The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-04
OHIO POLITICS.
The Democratic Fight Between Hoadly
and Geddes-Pendleton's Competitor for

The Democratic Fight Between Hoadly
and Geddes-Pendleton's Competitor for
the Senate.
w. G. Thoman in National Republican.
The Democrats have a very fine prospect
OF winning this fall, and 1 am sorry to see it.
Ohio Democrats have genius for throat-cut-
ting over the distribution of spoils, and if
they win this year it is morally certain they
will split themselves wide open and give the
Republicans the State in 1884. Judge Hoadly
and Congressman Geddes are having pretty
fight for the gubernatorial nomination. The
Cincinnati Enquirer hates both men, and
never lets chance slip of whacking them.
The Enquirer is a thorn in the Democratic
flesh. 1t pretends to be an independent
Democratic organ, but it cannot see
anybody to club but Democrats, and
the Bourbons are kicking Hoadly
is rich lawyer, with an enormous
railway practice and an overpowering ambi-
ton to be great man. Geddes managed to
defeat twin brother of Horn, of Michigan,
for Congress, in district that had been set
up expressly for Horn, and that has given
him prestige. The Boui5ons undertook to
unite on Geddes to down Bookwater but
the barrel proved too much for them Down
In Inc southern part of the State they have
been tickling General Durbin Wards vanity,
making him believe he ought to be Governor,
and that he can get the nomination. He will
show up with quite a following, but the
workers are not for him, and he will get left.
He is friendly to Hoadly, and will probably
throw his strength to the Judge and NOM
mate him. Ward really imagines he is
candidate, but the boys are Just fooing with
him. When it rains soup he generally sets
his pan out to catch some He thinks there
IS going to be quite shower of soup in his
borhood, but when the clouds roll by
he will probably find that they had nothing
in them but wind. But for their identifica-
ton with the Standard Oil Company the
Paynes of Cleveland might have a show.
The Legislature which is to be elected
this fall will choose a United States senator.
Pendleton has the machine, and will prob
ably be elected if the State goes that way al
though he will encounter strong and a very
adroit competitor in the person of Calvin
Brice, of Lima, comparatively new man,
but a shrewd one. Brice has made all the
way from $1,5oo,OOO to $4,000 900 in
the Ohio Central and Nickel
plate railway schemes. He knows the
uses to which barrel can be put, and if he
starts in it will be on the Sam Tilden plan.
Bookwalter and other young Democrats who
are getting tired of waiting for the old fell
lows to die will be apt to rally about Brice.
Thurman is aging fast, and seems content
with his seat on the rear shelf.
"The Republicans are thinking seriously of
running ex-President Hayes for Governor
The goody-goody people have a great respect
for Hayes and also some Democrats who
tired of raking up the leaves in his front
yard, and will drop the handle any time TO
go into campaign which won't cost him
much. He is SAID to have new lot of sage
brush lectures for delivery at pumpkin
shows, and altogether he feels that he mas
great prospects. 1t nettles him to think that
he is being forgotten. John Sherman's name
was first proposed as joke, but he has taken
kindly to it. and so have good many poll
ticians."