Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-10-07
RAYES AT HOME.
TIE STANDING OF THE REPUBLICAN .cANDI-
DATE AMONG THOSE WHO KNOW BIN BEST.

RAYES AT HOME.
TIE STANDING OF THE REPUBLICAN .CANDI-
| DATE AMONG THOSE WHO KNOW BIN BEST.
The Republican candidate for Presi-
dent, Rutherford B. Hayes, was q resi-
dant of the city of Cincinnati, o., fol-
about twenty years preceding his re-
nioval to Fremont, O., after his defeat
fdr Congress by General Banning in
1872. His profession was that of law
yer practising in The county courts. He
was once elected City Solicitor, twice
81 .cted Governor, a position under the
Constitution of Ohio requiring no talent
beyond that possessed by mere figure
hAad, once elected to Congress and
oAce defeated for Congress in district
that had given Republican majority
ats every Congressional election for ten
years, except one when General Cary
succeeded as q Republican, recsiving
Democratic votes in defeating the re-
g,slar Republican nominee, the good
Deacon Richard Smith, of the Cincin-
nFti Gazette.
His business associates therefore for
msre than twenty years were the Jaw
yess OF the Hamilton county bar. They
know his capacity for business, his
ABILITY and his integrity better than
airy other class of persons Go in the
Uti;ed States. HIS standing among
than NAV be inferred from the support
thAy give him, and here il may be
wdrthy of notice that partisanism dur
Ing this period of time was at dis.
COZ fnt aod merit appreciated at several
elections in said civ for judicial posi-
ticas, where the influence of the bar
w:ts most exer;ed; as is shown by the
election ofJudge Hoadly, Republican;
Judge Taft, q Republican,; Judge Cof-
fps o Republican,; Judge Taple, Dem
octat, and Judge Tilden, Republican
Org non partisan to The Superior Court
beach without opposition.
Tow, what is Mr.. Hayes's standing
an! !ong bis legal friends and associates
Nd a single attorney who voted Che
d. fnocrsSic ticket during The residence
OF aEuther ford 3. Hayes in Cincinnati,
or lswho had voted the Democratic ticket
SINCE his ,emoval to Fremont will sup
po3t him for President of The United
States, but on the contrary, every one
of sthem is now supporting Tilden and
Hendricks.
Judge Hoadlv, who has not voted
tbs Democrat; &c ticket for more than twen
tvsears, and who was one of the jud ges
OF the Supreme Court of Cincinnati
duting all the time that Rutherford B.
Haves practised at the Cincinnati bar,
will not support him for President.
but, on the contrary, is now a very
prominent political speaker. supporting
wish all his great power as on orator
ani debator Tilden and Hendricks.
Joase Stallo, formerly one of the
judges of the Court of Common Pleas,
wtp has not voted q Democratic ticket
for. more than twenty-five years, will
nos support Rutherford B. Hayes for
President, but on the contrary has al
reilly delivered most effective speech
ETilden aud Hendricks. E. w. Kit
ridge, q lawer with q most extensive
prkctice during all the time that r.
B. Hayes was at the Cincinnati bar and
siUse, and who never cast Democra-
tic; ballot in his life, will not support
hila for President, but on the contrary
is Now engaged in canvassing his coun-
try for Tilden and Hendricks. Will
liam s. Groesbeck and Charles Reeme-
linz old lawyers of the Cincinnati bar,
wbD have sometimes voted the Repub-
lic$n and sometimes the Democratic
ticket, but, who voted for Hayes for
Gosernor as against Governor Allen,
on the financial issue in the Ohio cam
paisn in 1872, are now supporting Til
dep and Hendricks. Fred. Hassaurek,
the distinguished and talented editor,
formerly an associate of r. B. Hayes
at the bar, and heretofore Republican.
is b warm supporter Of Tilden and
Hendricks. Emil Hoffman, q younger
lawyer and Chief Deputy Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas, who has al
ways voted the Republican ticket, is
now supporting Tilden and Hendricks.
jacob Wolf. an old lawyer, who has
voted the Republican ticket for fifteen
years, now supports 9ilden and Hen
bricks. Judge Oliver, who was one of
the Judges of the Court of Common
Pleas during and after the war, and
who at that time and for several years
supported the Republican party, but
more recently q Democrat, supports
1ilden and Hendricks. John Mallon,
one of tho judges OF Common Pleas,
Immediately preceding and for the first
year Of the war, practising attorney
since, who was war Democrat aud fire.
queatly voted the Republican ticket,
SUPPORTS Tilden and Hendricks. C.
W. .:Merril, a Republican lawyer who
joired the Liberal Republicans in 1872,
but: who again supported the Republi-
caus State ticket in. 1875, now supports
TIAen and Hendricks. Capt. Irwin
B. Wright, E. s. Troop, late Adju-
tasl, Sixth Ohio, James Maloney,
Assistant Prosecuting Attorney; An
dre.y Knell, Geo. H. Harris, H. D.
PEEK and II. F. Brashers. Republican
lavSe who joined the Liberal Repub-
lic,sn movement in 1879. and have since
acted with the Democratic party now
sul, ports Tilden and Hendricks. In ad-
ditlon to the above there are several Re.
publican lawyers who have not yet de.
Glazed for Hayes and may Join the Dem.
oclhtic party at the ensuing election
Such is the estimate placed upon the
Republican candidate for President by
those who knew him best. He never
distinguished himself at the bar, bui