The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-19
Views OF the Eastern and Western
Press as to Its Significance.
A Variety OF Opinions rs to the Cause
OF the Democratic Defeat ..I'he
Ohio Idea" Very Generally
Regarded aB Respon-
sible For IL.
[GIncinnati Enquirer. Dem.l

by the UemoCraIlC posltlou upon Tile cur
rancy. but by falsehoods touching tho com
mon schools and religion; and in that con-
test the Democrats were In q minority Of
only 5000. This year the currency question
has been to q large degree avoided, and the
falsehoods this time have related to section
alism, to the skull and cross-bones, to the
bloody shirt, to the gospel OF hate. After the
defeat In Ohio In 1876. tho Democratic party
Ill 1876 elected President The result In
Ohio this year does not make improbable or
difficult the election Of a Democratic Presi-
dent lii 1890 Ohio was Republican In 1876 In
1876, In 1878, and is Republican Ia 1870. Re-
pubitcRns have boasted OF this State az n Re-
publican State; and this year the effort to
keep IL Republican Was tremendous. Pat
rOnaRc. money, one President and two presi-
Dental candidates, the Especial measures OF
the national banks, oil came to the State To
keep III Republican. The Republicans could
not afford to lose 1t; tho Democrats can.
Cincinnati Commercial. Rep.l
Ohio, in the centre of the nation, responds
to the States that have recently been heard
from the shores of the two oceans that border
the republic, speaking to the same effect and
with greater emphasis.
Clearer aid stronger than ever tho truth np-
pears that tho Democratic party, while the
bond slave of the South made solid by vlo-
Ienoe, cannot prevail through the country ut
large
manifest Id the rejection Ut Ewing, who would
disturb the conditions Of prosperous business.
It'll III the voice of Ohio that resumption Ia II
good thing and shut be maintained.
Senator Thurman made the mistake OF his
iifB when ha consented To submit tU tho soft
money fanatics who had been the bltterest OF
his enemies. He could not save them from
the fate their policy had prepared. and he not
only lost his own cause but the chance to
~ t...k al
ha loses the Senate and falls into the same
pit with Ewing,
ECincinnuti dlaette. Rep.l
In b great crisis. whether In war or peace;
whether I'm n contest Of bullets or ballots, the
people Of Ohio have never been appealed 10 ia
vain. In many severe contests 1t has already
proved safe to trust the patriotic and iDteli-
gent people OF this great commonwealth.
Yesterday was no exception to the rule, and
Ohio having once again rendered y verdict
that Ii us just Us 1t ia emphatic, 1t only re-
mains for those Republicans who were calcu-
iatinR upon d slender majority, and who al
ternated between fear and hope, to apologize
To the people they seemed 70 distrust. Tho
Gdsette did not share la this distrust. II felt
that the people had been aroused as IN 1868,
and that they would respond In thunder
tones u the threats OF the solid South. which
liz only another name for the prostituted DEM
ocratic party, as they would also TO the prop
Qsition of the tlHt-mOney hefetics who sought
try again upon o sea Of irredaemable and LUG
tuatinE paper money The type OF oil that IL
unsound In finances was made the standard
bearer Of the Democratic party. IN WAS ts
platform. and no one found 1t necessary TO
study the written declaration Of the party to
ascertain Its financial principles. In like
manner the extra session OF Congress In It's
record made another part 1T tho platform,
while the most infamous Legislature that
ever disgraced the State added Its pink.
a
this morning announce the result. lt IL a
gratifying verdict.
New York Sun, Ind
The returns from Ohio Indicate the election
OF Charles Foster, the money loving trader,
who stayed at homo and Kept store during
the war, while his opponent, the brave Gen.
Ewing, was risSin1 Dis life, fighting the bat
ties III his country.
While, however Gen. Ewing was put for
ward hs the Democratic candidate, he was
known as all advocate OF soft money and 0f
the oppressive, inquisitorial, unconstitutional
income tex.
The circumstance that he held 70 such an
sound and odious doctrines goes FAR to recon-
ellie us to hts defeat
New York Herald. Indl
This decisive Republican triumph Is Of ma
uonal interest. Besides disposlng OF several
prominent Ohio statesmen, 1t will inspire
courage and hope liz the Republican party
throughout the United States. Even locally
it lis OF considerable Importance. 1t extin-
0uishes Senator Thurm ans chances of d re-
election, and puts an end to any lurking asp-
ration which Mr.. Ewing may have had to be
MIR. Thurmans successor. But these local
consequences are rs dust IN the balance.
The great significance Of the Ohio election
and It's bearing on the selection of candi-
dates and the success OF parties In the great
presidential contest OF next year. 1t makes
It impossible for the Democratic candidate
MA
chances OF a nomination by putting some of
his principal rivals out Of the field. But 10
proportion rs 1t improves Mr.. Tllden's
chances OF a nomination 1t diminishcs his
chances and tho chances Of any Democratic
candidate for an election. Mr.. Tilden Is
shrewd calculator, and 1t may turn out that
he will not covet nomination after the
smoke has lifted from the reimlnary BATTLES
OF the present year. II New York should fol-
low the example Of Ohio, NJ. Tilden would
simply lose his labor by intriguing any fur
ther for the Democratic nomination, and he
may prefer that some other candidate should
lead foriorn hope. The result III Ohio tends
to . Republican success Ia New York, and
should this be tho actual effect, MIR. Tilden
may bid a long farewell to his presidential
hopes.
New York Times, Rep.l
From one end OF this State to the other the
impulse Of Republican victory In Ohio will he
FELT Id auickening the hopes Of earnest Re
are swayed BY tho prestige Of success. BUTT
should be remembered that 1t may also have
the effect of frightening back into the ranks
numerous Democratic "bolters' who may be
disposed to forget their personal grievances
In the hour of party peril. It Is certain that
defeat Ia Ohio will only nerve to more despe-
rate efforts the managers OF the Tilden cam
paign ~ New York. They can point to the
vote OF Ohio as the result of tue rejection OF
their candidate. Bishop, and can claim that
had their advice been taken thu res,1 wonld
have been different. But al defeat and ruin
are for them convertible terms In New York,
the revelation OF the unsupported vigor OF
Republican sentiment will merely convince
them OF the absolute necessity Of bringing
out their last man. With the cel tainty be-
fore them OF redouhled energy on the part Of
their adyersaries, let the Republicans Of New
York see to 1t that their chances Of success
are not impaired either by apathy or over
confidence.
New York Tribune, Repl
The Republicans of Ohio have won splen-
did victory. SurnasainU the eyDertatiDns Of