The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-10-25
The Outlook From Washington

nlnlStratlOn ana the hepuDllcan lead
ers are utterly demOralized and de,
pressed by the results in Ohio and In
diana, and with good reasons. PrGc
tically, they staked the Presidency on
these two States, and their whole plan
of campaign was organized to carry
them by decisive majOrities, and thus
through the moral influence of this
projected success upon the doubtful
voters in close States, sweep the coun-
try next month.
This plan seemed perfectly feasible
on the surface, and had every reason
to recommend it, to the managers,
as being the most sure, economical,
and easily controlled of all others that
were proposed. They had possession
of Ohio, and Governor HAYES was
nominated at Cincinnati on the belief
that he would largely increase the par
ty strength in his own State. With
out that argument and conviction, he
never would have been chosen for the
candidate.
From 1856 down, Ohio had regular
ly voted the Republican ticket at ev-
cry Presidential election by majoritics
of tens of thousands, and it was sup
posed the prestige of Hayes name
would insure at least majority of
twenty thousand for the State ticket
last week. John Sherman and all the
leaders gave that assurance before and
after the nomination of Hayes, and
they repeatedly emphasized the prom
isc during the canvass, and even up to
the closing days Of the campaign.
| In Indiana greater difficulties were
TO be confronted. Hendricks was
Governor there, with much personal
popularity. But he had been elected
by very small majority in 1872, which
was swept away by Grant, who carried
the State by %, 515. In 1874 the IL
dial wave swept over Indiana, but il
had receded, and parties were
left nearly in their former relation:
toward each other, with perhaps {
small advantage on the Democratic
side. The new greenback element
however, became disturbing factor
to both sides. ..
Senator Morton took into his owl
hands the direction of the campaign in
Indiana, with the full consent of the
President and the entire consent of the
Administration. He began by remov
ing Jewell from the Post Office De
partment, AID putting Tyner in Iii,
place, and then he filed Tyner's of
flee as Assistant Postmaster Genera
with Brady. So that the whole ma
chinery of this great department
which reaches into every corner of the
State, was at once converted into :
mighty partisan engine, with full
head of steam on from the first to tho
last hour of the campaign.
Such were the conditions upon which
the contest opened in these two contig
uous Western States, with candidate
for the Presidency presented by one o.
them, and candidate for the Vic
Presidency by the other. In pursu
ance Of the plan of action which hat
been cOncocted at Washington Ions
before the adjournment of Congress
every influence, direct and indirect
which the Administration and TIT
friends of Hayes, outside of Grant,
circle, could command, was unscrupu
lousy exertcd in Ohio and Indiana.
The force employed was tremendous
because the leaders were fighting Will
the energy Of despair. With defeat
they saw not only possession of powe
pass away, but the certainty Of crush
ing exposures of corruptions in tn,
Treasury, which the hand of invest
cation has never reached, because they
have been concealed or habitually mis-
represented. Every oficeholde
served as partisan soldier and 4 par
tisan spy. No doubtful man was al
lowed to hold place, however hum
bic; and even poor women, the wive
and daughters of soldiers, too, wer,
prescribed, to make vacancies for We
nal politicians.
Chandler levied the last dollar pos
sible to be extorted from the office
g holders in the departments and all owe
5 the country, and was even meal
C enough to exact his arbitrary assess
4 ment from hundreds already marke,
4 for removal, and many of whom wer
a removed within a week after payin
t this blackmail. He raised outside {
: the public service large sums, by az
f pealing to the selfish interests of thos