New-York tribune., 1877-08-08
THE OHIO OUTLOOK.
OPENING PROBLEMS OF TIE CANVASS.

| CLEVELAND, Aug j.-The principal problems pre-
scutcd by the politics of Ohio, that the conven-
tions have been held are stated below in the form OF
a series of questions to which such answers are ap-
pended the existing outlook and reasonable fore
! cast of the developments of the canvass appear 10
| warrant:
Tfrsf-What will he the effect of the foolish speech
made by the Republican candidate for Governor AT
! the Cleveland ratification mcetingf Unquestioh-
ably 70 diminish his prospects of success Inc SUD
stantial Republicans of this city condemn the speech
| i'm severe terms. "Is it, them" they ask TO pe
| held up rs a crime to put money in railroad
stocks and bonds. for the development of
! the country and has the ownership OF Gov
| ernment bonds once thought to be an
evidence of patriotism come to be regarded as MS
graceP That is the plain inference 10 be drawn from
Judge Vests boasts that he has never owned such
securities" Some wealthy men who always CON
tribute literally to campaign funds say they VIII
not give a cent this year. The speech VIII eaten no
votes TO compensate for those 1t will drive away
The sort of drifwood likely TO be secured by such
utterances alwavs floats into the Democratic BOOM
Still the mischief is not great as appears III the
East, for the people of OHIO know Judge West wen
and know that he is no Communist. lie - dreamer
that is all He sat the platform, az the Cleveland
meeting. when a rough crowd, including many
sentence of Senator Matthewss speech and he heard
that eccentric statesman drop his argument to handy
words with the mob. He is a nervous, excitable man.
and having no eyes TO his audience he overrated
the proportion of the rough element it contained,
and thought that to secure attention he must COM
mence by getting the good will of the crowd by
assuring them that he was not n capitalist but
worker like themselves. He did not intend, as he eX-
plains TO cast discredt the holders of railroad and
government securities. He only meant to show
that his circumstances in life made him sympathIZc
with the aboring classes. His notions about diyid-
ing part of the profits of mines and railroads among
their employees not new, aud only appeared dan
gerous because he seemed to want To enforce the eX
pertinent by the powers Of government. ms he
saws Is wrong inference from his speech. All that
he intended was that he would like 10 see corpora
tions try the experiment voluntarily. With these
explanations the harmful influence of the speech Is
a good deal modified. But candidate who has 10
explain away his opening address has certainly
made a very bad start. The purity of Judge Vests
character his honorable career and his fine orator
zeal powers will help him in the canvass to re-
recover some of the ground he has lost, but not all
of it.
Seond-How much will Ilr. Bishops KuowNoth-
ing and Temperance record hurt him Not somuch
rs sanguine Republicans expect His views on pro-
bibIton are about the those of his opponent
If he shut up the Cincinnati beer-shops on sunday
while he was Mayor, it can be shown that Judge
West approved the Womeu's Crusade movement.
His Know Nothing record will have effect, TO
doubt IN his own vicinity, but have seen 100
many candidates, who went with the Native Ameri-
can movement put into Office afterwards by lrl'h
and German votes to rely on this incident in Mr.
! Bishops brief biography TO defeat linn. lhe weak
point in his candidacy is that he Is 10 politician.
The OHIO Democrats will not get enthusiastic over
man of whom nothing can be sail, save that he has
got rich selling groceries. They always make the
best campaign when led by one of their most able
aud aggressive men.
T1icd-How will Hamilton County 60 : Repub-
lcan | think. MOI, however because Of Bishops
unpopullr =. so much az because Of desire on the
mart Of he Liberal Germans. who hold the balance OF
| mower in Cincinnati to endorse President Hayes.
As far as can learn they caring very httle Tor
State politics Just now but they like tayess course.
| They think they made him President by elecung
him Governor in 1879, and saving the state ticket
| in October $40 and they believe he is carrying out
| the principles he ayowed in both those cam
naipus. Therefore they want to say to him
| bv their votes this Fall, " Well done, Mr..
! President! Go ahead. We Germans are with YOU"
II is not certain. however, that rs Hamilton County
! goes so goes the State. The Cincinnati politicians
would like to have this saying accepted as automatic,
in order to magnify their importance III state Con-
vcntions and in the allotment of campaign funds
but II Is not true. Many time the State has over
| thrown the verdict of Hamilton Connty 1t may do
so this wear hut it seems toleraby certain that If
! tbe Rcpublicans carry Hamilton they will secure
! tbe Legislature, and with it the Senatorslp-and
that bc il remembered, is the principal prize they
are contendmg for
Fourth-Will there be an active canvass! No
| people are sick of POLITICS. and want rest. Even
the professional politicians disposed to shirk the
| labor and cXpense OF heated campaign. The chief
! force working for the Republicans Is the general
desire to hold up the hands of the National Admins
,ration and for the Democrats the hard times. There
are no sharply anagonistic principles at stake to
arouse men from the ethargy of the "olf-year"
| The Democrats themselves are forced to commend
Mr. Haycs's course and for the hard times do not
| the Republicans seek to utilize them with their clap
| trap labor resolutions
FTnh-What Of the greenback movement The
silver agitation has cut most of the ground from
under it, There is, however a faction that believes
| a permanent abundant Government paper currency
is panacea for all the ills of the business world 1t
has its own ticket and will muster four or five thous
! and votes drawn from both parties, but chiefly from
the Renublicans. The Democrats not in a condi-
| ton this year to make much ont of the greenback
hobby but they have a wonderful faculty for taking
up and laying down financial yagaries without los
! ing votes thereby.
Sirih-Who will be Senator if the Republicans
secure the Legslaturel Not Stanley Matthews, GER
tainly He has fallen into pit of unpopularity SO
deep that his efforts get out of it are about as un-
availng as those of trying to lift himself up
by his boot straps. All indications point to Gen.