, 1877-09-20
OHIO,
THE sENATotstAL CONTEST,
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COLUMBUS, o'' Sept. lI-Tlc matter af utts,
mate anu paramount Interest III tue wlulc can.
vass mere, uisEu'sc 1t ~ you may, Is the scuas
iqfial question: 10 be sure tho leaders nh,
leading contestants say "kccp II In tho I,s,L
ground, ID not mention It above yo,,r hros.%n y
etc., but in their secret enan,bers they ts aan,s
.ues l''enas anu ca'en!ate upon tue prob.
no't'tfes o1 t'lc succcss or failure Of their cher.
islcd hopes. There nny 10 said to ba SIX eai,
ING candidates fur the ofce, th,co unnn sA!. sa't
sas' a'a'i ans, .ass all 'aSsn 'he stump actively
~ a'e'st III tHe triumph oi thcir 1}artv. Neypf
before In m otf.ycar-tn year wllcn tho peo,l.
were so litslc cnthuscd and the Interest 40 sju1.
f,or,tc1,. ami st.rn,o, mi ,ra,t ,..e and
t.'"e"' wv e'tcl"'a1'' ntlu 4alt upon tie orc
s'ae, m" fendleton' AMI Ewing, md Dutbiu
Ward upon tl'e o:t'er' putting In every day anl
tlley permit lle,nscly.. IN hc '"s ,,s Jear
,'aot f-a,,. p tna .stts'.,',' ss W y" dragged
oin .Iou .... tno !4',oaus acsnes tne eountyso
speak III ntt!e safal towns that mover hare b..
fore heard the voice OF any except iocat ora,o,.
They arc permitting themselves to Lc encn, w..
rcmar1,ablc drt,rcc. In Mi tIc cIo.a sns ps. W.
.t."... ~. ,,t,,es..s :" -. t"e .'ose counties
tnslu ,., ass s.so,ous ellorte MADE 10 secure Lbs
Legislature.
II Ia rrncra,lv pn7erst,,., ,,,,r,,ox u,...,
oro In, w., uo,n..,.sa, ..',.'." '"A1 'nefe
nns.a 49, ,.,s ."o .n"'om! e'.''a!aatcs prominently
nc'ofe 1''c people on each side, and us soon q.
the cornpfcxlon OF the Legislature Is t,ectlea IN
October, u( course tic contest will II. na,r,,ras
~. t,,,o a,f +, nj, ,,.a, , ms W Narrowed
1raf, frin,"nh - omcs.t,n ~ bat.. eass y hGpQb.
va' a',I narin, w.. Ipcs.tgn nct"eeh aiatthews
nnnIrrltv -; nsr t1nrsn p,. ihe u.ait11nal
rnn,, Ai} H. 1m,h na,,i winch may %in Tic
40 mr. as hive hcnI. "hI" =, ~ ~ aeEfIatar:
either for ono or tn other mi ,ha uac my psased
1nan anne thr,i ,nan rSnt Svht ,,r,' 'cosnp1om9a
tar, horsn ~ sa.~ nrc." INIT nnu. WITTY ,.3 mat-ths
viii In ,inl,n s,,erts,nm II ~, ''~r aan no.
so,nc Of tic nnrcr. % ,ro = thar "as e annntea ia
io was IL e ac1 sp nn lam .Gi.9 1ngnth aGo tat
Wattl,cws and ~ thc,r r's i.oS @ J arae, stanley
tan n,.rsonni hnar1 1a'to., .5sus; to w cer'
tr.c sher,.,",, 1nv". .s .it,, mstso tltas th!s
liz has 1nado ijs reror thc, rct. :" ,' sesatoi. s
Liam ac, @ an h. ,qoaiia i,s , aa9aa hg'amp-
couulc o} years or ~. nn.1 scn'. x Ir'tH ,1i Hfs
,s,.Itim r. n,,ar IA 81 ta, a''o neechtes' Cab'nes
lii scheme. Ara,n. s srretnrys,,, i sI,'5 " oHt
nc"lx H. oUa s,,,,snr,', .d. VI n Is lfEeF-
mt Atntnstr,tt"n "a nt ~, md nr im1 pres
man fetnains wsra he IN. the na.nrs,, sH s"g1 VT
bavo l!opccssy dfted int @ az reasl anI acele s
,11onncG fr,,n no;,;'at IT, 'asf enaMee o. nslng
thaf, ycar ti,nt vii e1an.. hof1ra L. ,i't
Naturalization ~ ro, T; hs ah;nn, e Wnaa
order to rcassuma his scnatnrio, 'a,pa I.",,nra y
t1c uny 81 !9nG axed 1of tue consEtilnlatlon Vt
h!s RESUMPTION scheme; 20 near, at least. that
no danger would likely to arise to !t,-so mueh
Tor Secretary Sherman.
STANLEY MATTHEWS
haa been called 81, anottialy In Ohio politics, and
luis ID tr1o tn miro ways than 1tlc. Bred at tho
Bar, md never having taken any pEomlurn.
part in politics until last Winter, when Ao burs,
lni1-orbc1 upon the country % United States
senator. figuring prominently In the newspaper
Us tho advisor OF tlu President and as hn tnveh.t
sAloF oI tae Al01fs Of tho SOUTH lOgmat!caI
s strewa. y L. possible that he may prove, Itke
those Bodies which come into liia tic niust sud-
aehiy, 10 W also s!'ort-llrcd. Tho bcst oplnon
~ regard to lin that have seen Is QUO Wh!chl
obtained from ouo Of his best friends.
was down ae Athens the ott'cr day. and hid
long TAX With dcn. c. II. 0rosycnor, tho
spcakcr Of tho Lower liousc of our Legislature,
tho man Nho diu norc than nny other, perhaps,
Tor Alatthowb' election. Gcu. GruavcIUr tatl:
We want to kcop this Senatorial question In
tho backgrounl. Tho matter Of arst import.
Ance Is not who shall be United states Senator,
but who shall be- Governor, and what ron,.
plc1ion shall tho Legislature take IN. II Il
trouble would ho IN vain; a1stl, II ne should