The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-10-13
Tne ONO EIection-Defeat or the In
nationists.

election since the close OF the civil war has
resulted in the defeat d Governor Allen
and his associates on the imitation
ticket, and the election Of MIR.
Hayes by majority Of not less than fifteen
thousand. This is blow from which the
intlationists will never recover 1t may be
looked upon as fortunate deliyerance
from great political danger. ''All the
tears lie in an onion which the dem
ocrats of New York Will shed over the
defeat of their party in Ohio for although
the progress of democratic victories is ar
rested, and further humiliation awaits the
party in Pennsylyafia, the democracy are not
SO hopelessly damaged as they would have
been by the reelection Of Governor Allen.
But although his defeat is a lesser evil to the
democratic party than his election would
have been on an imitation platform the
rejoicing over this canvass VIII all be on the
side OF the republicans, They have recon-
quered great State which they lost two
years ago, and, what i more important they
stand before the public as the successful
champions of sound currency, gaining
a great moral as well is a great political adj
vantage They are fairly entitled to the
credit Of having rescued the country from
great danger, and their success will have
decided influence on the subsequent cleo
tions OF the present year For the sake of
the country everybody should rejoice that
imitation has nothing to show out its dead on
the battle field.
1t is not difficult to trace the causes Of this
satisfactory result. The most important is
the stupendous miscalculation Of the Ohio
democrats in presenting the imitation issue, al
though in the eyes of demagogues this seemed
at the outset dexterous manguvre The
basis of this calculation was the well known
fact that portion of the Ohio republicans
favored initiation, and large accession to
the democratic strength was expected from
this source. That this estimate seemed
plausible to the republicans as well as the
| democrats was proved, first, by the
| feeble and hating declaration on the
currency in the republican platform,
and, secondly and more forcibly, by the re-
| publican alarm in the early weeks Of the can
vass SO great was the alarm that the repub-
| lican party tried to shift the issue to the
school question; but, having no success in
this attempted change Of base, they
returned with vigor to the proper battle
ground Of the campaign and thenceforward
weakened the democrats every day the con-
test continued. AS soon as they boldly Crap
pied with imitation their prospects began to
improve and during the last ten days the
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dealt blows.
The first effect Of the holder tactics was
to consolidate the republican party on anti
initiation ground. This effect was as much
due to party spirit as to sound reasoning, the
party pride Of the initiation republicans dis
| posing them to listen with favoring at
tention to arguments whose force
could not be resisted when not
INSTRUCTED by prejudice. Previously inha-
ton had not been question between the
two political parties, but a non-partisan
| question dividing both organizations and a
sectional question between the West and the
East But when the Ohio canvass began to
| grow warm, and the attempt to make
| it turn on the school question
| failed, there was nothing left for the re-
| publcans but to come to close quarters with
the infationists and to be holder in the fight
than they had been in their platform. They
had no difficulty in turning the whole cur
rent of party feeling on their side against
rag money, and as soon as they we're sure of
their own voters the only thing necessary
to success was to bring them all to
the polls According to the accounts there
was larger vote in Ohio yesterday than was
ever before polled in the State; and full
vote was all the republicans needed when
they were once past the danger of
desertion on the currency question.
They are indebted to the democrats
for the extraordinary fitness Of the
vote. The issue presented by that party
was exciting enough to overcome public
speaking, and the extraordinary activity Of
the democratic canvass operated as a chal-
lenge, which was taken up BY the repub-
| licans IN every part Of the State No
canvass was ever more energetic and
thorough, and the interest which was aroused
aided the republicans from the day that they
felt assured that they would not be weakened
| by infationist desertions. Ia the last days
| Of the canvass the democrats were as much
alarmed as the republicans had been
at the beginning. They made a futile
change Of front in the face Of
the enemy in the final stages Of the battle by
declaring that they did not advocate
imitation but only resisted contraction
and forced resumption Of specie
payments. II they had not quick
ened the emulation Of their opponents
by 50 bold and active canvass they
might have carried the State by republican
apathy. The practical effect Of this ostenta-
tious activity has been to stir party feeling