, 1877-10-11

effect ~ weakening The party organization, BY
neatrali.ing q consider able body Of organizers.
tnder the long regime Of Grant the Civil
Service had become tow. through his own
a sesSs 's Res ssss 1sssd Gs t.
the Grst step large number Of removals.. anu
t,!e filling Of thu p!sccs with Republicans
Of high character. Such mcn rould take no
improper part in elections. But thc ATTEMPT At
reform by retaining the most Of these machine
men, and ordering them out Of politics, left in
large number who were lsaiIccte.i. and reso
only too willing to lct the Democrats prevail,
withou: st'c, prope. aI as i Is entitled to havo
from the otliccho!dera IS Republicans Of in1u.
ence. And y has not yet got into the habit Of
oFKaaIs!na M yhoqt thslr hsip
4 a habit OF the Republicans It Is tho cu.-
tom TO talk Of governmcn. to tue people as \
thing the people delight to admnster; hut In
.hutue i of most 81 tic ting: It ID too much
WORK to turn nut mud vote. 'fhctc was great
deal Of dissatisfaction anung the Democrats;
hut tue thinking ciass Of that party Is only q
a regular army at tho word Of command. Of
course tho negligent and ,ltsatrcrtcd Republic
aus will now rctove to vote and retrieve tho.
State. And the Democratic party ha4 talent
to cause this reaction. Meanwhlc auothcr
United Statcs eenatorship will have gone to the
Democrats.
There was q large falling of yesterday In the
vote compared With that VI the Prcsnlcntaicou-
test. Democratic Ealns appeal. throughout the
State ticket by q considerable majority. In thls
| county the WotktnEmcn potlct hcayr votc.
| which was taken Chiefly from the Republicans.
The German Republicans largely voted tic
| Worklnymen's ticket. The Irish Democrats
were comparatively firm.
There Is 4 anc field open here fur speculation.
The Democratic victory comes, In our }ut1g-
mcnt, from tho faiiurc Of the Cteyeland Con.
nini.tration.
| In the absence OF au exciting llsuc the third
party deycIoped strength. aud. while Germans
scratched Vast, EvanRelEcals scratched Vo-
Tho Democratic party, being the regular army
In our politics. held thcr voters by the force Of
discipline II better shape than the Republicans
were ablo e do; r.u,...<o. ,.. -
1t hos not been battle between leaders: 1t
aas occn tue more significant etruRgIo between
Ideas. It was the parties thal A. met IN a1!tasy'-
@osy 'e ts acsS H. bop hss bsea sa
leu among the quiet path: OF 94s'ncss. not IN
nc heated ass,aes =. o. pot,es: he M has ngt had
devotion, the following OF party Idol llo
Commanded z the strength q lis party IN tho
5:ate, ot t~hich he vas worthy, anu no more:
II Va tne hostile ldeas that met; and chief
among them r' Has duo question o. ioIcsa
held up the Resumption nct ii
bis right hand, shook Il dritantly
et: ss; ss,s e t ee ss { q ee o9 % sea ,e
bc eI,c,stca un1ess rsn"alcd Tne re- tcn1'c Sat nf
Ohio iayo sat,, thsi 4 o,'rat to be sn .a'i sc m
tspcaea tae Mepooiicah IT, pa.t{ va eo.teatel
TO restore ths dollar q tte isthefs to ttie cur
tcrday that It should bo restored. Tie Rcpuo-
lican palty, pEcthoric with t.gottcn spells, king
il py a patronage which 1otilng but Ioiiy
Ic,ore tc s"pe T.
md an lnierssa,ent s. tae Ketlfa,nE.i,o.f'
aud ohio1,naye.' own sts.c-indignani!y
oerais @ ii Ohio, taught iast November. or iast
spty y, Gau1.c wn'e ILL., .faaa, IN 'ne 1 ma'a. ,9 o.
or,3c 1a ha,e ~ s,nctine. sun te oas' .n y % T
sworo lasting revenge At tLe pills for
the wrong that WAS done, and made ono paEc
oath O. Of hate "a kept. Til wss the % n.turn rc
Of our t,at:le ae.atnst odds. md tho a,rn,G-
eanec Ct tho triumph must be measured BY
s-.. 1an ALLIANCE. W A.
fT9L. swings paper, NIL to-tnosroT PRINT Inc
The 's:,on q she Ohio eesslon II not dll1cut 70
own s,ste. Tia discontcnt viii ths Prc,tdenis
sonthesn policy has been sunlcicnt 10 lead to de.
wI1S ma inc stae ~, ~ % m;a' w uIo sRnro,al Of
elsely what tho Opposition bns demantcd, the
Adm!n1stratton can expect. instead Of support,
s1i .ns ~ ~ ~ m.;",s,.ea,
by Republican discontsnt With liz roliey, The
defeat Il not 40 overwnesmln: that !! need oil tho
nstSr.sd hn1 ~ IT,, .tttxn moa!
hostility to ths Admnstratlon of lie iie