St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-29
Skirmish of 1883 to Be Fought On Ohio
Soil by Blaine, Logan and
Company.
Harmony in the Republican Ranks and a
Quarter of a Million Dollars
Secured.
Plans to Dethrone John Kelly as Boss
of Tammany--Coun Demo-
Gratis Happy.
Civil Sc vice Denounced as frauo--
Burchard's Letter--Bla la1ne 1or
Congress.
The Ohio Fight.


Special to the Globe
WASHINGTON, June 2S.-A very prom
inent Ohio Republican and supporter OF
John Sherman said to your correspondent
tonight: ''Our battle will be the first pre-
liminary skirmish of the battle OF 1888. You
see the Republicans hardly know where
they stand. Cleveland's new policy has
affected our organization but to what extent
cannot vet be said. A large number OF his
friends wanted Sherman to run for gov
ernor and it was hard work to keep the
bows from nominating him anyhow ana
compelling him to run. But we intend 10
make a canvass for governor III Onlo tllat
will give the party its lines for the presl-
Dental run three years hence w nat
about Mr. Blaine's being IN
vited to stump Ohio?" was the
first question asked. Nothing beyond
the fact that he is to be asked to come out
and help us has been decided upon. saw
him Yesterday and told him that he WoulG
be officially Informed pretty soon. Wehad
some conversation relative to the admins
tration and its doings, which l cannot re-
neat because it was confidential. lie
agrees with me, however, as to where Mr.
Cleveland had made his mistake. AS a
matter of policy there are two ways open to
A NEW PRESIDENT.
Gone is to strengthen himself by judicious
annointments and the other is to conciliate
his enemies in the opposition. Whether
the president is conciliating them any by
nermitting so many to remain in office he
himself must decide. One thing l can tell
Won: If Blaine had been elected there
would have been more removal in one
month of his administration than there will
he this entire year under Democratic rule.
The Republicans believe that the best way
to make a party strong is to put their own
3eople in power and hold them responsible.
we intend to have every Republican OF ma
tional reputation in Ohio some time during
the campaign this fall, if urgent invitations
can bring them. There will be no lack of
money. We have $3.50, 900 promised now,
and by reliable men. State feudS have
been healed, and will remain so until after
the fight against the common enemy mas
been won. Foster and Sherman have made
I'D. and there is harmony i'll other portions
of the Republican vineyard. There's the
nartv life in Ohio" ''Have you any favor
ite son
IN TRAINING FOR 1885,"
was asked. s'Well, we don't care to pro-
nOunce too positively for anybody so early
and this far ahead. But if the Republican
presidential nomination had to be made this
month instead of three years hence, Ohio
wonld be a unit in favor of Blaine. He
sDent more time with us last year than was
given to any other part of the country, and
no other Republican has anything Ike
Blaine's hold on.the popular heart. The
truth is we are little short Of presidential
timber Just now. The tallest oaks have
long since fallen and those left are full OF
hollows. knots and sometimes are badly
WindShaken, to use lumbermanS descrlp-'
tion." Logan is strong in Ohio, isn't he?"
was the next question asked. wen,
yes.n said the eminent Ohioan,
meditatively, ''but he has nothing like the
strong personal following that sticks to
Names great son, through thick and thin,
and no other man ever had, not excepting
Grant. There is only one unknown quantity
inthis fight The federal patronage in tn e
state could be used so as to
DEFEAT US THIS FALL.
ssBut a good deal depends on its apportion-
ment. I am going to tell what we fear in
detail. We shall probably poll 750, 1000
votes this fall, for we intend to bring our
entire force out. The majority cannot be
more than 5000 OF 1000, which you see
is about 1 per cent. The change, there
fore. of only one vote in 100
will break us down. We do not monopo-
lie the brains of Ohio by any means. The
Democrats are just as wide awake as we
are. Payne the senator, has gathered
about him nearly all the young men in the
state with nerve and political skill of the
Democratic faith. They have money, too,
and will use it unless the administration
gives them some cause for lukewarmness.
Senator Payne has an invaluable ally in
Whitney, who is brevet Ohioan and is un-
doubtedly one of the best practical poll
ticians in the cabinet. They are somewhat
handicapped, too, by Gov. Hoadly. He is
scholarly man and gentleman, but he
doesn't take hold of things with enough
vigor. John Sherman will throw his whole
weight into the campaign and John A.
Logan will stump the state from end to end"