, 1880-02-21
OHIO.
dl'EAr OPPOSITION 70 rltt: oANl'ln.Aof or

ul,EAT OPPOSITION TO TltE CANNlD.Sof or
SHERMAN.
Special Dttpatth tn Ths Ghftaao Tribune.
CoLUMItta, O.. Feb. oo.--A' proMli,ellt dts.
c1p1u Of SelIalor ulalne icrrs nntl Eelltlt-
lnfl whu llas, IL n ceri,li,, extent, tho 1'lnnrl
Knights cantlistacy In this State III cimrEr,
ll.ls been making su1llu inquiry, BY letter ninl
otherwise. Into tic situation of n'Eatrs In VIII
rlnus purttuns of tho Statc. lIO llas ulreudy
received uia1ly 1ettess in RESPONSE to his cf-
forts, al,,t lIls tint the pledges ,nne by Ger
tain sl,cakers Mt the Shern,an meeting, IL
deliver over the yotcs of their respective
sections III il 1nass to tho Fnanclnl Srcretary,
wero ntuto without dne rcgnrsl for thu faets
III the casr. ! have 1rrn permitted to pcrnsa
these letters, alul below extracts arc glvcll
therctvoM.
III tho first place, Qnitn n number OF tho
letters objuct to tho candidacy ofs Sherman.
ut tho ground ttlat hia n0illinntion would
nleu.l 4 canvass Oh tlle Resumption Issue.
This Is considered by tic writors of tlle let.
tors to be n risk, froln the fact tint between
now md etcct!oll-tilnu many products will bu
tnlscll lower tlIan they ire to-tlay. 4 war III
Europe iltay lluyn the elect to kegp WHEAT
M, and il.ny not; whtlc tho general ulset-
tllng plfect OF Presidential cn,uplgn will
probably hnyt. tho effect of milking the times
tlullcr than they now IRE. III thIs view Ut
the case, the claim 0f great tltings accoil-
plis1icd by llesu'upt!Xl will bo held by our
uppo,,eiits to ho t,0llsti,se; nInl, when We
ltaye nothing else to full buck upon, We will
be LEFT III bad staape it,.lee.l. Tile writer's ot
these letters suggest TINT Blaine cai, he nom-
iMatel oh tho general issue. lle was I'll hyor
Uf Resumption us much rs Secretary Sller:.
plRn; md tl,gru Rru, III cnsB tllat should fall
to lea n telling Issue, many other points TINT
cnn lie raisutl IN lIis fayar. .e,.nu.o,.
tile tuct, Ut they e1afMl, tat public ntinel!t
nn tho Republican, sil(e outside tfle State. II
uppose.l to nj Ohio nlall; ad THO advocacy
Will tln.s b. practically IL dead letter, as 1t
4 prominent Republican from Cincinnati
| writes: lit would nstonish YOU tb. sce tho
systematic Efforts that nre oninE employed %
work up, Sherman sentll1gnt here Tho
fsi1lal-i!eseiiue s 0llcs OF i'ost.oi!ee. a!i'l
dnfiy yiolatc, T. not tho letter, ut lenst the
| 4 gentleman frnn Toledo writes that "'fhc
Shernan literary bureau l'ns brunch o!llee
Of systematic p,lifs will have sonie effect upon
tic public Of his regiDtl. mn told by some
men who l,aye actually Iolned Sherman clubs,
t!!at tlley, prefer Blalile, bMt think, that, 4S
cnuse lis to nuke Il show of support far l,tln."
Fruln UIlo Of tho eplnttus Ut tiArtleid'a Ills.
| triet ct,llles tile following: "Fnr mygu1f, 1
aMI nut onposed to Sherman, but prefer
deprecated tl!0 for1nlng Of clubs Mt present; !;
INT, for nuliy weeks, even 1etore the l3ar.
luld letter, tIlHru l,Hs heni a systematic effort
10 work Mr y Sherman feeling" ...-..
OF one of Siernan's pro'ninent n,atagars,
= lending Republican n Ils county says
MT - Is tho worst political tlcadbpaI III
Ollg or elsewlicre! but, l,y n!iroitly rgpre;
RentEng himself rs Gen Gnrilelll'A rI4llt~hanll
liN1l, Al!I by Au1t,g queer netllNtS ut ills nWll,
l!o llas wriEglctl tnto Gce. As u tlcnngng
he IL |. success. Formerly lto clafnlel to Dt,
Il warm Dlnlne 1uan; Int, n{ter Mr.. 11nyes'
nomination., he represented that lio was the
! principal layer TINT ttftest him."
Representative Thpfp, of Asl,tabul0, wli0
wns ono Of thu l1ltlrSt speakers mt tho SEer'
lnnst nlertElg here Inst week, md who Gils nil
nnticcd himself us Dlln of Sllrrnnll's prlMcf.
1>ai managers, hMs bGeil bl,sily engMyets r1
!nta circulating. q Inpur for .slgncrs III tho
Legislature. Tllu llaper pledges th,so wilt
attuct their Halllt.a tu MAKE. MI active ntitI
continuous struggle to bring about complete
llarmInry In their respective co.lntles tn
.Ini.i SlerN.a... Whe1. lust seen, The rAlnl
hAA very tnw sfHiIers indeed. Mr.. Thor
sail tO I.lemher 10 whom l,e presented tht
paper, n,ltl Win lpfl,setl 10 Sign It, tint tilt
SersGtnry'a cllnnces III the Si,lte lust lnW nrt
decidedly Un tilH, want, antt, unlcss SOME
thing Wern ttollt, hG, would l1nyo to giyu ~
tllu ri,ct. 1Iia DlrGt, [lu safl. WIS to uScef
tafl, just who tl!o SecrGtnry'S friends very
AMI thus bG able to wnrk With morB elect,