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GOV. STEWART L. WOODFORD, OF NEW YORK,

ON THE

FINANCE QUESTION

Held at Circleville, Wilmington, Tiffin, and Columbus, Ohio,
October 2, 4, 8, and 9, 1875.

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PREFACE.

TOWARD the close of the Ohio political campaign of 1875, the Republican and Democratic State Executive Committees arranged for a series of joint discussions upon the finance question, between Governor Stewart L. Woodford, of New York, and General Thomas Ewing, of Ohio; the former representing the Republicans, and the latter, the Democrats.

The undersigned was employed to make a stenographic report of the discussions, merely for convenience of reference. The debates commenced at Shawnee, September 30, and were continued on successive days at Lancaster, Circleville, Wilmington, Galion, Upper Sandusky, Tiffin, and Columbus. The importance of the subjects under discussion, and the ability and fame of the speakers, caused the debates to attract wide attention at the time. The public interest in the question canvassed having in no degree abated, the reporter determined to write out and publish several of the debates. Having been held before different audiences, and the same topics having been, to a large extent, discussed each day, there was necessarily a good deal of repetition. It was therefore deemed undesirable to publish all of them. For that reason only four of the eight debates are published.

The report has been submitted to and revised by Governor Woodford and General Ewing. In several instances, passages occurring in one speech have been omitted in succeeding ones made by the same gentle

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