Nebraska advertiser., 1878-10-31
Vote the Straight Ticket.

We urge our Republican friends to
stick to their thicket--to vote it
straight. In doing otherwise there is
great danger that they assist in plac-
Ing power In the hands of the enemies
of the party to injure 1t. The lesson
taught In Ohio should be sufficient to
make every true Republican see the
danger Of supporting their enemies.
By local issues, carelessness, and the
cunning of the Democracy. the last
legislature of Ohio was Democratic,
made so by Republican votes. when
the Democracy embraced the oppof-
tuDity of redistricting the State into
congressional districts, cutting them
into such shapes as to insure a major
ity of Democratic congressman. Had
the Republicans of Ohio been true to
their party and voted their legislative
tickets straight, thatlegislature would
have been Republican, the gerryman-
der swindle prevented, and at the re-
cent election the Democrats would
have elected not more than three in
stead of the eleven they did elect out of
twenty. You see the result--the injury
done by carelessly and thoughtlessly
throwing off on their real friends and
throwing the legislature into the
hands of an enemy always on the alert
to take advantage of such carelessness
it gave the Democrats eight Con-
gressmeD.
One may say, 20, that case is not
In point to apply to Nebraska. We
say it Is for the point we want TO make
that the. enemies OF Republican
ism use every opportunity to hurt it
If they can't in one way they will in
another.
To make our argument good we
have only to cite one case now fresh
in our minds:
In the extra session of 1875 when
Church Howe made his motion objec-
ting to the counting of the vote for
President, every Democrat present
voted for it, and while they were not
strong enough to DO any harm, they
showed what they would have done
had they held a controlling power
They would have carried Mr.. Howe's
protest, adjourned sine die. and Ne
braska would have been disfranchis-
ed in the electoral count.
Previous to the election no one
dreamed that Mr.. Howe would at
tempt so to thwart the will of the Re-
publicans. If they had they would
have defeated him. Voters cow care
lessly think, as Mr.. Howe tells them,
that there will be no political issues
in the next legislature, it is an off
year etc. That's what they told them
in Ohio-it was an "off year" there
the people thinking there could be no
politics of any Importance in that
legislature, thought it did not matter
about sticking TO party so very close
ly; and while they were letting
things run at loose ends, and permit
ting demagogues to demoralize them,
the Democrats were working like
drilled soldiers, and taking advantage
of the victory given them by Repnb-
lican votes, they proceeded without
generous scruple to deal Ohio Repub-
licans the hardest blow they ever re-
ceived. Thus assassin like they give
their deadly thrusts when least ex-
pected.
The Republican candidates are as
able and as well qualified, in every
sense to Iegislate for the people as
their oponents, and it is unreasonable,
unnecessary and dangerous, to vote
against them. Then friends, vote the
ticket straight, and if it does no 9TH
er good you will be conscious of hav-
ing discharged your duty in voting
for the perpetuation and Strengthening
of your principles and party.