The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-09-05
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THE ONO CAMPAIGN.
crNclSxArr. Aug. %, 1870.


for an "oif year." no state campaign
has excited more general interest
throughout the nation. With the Pres
idential election so near Of hand the fu-
ture, il not of parties, at least Of indi-
viduals, is understood to depend very
much upon the result of this contest,
and their political associates, far and
near, who are not able to directly aid
them, anxiously await the outeeme
With the Republicans the situation is
desperate--a regular ground hog case !;
for should they lose Ohio this fall there
would not be shadow of hope for them
in the contest for the Presidency next
year; while to tho Democrats success
here would be all clear gain. Ohio is
not put down as necessary TO the Demo-
cratic column in any of the Presidential
calculations on that side, while no Re
publican estimate figures out enough
electoral votes without ohio's twenty
two. Yet it is admitted that il Ewing
is elected this fall the Democrats viii
pretty certainly carry the State next
year. Since the war Ohio has been
reliable Republican State, with one or
two off year exceptions, and the admis-
sion that is doubtful in contest so inn
portant as the present is significant of
the real situation-th the degoneracy Of
the Republican party.
| have seen both the candidates for
Governor, and find them both making
an active canvass, and both professedly
confident Of success. 1t has been
claimed, with the best show Of truth,
that almost no other two men could
have been matched against each other
who would fight harder and stir up the
State more than the two who were Sc
lected. Both are men of great power
of physical endurance both are prae.
tieing the old tactics of going out into
the by country places, remote from rail-
roads, and stirring up the brethren Of
their faith who have never before, since
the days Of Tom Corwin, heard other
than local talent discuss the varying
issues of the recurring campaigns. The
result of such herculean work as this is
going to be, that an immense vote will
be polled. The one great danger to the
Democrats is that the vote will be too
large by the importation of colored
voters, and they are keeping close
watch upon their opponents, who have
been credited with a purpose to aiopt
the late Senator Morton's old tactics.
With good organization in every county
and precinct, it ought to be easy enough
to detect and thwart all attempts of that
kind. In respect TO organization, how
ever, ! am compelled to say that, so far,
do not think the Democratic organi-
zation is as perfect as it should be at
this stage Of the campaign, though
rapid work is now being done. In Cne
respect the campaign assumes a very
different aspect from what was antici-
pated by the Republicans before the
nominations. 1t was their intention tn
have a red-hot bloody shirt contest, as
/ very well know from being pretty
well acquainted with sources Of inspira.
ton at Washington. The sniveling
reference to "sacred memories" in the
Republican convention was intended to
raise the soldier issue, and to charge
tho Democratic Congress with discrim.
ination against the ex-soldier of the
Union army But when this same con.
vention nominated for Governor .'Cal
leo Foster" a man who sent snbsti
tute to he shot at while he remained al
home to gather in the shekels, and the
Democrats put mp against him such q
soldier ticket as Ewing and Rice, the
bottom fell out of the bloody shirt al
rangement in hurry. The hypocrisy
Of this soldier sniyel is the meanes
feature of it. Every Republican leader
knows what the Democratic Congress
has done for the soldiers by the passag,
Of various pension acts, and they know
too, that the Democrats, since they
came into control of Congress, have EN-
ployed as many, or more, Union sol
diers, and as deserving ones, as we're OF
the rolls under Republican rule
though, sad to relate, they don't al
, vote the Radical ticket. If the Repub
licans were sincerely anxious to tax
: care of the soldiers, they could do i
through the eighty thousand offices a
their disposal, nearly all of which ar
filed with such valiant fellows as "Cal
leo" Foster. The Democratic Congress
has barely three hundred places, al
Z told. An Illustration of the sort of in
: trigue Radical politicians resort to j
! found in the case of the one-legged so
2 dier Wilson, late an employe of tn
Senate. Though a Republican, tn
Sergeant-at-Arms and every Democrat
: Senator desired to keep shim, but unde
: the direction of Roacoa Copklino on