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majority will be no larger than the
Democratic majority in
Hamilton County.

majority will be no larger than the
Democratic majority in
Hamilton Coanfy.
1t will probably be less. III the DEM
ocracy win they will owe their victory
TO Cincinnati and Hamilton County,
and be indebted to their inefficient
State Committee for nothing. III the
Democrats of Hamilton County do not
elect two Congressman and their whole
county ticket this year, then political
prediction should be abandoned as
child's play, for everybody who has pol
itical sense and experience in local pol
itics, and who is not afraid to express
himself when the occasion arises, is
predicting that result.
The Democratic County Convention.
last Tuesday, was one of the very best
every held here. II was an orderly,
we'll conducted affair, and the ticket
nominated Is much stronger one than
the ticket nominated by the Republic,
cans the week before, whether con-
sidered from a standpoint of party poll
cy, or fitness of the office to be filled.
The work of the convention had
significance that gives it consequence
beyond county lines. 1t was, in one of
its phases, a clear cut fight between
Senator George III. Pendelton and John
r. Mclean, of the Enquirer. 1t will be
remembered that these gentlemen had
a "bit ofa shindig at the Democratic
State Convention, which resulted in the
Pendelton side capturing the COM
mittee organization and placing John
G. Thompson at the head of the cam
paign. Nc Lean had never before at
tended State convention, and made
the mistake of surrounding himself
with inefficient aids, and supporting
candidate for the craftsmanship, select
ed at hap-hazard, and who, it turned out,
couldn't control even his own
district. Mclean got rather beautiful
" cleft" but he got lots of experience.
He was abused then because he didn't
capture the convention and take Pendel-
ton and Thompson prisoners; and now
the Disconnected are advising him be-
cause he
Set mp the Pins,
and kept them setting, in the Hamil-
ton Democratic convention. In the face
of the threat to start a. new Democratic
daily paper in Cincinnati, lin the face
of the Pendelton interest in this city,
and in the face of charges on all hands
that ne was no Democrat and cared
nothing for Democratic success, Nc
Lean took out of his own office man
for the brightest office of the county
ticket, and personally conducted his
campaign, and the charge that he die
tated the whole ticket is not far from
true. The Pendleton interest was
dead against him, and Pendelton him.
self was put up for president Of the
convention. This mild honor was
conceded to him, and he had the task
of declaring nominated the men whose
names had been written on McLean's
slate. When PendletOn was made per-
manent chairman of this Democratic
State convention, well-posted and
disinterested politician remarked that
his scalp was getting loose; that con-
ventions were generally kind with lit.
tie favors like chairmanships to public
men whose decline had commenced.
Mr.. Pendleton got another chairman
ship at Cincinnati. There are lively in
dications of an irrepressible conflict
between him and Mclean. Whatever,
may be the final result, it is clear
enough that Pendleton was floored in
the last round that has taken place.