Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-06-06
OHIO REPUBLICANS.
Meeting Of Their Stale Convention
at Columbus.
The Problem Which Must be Met-The Pond
Law Decision and Its Consequences
The Candidates and
Platform.
IA HOT OLD TIME EXPECTED,
Special ptspateh 70 he Reaiter.

hpedd Dtspdfch 10 The Register.
COLUMBUS, June 5.-The coming Repub
lican Convention here Wednesday is beint
looked forward to with great interest, no
so much on account of the candidates to b,
nominated as the views that will be ex
pressed relative to the decision OF tn,
Supreme Court pronouncing the Pond bill
unconstitutional Whether this decision
will prove to be stumbling block to the
Republican party remains to be seen, but
that il will strengthen it or in any way
reconcile the liquor interest, which
openly denounced and repudisted the
party when the bill passed the
House Of Representatives, no one is in,
clined to believe. ~Theliquor dealers argue
saved them, and that they are under no OBJ
legation to the Republican party for the de-
cision recently rendered. There will prob
ably be only one formidable candidate for
Secretary of State, the present incumbent
Major Charles Townsend, although there
is no little opposition to hi, denomination.
He is not regarded as strong in any partic-
ular section Of the State, except perhaps in
his own town and county, which are
decidedly we'll represented in his
department Of the State government.
1t is o we'll known fact that a portion
of the State Committee are opposed to
his denomination, although few OF them
have openly so expressed themselves. 1t
is remembered that two years ago, when he
had the moral as we'll as the financial back
ing which Presidential campaign devel-
ops, he ran nearly 1000 behind the other
two candidates on the ticket on account of
his radical temperance views. Shrewd OBJ
servers, and those ranking high in the
State, regard his nomination as almost
suicidal at the present time. The custom,
however, Of giving every State officer two
terms will doubtless be lived up TO in the
present case, unless Cincinnati or Cleve-
land should enter dark horse, which at
the present time does not appear probable.
q Senator Hollingsworth, who is q red hot
temperance advocate, and candidate for
Congress, will be temporary chairman, and
as such will have an opportunity to ex.
pound his views, but it is likely that he
will be persuaded. to draw it mild on that
question, as the intention seems to be togo
back to the State platform Of last summer,
which recommended that the question Of
so changing the Constitution as to provide
for the licensing Of the liquor traffic be
submitted to the people. Such course,
the leaders claim, will be entirely satisfac-
tory to the country districts, where the
temperance element is strongest, and, with
the exception of the Germans, will unite
all the Republican elements. The belief is
expressd that a considerable proportion Of
the Germans would approve of such a
course, for the reason that if the liquor
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only course left open to them, and they
will probably find more trouble in satisfac-
torily disposing of the Smith Sunday Law
than of this Altogether, warm, not to
saw hot old time, is anticipated. M.