The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-10-23
THE OHIO BATTLE-GROUND.
A courisr-Journal Correspondent
Surveys the Field-How John
Sherman Played the Gold
Dodge on the Boys
Disguised Denis.
The Presidential Outlook.

NJ" q fSiJ OAOhS0SON Ply ;
albeit he may smile a ghostly smile
to make believe he is not entirely
discouraged. Tonight the cities
and towns of Ohio are ablaze with
bonfres, the Republican fellows are
firing their guns, blowing their
horns, ringing their Eells, and, in
fact, raising the devil generally,
to celebrate their victory, which,
at this hour, seems sufficiently great
to satisfy them.
After the battle Is over it may do
little good to go over the field and
see where errors were made in the
choosing of positions and the
movement of the troops. But
there are no wounded to take care
of, and we may spend a little tim e
looking over the field and consoling
ourselves for the loss of our com
rades.
In the first place we comfort our
selves by the fact that Ohio hiss
never been a Democratic State and
the Republicans have gained moth
ing.
They have their own. In no
election where full vote has been
cast have the Democrats been able
to carry the State. The election of
Bishop was one of those curious
incidents of Ohio politics which
show the intelligence and indepen-
dence of the people. He was elect
ed by Republican votes because the
Republican convention put an I'm
popular man at the head of their
ticket.
There can be no blame attached
to Gen. Ewing or to Gen. Rice, or
to any of their captains. The cam
paign was thorough. A full vote
has been cast, perhaps 100000 or
more, the largest ever polled in the
State. The Republicans had no ad-
vantage in organization, but they
had immense odds in numbers OF
leaders and money, and they had
the odds of followers. The Presi-
dent and his Cabinet and all the
national-bank power had to be
fought.
The Democrats flattered them
selves that of the $4,000 Greenback-
ers a large percentage would vote
for Ewing. Therein was their great
est hope of success, and if it turns
out that the Greenbackers voted
otherwise than for their own ticke;
it will be still more difficult to ex-
plain why Gen. Ewing was beaten
by so large a majority as is now ad
mitted.
Possibly Gen. Ewing's past rec
ord was not consistent enough to
satisfy the demands of the party
especially on the finance question
The Wood tariff bill made him very
obnoxious in the iron districts.
The campaign was fought too
much on the financial question.
However the Democratic party may
be correct on the resumption bust
ness, the Republicans were sharp
enough to play the resumption card
to advantage. Two weeks before
the election John Sherman com
menced pouring gold into the banks
in the mining and manufacturing
districts, and the glittering stuff
was paid out to the labOrers in the
coal mines, the ore banks, the fur
naces, the nail and iron mills, and
several railroads paid off their EN-
ployes in the same yellow metal
1t was a strong card. 1t was i'm
possible for Mr.. Thurman or any.
body else to make these fellows be
live that resumption had not taken
place when they had the gold il
their pockets. They did not see
through the trick, nor reckon if af
ter the election they would see nc
more gold. And, if resumption
has taken place, they argue thai
the Republican party did 1t. 1
prosperity is returned to the coun
try, it is the result of resumption
) so they say-and they canno
! understand that resumption is, il
realty, the result of prosperity.
The bloody shirt, too, was waved
| very effectively by the able speak
ers and the weaklings of the Re
= publican side. / heard Gen. Raun
: speak the night before the election
: at Shawnee, and the only interest
= ing or effective part of his speed
was that wherein he told of tn
bulldozing OF Louisiana and Mis-
sissippi, and related that thousand
of men had been murdered Their
for their political opinions. H
waved the ensanguined article high
1t has been a flag of victory man,
] times for the Republican party
a "The Solid South" has been a DO
}, tent word all through this cam
palgn.
, | sat at a table in a hotel fey
D, days ago with three Republica
e speakers. One of them remarke,
D on the effectiveness of the blood
e shirt-that it would win when moth
q ing else would. Another respond
r, ed: "Yes, we have been giving theI
r cold steel for fifteen years, and !
5 has been the best weapon we hav
S had against the solid South"
e The Republican party to-day
held together by its vindictiv
hatred of the South.
called on Gen. Ewing to day 8
e his home in Lancaster, and foun
}, him in much better spirits than
- had expected. He talked with IN
e very freely for an hour on the can
e paigu and the result, but he wa
y unable to express any definite opir
It ions as to the reasons of his defea
e owing to the confused and indef
n mite information that had reache
n him. From the position taken b
it several of the leading Germa
e newspapers on the financial quei
/. lions he was inclined to the opinio
there had been a large detection i
the German Democratic vote. H
remarked that he had done every
thing in his power to make victor
for the party, and he belived tbs
all the party leaders had done thei
u full duty. 1t was a fight agains
{ odds. But up to the evening c
J. the election he felt confident of cal
rying the State, and of course hi
y disappointment is great.
I questioned him regarding til