New-York tribune., 1878-07-11
GENERAL EWING's OPINIONS.

MS ESTIMATE OF THB sTRESGIH or 1IE NATIONAL
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. FORCES IN THE DEMO
CRATIC PARTY-nIs VIEWS or RESUMPTION.
General Thomas Ewing, Of Ohio, is at the
st. James Hotel, looking cool aud chcer'1l In spite OF
the depressing iL1uencc % the weather. lIo finds
recreation part Of the time in discussing financial
oplcs with his friend Senator Jones Of Nevada. lie
was asked yesterday If he sympAthized strongly win
the aims OF the National party.
al agree with their views gTeenbachs and tho Ma
;Ional debt" he replied.
"will they show much strength In Ohio I"
81 think the National movement not likely 20 be sue
ccssu In ONO because the Democratic party stands
the same platform the Nationals far as the money
question IL concerned aud that recognized the
great 0yershadowing question"
From which OF tue Old p rites will 1t draw more
strength"
$50 FAR as the Nationals make headway IN Ohio they
will hurt the Republican party more than the Demo
crauc because the Republican party there stands eN
pictly against measure Of reform proposed by
tHe Nationals. The Republican platform demands that
the status quo OF legislation on the currency question
be maintained The Republican currency refOrmer, there
fore, has promise held out To hun by ma own party
and will naturally drt to the Nationals while nc DaIn
Ocratc currency reorner hhs tho promise 0i ms own
party effect every reform he seeks He Will not there
fore. he inclined 10 break ranks
" How will thrce-cornered light affect the general
result T. 80, ,.,,-,
the Democrats VIII carry the state by very consder
bie majority. II they make weak night tue chances
Etlll IN faNOf OF INB IL ~ 10 We
cced however that we nave only carried Ohio hereto
fore light vote. In 1873 aud 1876, when the larg
est vote polled, lost the State by from 1000 10
GOO0. This year the number OF Congressional districts
10 be struggled for s larger than before owing 10 the new
sba rb moi one of the largest Leaving the National
movement out of the question: the chances IN ONO are
tion IL exactly in accord with the views OF the great
mass the people Of both parties and because the unan
unity Of parry leaders on these questions makes the
clearer ana more effective tDan IL has ever been
before" ,,-.,., -. .... A. ,,....,,...,. ...
in the Democratic party hope to achieve as much by
naming in that party as by Joining the Nationalist
bers OF Congress on side. The Eastern members
are opposed the money question They have an
nowerful money influence behind them, but the West
has numerical strength and threeonrths will not show
much anxiety about the other fourth"
when gold OF itself rests practically at par what Is
the Of substituting greenbacs standard T.
state OF things could continue But IL cannot continue
long Just now we have large balance in our favor
manufactures for the time compete with the
cheap labor OF England and the Continent. Our
exports consequently have greatly exceeded our I'M
ports and foreign trade has just about mot the ob
cations of foreign debt But with revival OF trade
and manufacturing in this country prices must up
exports will fall on and gold be sent ont Of the country
10 pay the great balance against us our foreign
dred Millions and have been set as hign as
twenty-five hundred millions deqHsanas oi A dmefGhS raI
dOmiced there 1t Is estimated that This CLASS draw
from tine acquired capital Of the country annually sum
egua 10 the foreign debt Of one thousand
millions. Foreign freights cost this country about an
e0ual sum- for there only six American steamships
In the European trade These three causes OF enormous
foreign draft the resources OF the country VIII cause
gold TO flow out from when prices go up aud our pro-
ducts longer cheap 10 foreigners THIS VIII inter
fere with resumption schemes"
Is Communism to be feared In the Westp
al think not IL has natural place IN our society
Perhaps a half OF the whole population are farmers.
Threeffths or fourhfths OF the other half own town,
village city property or have interests that would
suer at the hands Of Communists That part Of Ameri
can society which could hope 10 gain anything by tue
success OF Communists theories Is avery small per
centage OF the whole We have Paris In this country
and when we have anything approaching IT, that great
| CITY Is destined 20 be 81. Louis"
"Wil Ohio permit tbatf
at can't be prevented st. Louis Ia the heart OF the
Mississippi Valley Government eventually VIII do all
it can 10 render the Mississippi naygabe 10 ocean
steamships and q class OF ocean yessels may nnd II
practicable reach St. Louis which VIII become the
line arts"
CHARGES AGAINST EUGENE BEEBE.