Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-10-17

masses would they could see no organi-
zation, no system, no head. Their ablest
/ organs were turned aside from steady
and effectual support of the party by
the petty, disgusting quarrels OF leaders.
Effect on the Grant Gasp"
Pittsburgh Dispatch Republican,
Nothing seems clearer than that the
origin OF the Grant movement lay in the
fact that Republicans were frightened at
the prospect OF defeat. and initiated il,
feeling that fine enthusiasm could be
excited by the use OF the name OF the
greatest military man OF the time and
the really able President OF two terms.
1t is probable that the remarkable sue
cess in Ohio will cause even enthusiastic
friends OF Grant 10 abandon the positi, n
that il is necessary to nominate any
man for mere expediency.
Gratifying and Marvellous.
ST. Louis Globe Democrat OSalwart Rcpub-
licanl
Taking all things into consideration
especially that Ohio is soldier State
and that the head of the Republican
ticket was a civilian, while the head OF
1.-THE Democratic ticket was soldier
the returns are not only gratifying, but
almost marvellous. MIR.
Ewing was hard on the Democrats OF q
small district in Missouri, rs a soldier,
but he was more severe on the Demo-
Gratis of Ohio. as civilian. He cleaned
them out OF the former temporarily by
military orders, and transformed them
in the latter permanently by political
speeches. As Democrat exterminator
his tongue is mightier than his sword.
Iowa the True Criterion.
Springfield Republican Ind. Republican,
Ohio is one of those doubtful States
which sway from one side 10 the other
by narrow majority, won by we'll or
ganized work The result in Iowa yes
terday Is the real index of the position
of the Republican party, considered as a
definite political organization.
Iowa Not Debatable.
Chicago Tribune Republican,
The only debatable ground was Ohio,
rs there was hardly room for a reasona-
bic doubt that Iowa would be true TO her
Republican antecedents; and in Ohio
the victory is grander and more inspir-
ing.
What 1t Portends.
New York Times (Rcpublican.)
What the Ohio victory portends is
the return of tide OF loyalty and patrl-
otism that will sweep all before IL when
ever the Northern people are called
upon 10 say whether the results OF the
war shall be obliterated and the Union
again endangered by the South in and
out OF Congress. So far as the sources
of Republic IN success are concerned,
the financial discussion was wasted. IL
was too temporizing, too flat 10 be prof
liable. The appeals that reached the
popular heart were altogether different.
Poetical Justice.
New York Herald (Flexible.)
1t is noteworth illustration Of what
is sometimes called "POetical Justice
that the financial heresy OF which the
State Of Ohio has been for the last twelve
years the hOtbed has been blighted and
killed by severe autumnal frost in the
place where il terminated. In other
words, the Rag Baby" has been stran-
gled in its cradle. The State OF Ohio
has been the pestilential breeding
ground of financial heresles ever since
the questions of debt and currency rose
into prominence after the close OF the
civil war. From that day to this The
Ohio Idea" has been protruded III Ma
tional politics, dividing and demoraGz
ing the Democratic party, carrying 1t
away from its ancient landmarks, stultl.
flying its time-honored principles, and
making il butt of scofling derision, not
merely to its political opponents, but to
all honest men.
Reconciled to His Defeat.
New York sun (what is it0
"While, however, General Ewing was
put forward as the Democratic candidate,
he was known as an advocate OF soft
money, and OF the oppressive, inqulsl-
torial, unconstitutional income tax. The
circumstance that he held two such un-
sound and odious doctrines goes FAR TO
reconcile us TO his defeat.
Thurman and Ewing.
Philadelphia Times independently
While the overwhelming triumph OF
Foster sends Thurman TO the foot OF the
class OF Presidential aspirants, had .he
Legislature been saved he would have
been returned TO the Senate TO help the
narrow Democratic margin in that body
when the next Congress shall assemble.
Had Ewing made a close run for Cover
nor, as Thurman did in 1875, when he
saved the Legislature and was rewarded
with the Senatorship, he might have
been a formidable competitor for Thur
mans place; but Thurman would doubt
less now be again elected if the party had
the power
Compared with 1877.
Chicago Inter-Ocean (Rep)
Measured by the vote OF 1877, the
Ohio Republicans were in a minority OF
56,757 This was the result OF divided
councils and a halting, hesitating plat
form.
A Decade of Errors.
Louisville Courer-Joumal, (Democratic.l
The crowning disaster which has at
length overtaken the ignus fatuus known
as the Ohio Idea rounds off decade of
Democratic bundrring.with the old Ia
milar moral that Honesty is the best
policy