The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-10-27
AM NJ UNITION
PLACED IN THE LOCKER (!
And the Friends of General
GrOsvenOr Breathe
Easier,
Saying That They VIII Be Able To
Break the Solid Miners Vote
In the 18th District.

1NEW AEAlN0ION, OItAOS OCtOUSI
2l.-For the first time in five weeks,
so 1 was told today, the Republi-
can managers here in the capital of
old Perry, to-day felt pleased with
the Congressional situation.
Two or three weeks ago they
were willing to concede that Perry
County would give ut least 500 plu-
rality against Grosvenor. Now
they put the plurality against him
at not more than 100, or about the
normal.
This change of feeling is easily
accounted for. 1t appears that the
National and State Committees
finally got it into their heads that
VIM. H. Crawford, the Populist
candidate, was making fearful in
roads upon Grosvenor's strength,
and that if he once solidified the
miners he put the Athenian in the
in the greatest jeopardy.
Then they came to his rescue
handsomely, and sent big Jumps of
money to the committees in Athens
Hooking, Meigs, Perry and Vinton,
leaving Ross out of the calculation,
as there is no miner vote there.
Perry gets the largest share, the
amount being placed at $4,000 by
those who profess to know. Athens
gets $4,000, Meigs $4,000, Hooking
$4,000, and vinton $1,000, the sum
being $4,000, and, it is said, was
contributed in equal proportion by
the two committees. This, of course,
is in addition to the regular CAM
paign fund raised in the district.
The story goes, and there are
many confirmatory circumstances
that this money is to be placed in
the hands of about so prominent
miners, who are to start out at once
evangelizing for the Congressman,
and who are expected to convince
their fellow-miners that the report,
sanctioned by Sheriff Riley, of
Athens, that General Grosvenor
was instrumental in having the
troops sent to Gloucester, thus pre-
cipitating a crisis in the miners
strike is unfounded, and that he
was on the side of the miners all
the time.
In selecting these missionaries
at splendid salaries for two weeks
work, great care was taken to ex-
clude from the employment large
number of leading former Republi-
can miners, whose affiliation with
the Populists has put them under
the ban of the various local COM
mittees.
The situation in these mining
districts, in the presence of this big
fund, begins to grow immensely in
teresting. Mr.. Crawford's lieuten-
ants,on being approached in regard
to the matter, said in substance:
"We know that the money has
found its way into the district, and
we know the exact methods by
which it is expected to be made
available. But it will do no good.
General Grosvenor says that mi
ner or a man who does hard work
is not fit to go to Congress. Well,
let him have his opinion about it.
We will have ours. We have con-
cluded that General Grosvenor is
not the kind of a man to go to Con-
gress, and we are going to select
one of our own number-a work
ingman to represent u.s."
"But can you ?" was asked.
"EasiIy If the miners will stand
shoulder to shoulder on the day Of
the election. This is one of the dis
tricts, and nearly the only one in
the United States, where the coal
miners can name their Congress.
man. We can do 1t II we stick to-
gether."
"But will you do it?"
"That is what we intend to do,
rest assured of that"
Whatever may be the outcome,
one thing is sure. Those who have
the good fortune to be selected as
missionaries will be well fixed for
the coming winter. Those who are
left out will not be SO lucky.
w. A. T.
WILL some good Republican ex-
change tell us what is the matter