, 1879-07-07
THE OHIO IDEA.
Whence the Name Came and
Where the Party Has
Gone.
This Financial 1leresy Doomed
to Meet Another Do
feat

called "Vat9 Wc1,' alLlll 9CLs sATutlkc VI S'4f ~
scoms to 10 very inlistnctly defined IN tho
minds of ovcn wcll.informcd peoplc outside the
State. Twas nstonisled at The following trnti-
mcnts expressed By n prominent New York
gentleman. rho happened to bc visiting In thls
clty last week. lie saiti:
~ euppoac tl,at vii parties hero arc more az
less ditcnsed' with tic softmoncy lunacY, nrc
ttcy notf'
"What has led you 10 i]rar that conclusion ~
asked.
~ hardly know, except TINT It Is general
impression 80 far as know, In The East. It Is
impaired, suppose, By the nR1ne Ohio Idea;
people eannot SEQ how there should ba such an
idea uniesa there is . general aiheaion to Il ny
nil classes Of people, I must eay TINT never
had any very clearly defined conception Of ihc
subject, hut / had tho impression that
and and ''t ti,at ~ ohlo soil md Ohio
climate verc Just right to produce II. and that,
nu matter how earnestly ono desired 10 cseohe
tho Infection, sooncr Or later 1t was certain TO
oserae him IN sort nf 11 f @ n,cr ser'om ,'
thodoxy, whifc have hcen temporarily ttnp-
png III tho Statc, and, although ! hare often
escaped the nln'aria, feared that should re-
turn to mr. natvc heath with the fliscaso in tny
bones 10 certain extent"
&tE NAhEOS OE ANA SEStN9hhloo" N'H'-|
ttnon .hc lnfr fame nnl Intelligent Btntcsmn1l-
shlp Of the great Commonwealth Of Ohio lies
principally in tho ycry fnct tlnt tlis Ecnt!efnaii
!lrat mentioned. Viz: tho nama " Ohl:i ,usn
Whether IT. originated hero or not would tio1tt.
lcss bo difficult nov To tell. Probably It did
not. 1t ts, at anr rate, n tarm very unsntisfne-
tory fro1n q scientific Standpoint, bscaAse II
means IN reality nothing. 1t tB TACT that ohto,
hotng located somewhat centrally n1lll being,
wth9', large ND important stete @ yesy oyo,a.
nlld Republicans. W,nl concerning which f!'frc ts
nlwnya greater or less drErcc Of uncertainty Ill
National contests, began few years agn 70 as-
slisno l0ree dcgrco Of Importance. INC n1atcs-
men. Of whom It hinht tp confessed there nFc q
consiierabio number constantly IN hnnl here,
werc very qutcls In appreciate this Importance.
They bcgan to receive tl,cir ahare Of tfe dcstra"
bic Offices AMI the more they got tlIc moro they
tica that great manr good things were eon1ln:.
this way, and n certain degree or Jealousy w1s
thereby aroused. Those who ohtaincd 'lln ben.
Gifts OF tho smiles of the flck'c goddess OK
sity lnsge number who held themselves canHl;,
II deserving OF public recognition who received
nothing. This latter class in tfmo became sore-
headed mud begnn to look about them Tor some
thing Will, which 70 ralso t!,e Wind: .i,,. Moth
than tho preaching ot, q new gospc!
hatchcd an.i PROMULGATED, md the Ohio Democ-
facY woocd It and 1t WIS thought had won It.
lIut there were certnn ambitious ones who wcre
not content to let tho old warehouses Of Dcmoc-
rncy carry away all tho laurcls md Win NIL tho
advantages Of the new position. They saw there
was 'smoncYn In It, md they thought thcro
sas office In ttoo, anh 50 they organzet party
stone. This was somewhat taking, ai!l became
3ltat strone enough to be defeated. But while
defeated II held se bnia11ce Of power which. u
manipulated. would IN time hnys H,, tnauu Itself
ia 1,. fft1r
1878 they. pollod oyer $500, Or more
! than doubled their number. In certain
localities they carried everything Before
| them; and, although this tattar vote was
only 6tl psr cont OF f,e whole number east, 1t
| still dispiaycd healthy Increase. AS have
| already said, the Democrats hnve always dts.
nlayed great degree at solicitudo oil behalf
Of tho aptt.lnoncy crowd aud, Just as they
! always 10, did
| ;. TIE WRONG 71t1xa At THE wRoN1 TIME
IN tho nomination Of Ewing hT n party quarrel.
The hope which they Ind IN View Of gat!'inE, 'c
support Of tic unwashc1 does not seem full OF
fruition. Tho gamn waa too thin. Wht!o at
| first Il waa little difficult to tell Just what
Fl m ~ Saoaa asf 81 y not t peopsa n1~ e'ss 10 ot
SasTe Dsesse " poy ~ r. Tey DsSst''' ~sst pst et
| lttlo there Is In tho movement for them.
solves. The mass Of them refused anything
illnt looked liko alliances ut'd while q certain
| number Ut the BoTcet Of tho Borcheads. led by
tho corruptcst OF ile corrupt, wero Induced To
civo dggscu Of support to tf!o movement ol
tic notorious SUN Gary at Toledo. il.c other
yt ua;ty. with tiis srllt Ito Natlonai. i. party
wil1 pass Into practical obltvinl. llau they lc
tatned their tlluntity. they might hayo dictated
tetnia to tho Derllocrnts fur that party wnt
neyur 80 rcndy us now for ANYTHING t!'at Looks
like help or Rlccess.
But tho lnstnke TINT IL 20 frequently made
Of eupnosng that slle Republican party ls In thu
leust degree tainted With the sott-lnoney lunucl
Is absolutely without foundation.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN ONO
Inns always taken tlc stra'ghtest kind OF +
TINT nothing approaching compromise on mi
no{nt should liz r!,nu. rhe State i,aa btc1
carried against ull odds onre or twice on thu
pntik alone, AMI when tho chances were tnnCl
moro favorable Tor tic a'ecehs OF l!nnncta
ileresY fhau now. ....
Tho greatest mistake which tho Dcmocrac,
l.as made fu this evcntfnl year Is thas Of tlotn
lnuttllg 1nau Wtose record far tho pnst NnTbe
Of sears + such that u will ''ecessi.ato tic re
In this city tlrra !: now about to le organized
m Ilonest-Nforcy League, Two OF thu thre,
gentlemen who atcn the call for = meeting o
citizens arc Dctnoccata. md one Of 'l,r1n va
worked hard for thn nomination Of Rice, hi
would neither work for nor vote for Ewing. ltsl
der any circumstances. simply hccauso Of h!
| un*0itnflncss on the nancy uhesllnlt.
It Is probable lint tho "Oh!o ileah n!te
this wear will scarcely ever be heard Of nga.
II cnnnot fail Of most hopeless lcfcat, ~,
With the gradual cou,ns OF better days, penpl
will have something else to think Of Ofrourse
III ihu stronghols of tln Sat!ual party, liz
Eolcl!o wnota They hare been carrying. ever,
thing ljctnro ir,n i0r the past TWO srnsont
thcfc ca,,llnt fall to be some interest taken I
that organization or sumo ots!cr independent
concern; hut Its n,cnbessh!p Will either Ernf'r
ally bo nnsorhcd by tho old plrtIcs, or nr'
ons viii l1o formed with some Other popular d.
luslon Us the rallyfng err. GARY.
CeIcsttMl Funeral Eltes.
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