The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-07-31
WASHINGTON
GENERAL EWING ExPRESsEs HIS
VIEWS ON THE OHIO CAMPAIGN.

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And Laughs at the AbsardIty OF sOme False state
meAtB Concerning Him.
Washington, D. O., July 2S; 1879.
GENERAL EWING
Made a flying visit to this city last night
and left tonight for his home in Lancas-
ter, Ohio. he exploded several OF the
campaign ISLANDERS which have been put
afioat concerning the charge that he had
made an alliance, offensive and defen'
sive, with TildeA, the General says: III
Ia pure nonsense. have no alliances
with Mr.. Tilden or any other statesman
about politics-Tnone whatever ! am
nobody's candidate but the candidate OF
the people Of Ohio. l shall seek in this
canvass to keep the Presidential ques-
ton entirely out Of it. five win, it will
be time enough to determine then what
the Democracy will do on the President
ial question. see the Leavenworth
Press tells long yarn, which has since
bsen revamped by the New York IN
buns about my being in conference with
Mr.. Tilden from eleven o'clock at night
until three O'Clock in the morning map
ping out the campaign in Ohio in 1850,
and the Presidential campaign Of next
wear, and about Mr.. Tilden's agreeing to
contribute $4,000, provided Mr.. J. q.
Thompson should have nothing to 90
with the canvass. IL Ia all stuff and slusn
In company with Mr.. Bsrnum and Sem
ator Randolph, l called ON Mr., Tllden
about eight o'clock in the evening, an0
stayed not more than an hour, Isubse'
uuently called with Senator Randolph
on Mr.. Kelly. l had no conversation
with either gentleman about contribu'
tons for the Ohio campaign or the Presi-
dency in $780,"
Touching the published statement that
he (Ewing) had boasted in New York to
a newspaper man that he would be elec
ted by 10000 majority, the General said
met New York Mail interviewer on
Broadway the other day, and he brought
me to full stop and held on to my hand
while he said General, you are the
peoples candidate, and all hill can't
beat you you will be elected by 10000
majority l said II hope so, but reckon
not by any such majority Thereupon
we parted without another word. The
next issue of the Nail had an interview
with me, reporting me as saying that
while Foster was nice gentleman, |
was the peoples favorite, and would be
elected by at least 10000 majority. 1t
wasn't worth while to contradict the in
terviewer, though he represented me as
bloyiating in way that l am not all ad-
dicted to-"
As to the conduct ofthe campaign, and
the charge that he was disposed to
hedge in the financial, General Ewing
says "Iam not a hedger or a trimmer.
l am going to stand squarely on the
Democratic platform, which announces
the chief propositions which have al
ways advocated. l shall not attemyt TO
commit the party to any other PROPOSE
tions, but will discuss these up to the
handle"
"Upon what issues, think you, will the
Ohio campaign be conducted ?"
"Upon free elections and the finance
propositions declared in our platform.
/ regard the question as of equal rank,
and will not ignore any of them. Each
speaker, of course, has his own view OF
the respective importance of these qles
tions. and will govern himself accord
ingly."
your Missouri Order No. IL, Was not
that order and its execution a necessity
of war ?"
Yes, sir; it was necessity ofwar, and
necessary to save the lives of families
and friends of the guerillas, who were
almost the only persons affected by It,
The town of Lawrence had just been
burned by Quantreil, and 164 unarmed
men murdered in'coldIblood That border
district was depopulated, only two or
three hundred families remaining, gen.
erally as spies and purveyors for the
guerillas If hadn't ordered them ont
Kansas people, led by Jim Lane, would
have burned them out. The order was
executed without the uHe of single
soldier. It executed itself. 1t was In
the middle of August, when the people
could move without discomfort, and 30
far from the order for them to remove
being a hardship any decent family
would have preferred to live in HI
rather than to live there. The order
settled the border war by cutting off the
supplies of the guerillss, It was approV-
ed by Major. General SGhOfeld and by
President Lincoln. General Schofeld
said in letter published two years ago
that President Lincoln, himselfsnd my
self we're responsible for the order in the
proportion Of our respective rank and
authority" .I. b.
General Ewing says concerning the
allegation that the Greenback Congress.
men are not favorable to his election,
that he knows that Hendriok b. Wright,
Ladd Of Maine, Lowe Of Alsbama, and
Stevenson Of illinois, are earnestly in
favor OF his election, He, doesn't know
hoy the others stand. He says: II
guess before the election comes off sec-
Fetary Sherman will find that he has
counted without his host on GreenbRCk
allies in Ohio to help give him boost
for the Presidency, There, will, of
course, be some Crandells and National
views in Ohio, ss, ,tbere are elsewhere"
Are you going to Maine :" lo9g
mo, sir, have q big enough contract
in Ohio" a,.-,..
"Do you expect that any money will
be raised outside Of Ohio to help your
canvass :"
Every little, II any, We must make
q poor mar 3 canvass, and 20 among the
people with script and stsfT, {, The Re-
publicans viii have o. big adyAntage in
having all the money they can use. We
have q new and very severe law In Ohio,
making oil forms of bribery and intimi-
dation punishable sb Penitentiary Of.
fenses. Welhtshd to SS6 that the law
10 thoIoughly eyecpted,"