Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-10-15
THE ELECTION.


briefly told.
The entire Republican State Ticket
has been elected by a majority ranging
from five to ten thousand This result
is extremely gratifying. Had the Re
publicans polled their full vote in the
State their majority would have been
not less than thirty or forty thousand.
But the apathy aud indifference which
always succeed a great triumph in the
Presidential canvass have embarrass-
ed us this year in the full proportion
of last years triumphant success.
Thousands of Republicans have re-
mained at home under the false i'm
preston that the Democrats were do
ing nothing and wsuld let the contest
/ 60 BY default. The denouemeut has
fully demonstrated the fallaoy and peril
of this assumption. The obnoxious
leaders Of the Democracy have been
kept out of sight and while Republi-
cans have been soothed into profound
indifference with the apparent want of
spirit and effort among their opponents
and the siren song that party lines were
to be ignored in local contests, the
| Democracy have manifested themselves
| in their strength, as usual, on election
day and polled nearly their entire vote.
In this condition of things the vic
| tory we have achieved is particularly
gratifying. It is signal conquest not
only of the opposite party but of cur
more covert and dangerous enemies,
| Republican apathy and assumed seeu-
rity.
/ The contest upon the Legislature
has been close, but the results devel
| oped up to this writing show with a
Egood degree OF certainty that both
Houses win be reliably Republican.
The fusion ticket which has been cleo
ted in Hamilton county contains five
Republican and five Democratic mem
bers of the House, and two Repub-
liean and two Democratic members OF
the Senate. Leaving this delegation
out of the count the Republicans will
| probably have a majority of one in the
Senate and three In the House. THIS
makes the adoption Of the XVII
amendment secure, and this is the most
glorious feature of our triumph. Itset-
ties the question of suffrage not only
in the State but in the nation, and set
ties it where it will rest forever, on the
broad and imperishable foundations Of
Christian justice. A Republican sue
cess which had left that amendment
insecure would have been compare
lively barren of results and little bet
ter than a Democratic victory.
The contest in this county has been
close but our success has been com
| plete and signal Governor Hayes has
majority In the county of642-a gain
of 226 over two years sgo-and the
nominees of the Republicans on their
county ticket are all elected. The Dem
oeratie candidate for Representative IN
this county was gallant wounded sol
dier. personally popular and a gentle
man of funexeeptionabie private char
acfer. Outside of the fact that he was
not our nominee tuere could be no OBJ
jection made to him except that il
elected he would vote for Democratic
measures. It's fair to presume there
fore that the Democracy present, d in
: his nomination the strongest case. they
could make against Republican prin-
ciples. Nevertheless the Republican
candidate has a majority of 478. The
majorities for the rest ofour ticket are
as follows: LoofbourroW, SO; Waters
15:Cox 1885, Adams, COL; Arthur, 599
Sheets. 334; Nelson. 95; Main, $50
Davidson, having no opposition receiv-
cd 1926 votes.
The maJorities for State officers in
the eounty are as follows, Hayes, 642
Lee, $40; Warner, $50; Pond. 650i
s. Porter. GAG; Day, GAS; Muusop, GAO.
From Licking county there have not
! been received sufficient returns to
show definitely the result Of the Sen
torial contest. The Democracy claim
| the election of Hubbell but it is idle
to venture conclusion in reference to
the result without further returns.
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