New-York tribune., 1879-10-17
OF course if Mr.. Tlden retires he takes the barrel

with him.
The disalectcd Republicans are sincerely to be
piticd. They are emitting themselves off from the
privilege Of taking part in grand combination
kick which is about to be administered to the
Democracy in the place where 1t VIII do the most
good.
There are symptoms of an aggravated popular
prejudice against Democratic reform.
There is an embarrassing diversity Of opinion IN
the Democratic journals concerning the particular
ray of hope which the party is to cling to in the
OHIO result. The Ho,id is jubilating because Ohio
is still doubtful State" while the central organ
of the party at Washington jubilates because the
"Republicans have merely recovered State which
naturally belongs to their column and finds COM
fort i'm the faith that Democratic President can
easily he elected without OHIO. Neither OF these
"rays" Is good for anything. bat the party wonld
present n more harmonious appearance III IL wouIu
pick out one and have ali the organs cling To IL at
once.
1t is just as Thomas Ewing SO beautifully said on
n previous occasion. "The Democratic party Is
not a fit instrument of reform anything else"
Ewing used to be very felici. Gus In saying these
things.
Iowa and Ohio seemed to get on Tuesday the
point of IA wedge into the Solid South.
Colonel John Hay said at jubilation meeting at
Cleveland on election night that Uncle Samuel
in New-York tapped his barrel. and Uncle Richard
in Columbus tapped the Pententiary." but in spite
of both Ohio did her duty. That statement brings
the leading &" moral forces IN the Democratic can
vass into meried public rotice and suggests a pos
sibie Democratic ticket for 1850. Uncle DICK ana
Uncle Samuel would make o. no slouch OF a team.
One could do the whispering and the other tie
handshaNng.
Ohio has joined the rcpudiation States. She
repudIates the Democratic party
The Democrats were eager to appeal" to the
people for a verdict on their struggles for an un-
trammcllcd ballot-box TO stun. Well. the verdict
has begun to IN. and rs tenor is that the peo-
pie think ballot-bOx which allows man to vote
only once is good enough for thcm
The Democratic statesmen were sure the people
were behind them in their extra session work.
They were ght. The people took that position
with business purpose.
There is an opportunity for Hendricks TO repeat
his remark about the treason' Of opposing
Solid North to II Solid South.
The Republican State Committee Of Pennsyl
wanna has issued an address calling upon the pco-
pie " to vote that the settlement of tho war shall
stand; that liberty for all shall be enforced that
fraud shall no longer subvcrt the States; THAI the
purchase of the Presidency snail never succeed, and
that assassination shall be forever banished from
among lis rs "A political agcncy.' The cOmmttce-
men make the cheering report that the Republcan
prospects in the State are continually Frightening,
that the Legislature is assured already, and tnat
Democratic defeat In November Is ineyltaDle.
There is no reason for believing that these claims
are bit too saEguIne. Indeed, the Democrats OF
Pennsylvania seem 10 have settled down at the start
to Il conviction that they were to be beaten
BY the way where is the influence of the ''fraud'
issue shown in the figures from Ohio
The Republican who isn't stalwart may as well
climb tree till year from next November. The
procession will 20 over him If he doesn't.
Keep it in mind that n vote for Cornell is vote
against making Ncw-Yorl the agent for putting the
Sond South IN possession Of the Government
T,yi-t aud turn the issue you WILL this IS the only
solution possible.
Perhaps David DAVIS wishes he had not given the
Greenback party 50 much taffy-hut II really didn't
make any difference to his alleged Presidential
chances.
There were no troops at the polls in Ohio. but
Republican voters were uncOmmOnly thick there.
Hendricks thinks the Ohio result will have no
effect upon Presidential candi latcs As he speaks
for himself he is entirely right, for how could it
effect those already deadf
The Western papers not only jnbiant, but iilu-
minated over tho result of the elections. The In
diaRapois journal has vigorous picture of eagle
holding a very sick Democratic rooster over a dam
gerous-looking cliff AMI aboyc All Is the injunction