The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1875-10-23
THE OHIO ELECTION.

tImore, sending strong delegations of men
thoroughly skilled in the art Of voting
early and often. Carl Schurz was recalled
from Europe and paid twenty thousand
dollars to plead the robbers cause before
the people. The shrewd political managers
Of the Republican party, forced the school
issue upon the Democrats, and made the
most OF tins unfair advantage The Demo
Gratis, thus ham-strumg in the start, were
So stupid as to nominate the Infamous
/ bIgot Ghegan, and give the Republicans
another point III the contest. We suffered
also from bad generalship. The battle
opened too early. Had the election taken
1 place weeks before 1t did, there could have
I been no doubt Of Aliens election. The
| Cincinnati Enquirer, our only large daily
4 paper, saw tit to depend largely upon
/ blackguardIsm, boastlng and passionate
and figures, and "a these blunders, il add
I ed more serious one still, by taking the
/ ground that Schurzs speech was not
worth answering, although every bank
' paper IN the country proclaimed that
I Schurz could not be answered. The stu
! pldIty Of the Elquuer'S position can be un-
/ derstood when It Is known that the editor
was IN possession Of complete and etfec-
\ tive answer u Mr.. Schurz, but refused to
publish it.
/ With all Of these disadvantages and
draw backs, the result IS 50 close that il
v viii take the official count to settle the
\ question Of the election The facts are
these Hayes majority viii IN 10 event
equal the imported negro vote from Ken
I lucky, 1t Will in no event equal the bully
\ Vote from New York, Philadelphia and
/ Baltimore; 1t Will IN no event equal the
loss to the Democrats IN Cuyahoga county
in consequence of the school question agi-
tIatIOu, and the lntolerable stupid hLOtory
Of Bishop Gilmore. Thus this great vic,
tory. which We have heard so much crow.
Y lng over dwIndles down To such inslg-
uIhcaut proportions. that, ike the ancient
! victory Of a distinguished general few
more such would be the utter ruin of tn,
bank robbers party. with np possible hop,
\ IF its beng resurrectrd But, say these
I Jubllant robbers. sam Carey Was the I'm
tiatIon' candidate, par excellence, and he
ran Tar behind his ticket. These robber,
Y forget another fact. sam Carey was fOl
many years a representative and aggressive
/ temperance lecturer; as such he made thous
ands Of bitter and unrelenting enemies
who could not consistently, and who woul,
\ not vote for him in any event. Carey
| friends voted for Allen, bur Aliens trends
did not vote for Carey. A great many
hard money Democrats voted the Repub,
lean ticket, but great many Republican,
voted for Allen and paper money Thu
fact Is demonstrated IN the L,t.r-Otsau. Ii
j. we'll known that in its palmy days, tn,
strength of the Republican party vas II
the country, and in those countries where
/ Illlteracy was almost unknown, where al
most every voter could read and write
| there the Republicans could always count
/ upon a strong majority. The Inter ocean
has shown that the Democratic gains thu
Y year were IN these strong, intelligent, Re
/ publican counties, and that the greenbacl
/ party is making terrible in-roads upon
/ the ranks Of the best element Of the Re
1 publican party Again, the robbers claim
that their great gains are ia the cite:
7 where the greatest Intelligence prevails.
I 1t Is true that a great many intelligent
men live IN cities, but It Is also true that
\ 1t is IN cities where the most dense Ignpr-
ance, bigotry and most glazing currup.
I ton IS found. 1t IS also IN cities where
/ the banker holds business men IN check by
a more stringent discipline than straight
sweet will The money power is exerted
to the greatest extent IN cities. This
should teach US that We should labor most
among the intelligent, honest yoemanry of
the country, for it was that element that
gave power to the Republican party, and
also returned that party to power until its
/ leaders became den Of thieves, and used
/ the power Of the government to plumber
the public at large, and to contislcate the
private property Of all those who were So
unfortunate as to be in debt
When We consider the further fact that
the Republican party iii the early years Of
its history, suffered innumerabl9 defeats,
before it became sufficiently disciplined to
win victories, and that this contest was
the first general engagement Of the green
back party, and from force of circum-
stances it was compelled to enter the en-
gagement weighted, han-strung and
badly commanded, the Ohio election, in
stead Of being a defeat to the greenback
men, is virtually victory. We now have
an enormous disciplined army, which were
raw recruits three months ago. Instead
of feeling down hearted We should feel
elated at the stupendous advantage which
we have gained in 50 short time This
election should nerve every honest green
back man to strike out more boldly, and
with greater determination never t. relax
his efforts, until victory perches upon our
banners, and We control the destlnes II
this great nation.
BELMONT, the Jew, in his organ the
New York World, reviewing the present