Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-09-05
OHIO POLITICS.
OHIO POLITICS.
THE CAMPAIGN ARRANGEMENTS con-
TkASTE0.
Some Unpleasant TruthS-0emOcratic
Apathy and Republican Activity
The Outlook on State and
Legislative Tickets.
Correspondence Of the Register.

bragg at some statements in my last let
ter To the REGISTER concerning the man.
ner i'm which the campaign is being con-
Quoted by the Democratic State Com
mittees, aS well rs concerning the dis
trlcted condition OF the DemOcra-
CIV here at the Capital and
i'm this, the Capital county.
moreover, they have manifested their
displeasure i'm various ways-yerbally,
ami through the columns ofthe Piratical,
disreputable sheet, (the standing OF
which l gave in my last letter. in the
shape of a violent personal assault upon
me-. Ordinarily an attack OF this char
actcr. bitter as it was, would carry the
sane weight with it; but made through
the medium it was it lell harmless, and
| knew nothing wharever Ot 1t until
twantv-four hours after il had appeared,
50 little is the sheet read that neither
nv friends nor myself had seen 1t.
But all this is DEPRESSION. Ii was not,
nor is il now. my purpose, 10y en-
gazing i'm controversy, to advertise
a publication of which the Demo-
Gratis Of Columbus are heartily
ashamed-bv no stretch OF courtesy
could il be called newpaper-and l
therefore refrain.
But TO take cOgniZance Of another
phase of the question, the apathy ana
diStfection among the Democrats IN
different sections of the State, but more
es,rciallv here. Ny statements 20 that
etT.,t they do not attempt 10 controvert,
bur find tault with me Tor stating the
farfS. Now i'm the school OF journalism
in which / received my tralnlng-the
edit rial room Oi reputable and m
hu-ntial paper-it was taught 10 lncuI-
cat, the prrccpt that the truth should
befoId AT all times and under all clrcum-
stances. let 10 hit whom IL might. That
nr.nripI,, have endcavured 10 follow
AMI when engaged To keep
tb, REGISTER informed of what the
political outlook in Ohio was
iron time % time, il was wIththc under
stauIiuy that facts We're wanted, and
no. m sr puftf statement from purely
partisan standpoint; and facts l have
n.Ieayored at all times % give. And
tn, facts are. much as | dislike 20 write
il. that apathy exists 10 an alarming eN-
tent among the Democrats throughout
In, state. and i'm this county, one Ot the
Democratic StruughOldS 70 has taken the
shape of decentralization. Ine causes
which lei % this state OF affairs were
set forth i'm former Iettcr wherefore 4
repetition of them at tins time Is un-
unnecessary. Ii is enough to knOwthat
diSltTrctiOn does exist, and instead
of indulging now i'm recrlmlnationS
IL should be- the aim of the party leaders
from now On until election day 20 heal
all differences and awaken some enthu-
slaSm.
4 comparison, moreover, oi the edIIer-
ent mrtholS ol conducting the cam
paign bv the two committees may not
be uniuIrrvstiu-u runlnStructlve,though
certain 10 i that 90 will not be encourdg-
inc % Democrats. The Republican
committee Is active and enthusiastic;
the Democratic committee inert ana
mysterious. Either the Democrats are
tru,flr. entirely to their still hunt,
or they are making ~ remarkably poor
camuaiuu I'm Ohio; ur still more, no
campaisu at all. Thus Tar, with
the exception o; General Ewing,
our candidate Tor Governor, no prOml-
nent Democrats have entered the can
VAS. and coupled with this Is an utter
lack of organization. On the other
hand the Republicans never had bet
Ter organization nor more money % con-
durt their canvass; never were they
better supplied with tirSt-c,aSs cam
p,i,,p orators. Sherman, >churL, TAFT,
Foster. Garfield, Allison, Dvuu,Son and
n host uf others have spoken, ami near
Iy oll ui thrm have many appointments
vet to hIl before the close ut the cam
paisn. They began early amt are max
inc every moment count. iut the DEM
ocrlis are dilatory, none ul their prln-
cipal speakers have vet spoken. senator
Thurman. 10 Is true, IS To- speak here ON
FRIDAY night. and from that time "u has
number of appointments General
Warner. also. has been SprJkugm con-
ne.,irn with General Ewing, but with
tba-, exceptions none ut our prominent
men have vet come forward.
Tho readers of the REGISTER, how
ever. must not understand from what |
have written, that the case Is hopeless
fnr ,hr Democracy: lar from 10. On the
contrary. confidently believe that with
pr,per effort, General Ewing and the
anfir,, Democratic state ticket, can be
eIetr,l bv gnnd round majority.
But IL will require work, and
harl work. aud this has not
been dome a., vet The trouble Is that
the Democratic committee, with the
sin,I, exception ui tine chairman, Is en-
tir.Iy iurNurrirnccl, while the Bcpub-
Er,n committee l. composed ut men
win, have served long apprrutcrNhpS
in rluplisu management, amt under
stand thoroughly all the mnutEr. But
with prpper management, the state may
sill n. secured % the Democrats. The
Ia.,i.l,turr I regard aS being already as
surrd. and I'm 10 the Democrats will have
a cool working majority, unless there
- vast uphrlval Of existing majorities
i'm committees which are accounted
reliably Dcmocractlc. And the he-
publican nominations m CuNahosa
county the other day gave Us a sun
better showing. That county, although
Republican stronghold, contains q
Iar,. floating vote and two of the nOmI-
nctS ON the legislative ticket are very
unpopular. These are T. j. CarrOn,
candidate Tor state senator, rchtS'tue
Democrat who has only been identified
with the Republican party about three
yelrs. and John c. Covert, candidate Tor
Representative, who narrowly escaped
defeat two wears ago, and who m the
interim has coutriyed % render himself
still more o,iious to the same element
which fought him 50 bitterly
before. There Is every propa-
bilty of the defeat OF both
these gentlemen and a consequent DEM
ocratic Gain ui one member and poSSl-
blv two. Moreover, the dlsdtlection
which exists in tins county will not NJ
feet the Legislative or state tickets, with
the possible exception ot one lsePresen-
tatiyc. the fight being wholly upon
county officers, and the same may be
said of other Democratic counties where
tronble is reported, all OF which leads
me to the conclusion that the family
ouarrels i'm counties where they exist
will not affect seriously the State or Leg
relative tickets, which leaves the Dem