Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-06-26
EWING AND RICE.


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A Washington correspondent of
the Philadelphia Record draws the fol-
lowing excellent pen picture of Cen
erals Ewing and Rice, the Democratic
standard bearers in Ohio:
"From an Ohio standpoint it must be
admitted that the Democratic ticket is
n strong one, however much one may
differ with its political complexion and
meaning. Personally Ewing and Rice
are both excellent men. Politically
they are both strong in Ohio. Togeth.
er they will undoubtedly poll the full
strength of the Ohio Democratic vote
for while there are many haId.money
! Democrats in Ohio, the financial creed
of Sherman and his proxy Foster is, #
possible, more Objectionable To them
than that Of Ewing and Rice, and per
sonally both Ewing and Rice are popu.
lar with Ohio Democracy. Both are in
! the prime of life Ewing will not be
! fifty until August, and Rice will not be
! forty four until November. Both are
natives of Ohio. Both were educated
at the East, Ewing at Brown University,
! Providence, X. ., where he graduated
| in 1854, and Rice at Union College,
| Schenectady, \. y, where he gradual
ed in 1860. Both served with couspic'
uous gallantry in the Union army, and
both earned their promotion Rice TO
the rank of BrigadIeT General and Ew
ing to the rank OF Major General. Both
enlisted at the beginning and served
until the end OF tho war, and Rice left
leg on the battlefield to attest his
loyalty. In view of these records
and the fact that the head of the Re
publican ticket never faced the South
crn bullets. but devoted the years of
the war to getting rich 10y the sal" Of
groceries in the peaceful shades of Eos.
toria, it is hardly probable that the Re.
publIcans in Ohio will make the bloody
shirt and the new rebellion prominent
issues in the pending canvass. Ewing
is n lawyer, and has been Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court Of Kansas, to
which State he went after he lett col
lcCc. Rice started out to bc a lawyer
but in April, IsGl he left his law book,
for the battlefield, and since the war
has been manager Of the private bank.
ing house Of &. II. Rice < Co., at ottawa,
ohio. his home. Most of his time,
however, since the war, has been spent
IN politics, and he has served two terms
IN Congress. Ewing was elected as
| Democrat TO the Forty fitch Congress
aud is now serving his second term ~
member Of the Forty sixth. Physical
/ lY, the two men are very disNmlhr.
Ewing is tall, five feet eleven Mt the
least, and of the massive, Imrcrturb1
! ble order Of men. Rice j. short, OF
wiry build ana nervous temperament
I lmperturbAbility II EWING most strIk.
! ing characteristics. He j. almost the
| equal of Grant in this regard. Nothing
excItcs him. Nothing throws him Oft
| his balance. Nothing disturb, his
I cquauimty Rice, on the other hand,
I Is OF the enthusiastic. cxcitablc order
/ Ewing has brown hair, clear gray eyes.
paliid complexion and wears a close.
! beard and mustachc. well 'pTIuklcd
| with gray. HIS head is large, especially
/ on top and about the temples, and well
! balanced. His face il hatIsh. but his
nose is Of the generous type, and his
| lips full and firm. He II a hard student
and a cogent debatcr. His voice has
/ wonderful power. and he Ia accounted
[ one OF the strongest campaign speakers
/ IN the country. la Congress lac always
/ commands the attention Of the House
both by reason of the matter and man.
ner of his speeches. lie seldom speaks
except on financial matters, and always
I speaks well. Personally he is one OF
I the most agreeable and enjoyable OF
men. Quiet, genial, whole, souled and
| true A. steel. there IL no taint OF super.
| ciiIousness or hauteur about him, nor
| yet is he one of the hailfellow well.mct
| with everybody class. lie ia always
| diguifed, always quiet, yet always ap.
proachAble. In his family relations he
Is exceedingly happy, in his personal
habits temperate and and abstemious.
General Rice, "a have said, Is a
smaller, more wiry, more nervous, more
enthusiastic man than Ewing. His
hair il dark, his eyes duto, and both
hair and beard have a tangled, negli.
gent look, which comes Of his habit Of
running his hands through them when
! excited. lie walks with cane, has a
decided limp. and the general air of
locomotive under a full head OF steam.
lie Is a good talker, though not so good
a. Ewing. and - personally an exceed.
ingly popular man with all who know
him. He is not quite such a radical
Greenbacker as Ewing, but is an earnest
| silver man aud essentially an advocate
Of the "Ohio idea" Together, thew
certainly make as strong team a.
could be found to pull that idea TO vic
tory in October.