Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-08-18

Inc Republican papers of Ohio, as we'll as
the men who profess to lead the party, dis
play unwonted confidence of success in
October. What they base their hopes upon
it is difficult at this distance to see, for all
reports from the State agree that the Demo-
cratic enthusiasm was never greater, while
but little interest is manifested on the Re-
publican side. 1t may be that there is much
the same feeling among the Republicans as
possessed the boy passing through grave
yard, and that they are only whistling to
keep their courage up. There are, however
few members of the party who have the
courage to tell the party managers the truth.
Among these is Congressman Keifer, who
writes to the chairman of the State commit
toe, and says that the members of that
organization underestimate Ewing's can
vass, and attempt by belittling and ridiculing
it to counterfeit the effect of the tremendou
and brilliant campaign General Ewing is
lnaugurating. He says there ought to be
no concealment of the fact that General
Ewing, in the several places he has addressed
the people of Ohio, has made a decided i'm.
preston, is eagerly listened to, and usually
seems to win the sympathy of his audience.
Nearly every mail brings letters to
the Congressional committee at Washing
ton, urging it not to lax in it's aid bv
the reports of the confidence with which
Fosters election is claimed. The committee
is urged and prodded to send larger INSTALL
ments of political pabulum into the State,
and by all means to see to it that every Re-
publican Ohio voter is sent to his home to
vote. More recently the seething canvass
now going on in Maine has commanded the
special effort of the Congressional committee,
and it was because the Ohio committee imae-
ined that they were being neglected that the
true situation of affairs was communicated.
AS another evidence of the over-confidence
of the.R Republicans, we may call attention to
the remarks of Senator Thurman in recent
interview as to the prospects. The caution
of the Senator in expressing an opinion is
proverbial, yet when questioned as to what
he thought of the result in Ohio he unhesi-
tatingly declared that Gen. Ewing had by far
the best of the canvass. He had received
intelligence from all parts of the State which
convinced him that the Democratic ticket
was immeasurably ahead; that Ewing and
Rice were popular among all
classes, more especially among the
soldiers; and that it was evident the false
pretenses of the Republican party of es.
peclal love for those who bore arms in de
tense of the union were fully exposed and
known by the people. Senator Thurman
will go to Ohio shortly to take an active part
in the campaign, and his eloquence will nc
doubt add largely to Gen. Ewing's majority
The game of brag played by the Repub.
llcan party will not win. The people Of
Ohio are fully alive to the issues raised al
the extra session of Congress, and they sym.
pathize fully with the course of the Demo.
cratic party. They wish to see all evidences
of the war which closed more than fourteen
years ago completely obliterated, for they
know that prosperity can only come
after sectional animosities have
been done away with. They have nc
sympathy with those politicians who find
their only capital in fighting over again the
battles that were fought-but not by them
nearly two decades ago. They wish to see
the era of fraternity fully restored they
wish to put stop tojthe monarchical tenden-
cies of the Republican party they wish to
see all men protected in the right to cast an
untrammeled ballot, without fear of federal
soldiers or federal supervisors or marshals
they wish to see restoration Of the era Of
good feeling between all the people who
compose the republic. The result in Ohio
while not deciding these issues, will go ia,
towards showing the drift of public opinion
and while we are not certain-owing to the
Greenback vote that Gen. Ewing will carry
the State, we have no hesitancy in predicting
that large anti Republican majority will
be shown.