Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-08-30
GEN. EwING's RECEPTION AT
STEUBENVILbE. q

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Gen. Ewing was not received with the
enthusiasm that soldier should arouse
SnYhisS Icomrades-in-srms. Weak were
the bch eers that punctuated his utter
arices' and when he closed the crowd
forcat that be was through and cried
londly for Garfield and Hickenlooper.
As we said before. the ten thousand
neonle who were present were most all
on. ana side OF the fence, and We believe
they are on the right side.
The above paragraph is from the h
telligenesr's report of the Steubenyile re-
union. The fact that the crowd made
more noise over GARFIELD's speech than
over EwING's is not disputed, but the
Intelligncsr's reporter either failed to
discover the reason orto appreciate it in
his report. .... ....
General EwING's Grafton was address
ed TO the better element of the audi
ence. II was a mastery and finished
production, written out and read from
the manuscript. There was nothing
sensational or inhammatOry about 1t,
but it was listened to with quiet, eager
attention which showed how well the
audience was approaching it. The bois-
ferrous demonstration that GARFIELD'S
harrangue produced would have seemed
out of place, if not really annoying, as
an accompaniment to a speech OF the
character of that delivered by Ewing.
On the other hand the bombastlc ut
terances of Gen. GARFIELD were address
Ell to the passions and prejudlces OF the
rabble. They appreciated it. They re-
sponded with the hip-hurrah which his
manner and matter were designed to
call out. To the superficial observer
this exhibition may have appeared an
enviable contrast with the reception ac-
corded to Gen. Ewing, but the impress
sion which the latter made upon the
audience will be as lasting as the other
was superficial and ephemeral.
The IntelHqeRcer is nearer correct
when il says the people who were pres
ent "were most all on one side Of the
fence" We believe the majority OF the
crowd were Republicans. The meeting
was in the hands of the Republicans.
II was called together by the Republi-
cans. 1t was doubtless intended to
boost the Republican campaign in that
State. And while the soldiers re-
union" was made and maintained 4
prominent and interesting feature OF it,
there was at the bottom, a Republican
purpose to save the soldier
vote OF Ohio from going over
"iun tilt" 10 their comrades
on the Democratic ticket. EWING and
Res were too prominent in their posi-
ton and character as soldiers to be lett
out of the programme. That would have
disclosed a partisan purpose and de-
stroyed the soldier feature as well as
diminished the crowd.
1t was not strange, therefore, that
with the animus that ruled the occa-
sion, the greater prominence should be
given to Republicans. II would not
have been strange If the courtesy due to
Gen. EwING under the circumstances,
was less marked than it actually was.
The fact Is that there is decree Of sling
giShness on both sides Of the political
contest in Ohio that is disappointing to
public expectation, and affords plausible
ground for either party to criticisc
the other. But the lethargy is quite rs
noticeable in one camp as the other.