, 1880-10-13

tytIltb nlI4 tlllkt
not be attntna!le for day or two, but tho
details at hand show such Republican gains
lit l,pth States NJ to tieHotc ttcclslvu DGtn0-
cratic defeat In Ohio, Hamilton County, tlla
Democratic stronghold, has gone Republic
M, and the Republicans claim n plurality OF
2o,0tN OIL the State ticket, and = Heavy guM
III congressman 1,itllana Is In doubt.
l}Oli parties c1afm 1t M we go tn
press. hut It Is npparent that,
even II Tho Dctnocrats carry 1t, It Will
he by no sucl, majority rs the 14,ooo ma
jority they llad two years nRu. That Is to
say, the Democrats aru substantially beaten.
II It shall turn out that tley have elected
their t;oyeruor by reduced majority,
tis will be but small cntnfort for
them, considering the result III Ohio. They
loretl mid luUked for yotu which should
sl,ow tho othcr States that the set of the tide
was against the Republicans. but
THE sEr or rHE THE
appears to ha against themselves. II It shall
tnrtI nut that they have lost Indiana rs well
a. Ohio, the general, an. we bellesr- cor
rect, Impression will be, TINT t'Its siihstan-
tally dccldes tic Presidential contest
and makes Gen. Garfield tho next
President. The party whlcf, carries the
October States usually increases lts majority
IN November, Md the Democratic sIlsat-
potnt'nent In Ohio and Inslnnn will sl'ake
thcir Whole line alld cause assertions OF their
altics everywhere. III 1871 the Republic
mis- carried Utlio III UctolEr by
| b,174 majority ard In November by
T,507. Thu Democrats carried lndann III Oc-
tober by t. l:s9 nlitl III November by 5,591. YES
tertlny's result II II surprise to the managers
Of bott, parties, for while thu Democrats have
within tho past week been very confident,
CLAIMING INDIANA
BY from 1ft000 to oo,000 with n possibility Of
carrying Ohio also, the Republican t'ia,,~
ayers give up inlIana for lost, and were TX
tre.llely uneasy nbout Ohio. Evidently no
politician l,as yet discovered the urt of sue
cessfully guessing beforehand what Is
III tho minds OF the voters. The
American voter Is strict conservative.
lie holds OF to MI utd horse till
he Is sure of I, better one. II the Democrats
nre disappointed. they will tl0 we'll to re-
member, fur another time. thnt they did not
bid high enough. The Republicans offered
little enough, as everybody knows but
they Ind TIC advantage Of being III power.
The Democrats ofIcrcd really nothing
except 'c!angc' and that, It turns out, US
tho Herald hns faithfully warned them, Is
not n sufficient tnducement. II viii be said,
Of course, OIL the Democratic side, Tint the
uarty In power has very greut advantages,
especially when 1t turns Its oIllccho'ders into
zonluus cleetioNeerlng aEelsts. but
THE sESs1tsLi: REPLY
Is that change III administration IS 80 easily
1llatlp by tile pcop1c iIt this country tl!at they
cnn well uiFor.t to delay 1t until they really
wa,lt it; a1ul wIen they 10 tic etfoTts
Of the ot1icellolders are-as yur,
ulany instances liayc s!lowM-of very
little ACCOUNT. II tho Democrats had
, Ind the courage OF their op'nlo1ls
nrll hail made their fight oil tariff reform
FREQ shtps, nt,d the old Democratic hard
1uaney policy, they infg|lt have carried III
tliana but they would have been stronger II
Ul,io. mid might hnve luolscd to carry I'LL
n0ts nlll sulslu other Northwestern Slate:
. where these questions are In tile people:
minds. The result OF yesterdays elections
I mnkes
1,Es1ocHAT1c uS1oS IN THIS cry
on wticl, Democratic SUCCESS in the State
teM,rIs--ycry tloul,tfni. In tho gsherM
, anxiety Democratic factions lere will lnol
| only to tlleir own security, and tho Rcpub
1ican managers nre no less shrewd liov
a thin they have been OIL previous oc
+ customs to take advantage Of till
4 spirit among their opponents. We ma
I look, therefore, for n New alliance .
) 0l,e or tho ntter Democratic factinn with th
Republicans. nlul p,,sslhly repetition nf IL!
y nn!urpy experiences ut Mayor CBuper's n.t
II infnlstrAtitM. Unless Tie relorts from ohl
o nre absolutely misleading, the Republic
!, alls l,nve. gaElrd no ltss thnn six Congress
. lmr.aut bearing Ill the political consplexlo
u | of tho next House,"