The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-31
0nAo ".nllICS.
So me Reflect
of TT, .ons by Correspondents
q Cincinnati Enquirer.
-atOr Thurman the Man for the
PendletOn Men to Beat Payne
WIth---Hnrd and Con-
verse.

CINCINNATI, Dec. 81 The EnGuirer's
Washington City correspondent telegraphs:
The managers of the Pendleton literary
bureau in this city, having abandoned all
nope Of seeing their employer reelected TO
the United States senate, are striving hard /
to create boom for ex-senator Thurman, so
that they can claim the empty honor OF nam
ing the man who is to succeed the father Of
the civil service reform humbng. Their
latest move is to procure interviews with
themselves by local papers here, ard credit
what they say to "a prominent Ohio Demo
crat" Here is sample of soma OF their
work, as it appears in an afternoon paper:
"'Fhe fight between the Pendleton and
Payne factions has grown 50 bitter that it
may kill off both these candidates. A prom
inent Ohio Democrat. who declared himself
free from all bias or prejudice, said to a re-
porter: Our folks tneaning the Democrats
OF Ohio believe we can carry the state next
year il we can go into the fight
united. Now, this senatorial struggle threat
ems that unity which is 50 essential To elect
Pendleton would embitter his opponents, and
TO elect Payne or any other distinctive anti
Pendleton man would make Pendeton's
friends mad We don't want any sore spots
lnhL Will bttSA Out 1Shj year TO our IN
jury. Now Thurman is not identified with
either or any of the factions. He has kept in
the background since he left the SEN
ate. He is big nan and would strengthen
our party in the senate His election would
be received with satisfaction by all elements
of the party, and | would not be surprised to
see him nominated by the caucus almost
unanimously. The feeling that he is the one
man for the place under existing circum-
stances has been growing and getting stronger
as the fight between the rival candidates has
grown more bitter"
Under the same head this paper says: "In
a recent letter to a personal friend in this
city ex-senator Thurman reiterated his dec
laratiOn that he is not a candidate but said
significantly that it was the duty of Demo
crat to serve his party and country when
called upon to do So The Ohio man quoted
Is actively connected with the state manage
ment of his party, and his influence will be
felt in the senatorial contest"
A correspondent at Columbus Ohio, says:
All the senatorial candidates, or their friends
for them, are conducting their campaigns on
the "claim every thing with confidence plan.
There will be eighty-two Democratic votes
in the next legislature, but careful estimate
of the number of votes claimed for each
candidate shows the following number:
Payne, 60; Pendleton, IS; Ward, %; Converse
Is; scattering, 20; total l59 An excess of
II votes over the number that participate in
the caucus.
Since the organization of congress the
Payne movement has been steadily gaining
ground until now. The Payne people have
abandoned all attempts to conceal their
strength, and openly claim that they have a
majority of the members pledged, and that
Hon. Henry B. Payne will be nominated on
the first ballot From such information as
can be CLEANED, the claim seems to be well
founded, and Henry b Payne will be called
to sit on one end of the senatorial plank and
see that John Sherman teeters fair But
while the Payne men are confident, and feel
that they have the prize within their grasp,
they are not idle, and win not be until the
victory is won