Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-10-22
FILhHeroE. DgL.
Wednesday Afternoon. October ~
TIE REsULrIE eHIo.

By the geuTmAndeE Of legislative districts in
Ohio. trick there chaEgeable to the Democrats,
but disgrAeirg the Republicans, sometimes. in
other statss,s minority Of tho people choose the
majority Of the Legislature, 70 that while most
Of the Republican State officers are elected the
Democrats have decisive preponderAnce in that
BODY. Tits IL nothing neE. Since 1867. when
they obtained 8 msioTity on JOINT ballot. and
elected Mr.. Thurman 70 the senate, they have
Controlled the LegislAture slmoz, unintefrupted-
ly, except that chosen in 1871.
The result iE therefore no Republican ioss. so
far a. the Legislature ia concerned. Mr.. Thur
man will be reelected, and We are quite satisfied
be should be. Taking the average Democratic
statesmen Of these days. he may be regarded as
one OF the ablest among thsn, and be helps Mr
Hendricks, Mr.. Bsyafd, and their associates to
make come sort Of respectable opDositiou 10 the
overwhelming Republican majority in the Sen
ate-a msioriiy not 20 free from class Of
grabbeFs a. not to need, for it's Own good. Wig.
liant and resolute opposing element.
In tie election Of MT. Allen, the Bourbon. the
He'Actionary the Secession sympathizer, for
Governor, the Ohio Democrats have in truth
done something new. Since Seymour was
chosen Governor Of New York in 1852. there
has been nothing Ike it. /; puts new face on
politics. Allen ls chosen, it il true by le.. than
thousand Majority and in the election OF 1867.
which in all respects best corresponds with
this. the Democrats failed by only go, 30 that
the change, between that time AID this. IL Iess
than two thousand votes, in total Of nearly
i've hundred thousand. But the fac, iemainp,
that after long ii-t Of Republican Governor. Of
ONO, Democrat ID now choeen Who IL not a
New Departurizt, who does not willingly con-
csde the settlement Of this War issues and who
r'pndlateE all =gch medicine AZ that adtni1ister
Cd IN the Cincinnati and Baltimore Conventions.
A bourbon succeeds where all New Depsrturists
nave failed Tho White Mans Party ttiunphg
even in the State Of Ohio.
Now, friends and brethren, there are two ar
three facts to be considered In thie. and two or
three lessons to be derived FROM it, In the fret
place, the elements Of Democratic opuosi,iop.
t"e od Pro-Slngay NeJyo. LElisl.y "Hl.L
Mans Fdrty' bla.torn,, appear capable OF cohe-
sion and active movement They have chosep
Governor, in Ohio wa sua, a force "a the
a. p'e Re14l!tcaH Putty uasst recruit. and not
dtsbdnd Ihcse Of It's members v lo were look.
ing for more active aud exciting political
sport than the zuA lugati9n OF such forlorn 1p.
p'hitlon ar that Of the Democrats. IN ls72 NAV
BEE that the time has not yet come for abandon |
ing their party. 1t il yet needed and needed for
the hTm maintenance aud continuance Of is
most characteristic principles
ms perhaps, ia the most vital Lesson taught |
u IN ONO. There are others, however. Tie
people OF that State believed "Bil Allen an
honest man. That gave him good many yot.s, |
and elected him General Noyes. VIC bel,eya |
was az honest az Allen but there was some .tory
circulated about irregu!auty in his ADMINISTRATION |
Vi local Office in Cincinnati We presume |
~ WAS IalHe but the people are Bensitiye 10 such
s'oreE' They are growing more and more tirea |
these everlasting grabbera and mauipulatorp
VINO want oihce only because it gives them ot
poHnhlty TO MI their pockets, and whose ideag
OF Official honor and purity are aa sloyeny as a
alrty stocking. This sensiiyenosz. ius.ly ar |
not, beat Governor Noyes
Again-and akin to he sarla le.sou--i. ,le
TACT that some Of the beat and strongest II MN.
cans in Ohio, including Garfield aud Bingham
"ere not perfectly c!ear on the Salary Grab |
uafhed ought to have been. IL il iine man
IN most essential respects He ought to have
Kept clsan handz. lie ouzl.t TO have r4l4.ed tho
Old Giddings district, N the W..,er. R..e,ya
ld carried in tho whole Republican tcEot. by
decisive meJoritios But 1t was Just il, that .el.
uon that our ma JJrty fell oR
we must maintain aud recruit the Iaort,lf.
can party. We must nominate mono b1t tta
best candidates. Put these down as tie oljo
lessons Of 1872