The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1879-08-30

The Sherman B0Om GHd the OHIO
CdmpGigH.
New York Express.
Ever since thc nomination of Mr..
Charles Foster for Governor of
Ohio the Republican managers in
that State have taken pains to
assure the country that all is har-
mony in the ranks Of their parties.
They assert that tho discomfort of
the Grant men has given place to
perfect satisfaction, and that the
party will pull together Tor the
SUCCESS of its candidate as it has
never done before. The necessity
which called for these redeclHra-
tons was evidence enough in itself
to show that there was something
hchind the scenes which the Re-
publican managers wished to keep
from the public, and that the dis
content which was known to ex-
ist after tho adjournment of the
Cincinnati Convention had not
been pacitied through the efforts
Of tho party managers. It now ap-
pears that the efforts Of the Repub-
licans to compromise their differ
onccs have not been successful,
and the growls OF the anti-Hayes
men arc daily growing louder. 1t
is not easy to sec what the Rcpub-
licans can do to patch up their
family quarrcls before election day,
and thus give them the only pos
sible chance Of elccting their candi-
dato. The Grant men arc daily
growing in the belief that the Ohio
election will decide the choice of
the Republican candidate for the
Presidency. They know that Eos
Ter represents John Shcrman's
interests, and that his election will
give Ohio to the Secretary of the
Treasury rs completely us though
John Sherman himself was elected
Governor. And this is the key 10
the situation.
While Sherman has thus fixed
this nice trap in Ohio, he has been
hard at worl, to arrange matters
that Fosters election will assure
him a clear majority in the Re-
publican National Convention. 1t
is well known that in all of tho
Southern States hut Louisiana
there is no Republican organiza-
ton but that composed of Govern
incnt employees. He has secured
Louisiana through an infamous
bargain with Kellogg. The FEEDER.
al officers in tho other Southern
States havo hccn so manipulated
as to make the organizations unani-
mously for him for President. BY
this means John Sherman will go
into the Republican Convention
with = "solid South at his back
representing two hundred and
scvonty-six votes. This leavos him
nincty-four votes short Of Il clear
majority. This deficiency has
been partly made up by IL doctor
ing OF other States, so much so
that his friends claim that to-day
he is only lNcking some thirty
votes Of the required majority.
Here it is that Ohio, which casts
forty-lour votes, becomes the koy
Of the situation. AZ has hccn said
the "atalwarts% see that To elect
Foster now would he 70 put Gcncr-
nj Grant on the shelf for another
four years, and to elevate John
Sherman, whom they hate, into
the leadership Of the Republican
party. Fosters only show Of cleo
ton, and it is 4 poor show at that,
lies in the Republicans being able
to poll the full vote Of their party.
But if a chronic state of,liSgruntlc-
mrnt is maintained in that State,
the Republican vote will largely
fall off and Ewing's gelcction will
be assured. This is apparently thc
pass by which the stalwarts hope
to get even with Mr., Sherman, and
at the sane time advance the boom
Of General Grant.