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The Ohio Waterloo.
COMMENTS OF TIE PRESS.
What the Leading Journals of Vari.
Gus Shades of Opinion say About
the Result i'm Ohio.

From the Ne-U }or% 4TmeS.l
All the dispatches from Ohio show that til
interest In the election OF yesterday WAS IL
tense and that the vote pollpd was among til
largest ever known in the State. This
greatly due to tho importance of tho gehert
which the result Of tho election was expectc
tn have upon the personal fortunes of di:
1inguislled men, especially in the Democrnti
party. The campaign, so far as the publ
discussion went, has been INC rs complete
~ national in It's character rs If represents
tirrs in Congress, or even Presidential elect
Ors, were To have been chosen. On the X
publican side great prominence has bee
given to the Southern question. AlthOnE
Mr.. Foster was intimately connected with til
earlier efforts Of Mr.. Hayes to give u nc,
complexion To the southern policy Of the GOV
crnmcnt, neither he nor his friends have hes
itLtcd to occupy the most "Stul wnrt' grouno
In fact, Mr.. Sherman, who Is regarded as tn
political sponsor of Mr.. Foster, has gone rs il
ns any one could 90 In advocating the view
which thecNtremest Republican critics of Tn
Administration have advanced, n NJ
SchurZ, who has been the most intelligent c
| the Presidents advisers in Southern matter:
gave more temperate and rational, but no
less emphatic support to the doctrine that III
only remedy for the evils with which Tn
South threatens the country was u declIe
Republican sentiment In the North. IN
magnet which drew the diSaftectcd 10 the itc
publican ticket was the unmlstakable hrm
ness OF the party for equal rights IN the S0utl
Had the Republicans taken ths higneS
ground on the currency, we believe the.
would nave succeeded equally well, ana tnel
victory would have had greater value. Bu
the significance of the victory lies IN the eVl
dence which it affords that the peonleofO ono
fairly representing the people OF the NORTH
are thoroughly aroused as to the tendency
Democratic rule. and are resolved to over
throw it wherever it has gaineda footing.
From Me Louisville (Eentucky) Courtcr-Journd
As we surmiscd, and. indeed, predicted yes
trrday, the result in Ohio Is disastrous TO tn
Democrats. Readers of the Gmricr.Jomrna
will not be taken by surprise. therefore,, FOL
defeat, We have prepared them for what va
from the first really inevitable: the odd
were too great for us. We might have 6catcl
| Foster, or even sherman. But we could no
beat the government.
This result otght to satisfy Democrntso IN
folly of financial equivocation. 1t shows cor
! cluSlvely that the "Ohio idea so-called, is
and has always been, n delusion and a snare
Ewing was its strongest expression :.Thurmai
it's most respectable advocate. Both are re
tired, One is beaten for Governor, and Tn
other loses his seat in the Senate. 1t Is to-
bad that such able and se~rviccatlem men sh0ul'
be sacrificed to such a blundcr.
Democrats have now nothing but New ! orr
to look to. If we lose New York, little les
than q miracle will save us. We may as wei
take matters as they are and consider then
from u practical standpoint. We cannot al
ford to deceive ourselves. The worst iears O
the Cbmicr.T0urnnl have come te pass.
In the light Of this great reverse wild ant
visionary Democrats must see the error @
their ways and make All effort to amend me-
folly. Theirhopes are scattered. Their coun
| sells have come to naught. They should 20 u
the rear and fall in line, ready to follow AM
obey. All is by no means lost. But ri! VII
be lost IL Democrats cannot be brought 10
sense Of their danger and n comprehenslol
to ~ slx1 IL rt1 nc n nQT
discipline.
[F1om the Ncp York Hcratd.]
This decisive Republican triumph Is of ma
tional interest. Besides disposing OF Severa
prominent Ohio statesmen, 1t Will insplr'
courage and hope in the Republican, part.
throughout the United States. Even local.!
It il of considerable Importance. 1t eNtfn
cuisines Senator Thurman's chances or re
election and puts an end to any lurking aSpir
alton which Ewing may have had to De
mans successor. But these local conSc
ouenccs are rs dust In the baltnce. I'M
great significance of the Ohio election lies II
It's Influence upon national politics and IT.
bearing on the selection OF candidates ana tl'
success OF parties In the great PrcsidcnLia
| contest of next year. IT makes IL ihhPoSsIols
for the Democratic candidate to be taken IRON
Ohio, and nvors Tilden's chances OF nomina,
ton by putting some of his principal rival!
ont OF the field. But In proportion as 1t I'm
proves Tilden'sc chances OF nomination ~
| minIshcs his chances and the chances OF any
Democratic candidate for an election. Tilder
is a shrcwd calculator, and 1t may turn GU
that he will not c0vct the nomination altel
the smoke has lifted from the preliminary
battles of the present year. II New VOTE
should follow the example OF Ohlo.. Il'der
would simply lose his labor by intriguing any
further for the Democratic nomination, nnt
he may prefer that some other candidau
should lead the forl0rn hope. The result II
Ohio tends to q Republican success IN N Miy
York, and should this be the actual ctect iii,
den may bid u long farewell to Presidential
honOrS.
from the NcW York Uorld.]
All that can be asserted positively Of the re
suit in Ohio to-day Is that the Republican,
have failed TO take that great ~mmonwea
out of the wavcring line OF states uouptiu
for 1880, and to plant IL, as they hoped 10 plan
1t, in the van Of the Republican column
where of old it used to plant. Mr.; Blalnt
stands on as fair a footing to-day in Maine a!
Mr.. Sherman In Ohio. Mr.. Ewing has peer
beaten, US he elected to be when Mt the outSe
of his canvass he deliberately abandoned TN
strong ground of All outright democratic pro
test against the votes of President Hayes, unt
undertook to counte Wit his own Hhahcih
theories the stalwart. facts of q magnifcen,
harvest In the West, OF unpaTHilei!eH crops a
the South and of an intlOwing- tide OF golt
from Europe. 1t appears. even from the par
tial reports so far received that the Democr,lt
ic candidate In Ohio owes his defeat chlch!
to the stern hostility provoked among I'M
Gcrman-bOrn Democrats OF Hamilton Couh
ty by his financial heresies.
from the Washington POSI-
This Is disheartening intelligence. We mar
hoyed. even when IL was evident that fosLel
had been elected to the Govership, maj th'
legislature would turn out to have q Demo
cratic majority on joint ballot, n the FAC
that the reverse Is really true Is what make =
IL a serious disappointment. The result II
probably due, more than anything else, to tn
Unfortunate stand of Gen. Ewing on the n
nancial question. The people OF ONO etl
IDENTIFY do not believe In soft money. On ln'
whole we think it Is about time ior tne ZEN Sa !,
n hard money country. Let 1t return 10 lt
old time principles and act, IN every nsuhc
accordingly.
Iron the Ncw York Iri5unc.]
This great victory must not be belittled b3
assigning 1t TO too narrow causes: IL Is no
the result Of Mr.. Fosters energetic canvass
nor of the labors OF any one man, however
ahiea and sincere. 1t Is not the result OF I'M
Sherman boom, norof the Grant boom, nor Q
the Blaine boom, nor OF the Hayes poonl. hai
these currents in the compaign nave nae
their effect, no doubt, but the one mighty
canse has been the profound conviction o
the people that the interests OF The country
would not be safe for the next four years Ill
Democratic hands.
TFIom the Philadelphia IclcDrdph.l
Ohio has in a very distinct manner repudi
ated both Ewing and Thurman, and VIII
advocated and It has declared itself so EN-
phaticalIyi in favor Of oil that IL worth ~hlle
in Republicanism that nothing but egreelous
bad management on the part of the fepuoiii
can leaders, combined with superlatlveiyg ooo
management on the part OF inc DeIloEtnt,t
of next year from getting the electolal SoIe
Of the State.
from the Philadelphia 7tm,cs.1
The vote of Ohio simply means that tht
present National attitude or the Democracy
has recalled Republican deserters, stragelels
and grumblers back TO their party alle$ianfe
and mai the State has anchored herself In the
Republican column for 1850. The Ohio idea
oueht to be allowed to stay dead this time
II has a great deal OF impudence, but IL GER
taInly can't have enough TO attempt 10 In
pose Itself upon anybody any more.
[From the New York SUM-
While, however, Gen. Ewing was put lor
ward M the Democratic candidate, nc wHs
known as an advocate Of soft money and OF
the oppressive, inqulsitorial, uflconstitutiona,
Income tax. The circumstances that ne nelu
to such unsound and odious doctrines goes
far to reconcile us to his defeat.
from the Philadelphia Evening Buacan'l
The Ohio victory is q warning to the south
that 1t cannot obtain the supremacy that !!
Ohio has said respecting this matter Will DC
said with equal vehemencc BY other Northerh
in November.
From the Philadelphia InqutrerJ
Ohio Is firmly fixed in the Republican col,
rmn. nm integral part of the coming "solid
Nnrth'" made necessary by the Ominous
threats OF a "solid SOUTH Further. the re.
suit In Ohio indicates a solid Republican col
umn this fall.
From The Philadelphia Prcss.]
The result ef1cctually disposes Of what is
popularity known as the "Ohio idea IN H.
nance. The papcr-moncy deluSion mas oeeh
renndiated in tho State In which II had Its
origin, and where it was prOpugatcd by men
q - IN ,,I nI,,, 49, otnr