Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-10-29

From our regular eorresPondenl'l
WASHINGTON LETTER,
wAsHlsaros, ., O.. oct, "a, 70,

discussion of tho Ohio election and
ils probable effect upon the future oil
parties, rs well as upon the various
presidential booms, Outside Of Ohio
| do not think The democrats, geher'
ally, expected success there, My own
Judgment, before visiting tho State,
was that Fould BIS elected yet while
there ! imblbed somewhat OF the en-
thusiastIe hopes which the Buckeye
Democrats undoubtedly entertained
But these hopes were nlpped by an
early October frost, and how We won
der why they were ever given play
TO DO sure, there was u possibility
that the democracy might with the
State, as there always IL n possibility
In any State where the vote Is no large
and the majority 50 small but all the
chances were certainly against demo-
cratic success. With but these yo.
oeptlons the State has been carried by
the Republicans In every election since
the war, and tho three exceptions oc'
cured in years where there was no
general hard-iought contest, and no
fall vote. Ohios electoral vote has
not been cast Tor n democrat since
l84s-thilty-one years ago This
record, and John Sherman's desperate
work and immense expenditures, suf-
fciently explain the result. 1t has
been charged to the financial issue,
Probably tbs charge is correct. The
$5 and $40 national bank and treas
ury tissues" were certainly used very
freely in Cincinnati, Cleveland, and
other cities.
What effect the result has upon the
chances of presidential candidates, is
hardly worth discussing. There are
several very able gentlemen in the
democratic party whose chances Tor
nomination and election are not in
any way interlerred with. There is
talk of a Bayard boom, with several
other booms in reserve. II is enough
to know that the ability of the demo
Gratis to elect the next president ex.
lists, and that the chances are TO day
three to one in their favor, The
feature of the result IN Ohio most to
be regretted is the defeat of Senator
Thurman. His retirement Is n nation
al loss. The other day the Supreme
Court decided that his bill, which
forces the Pacific railways to begin
paying their Indebtedness to the gov.
eminent, is constitutional and valid.
BY it the government is saved hun
bred million Of dollars. And yet the
people Of Ohio vote to discharge
Judge Thurman from further service,
while Jay Gould climbs up to the tall
tower OF his Tribune building and
gives three cheers. Then he goes
down and orders Whitelaw Reid to
give Thurman few parting kicks.
John Sherman thinks lie has got his
little boom in very healthy condition
now, and it is as serene as big sun
flower. But. after all his Ohio tri.
umph and his careful manipulation of
the Custom-house and other positions
down in New Orleans, it seems that
his little clique Of Returniug-Board
scoundrels were not able to ''fix" Lou
isiaua for him. The republican party
is rather scattering down in that
State, but they held their convention
this week. and elected delegates to
the National Convention. These del
egates are reported to be anti-Sher.
man. Anyhow, the convention de-
clared that Grant was its "unalterable
choice" The idea Of the Louisiana
republican crowd having an ''unalter-
able choice is what makes the ma
rines all laugh. The popularity of
that crew is that they do not establish
an unalterable choice until the bids
are all inland that may be the peg
upon which the willy Secretary hangs
his faith. They did compliment John
on the success of resumption, but it
is hardly probable that he will be sat-
isfied with any ''taffy" of that sort.
Sherman is going to follow Evarts
over TO New York to help Conkling
and Cornell. That, too, is another of
the funny things one sees in politics.
This administration was just recently
at bitter war with Conkling, and John
Sherman charged Cornell, in an Off
cial communication TO the Senate,
with dishonesty and malfeasance in
the office of Collector, from which he
removed him, aud now the whole
power of The administration is exerted
to elect the same man to higher po-
sition.