Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-08-02
THE OHIO CAMPAIGN.
TIE Opinions Of congressman HUI on the
Prospects.

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He stepped off the train, and he looked
tired and dusty, also thin, and his buster
chung around him in sweaty folds, and his
name was w. D. Hill, and he was a Con-
gresham from the Sixth district Of Ohio.
Hours after he sat in 9 big armchair in his
room smoking cigar and looking comfort
able and rosy, and 10 per cent. fatter than
ne did at the depot, and a Herald reporter
gathered heart and went in and said:
"Mr. Hill, what do you think of the pros
poets for the coming canvass?"
Well, all of MS Democrats think it looks
very encouraging"
do you apprehend no trouble from a
split off of hard money men from the Demo-
cratic party?"
mo, sir; we apprehend no trouble. There
will be few hard money Democrats who will
refuse to vote for Ewing.''
"Will not his extreme soft money views
artagonize the hard money element of the
party?"
81 think not to any extent. We look upon
Mr.. Ewing as the representative and expo
nent of the Ohio idea,' and shall vote for
him accordingly
"1sn't this bad year for the Ohio idea?''
II rather think not. Nobody is going to
be fool enough to give the credit for good
crops, which is due God Almighty. to the
Republican party
"The financial question will enter largely
into the canvass, will it not?'
"The State Central committee will meet
mere TO- morrow to consult with the nominees
upon the State ticket in regard to the COM
ing canvass, and will fix the plan upon which
ia IN ho ind
that plan will be. The financial question
however, will not be the only one which will
enter into the campaign"
what will be anotherf''
zine right of the general government to
control elections by the use of the army. of
marshals and supervisors at the polls.''
"Do you think the people of Ohio are
liable to take an overwhelming interest in
this question:
L think they will take enough interest in
it to make it an issue in the campaign. II
was tie Democrats il the North and OF Ohio
that forced this issue in the extra session of
Congress upon the people, aud not they, the
Southern brigadiers, as they persist in
stating. Good Lord, the brieadiers had all
they could do to take care of themselves. We
are opposed to the Republicans using the
power they possess to keep themselves in
power, that's ALL"
There was silence in the room for the
space of half minute, and then Mr., Hill
said, abruptly:
~ don't put much faith in these allepa-
tions of the use of money in the canvass.
You know there are hints that because Mr.,
Foster has more money than General Ewing
that he will stand better chance of being
elected than the general. That is all bosh
Mr.. Foster is too much of gentleman to use
money to influence elections, and I am Ger
tain General Ewing will not. am in hopes
we shall have an honorable, high-ton cam
paign. That is what desire to see if take
part in it myself, which intend to do.''
Then you think Ewing will not lose any
thing by the desertion of hard-money men?''
"Oh! There may be few rd-money
men who will not vote for Mr.. Ewing, but
the detection will not amount to much. Mr..
Ewing will gain ten votes from the ranks of
those who have leanings toward the National
party where he will lose one hard .money
| man."
"Upon what issue will your party fight
out the scampaign?''
"Well, first upon the right of the general
government to control elections by the use
of the army, deputy marshals and super
visors; second, the currency question. We
demand a full and free coinage of silver.
We are not monometalists. We are BIZ
metalists. We demand that our currency
shall consist of gold and silver and paper
redeemable IN gold and silver"
"Wherein does that differ from the old
Democratic platform twenty years ago?''
"We demand that the currency shall be
controlled by the government and not by
the banks as monopolies.''
"Your Greenback friends do not believe
IN this doctrine of redeemabIe paper money,
and yet the organs of your party were
strong in stating that the Democratic and
Greenback platforms were identical?''
swell, they are; at least when you con-
slider the one Termed at Toledo; of course,
our platform is not identical with that one
made by the Greenbackers at Columbus"
but your organs stated this prior to the
meeting of the Greenback convention at
Columbus, and stated that Ewing embodied
their idea of a Greenbacker?"
General Ewing stands squarely upon the
Democratic platform. We have never been
committed to the idea of fiat money, and We
have never favored irredeemable CURRENCY .
"Can your party stand by the record of its
legislature?''
tuuk IL WILL nave no trouble IN SO
doing. There will be some talk about reor-
ganization, and that is something which
think neither party should do, but the Re-
publican party set the example and we only
followed for revenge
"Now, what about majorities?''
"Oh! we'll, you know as we'll as that it
would be foolishness for anyone to attempt
to predict anything early in the canvass.
Ohio is most unstable and peculiar State,
and you can tell absolutely nothing about
it,
WINONA WINS.
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