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SENATOR THURMAN.
TILE ONO STITESMIfN ON TIE
fESULTIN OVfO

&c Is NJ in tEo I,cost Discouraged--
VIEWS on tNH "redomnating Issue--
Position Of the Democracy Defined.
C1NcINNATI, Ono, Oct. ii. 1873
Senator Thurman has recovered
from his attack OF illness brought on
by campaign work, and yesterday
save bls views upon the result in
ONO to reporter Of the .E,1,tiyc,
He said - : 49,. :. =
81 am not in the least discourage
od by the Ohio elections. 7 had
hoped for better result, but feared
it would be worse. This is the first
year the issue has been clearly
defined between tho people and tlle
national banks, and, though ques-
tons or monetary science arc usual
~ dry themes for discussion, thcv
have begun to absorb the attention
OF the people this year and thcy
took but h;t!o interest in any other
Had we fnltcred on this question
we should have been beaten far
worse, The platform CT this year
strengthened the Ohio Democracy
greatly. Then if wo add to our
vote that of the National party or
Groenbackers tho Republicans, or
tho party of national banks, was in
minority Of thousands. Yes tons
of thousands of votes.
REPUBLICAN PREvAR1CAr1oN.
Then remember how their candi-
dates and orators lodged and pre-
Varlcatcd. Secretary Sherman came
out here to tell them he Wanted TO
keep S3O0,OO0,0O0 in grcenbacks in
clrcnlatlon-a declaration that has
brought on him the soverest de-
nunciatlons Of bank advocates in
the East. Foster said in his speech
that he wanted all the grccnbacks
now outstanding kept in circulu-
ton, and Mckinley and Van .Norhcs
We're both urged for election be-
cause they were grecnbaclS mon.
Others lodged the Question alto
gcther just rs their platform dodocd
1T. But the national banks couldn't
De deceived, and they and the huns
dred thousands of officeboldcrs sub
Piled the sinews Of war. AS the
result never before in Ohio was
there so corrupt a use of money in
an election. l don't say that the
national banks in their corporate
capacity furnished money, but their
shareholders and dependents did.
Ot course Democrats lost. s6mc
votes by assailing' banks, Just as
there were dcserters from THAI Dor
ty when jackson vetoed the bill to
charter the old national banks. But
our losses were moro than com
ponsotd by gains from the other
side. IA. .'ii. -. 80
TIE DEMOCRACY AND THE BANKS
"Ihe antagonism between Democ-
racy and the National Bank system
was inevitable twas Wlint Seward
once called the irrepressible con-
hlct 1T is now square fight DO
tween"thonl and tile people, and
every day makes it more plain that
we have the right side Of the ques-
ton. Two thousand banls welding
five hundred millions Of capital and
eight hundred millions of deposits.
supported by great political party
III power, using the immense
patronage of tho .goyernmout to
retain it's dominion, is formidable
foe to attack, but the attack will
nevertheless prove successful III tho
end" -..a.. / '1->.t : ~ =
THE NATIONAL PARTY.
What about the National party ?"
was asked. = :, =: j-'... = -:
"There are many good mon, some
bad ones and not few misguided
ones, in their ranks" responded the
Senator. "The idea that they can
absorb either the Democratic or
Republican party, or even draw
enough from both to become the
dominant party, is fallacious. In
country like this there can bo but
two great parties--ono the party. of
privileges; tho other the party of
equal rights. Tho party of equal
rights is the Democratic party.
Excluding from comparison the
slavery of the blacks, that existed
once both North and South, and
was forced on lis by our English
ancestors, I ask, what statute was
ever passed by q DemOcratic Con-