Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-23
THE OHIO SENATORSHIP.

The Tide Apparently All in Favor of Henry
b. fayns-The Politicians Congregsting
at Columbus and Anxious for the Fray.
Especial Telegram to the Globel
COLUMBUS. O., Dec. 22.-Dsmocratic
politicians and members of the legislature
are already coming to this city for the SEN
atorial contest. Congressman Geo. L.
Converse, one of the candidates, arrived
tonight. He says both he and Geddes are
in the fight, and have quite following
that will stick to them to the last. Judge
Geddes, Gen. Durbin Ward, Congressman
D. R. Paige, manager for Payne, and
other congressman will arrive early in the
week, coming direct from Washington.
The fight will be on during the
holidays, notwithstanding the eff
forts made to postpone it till
after New Years Senator Psndleton will
meet his agents and friends in Cincinnati
over Sunday, and be here with his work
ers on Monday. His friends claim that
his presence with the active following will
regain the ground apparently lost since
Thompson's fall and Leedom's advance
ment at Washington. The senator is brave
ly stemming the tide against a most
vicious combination formed to defeat him.
Quite a number of candidates appeared
for his place Immediately after
the October election but they
have pooled their issues so as to
smile on II. B. Payne, of Cleveland. The
Payne men claim sixty votes in CAUCUS,
forty-two being necessary. to nominate.
Pendleton men claim less than fifty, but
enough to nominate, but hold theirs will
stick, while Payne has promises that never
will be carried out. Pendleton is, however,
greatly embarrassed by the alliance of the
Payne syndicate. It was the Payne ele-
ment in northern Ohio that nominated
Gov. Hoadiey, and it is said that the pat
ronage of Hoadley's administration will be
used to return the favor. The
whole of the party organization is against
Senator Pendleton. The members of the
Democratic state committee are in the
field in their respective districts openly
working for Payne. Congressman Page,
chairman Of the state central committee,
is Payne's manager. Capt. G. q. Garger,
chairman Of the executive committee, is
to be Hoadley's adjutant general, Land is
strongly favorable to Payne. He will have
great part of the patronage of the ad-
miuistration to dispose Of. Worse than
ell, Pendleton comes here with eleven of
the members from his own county against
Kim, and John A. Mclean, backed by a
large proportion Of the members from
southern Ohio, is one of the Payne leaders.
Mclean, Page, the members OF the state
committee and others are claiming they
are sure OF SUCCESS, having sixty pledges,
and that they viii be able to carry out
every promise made. Then, they ask,
9hat obligation Mr.. Pendlston sirgIs
handed and without Office will be able to
make good TO them? They
go further and say that
the Payne element alone succeeded in
The nomination of Hoadley when Mclean
Ward, Geddes, Converse and other faction
leaders were in the field against them.
Now these elements have united, forming
secret end compact syndicate not only
for the purpose Of electing Payne senator,
but also to hold till after the next presi-
dental election. Pendleton's term will
expire with that of Arthur's. His oppo-
nents claim two to one against him now,
and are saying to the others they
would better be on the winning
side rather than be out in the
cold for years. Pendleton has John
G. Thompson and oil tha old crowd with
him, and if defeated every thing will be in
the hands of the new deal that started
with the nomination of Bookwalter in 1881
For some weeks many papers in the state
have been publishing articles against the
Standard OIL company as the chief hacker
of Payne. These seem to have helped
the opposition to Pendleton, as many
of the members took to oil. The Pendle-
ton workers depend to some extent on the
exposures to be made in this great monop-
oily and in creating sentiment thereby in
their favor. If they fail in this or in
showing up the means by which the Payne
syndicate has secured it's support, it is pre-
dicted that Pendleton's name will not go
before the caucus, and that the "rirg"
will have its way.