The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-06-25
COLUMBUS, OHIO.
The Last Of the Legislature, and Its
Work.
Political Points and Prospects-The Trouble
Between the Governor and his Lieu
tenant-A Cincinnati Senator ON
Hendricks-A Disguised
National, Etc.

COLUMBUS, June Zo.-1ne capital OF the
great State of Ohio is Just now quite lively.
The closing hours of the Legislature which
has had session of five months, longest
in the history of the State,
has something to do with this
life and the rapidly heating
up of the campaign has not "a little to do
with it. Then, Columbus is a city OF no
mean importance anyhow. The natives
claim population of 80, 600, which, in my
humble Judgment, is at least 10000 too
many. The city is well-built. has first
class business blocks and public buildings,
beautiful streets, and large amount of
manufacturing. 1t Is claimed that in the
past three years Columbus has improved
more in proportion to its size than any city
In this part of the Union. One
thing is perhaps more overdone here than at
any place l can now call to mind, and that
is newspaper business. Five dailies and
nearly three times as many weeklies strive
for existence. The Journal is the old Re-
publican paper so well known, while the
Dispatch is of the so-called Independent
Republican faith. The Statesman is the old
Democratic paper and the Democrat is the
new venture of the same faith
Then there is the daily La
Dor, late enterprise started
by a few printers, and apparently succeed
ing as well as could be expected. The usual
number of Sunday papers and other weekly
issues complete the list.
The Legislature, according to the testi-
mony of its members at least, has done a
great work this session. the bulk of it being
the codifying of the laws of the State
The committees have labored night and
day, and the great work is now
finished. The constituency, say those who
have been on these committees, can have no
idea of the great amount of work required
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and Ohio. 1t is asserted, viii hereafter have
her laws in a shape as near perfection as
possible. The portly form of Lieutenant
Governor Fitch looks imposing as he reads
the morning papers, quietly sitting behind
his desk during the proceedings of the Senate
and Jim Neal, the boy from Butler county
peers over the desk as speaker of the House.
He looks IS young as ever, and bears his
honors with becoming modesty.
In conversing with members of both
branches from all parts of the State, and
representing all parties, | learned that the
Grant boom is fast dying out in Ohio, where
it never was SO strong as in Indiana, and
especially in Illinois. The Re-
publicans prefer Sherman, and the
great bondseller is growing in
popularity every day. There are some who
talk of Garfield, but none who consider for
a moment the claims of Blaine, Conkling or
any one not an Ohioan. Ohio has settled
down to the firm conviction that it requires
an Ohio man to do things right in any re.
sponsible position. The Republicans, of
course, uphold the course of
la in :, regard 3D. to the SSe e
remembered. They are apparently very
sanguine In regard to the State ticket, but
occasionally l could find one who was either
more honest, or had better Judgment, who
would tell me, in a half confidential tone,
that the whole matter was very uncertain,
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be foreshadowed. Ohio casts a very large
vote, and a small per cent changed either
way would determine the result. 1 found
the Democrats decidedly non-commlttal
on the presidential subject. They are
awaiting the result of the approaching con
test in the State. If the Democratic ticket is
elected, then Thurman or Ewing one, will
be held up-for the latter, it seems, has aspi-
rations as high as anybody. If the Repub
lican State ticket wins then goodbye Ohio
candidates for the presidential race on the
lD side OF the track.
turn things may take IN this
State that they seem to have scarcely con-
sidered any outside aspirants. However,
found none who were willing to take stock
in Tilden. They feel that the New York and
Eastern Democracy generally are not in
sympathy with them in the present contest,
and that if they do not lend material aid to
the Republican party of the State, they will
at least not help the Democracy, for the
reason that they do not want the triumph
of the Ohio idea, nor the boom of Western
candidate for the Democratic nomination at
the next National convention. OF Hen
drlcks, ali | met spoke well except senator
from Hamilton county, who did crack it to
Indiana's favorite son numerically. As to
the hope OF the Democracy for the success
of the State ticket, II is similar
to that of the opposition. The younger
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and more prudent are unwilling to risk
their regulations as political prophets The
result of the elections last spring has made
things very uncertain, they think, and
while they hope for the best they feel far
from satisfied with the prospects In q
word, there is little real confidence on either
side of ultimate victory, and the fight,
rapidly, is certain 10 be one
of the hottest ever known in the State, out
side of war times. The situation seems to
be about this: The well known Greenback
sentiments of General Ewing it IS thought
will draw largely from the Greenback or
National party which has considerable
strength here, and will thus help the Demo-
crat ticket. Not few of the leading
G.eenbackers, whom encountered,
But on the other hand the SYM
pathy, il not the actual assistance of the
Eastern Democracy, will help the Republi-
can ticket to which can be added the inn
mense resources for funds, furnished by the
National banks. So 1t is certain to be close.
For some days q blatant prayer, named
Nichol SHOULD be MCKEE, from Chicago,
a member of the so.cailed Honest Money
league has been holding forth to crowd of
men and boys from the Capitol steps,
Ee claims to be In the employ of the Repub-
licans who give him $40 . night for his
rawlings. Invent to hear HIM. He had lot
of extracts from Brick Pomeroy's commun.
istic utterances, and put them forth as the
resentatlve of the Greenback idea Brick rep
resents the Greenbackers OF the West about the
same as the lunatic of the Oklahoma States
does the Southern people. During the pro.
gress of his speech some inebriated hearer
began to comment rather louder than was
in good taste After being quieted once or
twice, police whistle was blown for several
minutes, but not q blue-coat responded. Two |
citizens then took hold of the objector and
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