The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-10-18
THE LESSON OF OHIO.
philadelphia Tlmes,I

philadelphia Times,I
The lesson of Ohio will be misunder-
stood by none who are not stone blind
to the irresistible logic Of such sweeping
revolutions. It means the utter over.
throw of Republican domination in that
State, and assures Democratic ascendan-
cy until Democratic folly shall make
history repeat itself in Democratic defeat.
1t is a crushing rebuke TO Hayes, for 1t
spurns him from the Republican temple
and bids him worship at strange affairs.
The vote of the Reserve speaks trumpet
tongued in distrust Of the Republicanism
of the National Administration. Penn.
sylvania will follow Ohio in her revolt
and probably by an increased majority
and Philadelphia, long the Republican
Gibraltar that has stood as the rock. rib
bed shore against the waves of DemOc-
racy, will bow to a Dem lcratiC plurality
in November. Thousands of her most
sincere and unselfish Republicans who
have until now b STATED to break the
ranks in which they have so long and
nobly battled. will turn into the by-path
of Labor Reform to escape the demOrali'
cation that rules about them. New Jer-
sey will score up her largest modern ma
iority for Mcclellan and the Empire
State will deck the sceptre 0fJOhn Kelly
with the green garlands of victory. Thus
does Ohio teach.
A Republican Organ that Believes Hayes "GSVe
... the Party Away"
Pittsburgh Commercial -Gazettel
There are, in the Republican party,
those who are Republicans from princi-
Gle, and who believe in what it has
taught these many years. The name is
nothing-the principle everything. De.
spite the efforts of the Presidents friends
to make it appear otherwise, these peO-
pie constitute the voting strength of the
Republican party. They have no admit
ration for Democracy, even though 1t be
baptized with the name of Republican.
ism. This class believe that President
Hayes deliberately gave away every es-
sential principle of the Republican party
in fulfllment of pledges made for him
pending the electoral vote, and that he
has bound and hampered the practical
workings of the Republican party by
means of his so,called civil serviCe.or.
ders.
Despite all the attempts to gloss over
the Southern policy, the fact remains
that the influence of his administration
gave Louisiana to the Democrats, If not
South Carolina as well.
We occupy different relation to the
administration than does any other State.
Pennsylvania committed the unpardOn-
able crime of making Rutherford B.
Hayes President. Had she, like New
York, gone for Tilden, she might lave
been represented in the Cabinet; or, like
the South, had she maliciously fought
him by intimidation and murder, she
could be petted and lavishly honored.
But she nominated and elected him -
hence 0hians are brought into the State
to take Federal Offices within this com.
monwealth.
Now We Read All About 1t,
baltimore GaEettel
The tue cause of the disaster which
has befallen the Republican party lies
far deeper than this. The verdict of
Ohio on Tuesday was the verdict of the
country, delivered in solemn and delib-
crate condemnation of the electoral
crime, and it will be repeated with still
greater force in the elections that are yet
to come. The Republican conspirators
woefully misiudged the temper Of the
American people if they imagined the
fraud which they contaminated would
90 unpunished, and Mr.. Hayes terribly
mistakes it now if he believes that a
patriotic and honest administration of
his Office will ever make the people for
get the tenure by which he holds it. The
result in Ohio plainly marks the deter.
mination of the outraged voters of the
country to make the repetition Of the
fraud forever impossible, and
there is nothing which can stay their