The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-05
POLITICAL NOTES.
Just Before the Election

Republican meetings were held in Camp
Dennison, at Hartwell and at Sharon, able
speakers being present.
The Republicans of Sharonville and Read
ing assembled at Sharonyille last evening to
see and hear Hon. Benjamin Buterworth.
The Republicans of Colerain Township
met at Franklin Wells. The speakers were
Thos. McDougal, Esq, W. NJ. Mcdowell
and Amzi McGill.
A meeting of the National Greenback
party was held last evening in Sixth-street
Market Space, the principal speaker being
General Sam. Cary.
There will be meeting of the Butter
worth and Weber Club, Sixth Ward, Pre-
cinct A. this evening at IN o'clock, prompt,
to attend the grand Republican rally on
Court-street Market-space
The First Ward Republican Club met at
Spencer Hall last evening. The meeting
was large and enthusiastic. The speaker
announced were Hon. D. w. McClung,
Colonel e. P. Ransom and Philip Kumler.
The Colored Republican Central Club
met at Plum-stree Hall last night, and at
once disbanded after which they formed
themselves into the Colored Independent
Club The new Club will meet again to-
night.
The October election is at hand and the
boys are getting in their work wherever
there is a possibility of success. The can
ddates are being bled terribly and tLey
are but too glad that there are only three
days more to the election.
The Democracy of Cincinnati will hold
meeting at Robinson's Opera-house to-
night Senator James B. Beck, of Ken
lucky, will address the meeting. George
H. Pendleton will speak at length, making
his closing speech in this canvass.
There were meetings, and we'll attended
ones, at the corner of Belts and Freeman
streets, by the Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Six
teenth, Twentieth and Twenty-second
Wards The speakers were T. G. Campbell,
J. R. Johnson and Ferd. Vogeler.
The Republicans held large number of
mass meetings last night. At the rally of
the Third and Eleventh Wards at Main
street and McMicken avenue about two
thousand people were present. The speak
ers were A. j. Cunningham, Mr.. Vogeler
and Hon. John ?. Green.
Last night Democratic meetings were
held in the Seventh Ward, where Hon.
Milton Sayler and Senator Beck, of Ken
lucky, spoke The latters speech was one
of the ablest ever given in this campaign.
In the Thirteenth Ward, where over five
thousand people were in attendance, the
speakers were: Mr.. Emil Rohe, Hon. Len
W, Goss, P. F. Maley, L. w. Irwin, General
Durbin Ward and Geo. w. c. Johnston
Meetings were also held in the Seventeenth
and Twenty-third Wards, at Avondale
Town Hall, and at Madisonville.
REPUBLICAN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
The Hamilton County Republican Exec
utive Committee met to-day at the Airing
ton House, Seventy-two members being
present.
Mr.. J. S. Lingo, from the Twenty-fifth
Ward, was elected a member of the Com
mttee.
Mr. Amzi McGill, Chairman of the Cam
paign Committee, reported the prospects as
bright.
The Committee on Apportionment re-
ported that in Wards that have gone Demo-
cratic last time, the Democrats would be
entitled to two judges and in those that
went Republican the oppositecourse would
have effect. Each party would also be en-
titled 10 a clerk.
The following Auditing Committee was
appointed: Messrs P. 0. Connell, Squire
Mclean and f. w. Steigelman
The Committee then went into executive
session