The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-09-03


waged against him by both Democrats
and Republicans. The hasty and Had
vised action of the Republicans was the
principal cause of his loss of votes. The
Trumbull County Convention. without
waiting to hear the satisfactory explana-
ton which Gen. Garfield could make Of
his vote on the Salary bill, passed reso-
buttons condemning him; the Warren
Chronicle, the only Republican paper in
Trumbull county at the time, teemed
with articles against him In both prose
and poetry, and some Of the latter is
now going the rounds of the Democratic
newspapers as a campaign document.
Many Republicans In other counties of
the district, misled by the ciamor.
joined In the attack, and, of course. the
Democrats made the most of the capital
thus furnished. Thousands upon thou
sands of copies Of the New York San,
/ and another prominent newspaper, con-
/ tanning the most elaborate and violent
attacks on Gen. Garfield, were freely
circulated, and no means were neglected
to reduce his vote. The best and most
popular Democrat in the district. DIR.
D. B. Woods, of Warren, was his COM
petitor Yet with such opposition, and
such candidate pitted against him,
only $500 votes were turned away from
him, and his majority was 101 votes
greater than the whole number which
were cast for DR.. Woods!
In 1876, Gen. j. S. Easement, Of
gainesville, brave Union soldier and
popular Republican,, was nominated as
Gen. Garield's competitor, and was
supported by the anti Garfield Republic
cans and the Democrats and Green
hackers. Easements total vote in the
district was Ii $40; nearly twice as large
as that of DR.. Woods in 1874, on account
OF the union of all the opposition parties
IN his support. Garfeld's vote was 90
OH, gain of I, 421 over his vote in 1874,
and 023 more than he received in 1872.
His majority ini1S76 was $500, gain of
2,314 over his majority in 1874.
In 1878 the Democratic Legislature of
Ohio had gerrymandered Garfield's dis
trict by throwing out the Republican
county Of Portage and adding the then
Democratic county of Mahoning. In
that year Gen. Garfield received IL, 166
votes. He had three competitors, sup
ported respectively by the Democratic,
Greenback and the Prohibitionist par
ties. The total vote cast for these three
candidates was 1879. Garfeld's ma
iority over his leading competitor was
9;613, and his majority over all was
6,367. Milton Barnes was in that year
at the head of the Republican State
1nLr e
State. His vote in Garfeld's district
was Il, 246, only Sc votes more than were
cast for Gen. Garfield.
These figures, taken from the official
returns, show that when a sufficient
time had elapsed for passions to cool,
and for the truth to become known,
only eighty-six Republicans in the Nine
teenth district continued to oppose Gen.
Garfield. Most Of these have since been
convinced Of the error of their ways,
and are now heartily supporting the Re-
publican candidate for the Presidency.
There is not a prominent Republican in
ne district who can be named as an ex-
option. Even 'tTam Gleen'' George
L. Townsend, the talented Scotch poet,
who did the most popular and famous
anti Garfield writing for the Chronicle,
is now an active worker for the states
man of Mentor. Gen. Easement, who
was his competitor in 1876, is now one
Of his most ardent supporters, and head
ed the Lake county delegation which
fastened to Mentor to congratulate Mrs.
Garfield on the day that Gen. Garfield
was nominated for the Presidency. In
the present campaign Gen. Garfield is
receiving the unanimous support of the
Republicans of his old district. No
body pays any attention to the exploded
stories which were used with some effect
in 1874, and many intelligent Demo-
Gratis, especially among business men,
will vote for him in November. His ma
jority in the Nineteenth district this year
will far exceed any that he has ever be-
fore received in this stronghold of Re-
publicanism.