Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-11-02
ABOUT HAMILTON.
Democratic DiSafection Confined to
SoreheadS.
MEN BRANDED AS DISHONEST,
Reinforced by Disappointed QfRcs-S.sk.rs Make
Up the Opposition to Gov. Oampbsli-Thy
Cannot Control More Than A. 600 Votes
il They Do fhsir Very Best

Cincinnati is painfully small in COM
parison with the total Democratic vote
In the county. Still it exists, and in
the hands Of the unscrupulous men who
are manipulating it it may cut pretty
heavy figure in the result. During
the past month the kickers have been
very quiet, and it was supposed that
the disaffection was rapidly dying
out. Some of them made no conceal
ment of their intention OF scratch
ing Governor Campbell's name, but
they protested that this was as far as
they would 20, and they were neither
active nor aggressive In their attempts
to proselyte Democratic voters to the
cause Of treachery.
Since the last day of registration,
however, showed that the vote would
be unusually heavy, above that Of two
years ago and only thousand or two
below that of presidential year, there
are indicutions that an active, con-
certed movement has been in
augurated against Campbell. The
"kickers" have not entirely thrown
aside the mask, but there is no longer
any doubt that they intend to covertly
and secretly knife Campbell. They
would be willing to sacrifice the whole
ticket to accomplish their purpose OF
pulling down Gov. Campbell's vote so
low that his majority in the state would
not wipe it out. Ia this respect, how
ever, they are baked by the Australian
ballot law, which will effectually pre-
vent trading.
the people in other parts OF the State
understand the motives which actuate
the kickers. Everyone Of the leaders
is moved by personal malice. Show me
an alleged Democrat down here who is
standing on the street corners pro-
claiming that he will not vote for Camp
bell and / will show you man who di-
rectly or Indirectly has o grievance.
The head and front of the
anti Campbell crowd consists
OF Louis Reemelin, whom Camp
bell branded as a dishonest man; Louis
Brown, John r. McLeaD's man Friday
in Hamilton county, who wanted an ap-
pointment from Gov. Campbell and re-
ceived disappointment; j. H. Menke,
an employe of the old board OF improve.
ments; Sol Kineon., why controlled
Montgomery, one or the membc-s of
th~t hoard, BARTON, the venem0uS eX-
editor of the Southeast; John Kemmer-
on, the over-the-Rhine saloon keeper,
and others of that stripe. The party
would not suffer an irrepsrable
loss if such men were taken by
the nape of the neck and
the seat of the trousers and thrown out
of it bodily. have heard expressions
from Democrats down here which bode
III for these kickerS ii, they should be
the cause of McKinley's election. When
professional party workers like these
men fight the nominee Of their party
after the convention they daily with
fire. They are essentially seekers after
the loaves and fishes. Victory for
them means chance 10 get their teeth
into the official patronage against which
they have been rubbing their noses.
The very fact that Campbell's
election would be followed by
some heavy cracking of tall presi-
Dental timber only serves to speed on
their determination to down him. They
have argued themselves into q frame OF
mind in which they believe that dis
loyalty to Campbell is loyalty to their
own interests. They know Campbell is
hard fighter and if he should happen
To step from the executive mansion at
Columbus to the executive mansion at
Washington they could not expect
very cordial reception at his hands.
Looked at from selfish stand
point, therefore, they have come to
the conclusion that their own interests
can best be subserved by preventing
the "Camsbells are coming" The
Democrats Of the better class, however,
understand perfectly that in this fight
the kickers are not after justice but re-
venge and the treachery in the camp
has served to quicken rather than damp
en- their ardor. Men who fought Gov.
Campbell bittealy before the convention
hove risen above personal considerations
in their zeal for the great principal for
which the Democracy is struggling this
fall. The little coterie of kickers are
consequently experiencing considerable
difficulty in holding up the bedraggled
tail of the anti-Campbell movement
Still they each have more or less of
personal following which they can, per-
haps, have no difficulty in controlling.
The Democrats down here, not only in
Cincinnati, but In this section OF the
State, have been badly handicapped
throughout the campaign by the want
of a party newspaper. Excepting the
Southeast, a weekly, and the German
papers, the Democrats are absolutely
without newspaper. The Enquirer
gives them cold shower bath every
morning. Mclean, its proprietor, is
the most bitter personal enemy Gov.
Campbell has, and his paper sup
ports Campbell like the old
woman In Indiana kept tavern.
Even now, when the candidates are
laundering down the homestretch the
accounts of CampbelPs magnificent
meetings are given in q six line para
graph tucked away in an insignificant
corner of the paper. The course OF the
ENQUIRER now is in striking contrast
with its course two years ago, when 1t
devoted columns to Campbell's meetings.
Mclean has turned on Campbell just as
he turned on Tilden and Cleveland and
for the same reason The people OF
Ohio know what that reason is.
Although claiming to run a
Democratic newspaper the voice
OF the EnQ,tirer's editorial column is the
sound of the voice that Is still. Oc-
casionally It tries to stop the grumbling
of its subscribers by a display of
Democracy and then 1t makes job lot
of Campb the issues and the local
ticket, damning them all with faint
praise. In its fight the Enquirer has
gone 30 far as to garble the reports Of