National Republican., 1883-04-02
rIIr MAN on rnE AvENuE.
Small Talk About Men and Measures

w. q. Thoman, democratic newspaper man
Of Columbus and Chillicothc, Ohio aud near
relative Of Judge Thoman, civil service com
missioner, last night told me all about the
political situation in the Buckeye state, say
ing:
" The democrats have very fine prospect
of winning this fall, and am sorry to see it,.
Ohio democrats have a 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 1854 Judge fIoadlcy
and Congressman Geddes are having pretty
fight for the gubernatorial nomination. The
Cincinnati Enquirer hates both men and never
lets a chance slip of whacking them. The
Enquirer is thorn in the democratic flesh.
1t pretcnds to be an independent democratic
organ, but It cannot see anybody to club but
democrats, and the bourbons are kicking.
HoadJcy Is rich lawyer, with an enormous
railway practice and an ovcrpowering ambi-
tion TO be u great man. Gcddes managed to
defeat twin brother of Horr of Michigan,
for congress in district that had been set up
expressly for Horr, and that has given him a
prestige The bourbons undertook to unite
on Gcddos to down Boolswalter, but the bar
rel proved too much for them. Down in the
southern part of the state they have been
tickling Gen. Durbn Wards vanity,
making him believe he ought TO be gov
ernor and that he can get the nomination.
He will show up with quito following, but
the workers are not for him, and he will get
left He is friendly to Hoadley, and will
probably throw his strength to the Judge and
nominate him. Ward really imagines he is
candidate, but tho boys are just fooing with
him. When IL rains soup he generally sets
his pan out to catch some. lie thinks there
is going to be quite shower of soup in his
ncighborhood, but when the clouds roll by he
will probably find they had nothing in them
but wind. But for their identification with
the Standard Oil company the Paynes of
Cleveland might have show.
"Tho legislature which is to be elected this
fall will choose United States senator.
PondletOn has the machine, and will probably
bo elected if tho state goes that way,
although he will encounter strong and n
very adroit competitor in the person of
Calvin Bricc, of Lima, n comparatively
new man, but a shrewd one. Brice has
made all tho way from $1,5OO,OOO to
$j,0OO,0O0 in the Ohio Central and
Nickel Plate railway shemes. He knows the
uses to which a barrel can be put and if he
starts in it will be on the Sam Tiden plan.
Boobwalter 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 exPresident Hayes for governor.
The goody-goody people have great respect
for Hayes, and also some democrats who
don't know him very we'll He is getting
tired of raking up the leaves in his front yard,
and will drop the handle any t ime to 20 into
II campaign which won't cost him much.
He is said to have new lot of
sage brush lectures for delivery Mt
pumpkin shows, and altogether he feels that
he has great prospects. 1t nettlos him to
think that he is being forgotten. John
Shcrman's name was first proposed us joke,
but he has taken kindly to it, and so have
good many politicians. Tho city elections
which are about to be held will show the
drift of the current and practically settle tho
business"
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