Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-10-06

a Demoralized Campaign.

While the result is almost forogono
conclusion, great deal Of interest, new
ertheless, centers ON the election which
will take place in Ohio next year. No
one who is not absolutely insane expects
the Buckeye State to go Democratic in a
Presidential year, so that the election OF
Judge Foraker as Governor will be alb
solutely without significance The situa-
ton has been clouded for the Demo Gratis
by an embittered fight In Hamilton
county, in which Cincinnati ia situated,
between the friends Of Pendleton and
Mclean, the latter the editor of the
Enquirer, and who was disgusted with
Pcndleton's ''Snivel" service record, and
we think rightfully SO. The demorali.
zation Of such feud will, of course,
have its effect upon the vote. Mclean
having succeeded in carrying tho Con-
vention in Hamilton county, and in
nominating fifteen candidates for the
Legislature who are opposed to MIR.
Pendetons reelection to the United
States Senate, il goes without saying
that tho friends of Gentleman George"
will not strain their energies to compass
the election Of his foes. Cincinnati is
peculiar in possessing no less than three
gentlemen who are understood to be
Democratic aspirants for President, in
the persons Of Hon. William Groesbeck,
Hon. George IL. Pendleton and Hon
George Hoadly. The pretensions of
the latter gentlemen are now trembling
~ The balance. Should he be elected
he would figure amongst the Presi-
Dental dark horses. In such
city, thus encumbered with q
multiplicity of great men, the play of
cross purposes is simply tremendous, and
even ordinarily would bode no good to
the party. Any one of the three who
looms forward for the nonce is apt to
encounter something like what the Ital-
ians call the ''evil eye" from his oppo-
nents. To still further complicate the
situation, the son of that staunch old
Democractic war horse, Allan G.. Thur.
man, hardly allowed the intelligence of
Hoadly's nomination to grow cold be-
fore he announced that he would not
support the Democratic nominee. lie
belongs to considerable element of the
Ohio Democracy who think that it was
an outrage to pass over the claims of
auch prince of Democrats as General
Durbin Ward to advance to the dignity
of theparty's standard-bearcr an eleventh
hour Democrat. Bad as the case thus
stood verse remained behind, illus.
trating the force of the old adage that it
never rains but il pours. Tn the very
dead waste and middle of tho campaign
Judge Hoadly. was taken sick and went
to Philadelphia for rest and medical adj
vice. A great cry was thereupon set up
by the Republican press to the effect
that the Democratic candidate had given
up thefght and had ignominiously turned
tail. The event proves that Judge
Hoadly is, in truth, lying very low in the
city of Brotherly Love, with violent
attack of typhoid fever, which is just
as like as not to have fatal result.
Take it for all in all, the Ohio cam
paign is probably the most unique in our
history. II has been constant success.
sion, on the Democratic side, of mala-
propos occurrences. A week before the
meeting of the Democratic State Con-
vention the odds would have been
two to one amongst betting mel on the
success of the Democratic ticket. If,
after all, the Democrats should carry
the day, it would simply show that the
tidal wave of last year hns accelerated
its impetus instead of exponding its
force The struggle in Ohio viii have
absolutely no influence ON that in New
York, which is really the critical aud
pivotal State. Republicans know this
very well, but we expect to see them
make great clamor should Foraker
pull through.
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