New-York tribune., 1877-09-15
THE OHIO CAMPAIGN.
TIE c1rvFI AND EDITORS OPINIONS.

CONTENTION.
IFRoM STAFF CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRTBUNE.l
CLEVELAND, Sept. 12.-The salient features oil the
Ohio canvass as they strike an observer at first
view. NAV be thus hastily summarized: Great and
general apathy on both sides as to the fate OF the
State tickets; no enthusiasm for either Guhernato-
rial candidate: Judge West pulling up little by
strong and sensible speeches, but still somewhat
weighted by his indscreet utterances at Cleveland
the night after he nominated; Uncle Dck
Bishop dead failure as a canddate the Working
clen's movement split into two factions, one
recognizing the Cincinnati nominations and
the other waiting for the leadership of a con-
0ention to be held at Columbus on the l4th-the
whole constituting an unknown force resemb-
ling bomb-shell falling in cTowd-nobody can
tell whom it will hurt, and it may tizzle out
without hurting ybody; a feeble Greenback party,
with State ticket and few local tickets seeking
an alliance with the Workingmen Prohibition
narty with a couple of thousand votes to throw
away: Senatorial fight, influencing largely the
general canvass, and considered by both Republi-
cans and Democrats of far more consequence than
The contest over the State ticket; Ewing and
Pcndleton tussng for the control Of the Democratic
candidates for the Legislature, with Geo. W. Morgan
and Frank ii. Hurd reaching in their hands here
and there; Gen. Garfield and Stanley Matthews,
the Republican candidates. with Matthews
the Legislature dependent upon the way
Hamilton County votes, and how she Will
vote is conundrum 10 even the most practiced poll
tcian For further elucidaton of this tangled sit
iaton and for the hopes and guesses of both Sides
refer the reader to the following expressions OBJ
.ained to-day from the Cleveland editors:
Frank Mason, editor of The Leader who, , may
cav in parenthesi, has by talent and industry,
place in the front rank of the young generation OF
Journalists who control most of the great news
papers of the country takes hopeful view OF the
Republican prospects. He said The Republicans
are going to make a good fight, without much
talking. There is very little appetite for poltlcal
discussion this wear. In this part of the State you
will find perfectly secure feeling among Republic
cans. Bishop is failure, aud is heavy load Tor
the Democrats 10 carry. He can't make speech
md he won't come down with the cash TO run the
canvass 1t is reported that the party managers
have succeed ded at last, in extracting some money
from him, but if they have the amount is nothing
like what thev expected HIM TO give when they
nominated him. / see no indication of any spirit on
the part of the Deuocrats. The canvass Is
dull on both sides. We are back in the
lethargy of an of year. with new element
10 deal with. IN the shape of Working mems
movement whose magnitude and effect we cannot
estimate | don't apprehcnd much damage to our
Itself ont and running its course like an attack OF
the measles The movement is split into two fac
tions While il was getting itself organized IN the
State few fellows in Cincinnati whipped IN, held
convention. and put up State ticket. The country
people favorable TO genuine Workngmen's party,
and particularly the men in the iron and coal
districts protested, and called on the Cincinnati
nominees to withdraw and let an honest convention
be held. They refused, and TO forestall any new ac
L.. agu
The country fellows got mad and declared that the
Cincinnati ticket was spurious, and had no real
worsingmen on it. There is to be another state
convention, and then there will be two Working
mems tickets in the field, aud general muss,'
which viii disgust all sensible men with the whole
affair"
"You ask about the Beatty movement 1t don't
amount 10 ANYTHING worth considering. We have,
a. YOU know, q class of Republicans, somewhat nu-
mcrous on the Western Reserve, who don't get out
to elections except in important and exciting cam
paigns This year many of them will give as an ex-
cuse4hat they don't ike Hayes's Southern policy.
They would stay at home anyway, whether they
liked It or not for that their custom. The total
Republcan loss from this element viii not he any
larger than is usual in oyears As in other States,
there are here and there politicians who are diSsa-
ised because they can't the President, and get
what they want from him, but they will not refrain
from voting. As working politicians they viii want
to keep their hold the politics of their localities
The real fight this Fall is over the Legislature. The
Democrats are putting everything into this contest
and our party is, Of course, meeting Them
If we succeed Garfield will he the Senator. Stan
lev Matthews has more chance than you or l..
Our reporter who is gong around with GARFIELD IN
his canvass, says that the demonstrations in ms
favor are very enthusiastic in all parts of the State
1oft i'm bV tax ne gla
hostility to Matthews. At Athens, where the can
vass was opened. a large audience heard Judge
West, but when Matthews followed with speech,
read from printed slips more than half the people
left the hail. Garfield spoke last and the crowd all
returned TO hear him. Matthew's speech was a
strong argument, however-al our lawyers admire
il greatly. The Joint discussion between him and
Gen. Ewing, which declared off when Ewing
hurt his knee. is on again. / suppose Matthews
sought il IN order TO make himself conspicuous as
the contestant with Ewing for the Senatorial sue
cession."
would be glad TO add TO these views Of Mr.. Ma
son the opinions of the veteran manager of The
Leader, Mr. Z. Cowles, who is a man of strong char
acter and original ways of thinking but he has not
yet returned from his Summer vacation.
CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS ESTIMATE.
In the field of American journalism in Northern
Ohio the rival of The Leader is The Herald, o. c of
the oldest daihes west of the Alleghanies 1t is less
sprightly, dashng and radical than its contem-
porary. and is distinguished for its prudence, con-
servatsn and. i might almost add lack of enthusi-
ssm. Since the death Of its old editor, Mr.. Bene-
diet, its columns have been managed by Mr.
j.. A. Bone, who has been upon the paper
for score of years, at least and has made his way
up. step by step, to the position of managing editor
Mr. Rome said in the course of a general talk on