The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-10-17
The Republican reVer,es In Ohio and
Indiana

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Indiana.
The new Republican organ Just started
IN New York, The Republic, In speaking
Of The deIeat Of the Republicans in Ohio
and Indiana on Tuesday last says that lin
Ohio ",hs Greenblck plank in the Dem
ocrst platform and the Prohibition plank
in the Republican platform did tho bust
ness" In Indiana 1t Gays that "thc
cause Of the Republican defeat Is worsc
than in Ohio"
1.-THE difference 10 between the holder
theory Of Mr.. VOORHEES, and the insidlous
reputation oil Mr.. PRNDLBToN The un-
limited inf alton Of Government paper, the
payment OF United States 6205 10 green
backs, and the suppression Of the National
banks, were boldly inscribed on the ban
nets Of the former, and enlisted feeling
much larger than could have been reA-
sonably expected when the canvass
opened, and certainly determined the
result Of the Slate ticket"
On the other hand, the N. Y. Times Is
Republican psper) does not think 1.-THE
financial question had great deal to do
with the result in Ohio"
ut was not pressed very hard on either
side. The Democrats were afraid Of their
platform on the subject, and the Republi.
cans were not very jealous for theirs. In
Indiana the Democrats were mOstly
heartily In favor oil Reputation, but the
Republicans were not very heartily OPP
posed 10 II, so far as we can Judge from
the reports Of the discussions which have
reached US. In each State the most
prominent candidates Tor Congress on the
Democratic ticket, Kerr, in Indiana, and
Payne, In Ohio, repudisted the Demo
cratic platform. The financial question,
therefore, did not directly affect the can
vsss. Indirectly, however, II had pow.
erlul eject. The country Is suffering
from commercial depression. There il
great deal Of vague apprehension and
discomfort in the public mind. With q
lively sense OF the dscOmlorts Of the sit
uati0n, there Ia no clear conception Of the
remedy. The condition Of public feeling
"a untavorable to the party in power"
iErhe New York World, o Democratic
organ, Gays that "lhe reputation Of Pen
deltonIsm by its authors and by leading
Democrats Of Ohio and Indiana, has saw
ed those States to the Democracy"
The New York Pos! "a Republican pa
per Of Democratic Antecedeuts) says "tba
the Democrats have carried Ohio because
the prohibitiOnists drew many Thousand
votes from the Republicans" 1t slst
says that
These elections show that the two
parties are 60 steadily though gradual,
losing their hold upon the people that th
smallest "side Issue" is able TO tranSle
the maj9Tilies Of great States from on
party 10 another. We do not regret this
Tor one obvious elect which it must hav
iJ to force reforms upon the old Organi
zNiOus, if they would preserve their e1
istenCe."
The New York Tribune (LibersD say
that "it would be q mistake to regard tn
October clectisBs as indicating q reviva
OF tho Bourbon Democracy"
Every administration" it says, "lose
before the people in the middle of II
term" and there were special resson
why this one should" In addition I
these reasons there was this o1e-viz:-
that
Tho panic has been followed by hsrr
times. Furnaces have blown out. Manu-
tsCIories have stopped. Wages hav
fallen. Thousands Of lsborers can tinC
no work at any wages II always hap
pens that suCh condition makes heavil,
against the party in power. Some thini
the government directly responsible 70
their mlsiortunes; oil think that some
thing is wrong, and they want change.
The Baltimore American (Republicsn
believes that tue verdict in Ohio
against specie resumption. 1t also be
lieVes that the temperance issue ha
much TO do with the result, and gays:
The active temperance agitators il
that State, as in every other State, are
ret Of well-meaniDg lmpraCtiCables, VIII
are always ready 10 throw away substan
tiAl success, by asking for more than I'm.
perfect human nature is willing TO give
ChCy represent q large and respectable
element in the Republican party, anC
loaded down the platform adopted by tn
State Convention with q resolution which
made every saloOn.keeper and beer drink
Or mn energetic opponent Of the Repnbli.
can Candidates, Every man Of common
sense, except these hOt.heaced zsalols
saw wha! the result would be, but they
were bent on the destruction OF the causl
which they were trying 10 save, and wert
allowed 10 have their own way. Proba'
bly, the Lesson taught them on Tucsda,
will do them no good, and next year the,
will insist on repeating their folly, but /
ia to be hoped that the Republican lead.
ers who value success as well as sOunt
morality will vigorously rule them ou
By their action in the late campaign the
have succeeded in reversing oil that ha
been gained In the way ofsuppressing 10
temperance by legislation, and have give
victory to their opponents such as the
have not obtained these many years. A
political force the temperance reform
weaker to-day than ii has been any tim
within the last decade. II has secure
the defeat Of the only party In Ohio the
has ever paid the least attention TO th