The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-10-17
cor. ALEo lroLunE
ON the Lesson OF the Ohio Election
blaine Coming 10 the Front a. PrOsl.
dNIitial Candidate.

vi Int AotAun Oh tuD UIA4U EANgkAoh-
blaine Coming 10 the Front a. Pr0sl.
Dental Candidate.
PHILADELPHIA, October 15.-'The Tina
says: ut Is in no sense political revolu.
ton. It Is simply the reconstruction Of
the old Republican lines, and Ohio has OK.
hibited her inherent Republican strength.
Few men have changed from the DemoC.
racy to Republication. Here and there
Hard.money Democrat has scratched
Ewing, but the result Is due solely to the
successful gathering up Of the thousands
Of Republican stragglers, and inspiring
them to answer roll.call at the polls.
While the overwhelming triumph OF Eos.
ter sends Thurman 10 the foot oil the class
oil Presidential aspirants, had the Legisla-
ture been saved he would have been re.
turned to the Senate TO help tho narrow
Democratic margin In that body when the
next Congress shall assemble. Had Ew-
Ing made close run for Governor, rs
Thurman did In 1875, when he saved the
Legislature and was rewarded with tile
senatorship, he might have been form.
dable competitor for Thurmans place;
but Thurman would doubtless now be
again elected II the party had the power.
SHERMAN Is thrown well forward In
the Presidential race by the signal success
Of the party In his State, and It is not i'm.
probable that he may return to the Senate
as the successor OF Thurman. Had he
been courageous, as he should have been,
and accepted the Republican nomination
for Governor, the Grant boom would
have received It's Ceath.blow in Ohio yes.
terday. Had be accepted the battle as his
own, on the healthy issue Of the financial
policy OF the party, he would to-day be
regarded as the predetermined leader for
1880. But Sherman was not brave, and
the lost opportunity will not offer again.
He will be discussed and buaeted from
post TO pillar as a Republican aspirant for
The Presidency, but Blaine will distance
him. The course OF the Maine leader OF
leaders,, will resolve the battle In bis ia
vor, II Grant shall drop out OF the struggle
The vote OF Ohio simply means that the
present National attitude OF the Demo.
CraCy has recalled Republican deserters,
stragglers and grumblers back to their par.
ty allegiance, and that the State has an.
chored herself in the Republican column
for 1880"
THE PHILADELPHIA PRESS.
FOrnsy', Press will say editorlally to.
morrow:
"rhe defeat Of Senator Thurman is dis.
astrous to him as politician. lie not
only loses by it his Senatorship, but Is
put out OF the field as candidate for the
Presidency, and is permanently retired
from public life, except in the improbable
contingency OF the capture by the Demo-
Gratis OF the next Presidency. For TWENTY
Eve years he has been a conspicuous
figure in the politics OF the State, which
had during that period q marked pre.em-
inenCe among her sisters. lie has been
successfully a distinguished lawyer, an
able Judge, strong Senator, and the
President pro tenn. Of the body, and the
leader among his colleagues. lie has
not merely failed with his party-that
could easily be borne-but worse than
that, he has sacrificed in his struggle for
life the convictions Of lifetime, 50 that
there Is denied to him the comfort which
always attends those who fall fighting for
their convictions. Judge Thurman
has for several years been play
ing q game. His heart WIS
not in his votes. His judgment did not
sanction his speeches. Trained In the
Jackson and Benton school, and bred a
hard'money man, he was true to himself
until his party called him to be false 10
long.cherished opinions. He heard the
siren song and yielded; and in that act
surrendered the most precious of his
gifts-his self.respect. Drawn over tortu.
Gus ways and through devious paths, he
has spent two years in Notifying himself
only to receive at the hands OF his State q
blow which humiliates while it dethroues
him. His blunder has been the cardinal
iaultothis life. Thisinsincerity has been tn q
INCAPABLE ofense which has cried aloud
for vengeance, and it has deprived him
Of that feeling Of respectful sympathy
which noble victors can afford 10 feel fol
the unfortunate vanquished. Had he
like Senator Bayard, remained firm while
others Filtered, he might have escaped
overthrow; or, il 1t came, he would have
been able to bear the result with the calm
ness OF q true philosopher. His fate is al
once lesson and q warning. Nothing
not splendid abilities, nor manly virtues
nor learning, nor station-wiIl atone fol
the absence Of the high principle
which bids public man STAY where
his conscience and his judgment com.