Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-08-16
The Democratic Nomination fol
Governor Sold for IncOnverti.
BILE Paper.

The following paragraphs are from
the Put-in-Bsy correspondence of the
Cincinnati Enquirer touching the con-
ference held at that watering place,
with the object of placing the Demo-
cratic party in the State of Ohio on a
war footing:
"It is understood tonight that there
is hitch or misunderstanding between
Hon. R. M. Bishop and the most Prom
inent members of the State Central
Committee on the subject of Mr.. Bish-
ops assessment for campaign purposes.
Mr.. Bishops idea is that any money
contributed should be applied solely to
and for the purpose of carrying Hamil-
ton county, which he considers the Gen.
tral point in the contest.
1.-The Committeeman indicated that
Mr.. Bishops nomination was made
upon the assurance that he would con-
tribute an ample sum for campaign
purposes, and look after Hamilton
county besides. If Mr.. Bishop fails to
meet the views of the committee to-
rnerrow, there is a possibility of seri-
Gus trouble ensuing"
Whatever may be said of the idiocy
of the publication of this matter in the
party organ, there is, we presume, no
question as to its authenticity. We
stated some time ago that Mr.. Bishop
was nominated by the Democracy un-
der false impressions, the first being
that he had been a Democratic Mayor
of Cincinnati, and the second that he
was very wealthy man, who would
furnish the sinews of war with lavis
liberality.
1t turns out that Bishop was Know
Nothing Mayor, whose points were the
entertainment of the Prince of Wales
lin which he endeared himself to the
Irish), and the enforcement of the
Sunday ordinances lin which he made
loYe to the Germans) while his latter
day public record is associated with the
Constitutional Convention, in which he
boasted of putting down Sabbath
breaking, and the Southern Railroad +,
an enterprise that is not, just at this
moment, looked upon in this city with
enthusiasm. This is fair statement
of the admirable selection made by the
Democracy when the calculation is
that the Gubernatorial and Senatorial
elections will be determined by
the vote in Hamilton county. All
this seems to be accounted for, , however,
on the great principle of PECUNIARY
INDICTMENT. The Put-in-Bay dis
patch is that Bishops NOMINATION
WAS MADE UPON THE ASSURANCE
THAT HE WOULD CONTRIBUTE AN AM
PIE SUM FOR CAMPAIGN PURPOSES
| L
BESIDES" This is an express an
nouncement that Bishop bought his
nomination, and there is besides, a
quarrel rs to the amount of the bid
Mr.. Bishop modestly holds that he on
| ly agreed to furnish the money to car
ry Hamilton county, while the Demo
cratic campaign managers wish TO ex-
tract from him the cash required
Throughout the State. In the first
place it does not seem likely that all
the Bishops have money enough to
carry Halilton county for the Democra-
cy this fall; and especially is this the
case since the exposure OF the pur
chase of the Convention is made. In
lthesecond place, if the publication of
This dispatch was with view to any,
thing, it must be that of compelling
Bishop to leave the ticket. In the third
place, if that expectation was held in
ANY quarter, the result of the Put
in-Bay conference, which was call
ed with The idea of changing the
Ifigure-head, is failure. Mr.. Bishop
lsticks with his hands in his pockets.
He will stick to the ticket like burr
in colts tail; like tar to pine board;
like stone bruse; like sore finger;
like rat-dog at rat-hole. He did
not wait long before he burst upon the
vision of the people OF the State with
his letter of acceptance. He is on the
ticket and in the field, and all he has
to do is to pass in his checks, "HAyING
BEEN NOMINATED UPON THE AssUR-
ANCE THAT lie WOULD CONTRIBUTE
AN AMPLE SUM-" Mr.. Bishop should
make his promises to pay "inconverti-
ble," and thus avoid the publication
of his commupiary programme in pol.
itics It would be interesting to know
how much money the Democratic
managers expect to need to carry Ham
ilton county. Last fall, on the day of
the October election and the day be.
fore, the Third n ,tional Bank of New
York (Mr. TIldens bank) sent seven
thousand dollars to the Democracy
through the Commercial Bank and the
Enquirer Office. But this WAS only one
drop OF the stream of blood squeezed :