Year: 1879

Columbus t0hio) Letter to the Philadelph
Record.


The detection of Gen. CARTEL


and his friends in consequence {
: the arrogant manner in which Set
) retary Sherman assumed to dictat
} how the campaign shall hereafte
: be conducted, in order to secure
J Sherman Legislature, has assume,
formidable and ugly shape.
: has already resulted In the abrup
withdrawal of Gen. Garfield from


the canvass. Instead of keepin;
. his engagement to address a mass


meeting in Cincinnati last night, HI


put in an appearance in this city


early in the afternoon and was clos


eted with the Republican Executiv,


Committee until nearly midnight


The result is that this morning Gen


Garfield left directly for his home Al


Mentor, and all his appointments iE


various parts of the State are being


withdrawn. The explanation givei


at Republican Committee quarters


for this significant movement on
the part of Gen. Garfield is i'll
health that he has over-exerted


himself during the campaign and


that rest and quiet are imperatively
demanded, and that before the


campaign is ended he will be again


on the stump. But the General
and his friends do not attempt now


to conceal their dissatisfaction and
disgust at the assumption of the


Secretary OF the Treasury and his
interference in the programme


marked out, in order to secure an
election to the United States Senate.
They say that Sherman's career is


coming to an end; that when he


ran the last time he got in only by


the skin OF his teeth, and that, how


ever prodigal he may be of Govern


ment patronage, he cannot now


give out appointments enough to
secure his election. Nor do they
attempt to disguise the fact that the
excuse sent out by telegraph
throughout the country for the
withdrawal of the General from the
stump is calculated to deceive and
cover up the breach that has oc-
Cured. No doubt Garfield will be
as active as heretofore, but, like
Thurman in the Democratic party,
it will be in the conduct of a per-
sonal canvass for the United States
Senate. The Republican committee
now discovers that this canvass has
already being going on, and to an
extent that it will be difficult to
overcome. They find that in the
close counties Garfield Republicans
are running their own campaigns
independently and have established
a system of barter with the Demo-
Gratis for votes for the Legislature
that rivals that put into operation
by John q. Thompson in behalf of
his patron, Senator Thurman. For
instance, in Madison county the
Republicans are offering to give
three or four votes in favor of Ew-
ing to get a single Democratic vote
for their nominee for Representative |
in the Legislature. 1t is the same |
in this and Noble, and Ross and !
Highland counties, too, and Garfield |
now do not hesitate to
express their belief that the Legis-
latufe may be carried, though Fos-
ter should be beaten.


There is no doubt that Sherman's
intermeddling has lessened Fosters /
somewhat, and it does
not now seem probable that the !
can elect majority of /
the next Legislature. 1t will be no
easy task for them to overturn the |
present Democratic majority of |
thirty-four; and, beside this gain of |
eighteen members, the Republicans
must elect five additional members,
owing to the ''tloats" on extra
members to be chosen, if they would
have a Legislature they can call |
their own. Even could the Repub-
licans overcome the present Demo-
cratic majority, it would appear
almost a political impOssibility for
them to secure these "fioats" this
year, owing to the system of their
The Democrats in
1928, (?) in the constitution, estab-
Iished this system by fixing the
so that where there
was a county having enough to give
them a member and have fraction
over, it would every three years
have two representatives and
hey were cunning enough to fur
Iher arrange the districts so that in
counties where there were large
majorities these "floats"
would be elected in years In which
there was a United States Senatorial
election. On the contrary, in Re
publican counties. they arrange to
have the "floats" elected in years
n which there would be no United
States Senatorial election. This
year Senatorial election occurs
lence the extra members necessary
or the Republicans to elect in order
o have a majority in the Legis-
ature.