, 1880-10-31
OHIO,
PLOTTING TROTTRr;r

THE DEMOCRATS PREPARING TO pREvrpr
: FAIR ELECTION.
Special Dtsnutch to- Tie Chicago 11tbun. -
COLUMBUS, O.. Oct. 30.-In their dse,o..
tion to gain control of the Government ~.
Democratic leaders in this State ara 49, .4'
pared to enter into any scheme which VII,
have a tendency to embarrass fair elpct;oa
The appointing of ten trusted Democr,tc -
each school district in the State to wo...
with view Of preventing, il possible: h.
publicans from voting, is regarded hera -.
a preliminary step in the formation NJ :
secret organization which. should thu prae
Dental election be.a close one, might atremnt
to prevent the seating of Gen. Garfield ~ ~
Presidential chair. It will be rememharaadd rad
that in 1876 there were threats made o,enlv
that should Gov: Hayes be counted in -
President $1,000 Democrats would n,arck -
Washington and place Mr. Tilden in ths @
White House. With Democratic Conprss.s ~.
on their side, they now
HOPE TO HAHGCRATE GEN. H4ycoEK
should the majority against him be small =
and, froIi the tone of the Democratic nniti
clans in Ohio to-day, the vote OF sone Sta,a
will be thrown out on the least pretext II Il
will aid the Democrats III coming into Dowpr
1t is believed the secret meetings all over tbe
State mean more than work on election-
~ J
that, ,a1ld exert an Influence to intimliate tfa
Republicans. And what is going on 10 0hio
to-day is bit the repetition OF the pecnlisr
modes adopted by the Knights Of the Golden
Circle and 80.
.:.,:::-. SONS or LIBERTY
Societies during the War. It will be re,ne1u4
bercu mass meeting was held In this eirv
Jan. l2, 1877. and it was resolved that Samuel
IL Tilden having oeeil elected P1rsfdeat.
-hxsf Inc, rnf fa} rho
iolirned to meet again in Washington On lie
4th of March, with force sufficient to carr
out the full intent OF the resolution. Thera.
was great bluster. The Democratic leaders
threatened to raise an army Of $1,000 men
lin this State a1one, and Gen. steed.
the volunteers did not; respond as anticI
pated, and the enterprise fell flat when tha
word came from Gen: Grant to the effect that
If ANY organized force came to the Capital of
the Nation Tor the purpose Of making d.
turbance,. :v
= !: SOMEBODY MIGHT GET HURT !:
These: few words from Grant l1at~a Ten
dency to quiet the loud demonstrations Of
: the Democrats. They knew with whom they
Democratic Congress to encourage themt
and if, they can throw out Republican
State they will not hesitate to do 50.
:; An amusing incident took place last night,
and the outcome shows what confidence tha
Democrats have in. the, election of Hancock,
Two prominent businessmen met in pub
lie resort, and, of course, the Presidency was
all tliat was talked about. 4 asserted that
there was no doubt Of Hancock's electtu,
when 3 said that Gen. Garfield would
probably. :.- : !: i: ! !. +: !
-. CARRY EVERY NORTHERN STATE ! - =
A, then offered to bet s100 even that Hancock
would be the next President. The money
was instantly put up Soon after a wanted
to draw. Out, but 3 would do nothing Of the
kind. But finally, as a. compromise, B CON:
ssntel to cancel the wager for S15; which
was promptly accepted. -: $: !"
The Democrats tlo not conceal their chs
grin that their still~hunt has been exposed,
:lid those who were engaged in II had been
assured that men OF the most reliable char.
acter were doing the work, all llaving been
sworn tn secrecy. They now say.'"The Re-
publicans manage tn catch lis just as we are
ready to spring 4 surprise on them, and they
now. sofenln}y acknowledge that the jig Is up
:. TI1ENE IS NO LITTLE FAULT FOUND.
with John e. THOMPSON and Chairman
Bar1uIn, in their management. THOMPSON
is da!nntt for *pye.licting Il. De,noelatle fte:
tory iii Ohio, which entnuseu The Dett1c1ats
in other States and caised them to lose hgay-
liz. Bnrnum is cursed for his stupidity IN
sending out the alleged Chinese letter. which
he knew to be forgery: The fact that no
responsible paper would touch Il: has salts
fed the people Of its being base forgery.