The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-02
THE OHIO ELECTION.
TmE REBUBLICANs ANXIOUS ROH
THURMAN 10 M NOMINA1ED
ron GOVERNOR.
Cengressman Atkins Idea OF EeOn0my
cutting Down the Post Route
Appropriations.


Atkins Idea or Eeenomy-
cutting Down the Post Route
Appropriations.
Especial Correspondence Of the Demoorat-I
WASHINGTON, ID. c., January 20. 1870
The recent visit Of the Governor Of
OHIO
10 Washington has, Of course, set all the
Radical correspondence pen-drivers OF work
on the coming campaign In that State. IL is
q popularity OF the Radical pen-dfiver TO
take more int rest In and Offer o greater NUM-
Der or suggestions concerning Democratic
nominations than those Of his own party. AS
. rule, the Radical pen-drlver never ventures
q word, or the sign OF q word, about the man
agement OF his own party, leaving 1t wholly
TO the profess onal politicians who run the
ssmasheen;" but he s never at loss for advice
30 give his adversaries as to whom they ought
to nominate, and upon what platform they
ought TO take their stand. In fact, the Radi-
cal pen-driver would take rank as the guide
philosopher and friend Of Demo ratio states
men generally but for his absurd habit
OF supporting every nomination made by
the machine politicians OF his own party,
and Of villifying every Democratic candidate
as Coon as he is fairly In the field, no matter
how extravagantly he tthe aforesaid PEN
driver may have eulogsed the DEMOCRAT
prior to his nomination. Take. for example,
the last general canvass: For more than q
year prior to the st. Louis convention tho
Radical press of the country, from the ITt-
bune OF jay Gould to the Gasette Of Deacon
Richard Smith, sang the praises OF the RE
~ .,,f VnYkt q Hfba pplu
candidate with whom the Democratic party
could stand q ghost Of chance to winl"
But the action Of the vt. Louis convention
transformed this Sir Galahad OF Gramercy
Park, In the estimation of the Radical press,
into the arch conspirator and boss oorrup-
ZIONIST OF the age in about four minutes.
This by way of illustration.
Well as said, the same Radical pen-driver
ID now straining the faculties OF his powerful
mind anent
THE OHIO CANVASS,
He has the slate all made up, every plank
In the platform cut and not only seasoned
but kiln-dried, and oil the Democratic con-
vention needs to do when 1t m eets at Columbus
liz to indorse the arrangement pro lorna, 60
home and prepare for defeat just OF this
present moment, strange as It may seem. the
favorite candidate of the Radical pen-driver
for Governor OF Ohio is
SENATOR THURMAN.
This liz a fact which requires explanation.
It might be supposed, from the fact that the
Radical pen-driver wants Senator Thurman TO
run for Governor OF Ohio that the Senator
would prove weak candidate easily beaten,
This Is not true, however, and we must seek
further for the real reason Of this phenomenal
Radical preferences:
Senator Thurman is q candidate for the
next Presidential nomination OF the Demo
cratic party, and the radical pen-driver does
not want him nominated for that Office. He
thinks that II the Senator were to run for
Governor of his State. and be defeated. that
result would shut him out OF the Democratic
Convention. Moreover, the defeat Of promi-
nent Democratic candidate for the Presi.
dency, In O great central State like Ohio. o
year In advance, would, In the estimation 81
the radical pen-driver, vastly enlarge the
prestige Of the Radical party for the ensuing
general contest
Therefore tbs part Of the Radical pro
Qramme to get Senator Thurman nominated
lOI l1UVeTUOT Vi olltO bili5 ldh dAu sitOh
PREoIPITATE THE PRESIDENTIAL CONTEST
upon that single State one year In advance
It is easy to understand the situation In this
light. Ohio is at best close and doubtful
State, with the chances In favor Of the party
that has the most money to spend. In the
State itself the Radical party has little, II any
advantage over the Democratic party, in this
or any other respect; 80 that, whenever the
two organizations are left to fight 1t out with
their local resources the result usually turns
upon the question OF the best management
and that, In about three cases out I'VE, turns
out to mean John Thompson and the Democ-
racy. 1t Is only when the indirect or remote
bearing OF an Ohio contest upon impending
national canvasses tends to elicit aid from the
outside that the Radical party enjoys the
advantage OF having the most money to spend
And, owing to the peculiar internal arrange
1nents Of the National Democracy, II some
times happens that the most potent IL not the
most open external foes OF the Democratic
ticket In Ohio are the Democratic managers
of other States, notably New York.
/ had little experience In this line myself
In 1876: for. In a canvass OF more than one
third Of the counties In the State. L found
everywhere the tracks of mysterious lnflu-
ence that was being exerted against our Uncle
William Allen; and whenever | took the back
scent on one of those tracks, to see where Il
came from, found the direction to be invari
ably that of Gramercy Park.
There can be no doubt that the same pro
uramme would be re-enacted II Senator Thur
man were to be the Democratic candidate for
Governor this fall. There are not twenty
Democrats in the State who do not know that
with Thurman as their candidate for Gov.
ernor, they would have to meet not only tht
whole force of the national organization d
the Radical party, headed by John Sherman
and backed by all the banks and corporations
OF the Northeast, but also the covert opposi
ton OF
THE TILDEN CoTERIE
in New York, who would take great pains tt
hamstring our friend Thurman from the real
lust at the moment when he was most des
perateiy engaged with John Sherman IL
front
This condition of affairs is undoubtedly un
fortunate for the Democratic party, SINCE |
the situation we're otherwise, Thurman
would be available and would undoubtedly o
the strongest candidate the Democracy .
Ohio could select. But so long as there ar
men in tho party who do not scruple at geo
pardlzing It's fortunes as whole Tor the sax
OF crushing personal rival, 1t ID impossible
for men like Thurman to come to the front II
local campaigns IN such States as Ohio.
Instead, therefore, of being as induStriOuSl