The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-10-17
LMempnIs Appeal, pemocrat.l

nnltieS WAS TOO great, Debiue5 Ine mon
power regarded the election In one of
of the most powerful and influential
States In the Union MS the supreme
moment when they We're, II ever, to
show what they could do in ahand TO
hand encounter with the people. And
again, the school question was used IN
AN understand sort OF way, and the
Pope OF Rome was pictured al he has
been often before In less enlightened
lands, as q bug-a-boo Of such proper
lions as to scare the wits out or the
ultra. plous Protestant element which
had hitherto been well disposed to-
ward the Democracy. The last speech
fthe President, quite rs threatening
TO Catholics asanythmg Bismarck has
ever ennunciated, was made for the
Ohio market, and no doubl had It's ell
feet. Reckoning all these pc Hers ana
extraordinary movements, and accept
ing the figures of the Democratic CEN
trial committee as correct we think
the party has done well, and that the
able leaders deserve the praises OF all
their acknowledgements for contest
waged against great odds, and which
has eventuated In 80 little
gains to their opponents out OF a
heavy vote polled and large floating
vote to recruit from. The victory of
the Republicans is thus shorn OF its
Significance. We look now to our
brethren Of Pennsylvania to turn the
tide.
IChicago lnter-0cean, Radical.l
"The Republican victory in Ohio
comes most OPPORTUNITY, and though
1t has been shorn of half its strength
by the unfortunate policy of the party
regarding the finances, II is yet most
welcome. IL is almost the first check
in the Democratic tidal wave which
swept over the country year ago,
Frustrating everything. 1t proves to
the bold and defiant majority that
controls the national House OF Repre-
sentatives that "there is life in the old
land yet" and that they must guard
their conduct well if they would retain
the seats they have won.
~
So far as regards the financial aues-
ton, Democratic victory would have
been practically barren one. Their
platform was the fruit of policy alone,
There was no serious principle Involved
in its foundations or at least II was not
the care of the trainers to promulgate
such u principle. They thought the
greenback theory was popular, and
they adopted it. The Democratic
party exhibited the rather singular
spectacle of having all the men who
had nothing to do with framing the
laws in favor of greenbacks, while all
those who possessed any power in this
direction were VIGOROUSLY for hard
money. Their pronunciamento, there
fore, in the language Of their own &C.
centric candidate, "barren ideality."
With most, If not all, those who pos
sessed any power, the platform of the
Democrats was u trick, device, in
sincere and untrustworthy. IL is not
at all strange and it is not ut all TO be
lamented that the people saw through
the device and condemned 1t. And
yet, with all its apparent insincerity,
the great popular strength of such u
platform was manifested in most
striking manner"
[lIonston Telegraph, Democrat.
But this Radical victory, rs of course
il will be claimed, was not in truth
any such triumph, nor has the Democ =
racy been overthrown. There are
thousands on both the Democratic and
Radical sides in Ohio, who rejoice at
the defeat of Allen, and there are as
many more of both party compilations
who are bitterly disappointed in the
election of Hayes. If ever there was u
State olootinn where sonoral party pol
tiles was ignored, and success or defeat
hinged almost entirely on the popular
ity or unpopularlty OF one simple ques-
ton of National policy, 1t was in Ohio.
There were "soft money" Democrats
and soft money" Radicals, who voted
for Allen, and there were those of both
parties who were "hard money" Hayes
men. The question Of the currency
was the prominent question, and al
most the only one discussed in the
canvass. That, and the Catholic ques-
ton, so improperly dragged to the
FROM by the Radicals, were ne great
issues before the people, and the party
lines were not drawn rs they other
wise would have been, nor has the re-
suit been in reality disaster to De-
mocracy. Ohio has nom-
inally gone Radical, but considering
the questions before the people, and
the diversity of opinion among the
members of both parties upon the
question of currency, we do not look
upon the election rs any test Of party
strength.
lCourler-J ournal, Democrat.l
The Democratic ticket he's been de-
feated by n majority of a few thousand