Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-10-18

c untry. We serve notice to that effect on a
b0nd-holding, MISUNDERSTANDING. Wall-stre
r1bbers The Democracy have the popul'
side; they have the side that is just. and the
have the side that viii win. The privilege
ciasse', however successful they may be for
Times are hard. business is dnli, labor is stRI
p .nt MI, and nnretn unefa cd aud the reason OF
Z purposeiy made 10 for the bcbeft OF the les
hands.
An EFFORT AT cHEERFULNEss
From the New York Republic administrators
orgaull
With the exceptions OF Iowa and Ne
I braslka, the Republicans were badly defeated
I in the west yesterday. There is no use in de
I nying the ugly fact, and not much satisfac
ION IN attempting 20 account for II. The con
I gressionai delegations for the foriy-fourth
I congress ia Indiana and OHIO are nearly re-
] NeIsed from the existing division OF parties
] in the fotiy-third congress. The Ohio De-
uIOcracy have elected Twelve, possibly thir-
teen, out Of twenty members. They defeat
Mr, Parsons in the Cleveland district very
badly, and elect an able man OF their own
/ side, Mr.. II. b. Payne. They did not defect
Z Nj. GARFIELD, though helped in tneir EFFORT by
q third, or indepeudent, or anii-9aTneid can
dldate 1t Is apprehended as we now write
mat Mr.. Foster is beaten. The Democratic
stale ticket There Is no governor TO elect this
year Is triumphant. The greenback plank in
the democratic platform and the prohibition
plank IN The Republican did the business. In
Indiana the case is not quite so bad, but the
cause OF Republican defeat Is worse than in
I buAbs me uluEItntt II htlMtEn tue nDAQtE
theory Of Mr.. voorhees, and the insidious re-
pudiatlon Of Mr.. Pendleton. The unlimited
Initiation OF government paper, the payment
of United states fiVe-tWenties in green
backs, and the suppression Of the national
banks, were boldly inscribed on the banners
Of the former, and enlisted a feeling much
larger than could have been reasonably ex-
pected when the canvass opened, and GER
tHinly determined the result Of the State
ticket. lt is as well TO understand, as we 90
along, that Mr.. VOORHEES, land Mr.. Hendricks
as we'll belong 10 the Old Bourbon gympa-
lhiZers with the south. They want the south
ern claiips for the devastauons Of the war
considered by congress And TO do this with
"rush," when the Democratic majority is
established IN con gress, paper money must be
made plenty, or the claims, IL allowed, can
never he paid from the treasury. Easy times
and " justice 20 the south" must be made TO
90 together. There Is much 10 relieve the
temporary disasters we feel sure they are
only temporary in Ohio and Indiana, in the
steady Republican tramp Of Iowa. There is
no shadow OF turning IN that quarter. An
unbroken delegation In congress and an over
whelming popular majority on the State
ticket attest the fidelity OF one of the Wealth.
est and most progressive young common
Wealths OF the west 10 the Republican party.
THE WHY AND WHEREFORE OF IT.
From the st. Louis Democrat (Republican).l
The October elections have not re-
suited satisfactorily TO The Republicans. In
Iowa and Nebraska there have indeed been
substantial victories. But the attitude OF the
party on the temperance question in Ohio,
aud on thaz and the currency question in
Indiana, has brought upon il severe defeat, to
which unwise nominations have contributed.
Indeed, both the handsome victory in Iowa,
where excellent candidates were placed upon
q platform generally sound and the defeat In
Ohio and Indiana, and especially IN some dis
tricts, combine 10 teach this lessOn-tuat
voters are tired OF susiaiHing-unworthy men
or unsOund policies In local government
through blind attachment 10 any party. The
same Independence OF feeling has led 10 close
scrutiny OF The opinions dud personal quail
Of
some cases to remarkable chang Is. thus Par
sons, who was elected representative fIOm the
Cleveland district by PA majority, has now
been beaten by about zoo, Il Is reported.
4 yldenuy the temperance question exercised
a decisive tp n lence IN Ohio aud Indiana. IL
viii be remembered thst the last constitu-
tiOual convention placed the liquor question
sharply b fore the people OF Ohio, and the Re-
publiCans have since taken strong TEN perance
ground. while the Democrats favor license
law. Tue result IS a strong reaction against
the Repu bl1cans,a Democratic maj Ority larger
than tuc ate has given 20 that party for
ABOUT quarter Of a century, while tue defeat
OF many Republican candidates in districts
and counties hitherto comparatively close. In
1872 Ohio gave i6699 Democratic majority, in
1872 II gave 55T majority TO TIE same party,
and ia 1873 only Sl5 majority Manlfestly, 1t
is not the influence OF national questions
which has now sws led the Democratic ma
lnrlty 20 l5.OOt or 200.O, nut the policy OF pro-
hlbItion against which thousands of voters
have protested. The result in Indiana il of
double import; but the indications there
publicans in that state advocated a To-
cal option system, with stringent laws hold
ing dealers TO pecunlary responsible 'ty, while
the Democrats advocated a general license
law. Accord ugly, in Nigo county dispatches
say, " The German Re- blicans, having de-
cided 10 vote the Democratic ticket, in cOnse-
quence Of the position OF the Republican party
on the temperance issue, the Democrats have
gained from three hundred 10 I'VE hundred
votes in tins county" In South Bend Re
publican loss Of three hundred IS reported;
and, though cores pOndlng gains were ex-
pected by the Republicans In strong temper
ance localities, the returns thus far do not
show that they have been secured. The cur
Teucy question, however had marked influ-
ence upon the result IN the State. Senator
Morton and the Republicans took position tor
the extension OF The national 1anking system
and expansion of the currency. The Demo-
cratic convention assailed the banking sys-
tenn, and Hendricks, M'DOnald, Kerr, and
other recognized leaders of the party, quite
Tor hsrd money. II Is OF course not possible
to say low far This affected the result,
but the fact that Kerr has been elected
Dy two thousand majority against Graz
by Republicans, indicates that II had con-
siderable influence. The slaughter of con-
gressiOnal candidates has in these Two States
been reImara able, nor can we say that in most
cases % was undeserved. The Republicans
generally renOmlnated men who had parti-
Ci pated in the Wild legislation and the wilder
neglect OF legislation which characterized
the last session; and II unlimited iniiaHOn-
lists, advocates Of the new civil rights bill, and
defenders Of corrupt jobs, have been beaten
ont Of sight in some districts, the party has
CasOn, for example, whose speech on trans
pOrtation was ''crlbbed' in great part from
the report OF the 81. Louis merchants ex-
change, has no business 10 represent Repub-
lican constituency in congress
THE RESULT.