Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-05-30
OHIO POLITICS.
THE FIRST BOOM IN THE PRESI0EN-
TlAl CAMPAIGN.
Work of the Republican State Convention
Personnel Of the Ticket-Radical
Plan Of the Campaign-Stal-
wart Dissatisfaction.
,nrnesnondonce Of the Register.

waiting, Micawber-like, for something
to turn up, / will take advantage OF the
lull to prepare brief resume OF the pro-
ceedings for the REGISTER. The last
three davs have been busy ones in the
political circles of the Queen City. As
early as last Saturday candidates began
to arrive and establish their headquar-
ters, together with an occasional delegate
come to view the wonders ofmetropolitan
| life, but delegates in very considerable
numbers did not beg in to come in until
Monday night. That night and yester-
day morning, however, they crowded IN
by droves until the four great central
| hostelries-the Grand, Burnett, Gibson
and Emerv-were filed 10 repletlon.
| Such widespread interest has been
manifested throughout the country in
| this convention and its work, that vlsl-
| tors were present from almost all the
| Eastern and Northern States, all oil
which tended to make the convention
one of the largest delegate gatherings
ever held in Ohio.
As | have intimated above, the con-
vention of to-day attracted the attention
of the entire country, for, as a leading
Republican journal in New York said,
| editorially, day or two since, ONO Is
| expected 10 furnish not only candidates,
but platforms for the entire country.
The gathering here to-day, therefore,
while only State in its composition and
purposes. in point OF interest and the
| effect of which il will be the prime
cause. was National in its character.
Bnt only in that it preceded the Demo
| cratic convention by week will 1t at
tract more attention than the latter. It's
| action will govern, in a measure, that OF
| the convention in Columbus next week,
| at least i'm the selection of candidates.
| 1t was the opening boom of the Presl-
| dental campaign of so, and as such 1t
NAV be written tonight, while its echoes
are vet resounding, that it is disap-
pointment to the Republicans OF ONO.
| Ii is not for Governor that the Demo-
Gratis and Republicans Of the Buckeye
| State will contend this iall, but Tor
President, looking at 1t from which
standpoint, | reiterate that the work OF
! to-day's convention cannot but be dis
couraging to the Republicans and eX-
| hilarating in like degree TO the Democrats.
Work among delegates in behalf OF
candidates was begun in earnest yester-
day morning, at the several hotels, the
base of operations, however, being at the
| Gibson House, where the usual aspir-
ants for the Gubernatorial nomination
Judge Taft and Mr. Foster-each bad
| parlors. which were thronged all day
long and far into the night by the adj
herents of either. Up TO late hour, In
fact up to the time the nomination was
made. there was little doubt in the
public mind that Judge Taft had good
| lead in the race for the nomination. But
the result of the first ballot showen
that the splendid social and
working qualities of Foster had
won him the day in twenty-four hours.
In a word, he was nominated on the
first ballot by vote of 2S0B to 27l 5-o
for Judge Taft and for Gen. Refer,
having 3 5-6 more than the requisite
number. There can be no question
that he came here leading a forlorn hope,
but the splendid work OF himself and
lieutenants yesterday and last night won
the day.
Mr.. Foster, the successful candidate,
is a wealthy merchant, banker and rail-
road man residing at FostOria, Seneca
county. He represented the old Tenth
! district i'm Congress for several terms,
and undoubtedly is popular man
in northwestern Ohio, the section
where he is best known; but his
popularity has been greatly overes-
| timated. In 1876, when he was last
elected to Congress, he received
a bare majority OF 27l over John ii.
| Hudson. a resident of Sandusky, good
man but man but little known, and
this. too. in total vote of over $1,000.
| He was one of the famous Congressional
| pacification commission despatched to
Louisiana in 1876, and made the report
to the House of Representatives in iayer
of the removal OF troops from New
Orleans. This circumstance Will eiiec-
! tuallvcounteract the "bloody shirt" cry,
upon which it was the avowed lnten-
ton of the Republican leaders to make
the issue in the coming campaign.
Thrown by the redistricting OF the state
last wear into the Eighth District, he
was beaten last October by Finley, the
Democratic incumbent. Altogether,
while a good Jolly fellow, popular with
his friends, wealthy, liberal and good
worker, he is not so strong candidate
bv long odds as Judge Taft would have
been. and is not so much favored by the
| Democrats.
The nominee for Lieutenant-Govern'
or is Gen. A. j. HickenloOper, OF this
citv. President of the Cincinnati Gas
Light and Coke Company. He served
through the war, with good record,
was United States Marshal for the
Southern District of Ohio under Presi-
dent johnson. and subsequently be-
came Vice President Of the corporatlan
| of which he is now the President. de
is a good, substantial citizen, but has
been out OF politics to a great extent Tor
some years past.
Judge w. w. Johnson, OF Ironton, Is
the nominee for Justice OF the Supreme
Court. lie was beaten for Common
Pleas Judgeship in his own District;
was nominated to fill vacancy on the
Supreme Bench in 1874, and was de-
feated by Judge Rex, Democrat; was
again nominated two years ago
and defeated by Judge Okey, was APP
pointed by Gov. Hayes member OF the
Supreme Court Commission, his tenure
of Office of which but recently expired,
but now comes up for defeat.
The nominee for Attorney General is
Geo. X. Nash, of Columbus, one OF the
most popular young Republicans in
Ohio. Originally a newspaper reporter,
he studied law, was admitted to the bar,
was twice elected Prosecuting Attorney
Of Franklin county in the face OF Dem
ocratic majority Of over two thousand,
was nominated for Attorney General
two years ago, and with the balance Of
the ticket defeated. He now comes up
smiling again for immOlatiOn.
For Auditor Of State, Hon. j. F. Ogle-
bee, Representative from Clarke county,
in the last and present General Assem-
blies isthe nominee. He served two terms
as auditor of his county, and is now
completing his second term as Repre-
| san+ativa He Ia a lawyer OfcOnsiderable