Idaho semi-weekly world. (Idaho City, Boise County, Idaho Territory) 1867-1868, 1867-11-13
OFFIcE-HUNTERs.


The Cincinnati Commercial, itself thorough
Radical sheet, says of its own party and It's
ofice-hunters the following:
When we consider the short time that the
Republican party has been IN power, the de-
velopment Of professional offce-seekers in it is
something wonderful. It is about as bad as
the Democratic party was when it had fattened
and riOted on the spOils of Office fer twenty
years In every county and township we find
men who assert Claims to public regard for ex-
treme loyalty, and assume that the Republican
party owes them a living. Asa general rule
they are men.WhO were able-bOdied during the
war, but were not in the military service, and
who claim to have been very effective in hos
fifty toward Copperheads. They snuffed the
battle afar' off, and put down the rebels with
hard words and loud protestations of the i'm
practicable things they would dc in impossible
contingencies. Some were in the army, though
as quartermasters, commissaries, chaplains,
surgeons, and sich and most Of their time
during the war was occupied In playing poker
between drinks, in snuggeres remote from the
skirmish line. In their frequent trips home.
ward they sought newspaper notice andsWelled
with consequence, considering themselves the
heroes who were trampling down the rebel.
hordes. Now they desire to be rewarded with,
effice, and their appeals are most pathetic.
There is still another class-those who were
IN the army little while, and played out when
the work became rough They are usually
Tabid for the ofal of office in proportion to the
breyity Of their military career The aggre-
gate effect has been to put the Republican
party in bad way, and the test of its virtue
is its ability to, purify ITSELF If it devotes
itself to the guardianship of its professional
officeseekers, cultiyates their ambition by fat
tery,, covers up their corrupt practices, fearing
the party may be injured, and. approves profit
gacy in administration for the sake of fatten-
ing on the waste; then Its career will be cut
short A party must be able to rectify abuses
within ITSELF to put down its own false and
selfish men, and adaptit declared principles to
Its own reformation, or it must speedily perish
OFFICIAL VoTE OF OHIo.-The officially vote
of Ohio, at the election, ON the 8th instant, has
just come to hand. The aggregate vote is the
largest ever cast in the State, showing that the
people were fully aroused The entire vote
foots up 484, 27z. The majority for Hayes, the
Republican candidate for Governor, is {, 983-
he having an aggregate. of 244 SOS; while
Thurman, the Democratic candidate, has 24O,-
G22. The largest vote ever cast heretofore
was for Governor in 1863, which. aggregated
including soldier vote of AZ, OO0-476 223.
At THAT election the Republican majority was,
we believe, about 100000 The vote this year
exceeds the vote of 1863sby 8,O54r-and, if vel
exclude the soldiers votes, and count only the
civilian, the vote this year exceeds that of any
previous civilian vote by $4,000
Ohio has nineteen Representatives in Con- |
gress. Of these, the Radicals carried sixteen
enc year ago. Looking at the vote for Gov
crnor this year, by Congressional Districts. the
Democracy carry ten out of the nineteen dis
tricts, beinga gain.of seven districts since last
year. The Radicals lose in every Congress.
sional District of the State; their smallest loss
in any one district, the second, in Cincinnati,
being loss of 4,31O. It will thus be seen
that, if Congressman had, been elected this
year, taking the Gubernatorial vote as basis,
the Democrats would have elected. tenmembers,l
the Radicals nine. st. Louis Rep, Oct. 25th.