, 1879-07-08

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TIE CAMPAIGN IN OHIO.
Tho elrclion which is to bo held in Ohio
this coming full has much of tho snn,o Ma
tional importance which WAS attachod to tho
general election in tho satno State four ycars
ago md previous to tho Inst Presidential
election. Tho conditions are reversed in ona
respect. -Four yeara ago it.was conceded
tint tho s1lcccss of tho Republican canli-
tlate, Mr. HAYES, would lnako TINT gontlo-
man formidable candidate for tho 1lepub-
is falt tllat tho election of tho Democratic
candidate, Con. EWING, will Rivo him n
strong hold upon tho next Democratic non,-
ination for President. There ia good roason
10 believe, therefore, TINT tho canvasa Of thu
stato will be as thorough md tho contest an
spirited this year Us 1t was when Il. u. HAYES
and "Rise-Up" WILLIAM ALLEN wcre tho
candi1atos.
Every trustworthy indicatiou Of tie
result, thus far, ts favorable 10 TO.
publican success. The rival candidates
aro both mon of exce1lont cl,iracter,
but Mr.. Foster Inns n personal advantage
over Gon. EWING In his greater popularity.
1Io has n faculty for making frionds which
Gen. EWING il said to laek, md. 80 far as tho
personal Influence of Tho two cantlidates Ia
concerned, tho former will bring more
strength to tho Republicans tlan Tho latter
to tho Democrats. An ndvorsa Influence will
bo brought to bear against (aen. Ew1Sa, too,
from tho Eastorn wing Of tito Democratic
party, which fears that his election no Gov
ernor OF Ohio would Icad to lis nomination
for President. aud which apprehends that
such an event would ho fatal to the Demo.
cratic ambition to gain. control Of tho Gene1-
nj Government. ALI Democrats aro i'm.
pressed with tho importance OF carrying Ohio
this fall, but the lard-money Democrats who
know that Ew1Na could not M a Presidential
candidate, oarry n single Eastcrn staio, aro
inclined to think that thu loss of Ohio this
full will 10 lcss disastrous to the pnrty than
Ew1Ao's nomination for President would I,e.
This feeling is calculated to impair Con. Ew-
1Nas chances Of SUCCESS very acrioualy:
Tho Nationn1 iHsues In tho Ohio ca,npatgn
nro distinctly marked. Perhaps tho financial
question is the most conspicuous by reason
OF Ew1So's canlitlature. this gentleman Is
Que Of tho pioneers Of Aatism, mud Inns done
moro than any ono else to give that school Of
fiuance spocial designation aud local habita-
tion a. "the Ohio It|ea." He Is firm be-
lievor In tho notion that tho value Of money
Gun DO fixed by Government stamp, Or ilat,
aud fayors tho schone for fixing tho currency
Of tho nation by constitutional amendment
Mt q certain sum por capita. uu was the
author Of tho temporary modification OF tint
general schema which Senator THURMAN
subsequently adopted as his own,
viz. The retirement Of Natioua1-banl
notes and tho substitution of legal.tontler
Government notes 10 tho Ra1ne amount.
This propoassion was generally Understood
by ita friends and by its opponents to bo
preliminary stop in the effort to secure m
lrrodcomsblo md practically unlimited paper
currency III tho only money Of tho country.
1t was felt on both aidos that the doubling-up
Of tho present volunlo Of greenbncks would
bseak down resumption, bring about new
depreciation OF tho Government currency,
md thug furnish tho excuse and opportunity
for orsctting tho Government printing -1naohiues
to work agaiu, aul Tor reeling o!f iiat scrip
to any oztent tl,at popular tleluslon might
demand. This projeot WINS thoroughly Gnu.
yasscd in tho last genorhl election In Ohio,
when THURMAN and othors advocated II on
tho stump, and the result was the dereat
Of tho Democratic party whiol. sustained
1t. Since then resumption Inns bocome NIL
necnmnltYhai fnok mud II t1nnnnxtrnfei s,,o.