The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-10-11
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We presume that il is not incumbent
on every newspaper in the United States
to advance a theory Of It's own to account
for the change in politics in Ohio on
Tuesday. The falling of in the vote is
SAID to be almost il not entirely sufficient
Of itself to account for the change. Then
there was a, the counter part OF this
apathy the unexpectedly large vote polled
BY the Workingmen. Then, next, there
wa, the natural desire Of the humEn
heart for a change after running in one
groove for agood while.
THERE'S one sort Of civil service that the
mass Of people do not much believe in,
or at least that they do no, carry into
actual practice, viz: the retention for
any great number Of years Of the
same party in power. The love
Of change, like tue alIuremeUn Of
hope, "Sprlng eternal in the human
breas'," and this is especially true during
the gloomy days that inevitably succeed
panic. The panic Of 1887 caused the
utter rout Of the Democracy in lS4O, just
"a the panic Of 1857 assisted materially
to bring the Republican party into
power,
The fact tha! the Republicans have
held power 40 firmly and extensively
since the panic Of 1873, despite the rSdi.
cal changes in business which have been
going on, involving q transition period
from initiation and speculation to contraO.
ton and depreciation, shows what
strong hold the party has had upon the
people OF the Northern States. 1t Is
something unparalleled hitherto in the
history Of the country.
As Mr.. Greeley used 10 cay, this ia the
of year" in politics. Las. year we had
the Presidential election, and we did not
get through with it for over four months
after the closing Of the polls. No won.
der the people declined to become excited
80 soon Sgain. We had no Congressman
to elect this year, and it is hard to arouse
party feeling in canvass where Federal
politics enter so lightly as they did in the
Ohio canvass.
The contest, so far as there was con.
test, was over the money and labor ques-
tions. The workingmen ran ticket Of
their own, fearing, as they declared, to
trust eitherot the two political parties.
As is generally the case when third
ticket enters the field, the Workingmcns
ticket seems to have been more largely
recruited from the ranks OF the Republi-
cans than from the Democracy. The
Germans at Cincinnati are said to have
gone into the movement much more cx-
Iensively,t than was anticipated. As to the
effects Of the reaction in Ohio, it would
be idle to speculate upon them. WcCan
see no special change Of programme like.
iy. Congress will meet next week, and
Wat then? 1t is said that the Democracy
have never been able since the war to bear
the slightest political good luck. in.
VRtiably induces them to do something
foolish. Their success on Tuesday may
po.~ibly enthuse them up 10 the point of
prop, sing some impractical financial
scheme 10 Congress, such, perhaps, NJ the
wiping out OF the National banks, but
after four yeurs Of panic, and prices at
last down to hi rd pan, and paper within
q points of par, We do not think that
even the Western Democracy will wish
to cavor! very wildly as the patrons Of
new financial schemes. The Eastern and
Western Democracy are diame,ricaIly
opposed in money matters, and this fact,
together with the fact that Hayes is
clothed with the veto power, will tend to
Fepress a large amount Of financial
luuacy.'
We do not therefore see that any very
notable changes arc likely to follow the
sesult in Ohio. 1t is too early in the
Presidential game OF 1880 to do the Demo.
Gratis any good, and it may be, as in 1874,
just in time to induce them to do them
selves considerable harm.
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