The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-06-29

will make a campaign of shibboleth.
The talk OF their speaker will
be principally about the un-
paralleled badness OF the "O'Conuer
Legislature" the wickedness OF the Pope
of Rome, the great danger that the coCn-
try will be "MexiCsnized' by the Demo
crats, and all such nonsense. To be sure
poor UConner never did the State any
harm, and was promptly expelled from
the Legislation IS soon Ms his dclinquen-
Cies were made manifest, which ls more
than the Republicans can say OF some OF
their members, but all the same, their
will be no end of howllng this fall about
the "O'Conpor Legislature" As for the
Pope, it is supposed that having been
used in previous campaigns 10 scare tlmld
Presbyterisns into voting the Republi-
can ticket, he can be turned 10 the same
service again, TO good advantage. Then
Notwithstanding the fact. that, Demo
Gratis, in Congress and in the Convention
have declared that they hsve no inten-
lion of molestng Mr.. Hayes in the pos
session OF his stslen office, although tney
shall endeavor to make the fraud
by which be gained possess 81
odious, still the Republican
press and speakers will make
"revolutionizing" and "Mexican-
iziDg" their principal cards this year. In
brief, the Republican party IN Ohio bave
no single principle IN support OF which
they can appeal to the reason or InteliI-
gence Of the people, bat depend alto
gether upon their passions, ignorance AID
crcdulity. The Democrats will put their
STRONGEST MEN
in the field, and the campaign will be
carried on with vigor. The old war
horses will be brought forth, and every
effort made TO make Ohio 90 so reli-
ably Democratic that her vote can be
counted on with reasonable certainty for
the Democratic candidate for President
two years hence. Senator Thurman Will
take the stump; also Gen. N"rG. Gen.
Ewing, Hon. b. B. Payne, Senator PEN
dleton, Frank Hurd, Congressman
Southland and SayIer, and others |
equally prominent and well known. !
The Republicans will rely for the most
psrt upon the efforts of such strong 10y
allsts as West, last years candidate for
Governor, who was so etieCtuslly showed |
under, and whose Vulgar butiOonery ls so
disgusting that no decent audience will |
stay to hear MIN make u speech, and Prl- |
vate Dslzell, that most Consummate of |
all political ssses A party which is led |
by such men as West and Dalzell is not !
far from ruin.
The great fgh. in this Sttr, however,
will be Oh
COEGREssMEN.
In the present Congress Ohio has
eight Democrotic and twelve Republican |
Congressman, which, in view of the fact |
that the Democratic majority as cast by
districts is severely near thirty thousand, |
did not strike the Legislature as being |
a fair divide. Moreover, long
headed statesmen looking into |
the future foresee the possibility that in
the next Presidential campaign there
might be no choice by the States and the
election thrown into the House. In this
case 1t would be very desirable that there
should be Democratic majority, and
that OHio's vote should be cast for the
Democratic candidate. Hence the State
was
REDIsTRICTED.
The redistrictIng, of course, caused the
Republicans TO howl vigorously, but gave
satisfaction to the Democrats, and was a
very Just and equitable one. 1t gives
the Republicans six certain districts, the
Democrats nine, and heremaining five
are to be fought for. The districts are
more compact than were the old
ones, and there wa. no gerrymand
ering about the business, but
only q division of the districts to
compare with the political complexion
of the Stste. shall, in another letter,
give YOU some idea Of the situation in the
general districts.
THE "sTAAwRITs."
Columbus is the headquarters Of this
branch of the Republican party. Gen.
Beatty, the most irreconClsOle OF the
irreconcilers, and who made such a
racket in the Cincinnati convention be-
cause OF the mild Endorsement that body
gave Hayes, resides here, and has large
anu IteItNbaOlt AOlAO O"lLE. AAlNASN= -
hissed down in the con nventiOn and os-
troclsed from the party by the Grosvenor
ring, he Is nevertheless too important
personsge 10 be despised. He and mis-
followers are Republicans after the lower
type. They are still full of bitter hatred
toward the South and Southern people,
still talk about rebels and traitors as
though the war were still - progress,
and Sigh for the hslcyon Days OF cOrrup
tor and misrule that marked Its last sd-
ministrstlon. Grant is their hero and
they are enthusiastic for him for Presi-
dent in 1880. They look upon Hayes as a
traitor to his party, ana refuse 10 give
him even the mildest endorsement, or TO
give him credit even for good intentions.
They therefore spit upon the platform Of
the Republicans, and will hsve none Of
TIE ticket. Although they will make no
open opposition they will not vote the
ticket and will have nothing TO do with
the campaign. The Columbus
Dispatch, the most Influential
Republican paper OF Central Ohio, is Of
General Beatty wsv Of thiuk.ng,aad will
not support the Republican ticket. This
element is about IS numerous SIS the
Hayes wing Of the psrty in this section,
and their cissfection will contribute no
little to the overwhelming defea. which
awaits the party in OHIO.
THE NATIONALS
Are another element that will enter into
and plsy prominent part IN :ne coming
campaign, but of them will have some
thing to say further on. e. W. Il.