conatitutIonallY opposed tn the
paylng Of debts, aud Instead, atsy time arc fer
yid In support Ut the generous proposition that
they settle by giving their <'otcs, renewable at
maturity, and SO u, al nfuitun,, arc uut to be
hat-down.,,pon,-uny more than Is Il hornets
EesL How, having done that sa1ne, the 'rillen
men hastcncdt with tears In their eyes, to he
scecll Hendricks TO suffer himself to he pui
upon tho ticket, and how, II, Ills letter Of ac-
ccptancr, Tltden himself huistcd thu white flag
to the Kag-Kcpud!ationtsts, have passed tnto
history. But even greater panic has befallcn
the Hard-Moncy Democracy Ut this Stnte, untl
here, III their stronghold, they arc singing cx-
cccdfngly email while hGsteutnK to make really
for
FIGHTING OYER THE GHEESnAcK-CASvAss
OF last fall With Allen, Ewing, Murgus,, and tho
rest Us their loalcrs, and with Tt!sIen's letter,
construed RS meaning The Indefinite postponr-
snent II Resumption, as their platform.
"Wlas 10 there going to he Of the Currency
issuc In the Ohio campaign this fall !" asked
Col. Armstrong, editor of the Plain Deaxr, Tho
organ Of the llarA-Money Democracy.
"'Ehe curreney-lssao," he Replied I" will, N
this part Of tho State, be chiefly esa,lcd."
bu,,n continued, "the programmes OF The
Democracy "a Impaired hy Gen. stcctltna.,, and
which he snys is that OF Gen. Ewing, Nus!i Nj
Lean. t1cn. Morgan, and tho otlnf 1recnback
leaders, is to accept TltIen's letter rs declaring
Tor thc Indefinite: possponclnent Of Rcsusnl'-
tton.h
"Ycs, n,prosc they will, - WAN bis response.
. but lcrc we shall lot the CnrrencY-tSsue
aloue. aud ,naku thr rnnYass tor Tiidcu uni Rt
Eur1n."
WHAT thcn. vii! become Of tbs German
! veto you coyetp' ! asked. "The Ger.nan
volers arr for Hard MONEY. sIthout anY tlodg'ng
Thrv tnov- TINT rtd.n h for IJani Nnncv
anyhow, he answered. I" hut here, You aren't
! going to Interview nei' ..
"0t course I1ot," " said ], sccing lhat II was
quite out Of tbs qucstinn to do 90 further.
uestdcB there WAS no occasion for It. He could
| not have Indicated mora plainly what Is every
where hero muntfrst-that tho Dill-Ailcn d.
| n,ocEacy
10 THE DEMOCRACY or ouio,
@ ana Is about @ =, to upriss to renew .hs Currency.
been 20 indoetr'nated with tie Rag-NepudIation
theortes Of pendlcton, Allen, Ewing, and the
Ctuciunat! Eh4ufrs7, and has 20 maay times
tonght campaigns upon the curgrney-lesupt
.hat ths leaders couldn't suppress i. now It
ua1d.aloneJ Democrats, ~ seuatoa Thurman