The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-10-08

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publican party it would lose twenty
thousand votes and meet with general
defeat. The Republicans rebuke whole
sale corruption in an effective way al the
ballot.box. The Democrats do not. They
simply bluster little and then vote their
straight party ticket.
THE sEYAToRsHIP.
Gov. Hoadly in his speeches seems, in a
measure, to have abandoned the guberna.
torial fight. The Republican State Execu.
tive Committee has stenographer travel.
ing about with him to report all his
speeches. l have number OF them be-
fore me. The Governor frequently de-
clares that the election Of Legislature is
Of considerable more Importance than the
election Of Governor, and says that he is
personally interested in seeing that John
Sherman does not go back to the Senate
Governor Hoadly says that Sherman has
been a pretty fair Senator, but that the
people OF Ohio want better one, and then
be modestly adds want to succeed John
Sherman, and want you TO elect Demo.
cratic Legislature in order that | may do
SO. This statement alarms no one. Every
sensible man understands that II the Den.
ocrats control the next Legislature John
K. Mclean will be sent 10 the Sem
ate OF the United States, and that il the
the Republicans control it John Sherman
will be returned to his seat there in spite
OF the ambition Of the eX Governor Foster
to succeed him. 1t Is stated in Cincinnati
that Mr.. Foster used several thousand dol.
lars - secure the nomination OF certain
candidates for the Legislature at recent
convention In Hamilton county. Mr..
Foster says that he is making no efforts to
secure his election to the Senate. There
is no doubt that Mr.. Foster has claims
upon the Republican party in this State.
The only question is one OF the timeliness
or untimeIiress Of those claims, Ny i'm
preston Is that il &r. Postsf is
governed by the will Of the majority
Of his own party, he will wait for
Mr. Payne's seat in the Senate Of the
United Ststes. twill probably be efoundon
the day OF tho election that the Democrats
have concentrated their mGney and etiorts
upon their legislative ticket. GontEol Of
the legislature means good deal to
them, and a member OF their State Com
mittee told me that they confaentially
expected TO have tasjorily on joint bal
lot in the next General Assembly. The
Republicans are making strenuous efforts
10 secpTe Il msjority OF both branches Of
Legislature. lis probable that with the
choice OF Senator betveen Sherman and
Mclean as an issue, that the Republicans
will have majority in the House and on
joint ballot, and poSsiblya majority Of two
or four in the EeHato, If the Republicans
control both branches Of the legislature
they will restore the old Congressional
Districts aud so gain six or seven Aepub-
lican Congressmen.
THE PROHIBITION MOVEMENT.
The Prohibitioaists aIe making better
campaign than they eyer did in this State,
besaaSa they have got an ableF leader
than they have bad before. Or, Leonard
is plausible speaker and has consider.
able prestige, owing to his prominent
connection with the Methodist church.
When be yRs first nominated the effect
Of his candidacy promised to be fatal to
tho SUCCESS OF the Republican party. It
looked as though great msjority Of the
Methodists OF this gtate vopid move in q
body TO his support. He cafde in the at
titude Of a disinterested and pure re-
former. Mr.. Halstead set men at work to
exalnia6 his record. II was not long be-
fore he was abla to show that DR.. Leonard
was merely an ambitious clergyman, who
was making use Of tie sccTed
office for a political preferment. Mr.
Halstead fastened falsehood and hypo-
crisy upon him spd brought forth
ample proofs. The I,eolss1 boom
fell before the cold and shriveled up ike =
frost smitten flower. The good people OF
the st2te felt their confidence in the emf
nent reforner clipping away, aud they
have admitted that the oulY practical tenn
perance party is the Republican party,
and the more they have heard Of the Pro-
hibitiouists and pf the Democrats the
stronger has BECOME their attsChment to
the Republican cause. DR.. Leonard has
followers. There are many political Pro-
hibitionists in the State, and the smooth
tongued divine has made come converts,
Just as any good talker will do, but he has
no formidable support. i seems possible
that in some very close counties the pres.
ence OF a Prohibition candidate for the
Legislature may cause the defeat Of Re-
publican candidate, but the instances
will be very few. So far as the
effect on the State ticket Ia con-
eerned the impression at the Republican
beadauErteyS Is lhst the Prohibition vote
will not exceed by thIse thousand the
vote cast for st. John. In short, It Is pot
expected that DR.. Leonard will have more
than 1900 votes, but II he has 20, ,0c0 votes
the Republicans Rould still carry the
State. The returns from LorAin county,
where the Prohibition sentiment ana vote
is as strong as it is anywhere in the State,
shows gain In that vote and q CORES
ponding increase in the Republican vote.
It is not unlikely that there will be Re-
publican gains in anpmber OF the counties
where Prohibition is strongest, for in the
same counties Rspgblicanlsm Is strong
and the young men who have 8 bsliot to
cast will not cast 1t with the political Pro-
hibitionists, even II their fathers do vote
that way sometimes.
HAMILTON c,gSTY GERMANS.
Hamilton county With It's 1900 voters
it's vast German population, and its lsgis-
latlVs delegation Of ten Representatives
and four Senators is always . significant
and important factor in Ohio elections,
Last fall BlGine's majority in Hamilton
county was 6,416 In the spring election
q Republican Mayor was given q hand
some majority, and on the ls;h Of next
October there Is every reason TO believe
that the Republican State ticket will be
given a majority exceeding 5000. The
balance Of political power lies with the