The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-10-30

Representatives of the Enquirer
have been endeavoring to ascertain
the Senatorial preferences of Repub-
licans elected to the Ohio Legislature,
and the result is given at length else.
where in this paper. Their work in
dicates the Senatorial situation as near
as it can be determined at this early
day, with party scheming, combina-
tions, sudden booms, SC, to come. A
number of the elect have freely ex-
pressed their choice a greater number
have been on.committal; and the
probabilities as to how others will vote
have been based on careful consider
alton Of their political surroundings,
the affections of their constituents, and
the understanding that prevailed at
the time they were nominated.
The reports of our correspondents
indicate that if the election for United
States Senator was to be held to-day
General Garfield would receive the
votes of Senators Strong, Hitchcock,
Hartshorn, Cline. CowaD, Richards,
Creamer, Beebe, Perkins, Beer, Horr,
and Brown and Representatives Thorp
and French of Ashtabula, Leggett OF
Carroll, Young of Hardin, Carpenter
of Meige, Smith of Noble, Covert,
Dempcy, Palmer and Chapman of Guy
ahoga, Scott of Jefferson, Walker OF
Logan, Stubbs of Preble, Hathaway of
Geauga, Wilson of Mahoning, Kerr of
Columbiana, Carlisle of Morrow, Reed
of Trumbull, Townsend of Athens,
Price of Muskingum and Hill and
Ebright of Summit.
Those who have been ascertained to
be non-committal on the subject are
Senators Eggleston Except as to him
seif), Kirby, Fleischmann, Pond and
Mounts, and Representatives William
son of Huron, Millikin of Fayette,
Paine of jackson, Scott of Warren,
Jones of Delaware, Dial OF Clark,
Cowgirl of Champaign, Beeman of
Gallis, Mowey of Morgan, and Day
ton, Davis, Voight, Stryker, Hill,
Heart and Kirchner of Hamilton.
Representatives Robinson of Union,
Spetna2el of Ross, and Koons OF Knox,
are set down as probably for Sher-
man, while Representatives Locke Of
Madison, seems to be ''scattering" be-
tween Garfield and Taft, and Senator
Hollingsworth expresses himself pos
itiyely for Lorenzo Danford.
This brings to notice sixty Republi-
can Senators and Representatives, or
about two-thirds of the number of
Republicans elected to the Legislature.
or these General Garfield seems to
have thirty-fOur, or about . dozen
less than Q majority of the Republi-
can caucus, with the ''non-committal"
and those from whom we have not re-
ceived reports to draw upon to make
up the deficiency.
General Garfield, however, has many
dangerous contingencies to consider,
Notwithstanding his present seeming
brilliant prospect. Much Of his sup
port is on the supposition that Secre-
tary Sherman Is out of the Senatorial
race to enter for the Presidency. The
Grant movement is TO be considered
in connection with this. If the Grant
wave seems irresistible month or 80
hence, or if Mr., Sherman concludes
that he needs the Senatorship as q
stepping stone, q sudden fence mend
ing expedition into Ohio might make
q terrific reduction of Gardeld's ap.
parent strength. If the uncertainty
about Sherman should be removed,
and he should be proclaimed a capdi-
date, many Of those who are now set
down in the Garfield column would
probably be for the man who has been
the financial mentor of the Republi.
can party in Ohio these many years,
and upon whom rests the party ad
vantages derived from the Republican
resumption of specie payments.
Besides this, General Garfield is
looked upon by many leading Repub.
Iicans of the State as q timid polite.
ian, who may, in the most unaccount-
able manner, throw away his chances
when they are the best. They tell
how he gave up the Senatorship in
1877, at the command of the President,
for the baseless fabric of dream OF
the Speakership of the House.
! Then there are other candidates. In
teryiews with Hamilton County mem.
bers bring out prominently the names
of Taft, Matthews, Dennison and Egg
tgleston, and there is not ono Of these
gentlemen who has not respectable
following in the State.
Gsrfeld's strength is largely sec
tienal. His admirers in the northern
part Of the State are quick with elo-
qucnt declarations in his favor. He
may have exhausted himself in the
first heat. His first exhibition, made
at . moment when other candidates
are holding themselves in reserve and
quietly warching the drift of politics,
may be the best he can make, and il il
not enough.-[Enquirer.