The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-13
LETTER FROM COLUMBUS.


To Disinterested Psrty-The Sheriffalty
Fight Waxing warm-The Floating 0pin.
ion Is Picked Up By Our Correspondent
How an Overly Enterprising Correspond
ent Fixed Things Up, Etc.
Correspondence OF the Star.
COLUMBUS, o., Oct. IL.
Although the sweet-sounding church
bells are ringing out this beautiful Sabbath
morning in tones of invitation from the
various churches the politician and "ward
worker heeds them not, but is busy in
getting views from one and all so that he
can form an intelligent idea of how the
election will go next Tuesday. To say
hat an
INTENSE INTEREST
S prevailing here does not begin to convey
the state Of affairs. The fairest valedic.
torian that ever walked forth from famous
Vassar College would not have half enough
adjectiyes at her command to express the
feeling which is felt by one and all.
Last night the crowds which collected on
ihe different street corners and stood in
front of the hotels reminded one of
WAR TIMES,
md during the excited period when the
sterotyped news came nightly of "Alps
quiet on the Potomac" Both factions felt
hopeful and bets were offered and taken
with such iaridity and eagerness by the
sanguine ones, that disinterested party
and one with no crystalized opinion, was
simply dumbfounded.
Over in the
sTATE-HoUsE YARD,
At the west front of the Capitol, was gath
cred crowd of some five thousand or six
thousand people listening to the Demo
cratic orators Of the occasion, who were
Speaker s. ]. Randall, Hon. stison Hutch
ins, Congressman Converse, of this district,
our Colonel w. A. Dennison, son of Ex-
Governor Dennison, who has serious
thoughts of being struck with the United
States
of Ohio-if the coming Legislature is Re-
publican. Governor Hendricks was adver-
tised to be present, but did not put in an
appearance until half past eleven o'clock,
and after stating that he had been detained
longer than he expected at Chillicothe,
where he spoke yesterday afternoon,
pleaded that he was too fatigued to talk
and begged to be excused.
Speaker Randall made the speech of the
evening, and Notwithstanding the fact that
be was very hoarse, spoke at considerable
length. 1t was the usual party speech, and
the speaker put all excellent phase on
THINGS POLITICALLY
from a Democratic standpoint. He was
listened to with great attention and was
frequently applauded. The meeting contin-
ueu until half-past - o'clock, and the Sleep
ing hours Ct those in the immediate neigh
borhood were, no doubt, MADE miserable.
While the speaking was under full head
way J. H. Mclean and Hon VIM. Bell, Jr,
got into an argument as to how the election
would result, which finally
RESULTED IN BET OF 500,
Nith a forfeit of $25. Mclean bet that
Foster would be elected by majority of
5000. Both men seemed confident, and
displayed grit The bet was like pouring
coal oil on fire, and number OF lesser
bets were quickly offered and taken.
- ,Yoar correspondent ran across Mr.. s. E.
Johnson, the brilliant "Capulet" of the
Enquirer, in front of the Neil House late
last night as he sat calmly smoking, and in
answer to the all
ABSORBING QUESTION
If 'how do you think it is going, Mr..
yOhnson?" was informed that
MATTERS LOOKED FAVORABLE
4or Ewing and Rice. Mr. johnson then
went on 10 say that according to his way of
looking at the matter General Ewing
had gained considerable strength in
the counties of the northeast and also
some in the southwest. "In my opinion.
however, it all depends upon the National
vote. Twenty thousand National votes out
Of the conceded thirty-eight thousand
means Democratic victory Of from six to
eight thousand" While General Ewing
may have lost some votes among the Ma
tiOnals or Workingmen, who are each of
the same financial belief that the General
Is. he will lose few if any of the votes of the
farmers who are just of the same belief on
the financial issues of the country as they
ever were.
At this juncture Colonel Dennison came
up and took chair, and was soon giving
htterance to
HIS "pLAN,'
which was substantially the same as Mr..
Johnson's, in regard to the National vote,
The Colonel then drifted off into an &C.
count of his meeting hald in the fore rart
Of the evening at Gahanna, a small town,
some eight or ten miles northeast of this
city. He informed his hearers that he had
crowd of from five hundred to six hun.
dred, which is really large number of
people for Gahanna.
Asan instance of how the party organs of
this city are giving the "news' to the peo-
pie, it might be well to mention that the
Democrat-Statesman, which is sort of
Two-HEADED CONCERN,
stated this morning that Colonel Dennison
spoke to "about twelve hundred persons at
Gahanna." Just how such exaggeration
will help the cause is something which no
fellow can find out"
But the most acrimonious fight at present
is the Sheriffalty of this county, with John
o. Richenbacher, Republican, and Josiah
Kinnear, Democratic nominee. Little
things which, If it was not
DURING A CAMPAIGN,
would not be noticed are now snatched up
with the same avidity as the trout would
yank fly, and are exaggerated and added
to until they are made to appear heinous
crime. No abuse has been too severe to
heap upon the heads of Mr.. Richenbacher
and Mr.; Kinnear by their opponents. Mr..