, 1879-04-09
Significance Of the Great Repub.
lican Victory OF Mon.
!. day.
Ohio Democrats the Most Sim
cerely Disgustcd Since
Gettysburg.
Figures Showing tho Encouraging
Gains Made in Michigan.
a Man Convicted Of Illegal Voting in
Boston in Spite Of Butler's Efforts.
CINCINNATI.
Fn$tf1f YjS,btf,h IN JHA 7%-fhstnA.

sotrfdi Hit'nich 10 7as 7sfattne.
CINCINNATI. O., AprIl 8.-rho municipal e1cc-
lions throughout Ohio yesturtlay resulted In TN
looked for ylctnrsc8 for lie Republicans. III the
large cittcs tho battlo was fought mainly on Is
sues nade At Washington. In Cincinnati espe-
clal1y tho course Of the Confederate Congress
was brought prominently to tho front, NIX, local
considerations wore almost wholly lost sight of.
The Democrats liad tho prestige Of SUCCESS Mt
the Inst city election. They nominated cat,tll-
dates OF exceptional strength. Tl!cy worked
With indefatiga6lc energy, mud had the finest or
Eanttath,n Mt the polls crer seen III the city.
80 confident wcro they Of succcsst
that soon utter the close OF the polls
a band was hired to .crcnado Col. Harris,
ihcir candidate for Mayor, aud bets wcra freely
offered OIL 5000 to 5,000 majority. So fnr as
local considerations were concerned tic nd
vantage was on tl.e Democratic side, Anl but
for their national platform they would I'M.
doubtcdly havc carried tho day ty good ma
jorlty. That platform, which was prepared by
Judge Hoa.liey, author OF the famous Oregon
Electoral Opinion. hailed the assembling Ut the
Democratic Congress rs tic cnusc Of rejoicing;
denounced the present Administration as ueurp-
lug and fraudulent; cha,ged tile Republicans
with assessing yaat sums of money upon Fed
SlAA AtH<SAN4AEa4f H4tu Nuu&AtHtjlE IL
tatn an cxtraragant anl unneccs-
sarity numerous ar1n} to thwart
by violence tic will Of tho people;
t1cr the name Of United Statcs Supervisors md
Atnrshnls TO arrest men without wnrsant; with
degrading lllc courts Into partisan flucttncs,
and with n long category Of other crimes. Uue
section of the platform WIS US follows:
We believe that the resi- object Of tho Republic
jH n ID 4fr ntf1th lin
establishment OF 4 centralized government rcpub-
l!can III name only, but IN substantial character
The purpose u tho Republican party TO cndcayor
ny fotce or fraud 10 hold continued possession of
the Federal Government Notwithstanding defeat At
manifestation u public rcltstnnce Will cauao lis
Abandonment Of thto tesign.
Tic platform concluded With demand for
tho repeal OF The Election laws, and pledged tic
III Congress In tlrir dcclured purpose to refuse
to- vote tic Government dollar until tile
Hlious legslatlon was stripped from the statute-
books: Tnat platform aroused the city, and
publraus range from 400 10 l,l00 The Demo
Gratis cndcavor to explain by saying that thu
eaaasy sn VI aros.d German, ,ne;, Gnar;' Jacobs
s n0isa Sa fss. 'Pt Is ha 81 aeoss
with onc or two exceptions, 10 the lowest ca1di-
date ol, the Ticket. Capt. J. u. Foraker, for
sueerior Judge. who ran several hundred votes
ahead u hiu,, was the object Of especial op-
gouns Of his connection with tho United
States Supervisor law Us Chief Super
visor at TIC lust Congressional election.
The result Is almost universally interpreted
here rs rehukc to tue Into proceudings III Con-
Eress. -
Outside OF Cincinnati the succcss Of the re-
publlcans WIS ione tile less 1narkcd. Toledo
IL the ouiy city OF any sizu which failed to elect
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