Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-10-16
THF ONO ELECTION.


ing fireworks over political victory. 1t is only
since the pressure of anxiety has been relieved this
afternoon, by reports so complete as to leave no
doubt of the election of Hayes, that they have be-
gun TO realize the Importance and value of their
triumph. AS in a battle the fighting soldier sees
only the enemy in his iont, and fights on amid
the smoke without weighing the chances or value
ofyctory so the Ohio republicans, stralnlng every
nerve and putting forth every energy, have Just
begun to realize how conspicuous figure they
have been cutting before the county. The cam
paign has been one OF extraordinary labor. i he
State has been fought over inch by inch. In every
precinct and school district the work of argument
org anizaion, aud preparation has been arduous
and complete. A revolution complete Is a sur
Prise even to the pIbcans, and TO the democrats
il is though an esrthq lahe had spit the earth
under their feet.
Three principal facts nnder.ie this extraordinary
result. First, the old-lne republicans have all
voted; second, the Germans have come back TO
the republican camp, and third, the working men
have spu;ned the seductive heresics OF the Iniia-
tlonsts, and voted like intelligent men. There
were scenes AT the polls in our principal wards on
Tuesday which confirm and enuoble ones faith in
popular suffrage. Troops of labolcrs and mechaa
les, men working gladly for 81 20 to s. per day,
men who have but suit of clothes and eat their
bread without butter, come TO the polls with the
plausible arguments of the IN ore money-doctors IN
their ears, and voted the republican ticket. They
lad studied and discussed the financial question
until they could clearly that their duty as vot
ers 10 be honest and they turned from the
roscate pictures Of abundant monty and high
wages, as dawn by Cary and Kelley, and voted
upon prlnclple.
rhe Germans have behaved nobly. Then innate
abhorleuce of anything like finishes or ciap-tiap
in finance has been reinforced by tieir hostility to
Catholic aggression, and they have voted for hard
money and free schools The Eleventh " ard Of
Cleveland, which gave Allen a ma jorty Of L.. two
years ago now gives Hayes ma joiy of is. This
change of 80 voters i'll small ward comes Iaaiu
" from the fact that German Luhe un congle-
cation in that precinct assemble, At The ctulch on
elcc ioa morning and, march NJ i'll quiet process
sion TO the polls, cast $50 votes for honest money
and unscctarian schools. Say " hat We may, the
Catholic issue has been powerful icplhi ctn lIu-
pulse on the " estern Reserve.
Elsewher throughout the Statc the gems and
loses have been cuiiously Irregular. strong re-
publican ga.ns have been made in democratic
stIongholls and ace rersa. In one township one
party would gain hundred woes, While III the
adjoining township the other party would make
equal gain over the vote of two years ago.
There has been a cross-tte OF the two issues
finance and the school quesiion--in every nclgh-
boihood and these cnriuus figures its results.
The Western Reserve, With the exceptions Of
Warren and Youngstown, where bankrupt non
makers and idle miners hold the balance Of power,
has been true the faith. Even in those places
the detection has been much less than eXpoc-
ted. The intiationists Of the Mahonng Valley,
looking at the STATE through their own atmos-
would carry the State by 2j.00O. They it'd how
unsafe it is to estimate the integrity OF the people
by what Allen and Gary venture to utter in their
name. Initiation is dead and buried. l. can never
again be an issGe in OHIO. its advocates are
ashamed ami di.graced. Tie Ewing rendlttou
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TIE PRESS o. TIE ELEfYiuA :.
Tue democrats oil Ohio, who ma lie fool. OF them
.elge., have been oundy beaten. They tliea TO
make political capital out of the hard times, and.
reckoning on strong popular sentiment in favor
of iu1atiun, they denounced contraction ii hich
there had been none, and demanded more ire
dcemable curi ency. Even demo e. ats who knew
better and who still believe in honest money,
yielded TO what they thought party necessity
and fondled the iag baby as thong h they loved it,
The result is deserved defeat aud such cha.m
between the eastern and western democrats a
cannot easily be filed We have great reason to
rejoice that the Jack ade financial policy did not
prevail in Ohio, where the popular ignorance on
this question seems to be most dense. TIE Ger
mans deserve our thanks for their common sense
aud fidelity, and, above all, Gail Schun should be
honoreG for TIE most effective work in favor Of
honest monty boston Hera}d, M.
The Ohio republicans have done their work no.
bly,. Giant etioits were demanded 10 stay tn. in
sidious and demoralzing plat form Of imitation and
reputation, and they have been promptly, vigor
ously and most successfully rendered All praise
to their CALAMITY. We sad at the outset of thi.
fight in Nav lat, that it would prove bad for Til
den and his New York following whichever way
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The triumph is net local OF temporary, for the
whole nation has watched the great contest, and
the popular mind has been enli shened by the ir-
resstible array of facts and arguments IN favor
of an honest currency. From the Ohio campaign
there vii be no step backward. Il has col soli-
da ed the republican atty as the OF Is national or
ganizaton which can be trusted to conserve the
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An patriotic citizens. whether republcans or
d, nocrats, ought 10 rejoice over the overthrow of
the iniationists in Ohio at the election Yesterday.
1t is a victory for honesty over dishonesty: for
good faith over a policy that would ultimately
have resuited in ,enuIiatnp nd tbo