The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-10-13
Comments Of the Press.

lHE hElan Eataka74anN.-AaE ElI-L ET5-SaA o.
thy reports thus far reee Ivc3 iSG5cass that
Ohio has gone Democrats by a zz5aFSsy 81
at least twenty ihossza {. tai usz-Sy TIE
whole State ieke. ASs bs en- slegse5- 2n3 1Axi
in the nsxt LsxislA-are iher WI have 3 IA
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salt Esxzrss The cAolcs Il 4 Democrats Ssr-
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gaze Aszzz1- egu1iE ~ INT Demng=4.s, was
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-zt-sc.k1 v.ls 2 III a esas-1 Reserve
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tasi- zl1A1--h lie Es-.l,llsEas Ve-g dstiailal
II 0&so, aLz1-1 te SAD IA. u & gsusg-t.
sense Iae pecg3a O. tas Sac AAut -t'c ri his
SlEskerz ro-lsv. ta- really Al Ira leaas-i-.f
and 3 large body e Republicans CLus r thHr
approval The seesssoz = unequal ]. s-la.,li,i
from both parties q s1ze FEt1sr -h.lasi-lit
Workln-zel. AID a lie r-r-e -l---rl-4l-r.i,t
Greenbackers a.l Sllre- I-SE.s5.- .s.s. AT ina
apathetieindifereuceos The azfi- Hzres 2avEus,
heans, were all factors .kzi ssnse6 y E-sIss-
or less degree 70 give tie STATE 70 shs BAszB0-
Gratis. There i 10 dozhs- moreover. zt.Is
the Republicans we're damaged b. he Lax
and Silver Imitation plARks u iaesr l1sf--z.
and by the communists speech o. her czz5i-
date, Mr.. West, in accSpsing the nozizzz5oz
for Governor. In his subsequent es1g-s 10 sI-
plain away much that he originally sid be
failed TO win back the eonhdeuee OF the more
solid men of his party, Wills; he alisa&sei The
Inaationists and Workingmen, TO gain whose
votes he had taken up the position tron which
he afterwards retreated. On the 6nAnclAl
question there was quite as much divergence OF
opinion among the Democrats as there E2s
among the Republicans, bat in the snal s4rug.
gle for victory the Democrats, IS usazl. he'd
more closely together Stia-
0HIo's YEEDIcr-The Republicans uho
are now casting abou; for a plausible expla-
nation OF their crushing defeat in Ohio mus1
20 farther back than the administration Of
Mr.. Hayes for the real cause OF their ruin
1t is true that the precipitation upon u e party
of southern policy al variance nth all is
previous practice sorely wounded the feelings
of a civil-serviee reform which threatened 10
seriously cripple the power Of the party Or.
ganization, excited widespread alarm and
disgust; that the embodimen; of the most
dangerous eommunistic doctrine in the Cleye-
land platform was a great political blauder.
and that the selection Of Mr., West 70 head the
State ticket was a costly mistake All these
causes undoubtedly helped TO give Ohio to the
Democrats, but they do not explain the mag.
nitude Of their majority. Nor can il be said
that the result IS attributable TO the diversion
Of the labor vote, for even concedinz that It
was drawn entirely from the Republican ranks
there would still remain some thousands Of
votes to be accounted for. The true cause OF
the disaster which has befallea the Repn5li.
can party lies far deeper than this The YER
dict Of Ohio on Tuesday vas the verdict OF the
country, delivered in solemn and deliberate
condemnation Of the electoral crime, and il
viii be repeated with still greater force in the
elections that are yet to come The Republi.
can conspirators Woefally misjudged the TEN.
per Of the American people If theg imagined
the fraud which they e0nsummate1 would 20
UNPUBLISHED, and Mr.. Hayes terribly mistakes
it now If he believes that patriotic and hoa.
est administration Of his Office will ever make
the people forget the tenGre by which he holds
H. Inc result IN Ohio plainly marks the de-
termination OF the outraged voters Of the
country to make the repetition ofthe electoral
fraud forever impossible, and there is nothing
which can stay their vengeance Baltivs0re
Gazette
The Philadelphia Times takes this view Of
1.-THE verdict Of Ohio is unmistakable It
is crushing defeat for President Hayes, and
ii comes from those who should have been
friends as well as from consistent foes It
comes from ineongruous elements which E)and
unity without arrangement to strike the fatal
blow. He was hated for bis faith to the peace
Of the nation; he was smitten by thousands
who felt that he wears another's crown, and
he was deserted by many because OF the dis
trusted leaders who gave him halfhearted
support and yet loaded him with their friend.
ship. Judge West opened the campaign By a
fatal stab directed at his own vita.s, and the
party Aoundered under his awkward efforts to
retrieve his irretrievable blander. Stanley
Matthews was double milestone about the
neck Of the President and lightweight upon
the lettering party, while cross purposes and
general spirit of vengeance within the Re
| publican household made il an easy conquest
for the practically united Democrats.