The daily gazette., 1878-10-10
Divided and Beaten.

From the Reading Edgle.
From present returns it appears that
Ohio ha, elected the Republican ticket
by plurality of votes; that is to say, the
Republican State ticket has more votes
than either of the others. The main
issue yesterday in Ohio and other States
was the money question. In 1875 the
money question was the issue also in
Ohio. William Allen represented the
united forces made up of Democrats and
Greenbackers Against him was Ruther-
ford B. Hayes, the candidate of the Re-
publicans and hard money men, national
| banks and specie resumptionists. Hayes
bat Allen by about 6,0OO votes. Y,ster-
day the soft money men in Ohio were
divided between Democrats and Green
bacsers, AM the gold men, national
banks and specie resumptionists were
united. The result, if further dispatches
confirm what We have at this writing,
! SHOWS that instead of the gold men, ma
/ tional bankers and specie resumptionists
being in a majority of about G,OO0 votes,
as they were in 1875, they are in a large
neutrality-suspicious. from 20,U00 to 5O,-
600. 1t is apparent, therefore, from pre-
sent returns that had the Democrats and
GreenbaCkers been united IN Ohio yes.
terday, they would have swept the State
by an immen nse majority. Cannot the
Democrats and Green 9ac kers in Penusyl-
vania gather wisdom from the election in
Ohio? The Democrats and Greenback
ers must not suppose the gold men. na-
tlonal bankers and specie ressmptionsts
are fools, and know rot what they are
about. If you do you will be greatly mis-
taken. In Ohio the Democrats and
Greenbackers should have united or
one ticket and not divided their forces
, Aiming at substantially the same system
5 of finance, probably they were prevented
: from uniting by the mach hinations of tn,
gold men, national bankers and species
= resumpuonist. Divide and conquer, Il
=, not only familiar TO military operations
. but applies TO political matters also Ha,
: the Democracy in 1860 not ATTEMPTED /,
run two cand dates for President, tn
Republicans would Lot have clecte,
Il their candidate. Had not the Green
e hackers and Democrats run two ticket
In Ohio yesterday, but united on one, tn
u victory would have been theirs Now
cannot the Democrats and Greenbacker
of Pennsylvania draw moral from thi
reasoning? To be sure the Democrat
o may win in this State by plurality, o
If even majority, of votes, and so may tn
Greenbackers; but to make success sur
l. beyond all doubt, the Greenbackers au
" Democrats should unite
Last year the Democrats in Pennsy
io wanna elected their State ticket by
le plurality of about 5000 votes. Th
no Greenbackers polled about So, 900 vote.
Adding the votes of the Greeubackel
IS and Democrats together in this State, an
r. there was last year a majority of abor
10000 against the Republican ticke
Gen. Hoyt, the Republican candidate to
In Governor, says that the Greenback vol
In Pennsylvania will be at. least 100, 90
If such is the fact, from which of the tw
OF parties will this vote be most largel
rn drawn? Will the Republicans sufft
more than the Republicans This is IL
o. important question. Ohio's eiectio
shows that the Democrats have suffere
most in that State. Here In Berks,
nc matters now stand, the Democrats will /
nd hurt more than the Republicans