The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-10-20
The Republican Defeat in Ohio the
Result OF Mismanagement.

Result OF mlSmRnhsemeh'
When the eight brigade" rode into the
storm Of shot and shell and got the wors'
Of II, the cry went up from several peo'
ple. Including the poet Laureate, thai
'somebody had blundered." This Is q
laundering world and. somebody is Away
putting their foot in 1t, but we scarcely
ever hear Of 1t when success follows the
act. Still, after making due allowance
for the usual whining that follows defeat
there may be something in the following
paragraph, which Is telegraphed from
Washington to the Cincinnati Commercial!
as appearing in the Evening Admins
tration organ" there
"Ohioans in this city who have just re-
turned from the election in their state
are Indignant at the manner in which the
campaign has been conducted. They say
that Moves and Hart, the candidates iol
Governor and Lieutenant Governor, ran
the canvass in their own interests, and
managed to keep prominent speakers oul
of the State and of Of the stump, that they
might reap sufficient glory from the bril-
liant victory they were TO achieve through
their personal efforts 10 float the one into
the United States Senate and the other
into the Gubernatorlal chair BY promo.
ton. This programme was so distasteiul
1t Is alleged, that many Republicans stay
ed away from the polls altogethee rather
than see 1t carried out"
As we said, there may be something in
the above, for the Governor is thought to
be more than willing, even anxious, to
succeed Thurman in the U. s. Senate
From whatever cause, however, It Is Ger
tain that the stsy.at.homes in Ohio last
Tuesday were very numerous among the
Republicans. We have already given
our opinion that one reason for their in
difference is their disgust for the way thai
things have been going on at Washington
for q year past.
But nobody need cry over the result
Sweet are the uses of adversely" The
Republican party, like the country, Is the
better Of check up once in a while. We
are having panic in business just now
and II we could have had it a little more
in piece meal, one at q time like, stter
the fashion of this gentle admonition in
Ohio, we need not have been brought up
with such fearful round turn.
Those upon whom Providence is sup
posed to look with Partially, on account
Of the general average Of their merits, are
believed not only to need but also TO re-
ceive Christening admonitions occasion
ally, and we don't see why this view o.
the Ohio election Is not consolatory
enough. The Republican party Is mol
under any special stress OF weather as ye'
and have all the margin Of strength they
need to bring about reaction in Ohio
next fall. II they do well meanwhile they
will be accepted, and II not "sin lieth al
the door," Their defeat will be apt to
squclca all ideas on the part Of the South
ern carpet bsggers Of getting their State
debts foisted on tho Federal Government
in any shape whatever, as also the debt o
the bankrupt District of Columbia. Ant
we shall probably sec no move made fol
the relief olthe Northern Pacific Railroad
nor any kindred projects. Congressmer
have heard something drop since the last
session Of Congress and have found thai
the popular feeling did not die out on the
salary grab quiteso soon as they expected
The newspapers will not let it die. Meth
er will they let any new jobs develop int
success this winter. The Ohio election
will strengthen their hands in this wori
and in this view OF the case there Is moth
ing, as we said, to cry over in the result.