Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1889-09-06
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1859.
The ohio Campaign.

Unusual interest attaches to the
Democratic canvass in Ohio this year.
Two elements of exceptional occurrence
somewhat complicate the situation. A
Republican Governor, J. Benson
Foraker, is running for third term-a
circumstance absolutely without
precedent in Ohio gubernatcrial annals
and MIR. Murat Halstsad, one of the
editors and proprietors of the Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette, is self-constituted
candidate for United States Senator.
During his long incum bency of the Ohio
gubernatorial Office plenty Of good Re-
publicans have become tired of Foraker.
John Sherman himself is said to be
quite hostile to the great ''bloody shirt"
roarer, and the icy Senator from Ohio is
q power in his own State. The tempta-
ton to t'down" Foraker is a great one,
and unless he is a veritsble "child of
destiny" his chances of passing
into the ''limbo Of things lost
upon EARTH" politically, at least,
are good. He is politician of infinite
-fnesse, however, and he seems to have
that same power of representing the
average sentiment of his own party,
which Thomas A. Hendricks had with
the Democracy. Even Grant over
reached himself, however, with all his
unrivaled popularity, when he stretched
out his hand for third term and yet he
had the good sense and delicacy-as far
as he could justify those terms-of allow
ing Hayes to fill the executive chair four
years before he appeared with his third
term demand. Foraker is rushing upon
a danger of whose force he is proba bly,
himself unaware, but it is unquestionably
great one. If he survives the ordeal it
may be safely said that his hold upon
the Republican organization is almost
unexampled.
Murat Halstead is undoubtedly a
great element of doubt and danger in the
Republican canvass in the Buckeye
State. He has been personal and bitter
to az unprecedented degree in discussing
the leaders of his own party, and he was
absolutely fanatical in his onslaughts on
Senator Payne, who, though Democrat,
has hosts Of friends in the Republican
party. What between the secret desire
of Republicans to see the party fail
rather than that Halstead should sue
coed, and the great energy which will be
impaired to the struggle on the Demo
cratic side, through the special energy of
the Payne wing of the party, the chances
look unusually good for Democratic Sue
cess.
And yet, under ordinary circum.
stances, no politician of sense would care
to look with any degree of hope on a
Democratic victory in Ohio. In the
past thirty seven years our victories in
that State could almost be counted
on the fingers of one hand.
They may be summed up in the election
of Allen, Bishop and Hoadley as Gov
ernor. and in the election of Pendleton
and Payne to the United States Senate.
Recurring to the several senatorial and
gubernatorial elections in Ohio in thirty
seven years, we have scarcely succeeded
more than once in twenty times. How
ever, the circumstances just now are I'M
usually propitious, and the time may
have at last arrived to snuff out both
Foraker and Halstead. The chances for
achieving this m ost devoutly to be wished
contamination are greatly increased
by the special and deserved popularity
of General Campbell, the Democratic
nominee for Governor, who has as good
a military record as Foraker, without
that offensive PERSONS bounce, brag and
self-sufficienCy.