The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-13
THE OHIO CAMPAIGN.
Wl,at It Means and What II VIII
Result In.
r,he Two Tickets Ewing's Financial
Position Rice's Record What
Will Be the Issues of III
the Campaign.
fgpecial Correspondence OF the Demoerat.l
WAsHIN3ToN. lima faro


THE NOMINATIONS IN OHIO
II tha campaign there this fall Ia to be Thu
r,ost interesting ever waged within the limits
4 n single state. Curiously enough we heal
nothing about
NEW YORK,
although campaign to elect Bubstantially
the same State officers, and under quite cog
.,ats conditions, is to be waged there at The
anne time. True, there IL no senatorial
aeat at stake In the New York campaign
q there is in Ohio; but In all other respects
mi particularly In respect to involving tho
sste Of presidential aspirant, the situation
q the came. Different people will put differ.
ent interpretations on this remarkable fact
FIR my part regard 1t as an Indication that
thers ID d preponderating preference iii the
Democratic party for
WESTERN PEEsD ENTAIL TICKET.
and that those who entertain this preference
naturally look with anxiety for its yIndica.
Hon by Democratic triumph In the leading
western State III the preliminary eklrmish
8 II the grand battle. That Is to say, the com.
n I'M Ohio contest ID regarded els d reconnois.
sance III force to develop the strength and dis.
positions Of the enemy,with view to d change
III base II the Western Democrats can
carry Ohio they will be able to dictate their
terms to New York; even Mr.. Tilden's
strongest advocates concede that. While, per
tontru Ii the Republicans carry Ohio. it will
make New York, the battle-ground Or 1880 be-
sond question and the Western Democrats
G will have to do In 1880 az they did lii 1B76-ac-
j quiesce ID the nomination of q candidate who
/ can carry New York. Besides this heavy &C
count on the Democratic books there Id Il IA
publican balance sheet to be struck IN Ohio
Il this fall, the outcome Of which will practice
Ally settle the great contest which ID now lust
fairly developing between Grant and John
4 Sherman for
THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION.
n the parlanes Of the party managers,
y Thurman and Sherman, as Ohio presidential
candidates. have secured each the nomination
Il u his favorlte ticket; 30 that the Republic
/ Nib say, aWell, Ii John can't hold OHIO with
5 Foster at the head of his ticket, he must take
& back Peat IN 1880; and the Democrats agree
That I'll Thurman is beaten with Tom Ewing
4 md Rice to fight his battle, he need never
i lalk about carrying the State In d contest for
the Presidency
have observed great many expressions
i II the newspapers VI the belief that
THE NOMINATION OF EWING
n Nas blow to Thur1nan'B interest next year.
But this iS wholly Without foundation. / am
1 n a position TO know the inside Of these mat
Ewings nomination at the hands Of Bishops
frie1ds was exactly what Thurman wished.
q And yfhen this was supplemented by the nomi-
hAH0n Of Rice for the SECOND place without OPP
sti,on Tag Z, me- triumph was complete
Democracy, for the first time since 1873, Is
thoroughly unified and harmonized BY the
living Rice ticket It has taken the various
leaders, q long time to get In line with the
0lnclnnah Enquirer, but they, have all got
there How, and the line has been drawn 80
That the bakers dozen Of so-called Demo-
Y Gratis Id Ohio who adhere to the national
8 banks and want the debts OF the country paid
I'm the Wall street gold dollar, worth lis cents,
must either quit thCfr nOnseIss Of nuke tfi1
best Of their way Into the Radical camp,
where they belong. This, In the first place,
!. y 8 big red feather Ia the cap of the Mclean
s famlly, father and son, who own
THE ENQUIRER,
md who have made Ii the tremendous con-
CORN 1T is solely on the popularity of their
One Idea; which, needless to say, Ia that the
81 dollar which was borrowed is o good enough
dollar to pay back when the debt becomes
The elder McLean-old Uncle WASH as the
q boys call him-Was here last spring about the
& time OF the break up, working night and day
snd ~, swearing like the army n Flanders to
We extra session. He said he wanted the
battle-ground between Democracy and Rad
lcsllsm transferred to the north side Of the
4 Vhio river; that he wanted the Northern De-
8 hex Wall street; to cease apoogizing for the
Mte war and turn Its guns on the national
hanks; III q word, to quit fighting for the
Stse OF the ghosts Of the past and take up
5 cause Of the people Of the present
the a ,e Mesn h ns has has FIJI filled 'nG lis
IND chuckfull. Now let's see how he
y Viii play tt. The convention adopted a
PLATFORM which might have been written In
sS we Enquirer office, and nominated Tor Gov
Matte statesmen of Ohio, put himself on the
4 knquire,'s line-of-battle.. What more, could
We manager of great party organ askp
That Tom Ewing will be elected Governor
] Ohio this fall ID almost a foregone conclu-
+ slon. The only possible element OF doubt IN
We contest is
THE LEGISLATURE,
4 and that is only doubtful upon the hypothesis
mat the Radicals will be able to hold up to
tneir vote Of 1875 in the rural districts, which
Il y Dy no means a clear probability, much less
certainty. The possibility OF losing the
legislature lies IN Hamilton county Omen,
8 tae general ticket, and hence, goes with the
gubernatorial vote OF the county. John
\ sherman and Foster Will sink the bulk 81
s yaetr money In Cincinnati; and they Will
4 aaye cart load of II, not TO speak q paris;
Z NO by SO doing they may carry the entire
Hamilton county delegation in the Legisla-
INV along with the State Ticket ~ 1eW
f Ewing will run ahead enough to carry the
u Stste at large against several Thousand Re
publican gain In Cincinnati. From these
( nsstily grouped data II is easy 70 see how the
u Possibility 81 Democratic Legislature and
Republican Governor may be reversed this
III ycaf. But speak OF this as the merest coll
y urgency, the more obvious result TO bet On
s SSelng clear Democratic sweep all along the
Ell The favorlte dodge Of the Radical organs
Ast now Is to compare this contest with that
sI 1875, when the venerable William Alien
J 9ade his gallant fight against Hayes IN his
Font with the Wall street Democracy pour
y ,ag u its heaviest fire in his rear. the New
iAEEk World, then under Moses Manton Mar
4 pes MANAGEMENT and the super -serviceable
y gRan OF Tildeu was the bltterest OF all the
etropoiitan press in Its warfare on
THE BILL ALLEN TICKET,
s nd suspicious were not wanting that still
i more substantial Arguments were sent from
81 Nranercy Park and Belmont's counting
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