The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-12
CUSTOM-HOUsE GOSSIP.
THE sswHYa OF THE REPUBLICAN me-
FEAT I'M OHIO.

THE "wHY'' OF THE REPUBLICAN DE-
FEAT IN OHIO.
Collector Kings Efforts ana the Returning
Hoard Trial.
II there wss anything that disturbed the equa-
nimity OF the average Federal official yesterday IL
was the
ELECTION NEWS FROM OHIO,
the Buckeye State and % the Republicans
thought before the election, the Hayes strong
hold. They did not like IL al all. and really. az
one said, didn't understand It. Some said that
Providence had rebuked the President for his
Southern policy, but they couldn't explain how
IL was that Providence had in the past four or
six years changed the views Of about sixty thou.
sand Republican voters In that State and induced
them to come squsrely to the ballot boxes and
DEPOSIT DEMOCRATIC VOTES,
and the general excnse for the defeat was that
| the Republican Buckeyes we're only teaching
| Hayes lesson. and mesnt TO whip him back into
| the straight Jacket Republican traces again or
drive him squarely into the Democratic party.
'sIt is done," said one, "to see whether or not
he will halt in that liberal Southern policy ss IL
| he does not there is danger that in 1880 we may
not elect bis successor. and this will serve 10
unite the Republic n party against policy which
| leads only to ths downfall OF Republican suprem.
acy."
Another thought that the defeat would compel
Hayes to call halt in his course, rs the inter-
| viewed expressed ii, or he would bring down
upon his head all the ire OF his Northern friends,
| Still another had II that the Ohio Republicans
had become utterly Disguised with
| HAYES AND SHERMAN,
and their ridiculous attempts al civil service re-.
| foi m, aud for the manv exploded plumbers they
| had made, they, the Republicans OF Ohio had
| ua1u uhn ttnfr, uuha at hev fh oft nf
| One, and an Ohio man, cited what he termed
q fauI pas made by Hayes months age, when he
turned cut postmaster at Toledo, an e1- Uuion
officer, to make room for friend, and said fur
| Their that the ex.postmsster had by Tuesdays
election beer chosen as State Senator, where
| he could do the most good ~ for Stanley Mat
| thews
| The circumstances related may give something
| OF q sequel to the Republican defeat, and We
| therefore give them as briefly as possible. The
postmaster, Steadman, was efficient and re-
| spected by
DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS,
no charge having ever been made against
| him, but the President wanted his scalp, and
have 1t he must. Bteadman objected TO resign
| ing and suggested, as means OF testing the
sincerity Of the Presidents expressions ID bis
inaugural, that the matter be left to the citizens
| 10 decide by an informal election, and that tho
| proposed new postmaster and himself be the
candidates. Further, that Ii be (Steadman) did
cratic and Republican, be would retire gracefully
and pay the expenses Of the election out Of
HIS OWN POCKET.
He told the President in bis letter that the prece-
dent had been es ablished at Fremont-the Pres.
| idents heme-snd tbat the suggestion 10 that
case was bis tHayes) own. and further that no
| had commissioned the successful candidate, con-
sequenuy IL Was but fair that the same privilege
| should be granted Ia the case OF Toledo. which
| has
| POPULATION OF ABOUT $1,000
| inhabitants and is great grain and railroad
centre.
| The matter then began TO be agitated Ia the
| nspers, and finally Hayes declined the PROPOSE
ton and rooted Stesdman ont, which satisfied
Btsadmsn's friends. snd notwithstanding that the
Republican msjorities. those friends placed
Steadman on what they termed the national
! ticket, and
HE WAS ELECTED
| TO The State Legislature over IN Administration
Republican to show Hayes what the Republicans
reform fasc0 and Sherman's reformatory IDEAS
"This," said the narrator, shows one reason
why the State OF Ohio gave you such . majority,
and were the election TO occur in month hence
Ii you'd have been greater still. Why" said he,
".,hsrmsn in that State used to be 3 big man. but
his financial policy and his utter disregard oil bis
own civil service reform Disguised the Republi.
cans with him. He went himself" continue d
D
Treasury clerks, TO
OHIO TO VOTE,
granting them furlough for that purpose, when
his own civil service rules foI babe 1t, but even
with those he headed the procession and vent
with the clerks from Washington"
Another reason was that they couldn't rake up
ANYTHING agafost Bishops Nhe Democratic
CUB ,rnatorial candidate) record, and being q
business man, he carried the State without diff.
Guilty, as many OF the Republicans did not vote.
Generally, the expression as to the cause Of the
defeat was far from having any similarity, each
o having different ideas, bus all spoken to
agreeing that tue Republicans OF Ohio were dis
eatised, and for that reason had either stayed at
home on Tuesday, or had
VOTED THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET
and in their own consultations the Custom Hou 90
Republicans were trife gloomy.as they thought
they saw in the future change that might aft Jct
them all.
The Collector was busy during the afternoon in
sending to the various United States Senators
printed copies OF the petition secured by his
friends and signed by forty-two Of the principal
bankers and underwriters in the CITY, asking the
President to retain him In office. The predatory
remarks Of the printed copy informs the reader
that the original was sent to the President by
| the Hon. John King through the Hon. e. John
Ellis, and that the signatures are genuine.
Regarding the rumored appointment Of Mr..
Champlin as Collector, as noted by the THURSDAY
mornings dispatches, the Collector states that
IL WILL De long Time before
CHAMPLIN SUCCEEDS HIM,
and that he has faith in the accuracy Of the re-
port.
In the Collectors Office nothing could be
learned as to the appointment OF B. r. Joubert
| as pension agent, and the rumor to that effect
previously published was not credited, nor was
there the slightest confirmation except In On in
direct way, and one which cannot be relied upon.
It was stated In Returning Board circles that
the board had its line of defense in the coming
trial mapped out and prepared, and that they
would assume an aggressive defense before the
case had gone far. and that should the jury panel
be exhausted by any means the counsel for the
Returning Board would object, under one Of the
articles OF the constitution, to the jurisdiction Of
the Superior Criminal Court; and that overruled
an appeal might be taken to
THE SUPREME COURT,
and again an application might in some way be
made for transfer Of the case to the United