ANNALS OF CLEVELAND

252
CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1838
Abstracts 1566 - 1571
POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS & ELECTIONS - Ohio (Cont'd)
1566 - H&G Sept. 13; ed:2/3 - What are the Van Buren Democrats about
in Cuyahoga, is a question frequently asked; and we are at a loss how
to answer it. So far as meets the eye, they are permitting the Whigs
to walk allover the course this year, save and except a little opposition
of the regular candidates for Representative, and even this,
in behalf of a staunch Whig and one of Mr. Ewing's firmest supporters.
The party is really at a low ebb if they cannot make out a ticket.
(verbatim) (1)
1567 - H&G Sept. 14; ed: 2/3 - We adverted yesterday to the fact that
certain Van Buren leaders representing Mr. Barr are as firmly devoted
to the support of Thomas Ewing.
"This they do by way of courting favor among the Whigs and securing
their votes." (2)
1568 - H&G Sept. 15; ed:2/2 - The Hon. Thomas Ewing will address the
Whigs of Portage county at Ravenna to-day; the Whig nominating convention
also meeting there at the same time.
"It will be a proud time for Old Portage for in no other county on
the Reserve, if we except Lorain, have the Whigs entered into the
political contest with such unconquesable spirit." (7)
1569 - H&G Sept. 15; ed:2/3 - "We have heard much of Mr. Barr's claims
on the people of Cuyahoga for the Legislature. A writer in yesterday's
INTELLIGENCER, (probably Mr. Barr himself,) presents them in a nutshell.
We copy them for the information of the Whig voters of Cuyahoga, his
Loco Foco supporters of course feel no sort of interest in any 'claims'
on the Whigs." Here they are: "I put the question to the leading Whigs
of Cleveland and Willoughby, whether at the Whig State Convention, held
a few years since at Columbus. at which Jobn Barr presided as Secretary,
the duties of organizing and disseminating sound information among the
Whigs of this county, was not urged and put upon Mr. Barr by the Cuyahoga
county delegation. That in furtherance of this great object he should
devote his time, ability and money, and as a compensation therefore he
was to be reimbursed with a seat in the Legislature?" (4)
1570 - H&G Sept. 15; ed:2/3 - C. M. Giddings is nominated in the
ADVERTISER as a candidate for Representative, subject to the decision
of the "Democratic Bank Reform Convention." (1)
1571 - H&G Sept. 15; ed: 2/3 - The COM. INTELLIGENCER says: "Seabury
Ford and Silas Axtell have been put in nomination by the Whigs of Geauga
county as candidate for the Legislature. Timber must be very scarce in
Geauga county when such a man as Seabury Ford is the best selection that
can be made. He is a great bore at best."
"How excessively stupid the Whigs of the Reserve prove themselves to
be, in not consulting such Whigs as B. Andrews, James S. Clarke and
J. W. Willey in making their nominations! Genuine LocoFocos could not
be harder to please! Have they no John Barr to send for 'use' in Geauga?"
(2)