, 1877-08-17
OHIO DEMOCRATS IN TROUBLE.

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OHIO DEMOCRATS IN TROUBLE,
Democracy has its ctnbasrnnnlents untlo
MI circumstances, hut the Ohio Democrat
seem to bc beaet with moro thnu their shar
Of its trials, sribulations. md notifications
They ITO sooner get salllci with cantlilat
than they try to got rid OF him. There wm
fcrio1's talk Of "bouncis,g" tho venerable
"fthlAM ALLEN two ycars ago, bnt ALLIE.
wouldn't bulge. aud lie only succeeded 1t
elcctihg HATES tirss Governor aud then Pres
'dcnt. This year tho Democrats arc nttempt
tug to shove Sfr. DIsnop OF tie course, bu
The indications arc that afr. Btsuor will
prove rs intractablo NJ tho venerable Wt11~
IAN. Tho Democratic Committee met al
1nt-in-Bay fow days ngo to discuss tie Sit
uatlon, and summoned their candidate be-
1ofo t''on, but, oven according to tho dis.
patches 10 their chief organ, tiie Cincinnati,
3s"Qaircr. they failed to como to any sat
isfnctory understanding with Mr.. D1suor. It
Is npparont TINT tho Ohio Democrats this
ycnr aro In about as bad n predicament rs
tile Illinois Democrats wero last vear with
the "ncient LEW aBEEwAnp. Thcy havo
caught T0rtar, and don't know wliat to do
with him.
| 1t is not clear Just how Mr.. Bfsuop, who
| is Cincinnati dealer in sugar, 1no1assaa, and
other "wet groceries," camo to bo nomi.
nated. 1fo slipped In very atlroitly. Mcssrs.
CONVERSE, and Wand, and EwlSa, mud PAYNE,
and VANCE, and oven pExDIErox, Ind their
act1ve friends, and tho different factions got
into hopeless war. But, when 1t camo to tho
limo for snnking nominations, 1t was found
TINT one gentleman, who Ind Its representa-
tivos at Columbus, had rnado no enomies,
but on tho contrary, tho liberal dis
rensing OF beverages on Systematic
plan lad captured tho honrts of most
OF tho rural Delegates for him. What rea1ly
carried the day for Mr.. DisHop, however,,
WIS tho promise made for him TINT 10 would
contribute an ''amrlo sum for State CAM
pnign purposes. At tho pat-in.Day meeting
he was reminded Of this fnct, but 10 ropudi-
atcd it, gaying that nobody was authorized
to pledge him to anything OF tho kind, and
the most ho ever agreed TO do Was 10 tako
caro- Of Hamilton County (Cincinnati), which
is lis home. Hero waa dish Of cold water
plump in tho face 1t WAS worso tllnu a
plunge in the lake at the usual tempcznturo
Of lako water. The Democratic Committee
no longer felt tho noed Of tho cool breozcs Of
Pnt-in-l}ay, and they left for home.
alr: Dlsuor has been terrible .lisappoint-
'nout to the Ohio Democracy in ovory wny.
II Ia notorious TINT tho party Is thoroughly
in'huod with tho worst herosics Of groen-
backis'n. And Btsuor il not moroly bull.
tonist. but almost nonomctallist; 1t ia very
hard for him even to admit tho atlvisabiity
OF relaoncsiztng silver, md o. to tho unrc-
strictetl manufacture Of greenbacks,
won't listen to 1t. How can tho believers In
tho D11h ALLEN, EwNo, mud PgsplEroH
theories ever bo mado to rally around so un-
congenial spirit rs this9 Then 1t is found
TINT Ito retnins strong odor Of Know-Noth-
ingisln. He was taksn up by tho
struggling Republicans Of 1850, and
run for Mayor Of Cincinnati tn
order to draw tho Know Nothing yoto from
tho Democratic party. IA Cincinnati WIS
strongly Democratic, Atr. BISHOPS election
at that tiuse WA duo to tho Know Nothing
vote which ho received. But ovun ills IL |
not the worat Of hls record as Mayor Of Gin
ciunau. 1Io proved 10 bo Puritan Mayor !
and enforced tue sabbasarian laws. Onjy n
couple Of years ago, while member of tho
Ohio Constitutional Convention, lo OPENLY
loastol OF lis SUCCESS in that particular, in
ORDER to demonstrate tito Feasibility Of Puri-
tan laws, which shows TINT 10 Inns not vet
overcome his curly prejulices agaiuat Dcmo-
cratic habits. It will bs recognized that this
Is not precisely tho kiud Of man to lind1o
my very great blaze Of enthusiasm among
Democrats anywhere, but particularly in
Ohio.
All this might llavo been forgiven, how-
srer, II Mr. D,sior had consented 10 DO blod
'or the boucfit Of tho Democrats throughout
lie state. It Is truo taat le has barrels Of
money. It Ia undorstood that be spends
most Of his leisuro timo in clipping coupons
ron, Ills bouds. But he is opposed to tl,o
doctrine. Ilo proposes to
tesp the bonds himself, or, ii ha parts with
my, It will only DO in Hamilton County,
sut, M tlcre are eighty-seyon otior counties
a the stato where tue Democrats will not
ven got a sight at these bonds, tho case
eesns 10 bo hopeless one, and tho Demo.
ratio party Of Ohio IL In decidedly bad
ray.