Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-07-24
ONO POLITICS.
The Situatisa Rsvis,sst Arsa nils
tspsltsat Snstpels sa sss
THE pAYAe.plaolerox FIGHT. F.

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CoLuxHus, O., July 2s-Ths talk shout
the Republican dissssctioA IN the -Four.
teenth district because Of Tie nomtnasioo
to Congress OF Senator r A. Hon, 10 Ill
Democratic nonsense, gotten up with .
purpose of making bod imprsssion elss-
where, and to keep down The Republics
majority Of the district for the effect t
may have upon the State ticket All the
| candidates. before The convention thak nom
| mated Mr.. Horr are working earnestly In
| his behalf. His chief opponent Col. g. u.
| Barber, Of Huron, 10 out with Q strong and
manly card, in which hs calls upoa The Re-
| publicans 70 stand by their party, and
ssks his friends 70 give the nominee The
same earnest support that they would hsvs
given him. Another candidate, the Hon.
P. g. Grosscup, OF Ashland has alss given
| in loyal adherence TO the ticket, and the
majority that Mr.. Horr will reoeive will b.
as large "a could have been obtained BY any
| man in the district The Democrats are 1T
| tempting to make some capital out Of .ths
| fact that Horr Vas never In tho war, While
one Of the defeetsd Aspinnt1, Col. Barber,
was there, and left . le9 upon the hettie.
field. But the voters Of ths district would
| receive this reminder with better grscs vsrS
/ III NOT I0O ODSLnOCI8LC uOuAtuyo W 0o2Ag
| all OF Horr's loss would 70 II Judge 0ed6sA
| who sat upon . Common Pleas bench
During shs Wss.
and decided that the vote Of the soldier In
| the field could not Be counted. They also.
remember that Geddes oil through the war
was an earnest copperhesd, With no love
| for the soldier and no sympathy with the
cause in which he had enlisted.
Even with the State campaign well on,
| there Is more interest here, and there are
more inquiries from abroad touching the
| Congressional contest than coucers the gen.
eral ticket. The impression hero 10 that
Mr.. Butterworth has served his last term
In Congress from this State. and that the
Republican nominee who Il 70 take his,
place Is to be strong and popular man,
whose mouth II under better training than
that OF Mr.. Butterworth.
Gen. Tom Young, from the other Cincin-
natl district, stand possible show Of nom.
nation, but there Is strong feeling srisinE
In Cincinnati that some one who 10 some
thing more than mere politician, ought
| TO represent that great and powerful dis
| trict in Congress. In fact, there is feel
| ing OF half shame running all through the
State because Ohio has few men In Con.
gress to whom she can point with any show
OF pride, or in whose exploits she can claim
any share OF credit. Judge Richie. OF To.
| ledo, is recognized as man who might DO
something In time, but home squabble.
| added to
staIwart Inasences,
will retire him TO private life at the end Of
this term. Mckinley Is looked upon 40 .
| handed man, but IL 10 eyerywhere under
stood that there Is no spark OF latent fire In
him, to I've brought forth In the friction Of
some great emergency. ID. Updegraf and
| DIR. Rice are sale aud valuable men, but
neither was born for rstatesmanship. judge
| Taylor, GarReld's successor, 10 not - we'll
known as he will be at the end Of thres or
four terms, but those who know him best
| say that he 10 the possessor OF the best
brains and the surest future OF any Ohio
man in Congress to-day. Speaker Keller is
nonentity in Ohio politics, and oil the fu.
ture he may have will be through his hold
| upon his district-a hold certain 10 10 bro.
| ken at the conclusion OF ano ther term, IL
not before. His course - Speaker has In:
| spired almost universal condemnation, and
the credit that may attach to the stats
| been more than balanced by the wooden
headed errors that General Keller has made.
All talk concerning his nomination for
Governor in 1885, or his subtequent cleo
| ton to the Senatorship 10 IN idle waste Of
words. The haste with which he throw
everything overheard when the Stalwart
bait was o1slUd him suggests that he b
nothing but politician, and not Safeor
| judicious one at that
Townsend, OF
The CisvssasA District,
| Is looked upon o. safe business man, With
no magnetism, no orstory, and LITTLE ststss-
mnnship. His constituents would Ike 70
replace him with some living and growing
man, but they have noone, and Tovnsend'S
| chances OF going back are said 70 bs grow
| ing better every day. eConverse, OF the %.
| lumbus district, 10 hearing soms talk Of de-
| feat In the convention, but hs can afiord TO
| laugh at IL, as he will be renominated asd
| reelected. Were he ten years younger hs
| would be looked upon % In the possesioe
| Of posi- BILE future, but he hes passsd the
| sge when ambition stirS 70 extra work o.
| commences the process Of devslopment
Hon. Henry D. Payne. OF Clsvslsndi has
most dirert authority allows the statsmsnS
| here that n has all been done without II.
Psyne's consent, and against his destfe.
| As the story runs. Mr.. Payne is 70 b mooe
the Democratic candidate for Governor u
| Ohio In 1868. and BY bis money and In
auence is expected not only 70 secure his
own election. but also to carry
A Deaseratie Legtslasase.
| The next step would be 10 make him United
States Senator as Mr.. Pendleton's succsocs,
with the idea that he would 80 into the
Democratic National Convention, With Ohio
solid in his support, and With very Rood
prospect OF bsing made the Prestasntial
candidate. The fact that Psndlston 70 dis
posed OF and ended in this arTangsmsnt,
suepests how Mr.. Payne's name came 20 b
| brought out again st this junctufe. Tho
or;ns 80 nsrnsds Mr.. Tburmsn 70 play
Sn~ p the msnser for tbeir beusAt I'd %
A., h;s orn nsme IN the mud for thsir CO.
r;cSm.nt bsys doubtIess been unsuccsauI,
Ia hs.. 60, shcut fnr soms ooe Of povee
Ia Ia ,aNo,,ces N vbom The role Of polIlnl
ea..'ns~ can he ss.isned. HE fsct thst
i;h: ~ P.ndIston 10 4 very cordial d.