The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1884-04-23
General Beatty For Sherman.

lication ofviews on the political sit
uauon, and on the Presidential ques
ton, being in order, a correspondent
of the Commy.lm GgzoHs to-day hac
the following interview with Genera
| John Beatty relative to the Presi
dental nomination. The Genera
was found at his place Of business
and was interviewed about as follows
Have you any choice for Presi
dent this time, General ?"
al don't suppose it matters to any.
body, and I am not very particular
and don't intend to quarrel with any
one about candidates. but if com.
PEELED to choose, l should say Sher-
mantle Senator; not the General
You were for Blaine four years
ago ?"
eyes, and for Hayes eight years
ago, and for Grant twelve and six.
teen years ago; but 1 am not for
'''''1I oI 'nem now YOU don't pro-
! pose to hold a man to one candidate
all the time, do your"
we'll no thlS is Tree country
IaIl Oh IT. not ans but on this
SIue Oh 'ne ONO KiVer we can say
"""I we '"II'N "l'hout Delng knocked
Oh lhe mead with club, and SO l
MAKE DoId to express my preference
IoF sherman. II the country were at
war snouIa perhaps choose Grant;
II on the high pde OF prosperity 1
SnouId possibly favor Blaine, but as
business Is somewhat depressing,
ana lhe umeS growing hard, and
capitalists becoming hmld, and fac
tories running on hali tIme' and mer-
CnauIS laIIihg' ana Iaoorers not fully
enP'oyeu' lhlhN sale man IN the
Executive chair better than bril-
l@"' one MI sherman has more
PI"C'lCaI business sense than any
o'"et man IN PuDnc Ilie' and II noml-
""Ieu at Ch'cago' MS nameandrecord
"ouIu MAKE 'ne business men OF the
country Con"uent ana hopeful Ihey
"outu DC quI'e sure, at any rate OF
pIuusn' ana wise administration
! am not however taxing exact
~ ooI'ar ana cent we" IN the mat
.eI' sherman mas recently taken a
IIeSn hOId OIL TINS southern business,
ana Is enueaVorin' snow the coun-
!Fy "nat 1t mas 4"'nerto been un|ill-
ing to see, namely That in viola
ton Of the Federal Constitution the
colored men of certain States South
arc oor,+ad oil. , b,.i- r,--...--...,-
80 % 0''''7 '0' ~ - 0'-.i va
IOH !" congress ana not counted at
the polls as voters, and now that his
hand is in, desire him to continue
The work and IN he DIscad ,,,bo~o h.,
o,,, -,-a-a.,,., =. A.. -. -.
~, 1 '7- ~ ~ ~ '''0 must o''eo'I'eIy'
Inc freedman must either be allowed
to vote and to have his vote counted
or the South must be content with
half its Draeant nrn,ber orCouo-...
.,.. Is1,,,5 80 0''
'''~''' "ou'u 'oIS 'OI my OI''eIest
personal enemy II he stood squarely
on this platform, and l believed him
to be sincere. caDabIe and corr-
soaors aDorob t, erf,r,a +,,. I.u.
,T 70 '~
HNe '"e men VINO
favor Blaine better than
l like Blaine himself They are
a lively, warm -blooded, enthusiastic
lot of fellows who make things hum
around them, but I doubt if, at this
time, they represent the sober iudr- |
ment Of the great body Of ReDubIi- |
cans, and l think Just now thev over
estimate Blaine's strength in Ohio. |
He could carry as many native.born
American votes as any other man, /
but he would not be as strong with |
the German as Senator Sherman. .
The former, for instance, could not
carry Hamilton County; the latter
coulL In fact, l think President
Arthur or Senator Logan would get
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