New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-09-16
THE WESTERN CANVASS.
cvsrrMArIc WORK lN OHIO.


ruEIV REPUBLICAN,.
IFRoM A srAPP CONFECTIONERY OF THE TRIBUSE.i
CotrNuus, Ohio, Sept H." This looks like busi-
ness CAPT. wikoii,' exclaimed THE TRIDUSE cor
respondent az covered with the dust of long Jour
new he bOlted unannouneed iato the inner sanctuh
Of the Republican State Committee rooms yesteT-
day. The indefatigable chairman of the committee
sat Mt the same desk in the same room where the cor
respondent had seen him year before. pile OF
letters lay before him. at whieh he was perseVerinsy
working away writing answers. telegraph boy
stood waiting for replies TO handful OF dispatches
On one side Of the room large cabineV sho"ee
through it's open doors pigeonhoes labeled with the
names of all the counties in Ohio. each heldiha
batch of letters. map OF the State hung on the
wall and across each county was written the name
of the chairman of IFS County Committed The
same industrious assistant occupied desk close 70
the chairman and IN the outer the same CLERKS
were busily engaged addressing documents 1t
waa hard 10 realize that's year bad elapsed since,
amid the same surroundings, the sturdy Republican
lender directed the great canvass against Allen and
the soft-noney hereey. I" It is business, assure
you,1 said Capt Wikof. stopping IN the middle OF
the sentence he was writing to return the greeting
and plenty Of it, too"
"Why, Ia the East people have the idea that here
in Ohio you are drifting on toward election day
without doing anything folding your hands while
you watch tho Indiana dglt'
That's q very mistaken notion replied the
chairman eve are holding inst as many meetings
sna sending out Just ~ many documents as we did
last year. The only difference is then the eyes OF
Che whole country were upon Us, while now pubhc
attention is concentrated upon Indiana"
The chairman proceeded TO give an account OF
the work the committee has done and is now doing
was surprised at is magnitude and at the systenl-
attic way of doing it, He handed Inc his book oil APP
pointments for puddle meetings. and it fully bore ont
his statement that the number arranged by the
Central Committee il great as 1875. imagine'
however. that the gatherings got up by County
Committees OF improyised by the people of different
localities themselves must be much less numerous
now than then, when every crossroads fairly rang
with stump oratory. That there is as much speaking
In the aggregate is theory scarcely consistent with
the undeniably quiet character of this years can
vass By referring to Capt. Wikof's book mo
that the Republicans opened the canvass rs early as
Aug. H. with speeches by Senator Sherman, Con-
gresham DanfoFd, ex-CongressInen Perry and
Shellabarger, Gea Sheridan of Louisiana, and half
Adozen others Then there was lull until the
latter part of the month"; when Gen. J. ID. Cox began
his brilliant canvass of the Toledo district and Carl
schurE made bis Cleveland speech. Early in Septeni-
Der the regular home stumpers began to get INTO the
harness and soon after a number of orators from
the East trayersed the State the way 70 Indiana
BY the 9th inst. the campaigning was fairly under
way, and from forward it will be general ia aI
quarters. John Sherman speaks at Ashland on the
18th Gen. Garfield begins his canvass at Spring
field ON the 18Th His Warren speech Yras intended
chiefly for his constituents in the Nominating Con-
vention BIZ the 23d he will have worked back to
Warren. ghere he will be joined by ex-Speaker
Blaine and the tive win hold what will no Doubt he
te largest meetings in the Western Reserve of the
campaign. Mr. Blaine win make seven speceesh at
Warren, Cincinnati, Xena, Toledo Norwalk, Cleve-
land and Panesvilleandt then go West to JonIu the
greater battle raging in Indiana. EKPostTnaster-
General Jewell will make three speeches in the
State, beginning on the 18th, and then he too will
90 over the border Senator Edmunds of Vermont
takes hand in the contest on the Dist, making
eight speeches-the first in Jefferson, Asbta5ula
County A. W. Tenuey of Brooklyn is already in
the field Col. IngCrsOll of Illinois comes this week
Pennsylvania sends exCongrcssDian Petts OF Mead
vile, Attorney-GeDeTal Grear, exGoy. Pollock, E.
joy Morris Of Philadelphia, and that brilliant and
independent young orator nom the same city,
Henry Armi$t Brown. Carl Sehurz continues his
effective work, speaking in German at Sahdnsky
and DAYTON and in English st Cincinnati during
the last week of the month Charles Foster is making
a thorough canvass Of his Congress district. Gov.
Moves, one Of the very best stump orators in
the country enters the lists the 10th. Mr.. Kas-
sou of Iowa, Nv. Dunnel of Minnesota, Frederick
Hecler of 81. Louis, Mr.. Mckee Of Kentucky, and
BENJAMIN Eggleston of Cincinnati few among
other familiar names on the c0mmittecs roll. OF
course Il contains the name Of the head of the
ticket the candidate for Secretary If State, Milton
p Barnes: for IN State where orators plenty
As blaekberries nobody thinks of running for an
office without showing himself upon the stump.
Obviously there is a canvass going forward, and
lively one too as far as the State Committee can
make il lively Counties and towns that disap-
pointed the committee last FAN receiving special
attention The work of organization, too is being
pushed with all the skill and zeal which that model
committee chairman, CAPT WikoG, can pat into the
work.
Let us non see how the Democrats are meeting
the efforts OF their adversaTies. Col j. @. lhomp-
son. who D,adc the fight year ago, and was re-
warled for his labors with the Office of Sergeantat-
Arms of the House of Representatives is again at
the head Of their committee, and occupies the same
rooms under Thurman Han wneIe he then organized
and directed the most energetic canvass the Demo-
Gratis ever made in Ohio He doesn't think his party
is going to lose its State ticket He places great
Hance on the German vote. which he is confident
that the Republicans have alieaated in large part by
nominating pronounced PrOlibitionist for Secre-
taYy of State. There 20 be no doubt that Mr..
Barness record shows him 10 be q temperance man
of the ultTa sort that forever seeking 20 force
men into habits of total abstinence by penal stat
utes. Indeed. he Is accused Of aiding She foolish
crusade mania. IN the number of public meetings
they arc holding the Democrats not at all behind
their opponents They COO, opened the ball in
August aud IL IN rapid motion early in the pres
emit month The list OF meetings appointed by their
committee fills over three columns in the recently