The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-08-29
THE OHIO CAMPAIGN.
Headly Discouraged and Threaten
ing to Retire.
Tildsn Braces Him Up.
Democratic Mistakes Rshearsed
by Democratic EditcE

CINCINNATI, Aug. 28.-Judge Hoadiy has
been confined to his home on Fast Walnut
Hills for a week by malarial attack. The
anxieties Of the canvass have been trying to
him, but there is no good ground Tor The re-
port that he has been broken down physically.
He is capable of a great amount oil labor and
could probably speak every night during the
campaign without great fatigue. his trouble
lies in his senstiveness. He feels keenly
what is said about him. Although ysir sosb'
tions, and in spite of the fact that his Mans all
depend upon success In the present &C fssst, be
has been so affected by the assaults OF Hepub.
licans and the codness of Democrats that be
has more than once impulsively declared that
he would withdraw from the contest, These
fits Of encouragement have caused anxiety TO
his friends, because of the danger that the
Judge, when feeling that way, will say some
thing within the hearing of sou>a cue who
will circulate II. and thereby greatly damage
his canvass. Your correspondent has been in
formed that on one occasion, when the Judge
was particularly restiye. messenger was dis
patched by his immediate friends to Mr.. Til
den to explain to him how the Judge was feel
ing, and bring back message OF encourage
ment from the Sage, and his personal request
that Judge Hoadly should dismiss thoughts OF
retiring from the contest. This your cores
pondent has from a gentleman who says he had
talked with the messenger. Hoadly holds
TlldeD in the highest veneration, and since
this little ruse TO remind him OF Tiden's in
terest in his canvass he is said TO have ceased
his talk OF Withdrawing. 1t is little singular
that this should have occurred just at the
time OF serious demands within his party that
he be removed from the ticket 1t IS not prob
able, however, that this demand will be per-
sisted in. On the contrary, the indications
are that the war Hoadly has pretty nearly
spent its force. The course of the Hamilton
County boss, John Il, Mclean, Is beginning TO
iesct in favor of Hoadly as well as Pendleton,
though TO nothing like the same extent. II is
expected that call will be published this
week for another convention signed by 1900
Democrats. The candidates for Treasurer on
both tickets are weak. The intention is 10
nominate n enry Muhlhauser for Treasurer on
the new ticket with the expectation Of cleo
ting him. He has strong following in both
parties, and the expectation may be realized.
A score or more of the most influential Demo
Gratis in this city have consented to be candi-
dates on the new ticket for the legislature. Its
composition Is pretty certain therefore to be
respectable McLean's Hamilton County
ticket can in that way be terribly defeated,
Democrat possibly elected for Treasurer, and
the State ticket will command the support Of
both fact!ons OF the party. This is the pro-
gramme as 1t stands tonight 1t rebukes the
Mclean, and is is hoped that il will save
Hoadly from slaughter in his own county. His
friends who have planned this movement 10
get him out OF the clutches of Mclean are,
however, by no means saDguine OF his success
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. 28.-An editor of
one OF the leading Democratic weeklies Of
Ohio. man OF experience and yet no personal
politician, declares that II Ohio is lost to his
party this year 1t will be one OF the clearest
cases of stupid, foolish, and needless blunder-
ing ever put npon record in the history of
politics. IF there are two roads open TO our
party leaders," he declared at the end of
long and earnest conversation, "the one to
safety and the other to suicide, there are al
ways men to the fore who exert all their will
power and the force of their opportunity to
lead us down the latter. We first made the
fatal mistake early in the year of oyer-conf-
dence, leading the selfish within our ranks to
feel that, as the victory was already won, it
was time to begin a division of the spoils This
has led to factional fights where We should
nave harmony, and one who mingles in the
crowds aboutsheaquuarters in Columbus hears
more about Wards claims on the party.
walters claims in the same direction than he
does of the party,s mortgage on success. With
other of the old-line Democrats / opposed the
nomination of Judge Hoadly on polite
grounds. / believe that he represented an
Eastern element that has never been q any
advantage in our Western politics. lad been
with broad intellect marred by marrow dis
erection. l knew that he was neither a Demo-
crat in pitch nor training. therefore opposed
him, but after his nomination meant to give
him loyal support, and guess l have done
it. But he has done us mighty injury, not so
much because he spent money in securing the
nomination, but because he talked about il,
told of it to Democrats and Republicans alike
Judge Foraker himself being one OF those to
whom / am tod he made pathetic confession
and placed himself in the bumiliatiDg posi-
tion that he occupies today. His new Democ-
rscy' cry was another bunder, his dec
laration that he desired no man TO vote
for him who voted for the prohibitory amend
ment was another, and his general looseness of
expression at all times is the worst blunder of
all. You see we went in to chase the Republi-
cans, and before we made an advance they set
us to explaining, and before we know II they
will have US on the run. We are defending,
when we ought to be propounding ond de-
nouncing.
Another error, was in letting an impression
go abroad that the Democratic party was in
favor of free whiskey and would repeal the
Scott law on coming into power. Even deciar-
ations to that effect have been printed in some
of our journals whose editors ought TO know
better. 1t was not necessary that we should go
on record TO hold the saloon vote, and 1t hurts
us with temperance men everywhere. What
we should have done was to leave our platform
declaration stand for our belief in the temper
ance line and kept out Of its discussion as much
as possible.