New-York tribune., 1879-09-24
THE OHIO CAMPAIGN.

FFFORTS TO SECURE THE LEGlSLAluhE'
prrurttvG SENATOR TnURMAN-EwING And PEN
prrroN TIfE LEADERS OF THE DEM0cHACf-p'-
IusIvE uOPEs OF THE GRFENnAcK VoIk-CoN-
TRIBUuONs PROM MIR. TlIDEN.
,rpo, Az occ AsoNAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE rRIBrSE
Cotr,Rus. Sept. 21.-On the surface the current
of the Ohio campaign Is all running one way. t"s-
ter is working on To n victory that everybody "uI
General Ewing sees is good as assured. littie
under the surface, however. strong struggle IS
going on for the control OF the next Legislature and
the possession of the United States Senatorship
whichthat control will give. As this scontest is pro-
crossing in the back counties. and is largely mat
ter OF close work on doubtful votes, it does not
make much figure in the general aspect of the can
vass The two wings of the Democracy, the Ewing
ties aud the Thurmanites appear to be pulling to-
gothcT to secure the legislature but in other Things
they are anything but harmonious Inc EWING
men look on Thurman an old fossil who mas Deeh
long enough on the political stage, and to whom IL
is not even necessary to pay the scant tripu'e o.
decent respect. You have heard how they cohSpiIed
TO make his first appearance In the canvass Il dls-
NAL failure. The largest number OF persons
present at any time at his Columbus meeting was
576 and al the close of his speech the attendance
dwndled down TO less than 300. humoer Oh
Ewinrs rartisans went to the meeting that they
order to disturb the orator and make II appear that
the speecb had fallen flat upon the audience
These fellows afterward joined their friends assem-
bled in the downtown saloons, and made merry
over the waning fortunes of the man who was once
the chief idol OF the Ohio Democracy. Toward the
end of Thurman's speech the audience began 10
diminish so rapidly that the Senator held up ie"
remaining sheets of his manuscripts in despair, ana
appealed TO his fcllOw-DemOcrats to stay, saying
these few pages are all have left.D And this is
the man whose progress through Ohio in political
campaign used to be Il continual ovation.
The iact is the Ohio Democrats lost their respect
for Thurman when he abandoned his ife-iong con-
victions and catered to the soft-noney heresy'
Even the inflationists who gloried over MS cohVeI
sion. felt At heart no confidence him and no adj
miraton for him. There is still set OF stupid old
fashioned country Bourbons who stick to him be-
cause he Is identified i'm their minds with the old
pro-slavery times, and with opposition to the war
and tho constitutional amendments but the
Younger and more active men look upon Ewing
and Pendleton as the real leaders of the Democracy
of to-day Thurman's followers will be encouraged
10 work for the control of the Legislature. but if
the Democrats elect majority in that body-a con-
tingency by no means probable-Thurnan's return
TO the Senate will not follow as matter of course.
II the party has lost ITS respect for its old chief
tain he Is even with it, for he feels very little
spect for Its recent action. Just before his appear
ance in the canvass he said to personal friend:
"Is this not a Great humiliation7 Here am to
appear as the tail of the Ewing kite. and must
either keep quiet advocate doctrines that are
disasteful to me, and that do not believe in. 1t
is cursed shame that old Democrats should be put
in such position"
General Ewing, I said, is the only man who
IN he
State this year. He bases his hope on the Green
back vote In conversation with the faithful he
constantly brings mp for their encouragement tue
figures of last years election when $4,000 men
voted the Greenback ticket. and when the Repub-
hcan majority only 5000. Now" no says,
10000 of those Greenbaclers will vote for me, and
the rest VIII stick 10 Platt nat VIII enable me 10
overcome the Republican majority, and VIII bring
me out 10, 900 ahead Of Foster" The defect in this
calculation is It's failure 10 take into account the
twenty or thirty thousand Republicans who were
not stirred up last year by the discussion Of the
financial question and who did not vote, but who
Solid South toward complete control OF the
National Government. There will be a very
fa ssRe set vSS down cast ss Fan oy
$4,000. All the Republican meetings have been
successful. The people turn out no matter what
the weather may be. Last Saturday there were
forty meetings held by direction of the state Com
nittee and besides mt least one hundred gotten mp
by the County Committees. All portions OF the
field are beng thoroughly canvassed. and partlcu-
| larlv thorough work Is being done IN the close
counties. The prominent speakers from abroad now
here or shortly to come Blame Hall, Frye and
! Reed, of Maine; Chandler. Burroughs and Conger
| of Michigan; Harrison Brown Robinson. Orth and
| Curry OF Indiana Houk of Tennessee Haskell
| of Kansas, and General ilawley, of Connecticut.
| The Ohio Democrats who 20 to New-iork or
| Washington to talk with the brethren make a
poor mouth" and complain of n lack of funds
| They have money enough though for all legitimate
campaign uses. 1t is general understood that to
the contributions raised from other sources Mr. Ill
haca odd ob Ia \
secs lit. and that he has given Wash Mclean
ST. 600 for use In Hamilton County. How much
OF this latter sum is destined for campaign and
how much is n dOuceur for the support The EHQaror
| has given Hlden's candidacy, is question which
the giver and the receiver are alone competent to
answer.