Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-24
THE OHIO sENATeRsHIP.
The Tide Apparently All in Favor of Henri
Ii. Payns-Jhe Politicians Csngregatin

The Tide Apparently All in Favor of Henry
b. Payns-Jhe Politicians Csngregating
at Columbus and Anxious for the Fray.
Especial Telegram TO the Globe.l
COLUMBUS. O., Dec. 22.-Democratic
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 Pendleton will
mees 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 most
vicious combination formed to defeat him.
Quite number of candidates appeared
for his place Immediately after
the October elsction 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.
PendIeton men claim less than fifty, but
enough to nominste, but hold theirs will
stick, wFile Payne has promises that never
will be carried out. Pendletcn is, however,
greatly embarrassed by the alliance of the
Payne syndicate. 1t was the Payne ele-
mont in northern Ohio that nominated
Gov. Hoedley, and it is said that the pat
ronage OF Hoedley'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. FL. Garger,
chairman Of the executive committee, is
to be Hoadley's adjutaut general and is
strongly favorable TO Payne. He will have
great part OF the patronage of the ad-
ministratlon to dispose of. Worse than
all, Pendleton comes here with eleven of
the members from his own county against
him, aud John A. Mclean, backed by
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 will be able to carry out
every promise made. Then, they ask,
what obligation Mr.. Pepdleton singls
handed and without Office will be able to
make good to them? They
60 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 and compact syndicate not only
for the purpose CT eecting Payne senator,
but also to hold till after the next presi-
dential election. Pendieton's term will
expire with that of Arthur's. His oppo-
nents claim two to one against him now,
end 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 ali tle 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 boon publishing articles against the
Standard OIL company as the chief backer
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 its support, it is pre-
dioted that Pendleton's name will not 20
before the caucus, and that the "ring"
will have its way.