The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-09-18

IFrom our Washington Correspondent
COLUMBUS, September 8.

COLUMBUS, September 8.
The Republicans are playing game
of brag in reference to the campaign
In this State, which, from careful in
veetigation of the facts, am fully sat
isfied is regular case of whistling
against a bad fright. AS said in my
letter from Cincinnati, there is, or at
least has been, a small percentage of
advantage in their favor in any cam
paign in this Commonwealth, because
it has been reliably Republican, and
because there is an immense army of
Ohio office-holders to work and con-
tribute; and this year they have un-
limited supplies of money, but with
all that, after thorough canvass of
the situation, I feel morally certain
that Ewing is going to be elected
Nothing short of the absolute pur-
chase of voters by the thousand can
prevent it. John Shermrn did not
make such a success of his trip to the
State as was anticipated, and he re-
turned to Washington rather in dis
conjecture. The people were too well
posted concerning his transactions
with certain National Banks, and
made it most uncomfortably hot for
him. John has never undertaken to
explain why about forty millions OF
Government funds are left in the
hands of a single bank in New York
without security nor has he told why
it is that this same bank is given SO
much time in reporting its bond trans
actions for the Treasury, that it is able
to cut off few extra coupons from two
sets of bonds, thereby drawing three
months or more interest on both the
bonds exchanged and the ones ex-
changed for. If he should tell the
plain people out here that he owned a
large interest in this bank, and was
putting a handsome profit into his
own pocket by these transactions, they
might not consider it good and suffi-
cient excuse. At any rate, John didn't
tell them that. t-sfar
AS said in my former letter, DEM
ocratic success has been generally
thought to depend largely upon get
ting out big vote In the Democratic
counties of southern Ohio. But I am
now certain the ticket will get quite
as much Of q boost from some of the
old Republican stroigholds. Informa-
ton 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 Democratic
vote in Garfield and Monroe's districts
in order to make the State sure, and
the Workingmen say it shall be done.
There was a large Greenback vote in
the Nineteenth (Garfield's) and TWEEN!
tieth Crownsend's) districts last year !;
nearly 10000 in the two. Ewing will
get two-thirds Of these, and probably
more. The vote may not be as large
as 1t should in Cuyahoga county
(Cleveland). but it will be better than
last year. and the best informed say
that there will be no. cause of COM
plaint. There is considerable hard
element in both of these dis
tricts, but there is no dissatisfaction
with Ewing. He will get every Dem
ceptions will not be worth noting. In
district there will be q
positive Democratic gain, in spite of
The most desperate work on the part Of
Fosters friends and allies to break into
;he Soldiers Home. The soldiers have
had plenty of time to read, and are
we'll informed. They know that Rice
was the author and advocate of the
pension bill; that he was the best
friend the soldier ever hadin Congress,
md they intend to vote for him.. In
;he three counties the Democrats will
yain not less than 500, and it may
.each 1000. In LeFever's district
Fifth), which is Democratic and
there is assurance of very
positive gain. LeFevre carried it by
,nly 1888 plurality, whereas, in 1876,
rilden's majority was not less than s.
100. Ewing and Rice will get back
1ard on to Tilden's figures, and may
exceed them. Lucas county, in which
Toledo is situated, was a strong Re-
publican county in the flush days of
but now the Inde-
and Greenback movements
lave taken strong hold. Ewing is
ure to get two-thirds of the Greenback
yote, and, it is thought, will carry the
county. It is the district now repre-
ented by Frank Hurd,, one of the
lblest men in Congress. His admira-
,le speech on the troops-at-the-polls
just before the adjournment
# the late extra session, was the best
of the issues between
Congress and the fraudulent President
made during the entire debate.
Above I have indicated some of the
eading points where the Democrats
ook for favorable results, mostly gath
red from information Obtainable at