Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-07-14
THE OHIO CAMPAIGN.
Special Telegram to the Globe.

THE OHIO CAMPAIGN.
Special Telegram to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, D. G., July 13.- Charles
Foster, of Ohio, the Republican candidate
against Ewing, reached here yesterday. He
spent most of the day with Hayes and Sher-
man. His trip East and his call here only
meant one thing, and that is that the cam
paign in Ohio is desperately tight one, and
that the Republican "bar'r' must be opened
up if success is had. John Sherman was
able to inform Foster that the work of
fleeing the clerks was already well under
way, and that upward of 100000 could be
realized from that source during the season.
Said Sherman to Foster: "The clerks are
working under new plan this year. Out of
Difference to the civil service system, you
know, we call it volunteer subscriptions, and
do not make assessments. Of course 1t IS.
understood that if a man does not volunteer
his place will be needed by a more generous
man." At least this was the substance of
the information conveyed, if it is not the
exact language. Foster, of course, talks as
any candidate talks when approached by
newspaper men. He says to them that he is
the best man in Ohio, that the boys are
with him, and assumes an attitude of be-
witching candor as he says Ewing lisa strong
man and the strongest that could be run
against him. But with his own friends he
does not play SO heavy hand of bluff. He
admits that he is worried, and that the whole
canvass is bitter and decidedly uncertain.
10 make the campaign upon stalwart issues
is impossible, for with worthy tradesmen
upon the Republican ticket who delved for
dollars during tho war, and two soldiers
who fought to preserve the Union
upon the other, there is but little chance for
the Republicans to raise stalwart issues.
In little knot of friends, Foster said
Ohio was not much like last fall
TILDEN AND RANDALL.
The story goes that Speaker Randall and
Tilden have formed an offensive and defen-
sye alliance THAT Hendricks is to be thrown
overboard) that the Presidential ticket is to
be T1lden and Randall and that Randall is
particularly charged with framing plat
form upon which the hard and soft money
and free trade and protection Democrats
can stand. Randall is already said to have
made considerable progress in his part of
the task, and to have framed o platform
whose essential provisions are unlimited
coinage of silver, and no doubt in the inter-
est of the banks.
UNITED STATES MARsHALs. -..t
The Washington Post, speaking appar-
emily by authority, advises United States
marshals to proceed in the execution of
their regular duties and says that Congress
will reimburse them for every expense ex-
cept for tho use of deputy marshals as a
supervising force at elections. Gen. Raum,
commissioner of internal revenue in view
of the fact that there are no appropriations
for deputy marshals, proposes to organize
force of deputy collectors out of the general
fund for the collection of revenue and to
use these deputy collectors as posse to pre-
vent illicit distillation. He thinks by such
means he can to some extent compensate
OF the loss of the marshals' appropriation.
THE CARPET BAaGERs
of the South are beginning to organize for
the next Presidential campaign. They do
not propose, SO they say, to be cleft" again
as they were in the counting in of Hayes.
In the next convention they intend to make
their influence felt and command from the
nominee what they consider themselves en-
titled to. A meeting or conference of lead
ing carpet baggers was held at Old Point
Comfort the other day, to talk over the next
Presidential canvass and decide upon can
didate and policy. The conclusion reached
was that Blaine is the candidate for the car
pet baggers. It was urged that he, as Presi-
dent, would use all the power of his office to
restore the era of good stealing for these odor-
Gus politicians of the South. The conference
was secret, and of course all proceedings in
IL Il Tabs
his avowed candidacy were discussed at
length, and it was decided with great unan-
unity that he would not do as candidate
for the carpet baggers. He was owned en-
tirely by Wall street and the money power
had not evinced any affection for carpet
baggers. 1t was agreed that the carpet bag
crowd should begin to hurrah for Hayes and
lead him to believe that he was the man of
for few months and it would result in Gre
man. The idea advanced was to kill off
John fisherman in the interest of Blaine,
and the most effective way would be
to inspire the fraud with the belief that he
would be renominated, and thus lead him to
antagonize his secretary of the treasury.
Grant was talked of, but was discarded in
spite of few who warmly advocated him.
The argument against him was that should
he be reelected he would throw off on all
the old crowd and endeavor to win the con-
fidence of the country; that he would feel
it necessary to separate himself from all the
influences that brought reproach upon his
former administration, and this would leave
the carpet-baggers out in the cold. After
canvassing the whole field Blaine was select
ed as the man most likely to stand by the
carpet baggers.