New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-07-31
voL..XXXVH.....Noo ll.33S.
THE OHIO CAMPAIGN.
PROBLEMS FOR THE CONVENTION
DIVERSITY OF oIINIoN on rnE PiES'phN'
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FRN ,ND CIVIL SERVICE ro ICilS-IHh fA'N-'
c1AL orrsrON-THE CANDIDATES
my TELEGRAM 10 rHE TRIBUNE
C,rvrr ,ND ohio. July 30.-It NAV he doubteo II
49,, Pcpun'ican Convention in Ohio ever hal a. Az
fcult pr,bloms to deal with rs the one when h''.'
Lcr, ON Thursday will encounter First the parry :
~, no means unit IN approving the Fr'Nlu.
Southern policy. Nearly thirty Of the k'puo'c'"
rcwsparcrs oppose it, some mildly but some w"
considerable bitterness Some of the county '"'
vcotions have refused TO endorsed tayeSS u",i''''
lint moi lbs acts Probably two-thlds vi UNIV
fou-tbs # the party cordially approve us
,o,.rs. but the other fraction NAV give uo""o
;f,o.,ded For the Convention to refuse 10 endorse
,t Administration would be- 10 throw away All
chance Of carrying the State. On the o'her nau',
resolution Of endorsement might be put IN sue" "
st,r. as to drive away the Radicals Of the Ben
Wade school. aud thus give Ire Democrats an easy
vtory. There are wide differences of opinion also
ostot tie wisdom of the Civil Service pohcN ana eS-
pccially that part of it which prohibits office
holder, from helping run the party machine. 1t Is
,robabl, that an effort viii be made 10 smooth down
al tbe r,ugh edges of diScord by simple resolution
sp,r,vol Of thc course of the Administration. with
ont Going into particulars by mentioning civil SER
vie. T. form or the Southern business. The Radl-
cal. viii not. it Is beloved oppose resolution OF
tbs sort.
rhe second difficulty is with the financial ques-
t;oa The parity IL is easy to see. has drtcd long
Wv ont Of the cours, tkept 50 brayey III 1879. So,
As the datcof resumption approaches there is gem
srl dread of its coming rs of some peril whose mag
nifule and consequence cannot be foreseen IhouS-
spds II business men who were TeSumptlonSts IN
1873 and m 1876 are now for repeal of the law or
o. po~fp,rcmcnt Of the date Especially are they
o,,,sad 20 permitting Secretary sherman To resume
H. his ovn way. There is danger that the Conven-
tiop Will 90 so far as to demand an unqualified re-
r,al of Che Resumption Act A compromise seems
orclkcly however is proposed todeclare in favor
of.pceie payments. but at the same time to demand
fine po,tp ,ucmaut of the date for rsuming until
LEGISLATION prescribing the manner shall be adopted
The Convention may perhaps be brought together
in tl.s way.
The silver question also dis,raC.s The party. but
tlc demonstration men have much the upper
hand that an the ant-silver mcr can hope to do IS
r. secure carefully guarded and comparatively
laru' c,, resolution on this question.
Finally. the party Is a. 20 loss .or candidate No
man ha, been mentioned who is Die enough TO make
the run with q prospect Of Success. except Judge
Taft. and bee says hc VIII not take Fac nomination.
The Cincinnati men intend 10 bring him before the
Convention iu spite of his protest. Tie is in exactly
the same position Gen. Hayes occupied IN 1879, and
as cen. HAYES Welded then to the demands of his
l.rtv. II rs thought that Judge raitwill now. The
other candidates mentioned are cX-Gov. Dennison,
Cen Vim. II. West and state Senator Cutss.