Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-09-10
= from our Washington cOHsspondsnt,l
The Ohio Campaign.
ColpMBus, September 8,


satisfied Is q regular case VI whislllnl
against q bad flight As ] said II
my letter hom Cincinnati, there Is
or ut least has been, q small per-
cenlage Of advantage Ia their isyor "
any campaign In this Commonwealth
because II has been reliably repnbll'
can, and because there IL an Immense
army Of Ohio ioilice-holders TO work
and contribute aud this year they
have Unlimited supplies OF money, but,
with all that, after thorough canvass
Of tho situation, ! feel morally certain
that Bwing Is going to be elected
Nothing short OF the absolute pur'
chase OF voters by The thousand eau
prevent It. John Sherman did not
make such u success Of bis TRIP To tho
State as was anticipated, and he re-
trrned TO Washington rather IN dis
comdlure. The people were too well
posted concerning his transactions
with certain national banks, and made
II most uncomiorlably hot for him,
John has never undertaken 10 explain
why about forty millions 4" govern
menl iu"dS are lett ~ 'ne ''a',oS Of "
single pahk W New io'k w''h""' NJ
curity nor ms ~ 'o'd why IL ~ wv"
'''s same panR Is give" No much '"'e
III reporting IN pona 'rAhS'''''"S ''I
tue treasury 'ha' u u ao'e 70 cut WI
lew extra coupons 'o' wv" SITS u
oonds' thereby "ra"l's '"''' "'""''s
or more interest on al 'he oo"os Va
changed and Tue ones 'Aeho"seu '''
II he snou'o Tell tue r'"'' pe'P'' '"'
here ''"s ~ o""e" '"'Se '''''''' ="
lhls pahK, ana was Pu'''Hs """"'
some proht mo MS own pocket ~
these 'rahs"c''ohs' lucy "'s"' NV
cohs'de: II soou ano So'"c'c"' EXCUSE
Az any 'h'e Joi'n o'o" 'e'i '"e"' '"'''
As | said in my iormer letter, dem
ocratc success haa generally thought
to depend largely upon getting out u
big vot" in the democratic counties OF
southern Ohio. But | an no" Ger
tain the ticket will get quite as much
OF a boost from some Of the old re-
publican strongholds, Information
from the Western Reserve reports
greater activity there on the demo
cratic side than was ever known be.
fore--even in the Allen campaign.
The opinion has been expressed that
it is necessary to get out the demo-
cratic vote in Garfield's and Monroe's
districts in order to make the state
sure. and the Workingmen say It
shall I've done, There was q large
Greenback vote in the Nineteenth
,GarGpld's) and twentieth Clowns
end's) districts last wear; nearly 10,
600 IN the two. Ewing will get two.
tb;rds of tbesa and nrob.blv more
The vote NAV not be as LARGE AZ it
sbonld in Cnvabooa couniv NCleve.
lapd,. but it will be better than last
vaor and tho hest informed saw that
4 sre will be m cause for comnlaint
There ia o cons;darahle hard money
element in both of these districts. bu,
there 10 no dissatisfaction with Ewino
n. vii, ont avarv democra,;c vote or
20 near it that the executions will no,
not be worth noting. In McMabcn's
distric, there will be a positive dem.
ocratic gain, in spite of the most DIES.
perate work on the part of Fosters
friends and allies to break into the
Soldieys' Home. The soldiers have
had plenty of time to read and are
we'll informed Thew know that Rice
was the author and the advocate of
the pension hill that he was the best
friend the soldier ever had in Con-
yr.ss and thew intend 70 vote for him
In tho thrsa counties tha donocro,s
will oain NOT less than 5Oo and il
nav r.,cb ooo Tn TsF.vre's dis