The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-10-08
Last NIGHTS Dispatches.
OHIO.
The Campaign in Cincinnati.
Special Telegram TO the Times,
SPEAKER RANDALL.


CINCINNATI, Oct. Hon. Samuel
Randall addressed meeting of some four
or five thousand people in the Findley
street market to night, speaking for three
quarters of an hour He touched the
tariff question lightly. and urged that the
time had not come for a radical change of
the tariff principles, but that the Demo :.
cratic party would gradually return to
free trade. The speaker denounced the
rebel claim and business arguments of the
Republicans. and ended with one of the
nnest eulogiums ever passed upon Han
cock. The Republicans are not as over
confident in this section as they have been
in former years Indeed. there seems to
be decided panicky feeling among them,
and hundreds are willing to adult that
the Democrats haye the boom. Cincinnati
business men are vitality interested in
southern trade. They built railroad in
the south at cost of $l8,000,0 900, and
last spring brought five thousand southern
merchants to Cincinnati, nearly two
thousand OF whom were banqueted at
Music hall. The Gazette aud the Com
naercidl have been
vICIOUsLY WAVING THE BLOODY SHIRT
and denouncing the same southerners as
rebels, traitors. Ku- klux, robbers, and
cutthroats, to the injury of the trade of
that section with the city This course in
these papers did more hurt than good to
the Republican cause here, because it
touched merchants and manufacturers
pockets which everywhere is paramount to
their politics. The effect was the publica-
ton in the Enquirer of petition from
business men. wostly Republicans, pro-
testing against this allegation of partisan
press that the business men of Cincinnati
hold any enmity toward the southern
people. Ibis was signed by some of the
leading firms 10 the city. among which was
Mitchell Il Rammelsberg. Globe rolling
mills, Swift rolling mills. Halls Safe and
Lock company, and other huge firms.
Charles Jacob. Jr., Il Co. headed the
list, Mr. Jacob heing the present Repub-
lican mayor. | mention all this SO that
your readers may not be surprised if this
city goes heavily Democratic next Tues
day.
THE BUSINESS INTERESTS LIE
largely in the south since the building of
the southern road. and the course of The
Commercial and The Gazette has scared
the sober>minded merchants and man
ufaoturers. Charles johnson, the city
editor of the polksblGtt. German Repub.
lican paper. and Republican himself, told
me con6dentislly few days ago that the
Democrats would carry the county
and elect Hunt to congress in the First
district, and may be Banning in the
Second. The Democrats claim that they
have spotted three hundred fraudulent
nergo voters in Cincinnati. Both parties
are accusing the other of using money
lavlshly, and l suppose they are about
right in their accusations. In this city
and southern Ohio there is large pur-
cbasable vote, and the party whose purse
is largest gets the most of it. In Cincin
natl this independent element can be seen
any day summing itself on Vine street, and
keeping an eye open for the paymasters of
the parties. But the business men are
going into this canvass with vim. Iwas
told to-day that club of three hundred
business men. many of whom had never
before taken an active part iu politics,
had organized, and would turn out with
torches
IN THE GREAT HANCOCK PROCESSION SAT-
URDAY
By the way, this same procession promises
10 be a monster. aud if efforts are OF avail
It will eclipse that of the Republicans last
Saturday night. The Republicans are
already beginning to cry that all Kentucky
will be here to join the procession. but
the Democrats say. true for you, and part
OF Indiana and Ohio, too. No difference
where they come from, just so they are
out-the more the merrIer, and the fur
ther they come the more enthusiasm it
will show. The city is in a tumult of
excitement. Meetings and paradiug clubs
are as plentiful each night as drug stores
everybody is crazy with the prevailing
topic, and business is almost at a stand
still the exposition alone gives a relief.
Three hundred and twenty-three Italians
have joined the Hancock club, one hundred
aud twenty-four of whom were former
| Republicans. Less than fifty of that peo
pie in this city will vote for Garfield. A
| trip to day
AMONG THE IsRALITE BUSINESS HOUSES
and firms of the city by an Enquirer re-
porter shows that while there are no Jews
turned from the Democratic ranks tc
GarfieIds support, the contrary is the
case. Many Republican lsralites have
openly declared for Hancock Among
these are Abe Bloch. of the firm tof A.
Bloch & Co.: Sol Levy, of the firm of Levy
of the arm of Levy & Kahn; the book
keeper OF Kahn Il Co.; the foreman ol
Fechheimer. Frankel Il Co.. and others
Who ask not to be brought into prominence
There is not doubt in the world that the
Republicans in southern Ohio are on the
run.