New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-09-16
THE OHIO CAMPAIGN.


| Gratis DRFADING SUCCESS
rrpoM SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRlBuNE'l
| TorrDo Ohio, Sept. 13.-lhe new Nth Congress
sional District of which this city Is part seems
| IN have been designed by tho Legislature 1or inc
Democrats The four counties OF which IL is COM
posed have almost uniformly given Democratic
maiorities and last year gave Bookwalter %oo ol,i
| Foster upon National issues alone. AL the h'uio'
nal elections in Toledo last spring following closely
upon the passage of the liquor laws by the "eheI"
| Assembly the Germans as in all other cities III the
State voted almost solidly with the Democrats CIV
ing that party large gains while the Republicans eN
perienced corresponding losses Congressman 1ui"'
who Is n candidate for reelection by the Democrats
is popular in the district and State has the prestige
of success in his old district, and has reputation
which Is to some extent National. Ihese aIo .Ao
| Democratic elements Of strength. Oh inc o'noi
hand the Republicans of this city are not harmon-
ous The Post Office fight of four years ago Wllch
attained National notoTety, aligned portions Oh INC
party in opposing factions andalthough the SuugHio
hoe SINCE hcen suSrcnded and for time almost for
gotten il has broken out afresh III consequence
Of some removals and appointments made by Presi-
dent Arthur. The parties to the quarrel speak OF
each other with respect, and there seems to be none
of the bitterness which characterzes the factonal
,vors In New-YGrk and Pennsylvania yet TO lesser
degree the divisions present the same general fea-
lures This state of things is further complicated by
n disposition to criticiSc the local appointments
made by Governor Foster under law requiring
him TO select the new Board of Police Commsslon-
ers for the city.
! II is this array Of adverse circumstances when
! leads Republicans in other parts If the STATE III
making their estimates Of probable results 10 give
| away the Toledo District to the Democrats. lhele
are many thoughtful Republicans here, however,
II
/ tbatthe sympathy with them freely expressed
elsewhere is misplaced. They point to the
! fact that none of the nominees upon county,
state or Congressional tickets is identified with
either faction IN the local quarrel and that there
| fore while the party may not work as a unit, all
| classes may exert themselves i'll their own way 10
accomplish the same end. They admit that the
ouarrcls create indifference in some quarters where
zeal was to be expected and that the common enemy
must to some extent be the gamer thereby vet th'y
say there are advantages which, If properly uNed,
may result in Republican victory III the district
MIR HURD's FRrE-TRADE CAMPAIGN
| The Rrpubcans are inspired by an idea that to
greater extent than elsewhere in the State Will a
victory in this district exert benihcent influence
over the party fortunes at large. Nj. Hurd i the
great apostle of free II de in Ohio and IS credited
/ with an ambition to ride upon that hobby into q
| pOsition OF much greater consequence tlan
/ that of mere representative OF the
! Xth Ohio District in Congress, lie has thrIst
the frce-tIade issue forward III q slightly modified
/ FORM IS compared wi. his former position, as the
chief issue Of the contest. lie has done this, II Is
SAID not because il was popular III this district or
in Ohio but believing that his election in any event
was safe enough he desired to make 1t appear that
he was sent 10 Congress the especial prophet OF the
free-trade doctrine. 1t is openly asserted that the
7 3, no of -
Great part from the frec-trade leagues OF Now
| York Now. Toledo has only lately recovered
the positinn she lost by the disastrous panic
of 1873 ard her people looking forward
10 the establishment Of manufacturing indus
tries upon a large scale within her precincts
| Her grain trade is already enormous; the coal IN
/ dustry is developing great proportions; she pos
seSscs the largest wagon manuiictoly perhaps III
the world, and rolling mills ana ron NoIhN are
about to be established Naturally, community
with such interests does not lOOk Win great laNol
upon the doctrine OF free trade.
The farmer of the district. who desire TO have
larger market for their products, have interests III
common with the manulacu Iing classes OF the Guy
Graue-gTOwiug is profitable Industry at present IN
/ the district and many farmers are engaged IN II.
10 this class Mr HuTd IN his Keynote speech threw
a son declaring that as grape products were XurleS
| he was IN favor of protective tarf upon them
/ lie vent even further saying that he was in favor
of removing he tariff upon slaves and heads. thus
,beaprung the VINE casks which the grape growers
/ are conipc led TO purchase III large quantities.. III
] IA
that the coopcrs and growers OF the WOOD OF winch
wine casks are made are almost as numerous IN INC
district as the grapc-Towers Themselves ana VIII
| not look with taNOr upon open cohlpculloh Win
| the products of Canadian forests and Canadian
workshops Thus lac has given cause OF offence to
! this class.
Tins made available, and 10 make vigorous con-
! Jest for the seat III Congress. They have not yet
begun their active work, and 10 an out ,ldcT they
would seem To bo somewhat behind the tunes
but tins is i'll accordance with the ONO
idea that shOIt aud sharp campaigns prom
ise the best results Inc Republicans nave
| Nominated III. Charles A. hing, a gram
| merchant of O.cdO, a man OF wealth, who during
In. lortv wears of business experience has been
very n0aTal contrbut TO ali worthy charities and
works designed tor public good lie has al business
relation, viii large number OF people throughout
the district. and Is laVOrably Known everywhere;
Many p.oi.i.cs OF actiVcSuppOIt have been received
from IN Xpcctcd quarters and all classes OF Rcpub-
/ leans speak well oI hln.
The LIQUOR question Is not SO prominent here as
el,cWbcr lneIe are large brewing interests IN the
city, ana these have done theFWOIat for he RepuD-
| lcaus. An incident Is related OF an active Young
| Republican commit ceman connected with whole
/ safe Nduur establishment who recently went out
/ unou a business tour among his customers In the
60 intry He was met by salOOn-kCcpeis every where
| with "a refusal to purchase from Inn unless
he would agree that be would abandon the
/ Rcpubhcan party and exert all his influence IN
support OF the Democrats. Thee was evidence
that lbs system OF bOycOtung originated with the
brew Is and liquor dealers associations ana was TO
| be pursued everywhere
There is also Il strong temperance element III
Toledo, but IL has not yet taken practical stand
in politics The ProhibItiOnlstS have no strength
III Tins district worthy OF attention. Ihe Green
back clement, which was central III TINS ucghoOr-
hood when that lunacy was at the full has
dwindled to significant proportions. ana such in
luence as ii mas viii be cast upon tho Republican
side, Nh King having once hada weakness ior their
doctrines.
I THE LIQUOR QUESTION II TIE WESTERN RESERVE
Tho other districts III Northern OLo, several OF
which the writer has visited wihin the last ten
DAYS present a state Of things generally
favorable 10 Republican success In the XVlilth
aud XIXth forming part of the Western Reserve
now represented by Major Mckinley and Judge