Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-05-31
The Democratic Campaign in Ohio.
WHO WILL BE THE CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR
WHAT WASHINGTON POLITICIANS SAY

Wednesday next at Columbus to nominate q
governor and other state officers The green.
hackers Of the state will also hold convention
at the same time and place. There are four
prominent candidates for the democratic guber-
material nomination, viz: Senator Allen G Thur.
man, General Ewing, Governor Bishop, the pre-.
sent incumbent, and General A. v. Rice. From
the list it is safe to drop out Senator Thurman's
name. While his spokesman, Sergeant-at-Arm
Thursday last asserted that the senator was q
candidate, the belief among some politicians
here Is that he II. G. T) is merely using the
Senator's name In connection with the nomina.
tfon to discourage Governor Bishop, who is de-
velopiDg good deal OF strength for renOmlna-
tion: Thompson, they say, opposes Bishop BE-
is Tildens candidate, and that he is being
pressed by the Tflden influence, the theory
being that Tilden wants Ohio to be lost In order
to crowd Thurman out as Presidential posi-
EwING's CHANCES OF NOMINATION
IS Ia the contingency that the nationals demand
his nomination by the democrats as condition
M of goa Goantion and al OF the county conventions
OF the nationals held In Ohio have Indicated un-
mlstakeably that Ewing is the only candidate
Whom the greenbackers will support. The
trouble with Rwing,s candidacy Is that Senator
because II he should be elected it would give
Ewing more prominence in the state than Thur
man; would ensure for him (Ew1ng) the Sena-
Dental nominee in 1880, which would utterly
destroy the chances OF Judge Thurman's Presf-
Dental nomination.
GOVERNOR BISHOP,
t;d Mno aeslres @ nomination, has no other ambI-
Ilon than the honOrs OF the Office, to which he
uesiIeS re.eiect10n. Hence he has the support
OF the old time democrats, who believe that
sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof"
ana that there Is no necessity at all to drag ma.
tlonal campaign issues into local state con-
test. WIZ
GENERAL RICE
In fae Of the
yer can pe Truly said to be Secretary Sherman's
candidate on the republican side, General Rice
Se%afoq S9u1 the same relation to
strued as triumph for Thurman, and hence
tne ln1uence OF Thurman'S friends Is being used
t tor Rice. But for this very reason Rice Is an
IagOnlZed Dy the Bishop influence, and he can
hardly get the nomination. There will be
tremendous influence exerted by the greenback
executive ea e I'VE committee, which has headquarters
TO PREVENT A COALITION.
The National Vie,u, which claims to be a
gleenDack organ, is out this week against
coaiatlon, but recommends the Ohio nationals
II there is no coalation. 1t takes away from the
democrats In the neighborhood of twenty thou
THE OHIO DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS,
4sner IMAM senator Thurman and John G.
thompson, favor the nomination of Gen
Ewing fE,W,ng TOT governor, and Col. Samuel Hunt, Of
Cincinnau, for lieutenant governor. The
friends Of this ticket say that Hunt can carry
hamilton county, and that although the green
Dack leaders IN convention may refuse to
cOalesce with the democrats, even ii Ewing be
the nominee, that the rank and file of the
greenDack patty will vote for Ewing, and that
his chance Of election would be stronger than
any other candidate who can be selected.
THE SwEDENEoRGIAN CONVENTION 5eth
annual session OF the Swedenborgian conven-
tlon In the United States was held In New York
CITY yesterday, in the house OF worship of the
New YORK society. 1t consisted OF about 1850
delegates from Cleveland, Cincinnati Chill.
cotbe and Glendale, Ohio, the states OF New
2,s nork, Massachusetts,, Pennsylvania, Indiana,
Ililnois, Wyoming Territory and the British
hlDgdOm. The Rev. j. F. Parke OF Glasgow.
scotland, and Thomas Williams, of Birminp,
nam, England, represented the general confeF
ence 10 Great iltain. They received q cordial
reception and made appropriate speeches. The |
treasurer j. L. Jewett, repoi led $13,537. 81 on
land The president, Rev. Chauncey Giles. or
pnlladelphia, delivered the annual address. He
stated that over 10000 OF the principal works of
,WedenDorg were distributed among ministers |
IND theological students OF other den0mina |
ions. The convention was largely attended nv |
lelegates and visitors. After the presidents |
!ooIess sumptuous collation. was partaken of |
Anotner session was held In the afternoon and |
peeches were delivered showing the progress |
II the new church.