Morris tribune., 1884-01-16
PENDLETON DEFEATED.
The Ohio Senatorial Fight Won by
Henry B. Payne.
What Washington Paper Has to Sny
About It.--Views OF Congress-
men---RefOrm Killed
Him.

SH1CAGO, Jan. S.-lne LINES Special IFOm
Columbus, Ohio, says: The Democratic eau
Gus resulted in walk-over for Payne as
against the field on the first ballot. All of
the eighty-two Democrats were present in the
joint caucus at o'clock p. M After spend
ing two hours in fighting over rules, they got
down to work. Many resolutions were
adopted, the most important ones being those
for all matters to be presented and put to
vote without debate, and for Sc
cret ballot. There was great excitement
about the capital. The fight was kept up till
the vote was taken, resulting: Henry B.
Payne 4S; Durbin Ward, II; G. H. Pendle
ton, Is; G. w. Geddes, L; HI. j. Booth, l.;
necessary to a choice, 43. Mr.. Payne thus
had majority of IA over all, and Pendleton,
wro was running for second term, was
beaten 81 to Is, as the Ward and other votes
would have gone to Payne on second ballot.
The excitement is intense. Serenades
and speeches are the order. Henry d. Payne
is at his home in Cleveland The old-time
mass to plead for Pendleton, and they are
swearing vengeance on the combination
which has grabbed control of the party.
They threaten to combine with the Repub-
icans for an investigation. They say that it
and corruption with Payne and Bookwalter.
1t is thought that the end is not yet.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 11.-Senator Pendleton
reached the city in the afternoon, and was
found at the residence of his brother-in-law,
DIR. A. S. cambridge, on East Fourth street,
where he will remain for the rest of this week
and then leave for Washington. He declined
to say anything at this time for reasons that,
he said, would be readily understood. He
was asked: "Why did you support the High
land house or Mclean ticket last fall instead
of crushing the conspiracy in the bud by
throwing your influence for the reform
movement"
"My reason" replied the senator, lis the
one gave at the time am an adherent of
the Democratic party, and support its organ
ization as the means of maintaining it,"
Further than this he refused to be inter-
viewed. He is suffering from slight cold,
but otherwise seemed in the best of health
and good spirits.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 1.-THE Enquirer's
Washington City special says: "The defeat
of Gentleman George in the senatorial eau
Gus at Columbus has created genuine alarm
among the Democrats in congress, if one is to
judge by the expressions heard under the
capitol dome. The late letter from ex-Sena-
tor Thurman, in which he pleaded for PEN
dleton, but admitted that he had grievously
.sinned in originating the civil service bill,
gave a clew to the real feeling of the
Democracy on the subject of reform
in the government service The sum-
mary retirement Of Penddieton has empha-
sizeG this clew in such way that there is no
longer any room for doubling the fact that
the Drawn of the party is 'forninst reform,
and that any public man who favors it is
doomed to sackcloth and ashes As leading
Democrat put it: you don't catch me advo-
eating civil service reform any more. don't
propose to give my constituents chance to
sit down on me as the Ohio Democrats laid
Pendleton down and jumped ON him.
at augirs well for the coming presidential
fight" said one representative with a
united front, and harmony, the Democracy
can carry Ohio with whirl in October, -hus
making assurance doubly-su of the election
of Democratic president in November; and
wonldn,t be surprised if his name is Henry
B,2ayfe"
= Senator Pendleton is good company, en-
tertains splendidly and is a royal good fellow
personally" said another, "but his civil SER
vice reform bill was mistake. and was what
defeated him for reelection. 1 hear that it is
very probable the house will refuse to make
any appropriation for the commission"
"It means Payne for president" was the ex-
pressed thought Of senator. "He would
make strong candidate before the people,"
Everybody has good word for Senator
Pendleton in the day of his defeat; but
Payne, it is thought, will take more leading
position in the senate than the present MEM
Der from Ohio.