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Show Georqe H. Pendleton is to bug-oetd bug-oetd Stanley Matthews oa United States senator from Ohio. It would have boon poetio justice to send Ex-governor Ex-governor Allen to the senate from that great state. Three years ago the money of Wall street defeated Allen and elected Hayes governor of Ohio. The bondholders andShylocks disliked the veteran Allen on account of his financial theories, hence they did all thoy could with their money and influence in-fluence against him. Since then almost the entire west has adopted Mr. Allen's financial views; and his election to the senate would not only have placed as strong a man in that body as Mr. Pendleton, but been an act of justice as well as a satisfactory revenge upon eastern political millionaires. mil-lionaires. However, Mr. Pendleton, or "Gentleman George," as he ia popularly dubbed, is an able, conscientious con-scientious democrat, and a high-toned, honorable statesman. Few men in the senate are his superiors. He has been on tbe political turf a long time, and always had "aspirations," but outside of Ex-governor Allen he is perhaps the best choice for the place that could have been made. |