The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-28
GEO. H. PENDLET0N.
The New York Times on the Ohio
Senatorial Contest
Republicans Advised to Secure Pen
dletOa's Return to tae Senate
And the Reasons Therefore
---The Mclean Men.

INV YORK, Dec 2S.-The Times has the
following Cleveland dispatch:
"The strongest leaders among the Ohio Re-
pubiicans recognize that the coming sena-
torial contest at Columbus means far more
tLan the bestowal of an Office on one man,
and that its outcome shall determine whether
the contest of 1884, as far as this state is con-
cerned is to be waged against united and
well led Democracy or against two factions
that are at eternal war with each other, and
recognize the fact that Republican success
win be measurably advanced by the return
of MI Pendleton to the senate and i'll the
same degree endangered by the triumph of
Mr.. Payne.
Upon the ruins of Pendleton's political
hope there would be built the strongest
richest, most determined and best Differed
faction that was ever seen in the Democratic
party of Ohio. 1t would exercise a power that
would command respect within the party,
and have virtual control and practical die
tatois,lip. Its head would be the Paynes, of
Cleveland, John r. Mclean, of Cincinnati,
aud John W Bookwalter, of Springfield.
"What this new and formidable element
would do in the future can be best judged by
what it has accomplished in the past. 1t
came to the front under the guise of kid
Democracy movement and forced a
state convention to take a new man
in the person Of John W. Book
walter of whom the principal fact
known was that he had been a Republican
only few years ago. and place him at the
head Of the ticket as against a half-Score of
Democrats who had been at work for years
in the party's service 1t suffered temporary
d.feat when Bookwalter was beaten at the
polls; but, charging that defeat on John G.
Thompson and Senator Pendleton, the leaders
went to work with a determination that knew
10 abatement and lavishness in the use Of
money that revealed the immense purposes
from which it came
ats next move was to nominate Gen.
Ward in the state convention of iSSG, but
failing in that SO managed affairs that
Judge Eoadly confessed himself defeated,
threw up TIE canvass and went down to
Philadelphia sick in body and soul. Then
the triple alliance Of Cleveland, Cincinnati
and Sp ingield dictated terms to Hoadly,
ana on acceptance shouldered the burden,
poured out money like water and made
Huaily governor Of Ohio"
'The next move was to crush John G.
Thompson, and how efFectually that has been
done recent affairs at Washington show.
There is one more move upon the board,
which is to blot Mr., Pendleton from active
politics, by making his retention of power
test case in the coming senatorial struggle at
Columbus, and by seeing that the case goes
against him. If Mr.. Payne can beat him, well
enough Ifnot Payne, it will be some one else
chosen by the triple alliance for that pur-
pose. But it can be set down almost as a
certainly that no opening that money or
political maneuvering can close will be left
BY which Mr. Pendleton can slip through.
II he should, the grand purpose of the alli-
ance will have been failure, and the Demo-
cratic party of Ohio will be for years longer
the scene of warfare between cOntending
factions, as it has been for so many years in
the past.
With Pendleton beaten, the next step will
be to 20 before the Democratic presidential
convention of 1884, and say, give us our
man and we can carry Ohio against any one
who can be named Accept our candidate,
and we will compel Ohio to ratify the selec-
ton in a Democratic victory for our state
ticket in October next, and thus explode a
bombshell among the November states
whether that man would be Payne or
Hoadly, or some one yet unnamed, remains
for the future to determine.
"The best show for Republicans is to secure,
if possible, the return of Mr. Pendlhton to
the senate and the regalvanizing of Mr..
Thompson into life; as one Republican leader
tersely says: I'VE have to fight the whisky
crowd as it is, but we don't want to also meet
n united Democracy next year. We are not
in shape to do it, especially as a crowd OF
small politicians have bounded at Charlie
Foster until he is justified in taking a vaca
ton and letting others furnish the money and
leadership lie gave"
THAT Senator Pendleton has determined
on a vigorous and aggressive fight after al
apparent inaction was proved by the arriva
here of Col. Charles WoOlley, ohe manager Of
his canvass. WooAey claimed that, despite
the lavish use of money by the Payne man
ayers, the Cleveland statesman would not b;
elected. He was not sanguine that Mr., Pen
dleton would be elected, but averred that il
the senator could not be reelected his friend
and the field would be unit on Judge Thur
man and elect him. By this statement HI
gave authenticity to the report that NOV
in favor of Thurman to defeat Payne as
last resort, was part of the Pendleton pro
gramme,"