ANNALS OF CLEVELAND

266
CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1838
Abstracts 1626 - 1631
POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS & ELECTIONS - Ohio (Cont'd)
1626 - H&G Oct. 6; ed: 2/2 - "Nearly every Anti-Bank Loco Foco candidate
for Congress in the State is a Bank stockholder, Bank director, or
debtor." In the selection of candidates for the Legislature, the same
inconsistency marks the theory of these bank-hating for effect politicians.
Occasionally, honest Democrats are found to spring the net on the setters.
The PEOPLE'S ADVOCATE relates the following good one in old
Trumbull. At a "Loco-Foco" Convention in Warren, David Tod, who was
nominated for State Senator, delivered a speech. He spoke of the rascality
of the Banks and the necessity to reform them. Thinking Tod was sincere,
one of the good, honest members arose and moved that the "Loco-Focos"
vote for no man who had anything to do with banks directly or indirectly.
A thousand yards of chained lightening thrown in their midst would have
made no greater turmoil. Of course the honest man's resolution was
thrown out to the tune of "Shannon and Bank Reform." (5)
1627 - H&G Oct. 6; ed:2/2 - The resolutions adopted by the Van Buren
party in Rockport, denouncing Lloyd and the Whigs, were sent to the
INTELLIGENCER for publication.
Why did not B. Andrews publish the resolutions?
"No doubt the Rockport Van Buren men have as much attachment to the
Whig party as B. Andrews has. Meet yoke fellows." (2)
1628 - H&G Oct. 6:2/3,4 - In a letter to the editor, "Roscius" says:
"Much has been said by Mr. Barr and his friends about 'old settlers. '
I would ask them, if this class of persons enjoy any special privileges
or if they would make a monopoly of all offices, and distribute them
among their favorite 'old settlers.'
"What would Cleveland have been without its late emigrantis? And when
offices are to be filled are these men to be discarded because they did
not come here twenty or thirty years ago, when this country was a wilderness?
Let the people answer." (6)
1629 - H&G Oct. 6; ed: 2/4 - Regarding the stump and free discussion of
public measures by Legislative candidates many northern Whig newspapers
have voiced their approval.
"It is certainly desirable that such candidates should be brought
face to face before their constituency - that those whom they are to
represent may be enabled to compare their opinions and their manner of
enforcing them, and thus decide upon their respective and relative qualifications."
(3)
1630 - H&G Oct. 10; ed: 2/1 - The majority for Vance in this county is
695. Two years ago his majori ty was 566. (1)
1631 - H&G Oct. 10; ed:2/2 - "According to our figures the majority for
Mr. Lloyd over the Mr. Barr in the county is six hundred And forty seven."
(I)