Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-07-10
The Ohio Cannpaign.

VIEWS OF GENERAL CHARLES GROSvENoR.
Gen. Charles GrOSvenOr, OF Ohio, who was
speaker Of the lower house when the republi-
cans had control of the Ohio legislature, arrived
In the city to-day. The General called on Sel-
retary Sherman and other personal friends, and
left this afternoon for the Maryland Lunat C
Asy lum, where Mrs. GrOsvenor and her little
daughter ale visiting. just now the General IS
the subject Of good deal Of newspaper crit :
csm In his own state because OF his refusal to
in his county. In explanation of this action lie
said that he had no other course to pursue al
maintain his own self-reSpect.
but General, )" quoth the STAR man, 'you
:" will. and 1t will be elected"
{" Is Fosters nomination strong one?"
10y Yes, sir; the very strongest that could have
"stronger than that OF Judge Taft, think
your"
Why, bless my soul, yes. Fosters nomina-
tiOn is q. 600 votes stronger than Taft-he has
shown that already"
LIVELY CAMPAIGN.
"Wfll the campaign in ONO be lively one?''
"lt Will. 1t will be the hottest that has been
l,cans will elect Foster, and if they carry Ham
1lton county, and the indications are that they
will, they will also secure the legislature and
elect republican to succeed Senator Thur
man."
"What of Ewing. Is he strong candldate?"
eyes, he Is. think the best nomination the
democrats could possibly have made. Now you
will find this to be the feature of the Ohio can
vass when it opens. Ewing campaign win be
snowy, brilliant. Fosters will not contrast with
1t in the superficial sense, but when 1t comes to
counting the votes In the box Ewing will be sur
pr1sed to find that a large vote he expects to be
polled for him will have failed him.
'Do you mean by that, general, that the
g1eenbackers will not vote for him?"
"Well, will answer that question in round
about way. Gen. Ewing made speech re-
Gently In Columbus, wherein he treated rather
gingerly the financial question. l am Of the
opinion, subject of course to fault that
GENERAL EWING WILL Do LITTLE HEDGING
on the currency question, and II he does he Will
find good many OF the greenbackers crying
1or Pa. The German democrats will not sup
port Ewing with his financial beriSies and In
order to capture the hard money vote of the
party Ewing is liable to loose the greenbackers.
s. Who Is Ohio for as Presidential leader2"
John Sherman. His Is the only name promi-
nent In that state. and he will receive the sup
port OF the state first, last and all the time in
the nominating convention.
sHERMAN's PRESIDENTIAL CHANCES.
"Would Shermans Presidential chances have
can gubernatOrial ticket in Ohio?'
81 think so. think he made great mistake
IN Lot allowing himself to be nominated He
would then have became the central figure in
American politics; would have made tremen-
dous campaign; would have been triumphantly
elected and would have been uppermost In
the pubic mind as the great republican leader ~
received the nomination" ?"
without doubt. All he had to do was to
nave indicated that he would accent Not to
say that he wanted it, for II he would have ac.
cepted he would have been nominated whether
he wanted it or not"