Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-10-18
HOW IT WAS DONE.

secretary.
HOW 1T WAS DONE.
The Casses of the Democratic Disaster
In IndSanG-Hosv to Retrieve the 1fisfer-
txne-A Strong Letter.
indianapolis Special to Louisville Courier
Journal.
Satan and the Republican party have til
umphed. The bloody shirt and money and
imported fraudulent votes did win. We have
lost nearly everything save honor. Time,
labor, money, prestige I do
not propose to plead the baby act. I am not
that kind. went down yesterday with over
225, 900 as brave and gallant an army of po-
litical fighters as aver existed. God knows
that the masses of the Democratic party in
Indiana did their duty yesterday. They
stood up nobly at the polls and worked day
in ans day out, as they have been doing for
the past three months. The odds they
had to contend against were fear
full. No man living outside of the
State has the least conception of the power
full influences brought to bear against them.
They were poor, and their party was poor.
They fought for the floating vote, many of
inem even going down in their own poor,
hungry pockets for money to control this
poor, degraded element. They might as we'll
attempted to stop the fall at Niagara. Where
they placed one dollar the Republicans
placed five: where they placed five the Repub-
licans placed twenty five. It was a neat
human auctionssale of the floating vote of In
diana. The Democrats did not, could not
bid against the United States government
The vote was knocked down to the highes-
bidder, and the government was the high
est bidder. I do not believe that q true
Democrat in the State sold his vote yester-
day. The vote shows that they sustained
their honor. The Republican importations
in the State were much larger than estimated.
These importations with the capture of the
floating vote are what did the work. Then
again the Greenbackers contributed to Dem
ocratic defeat. The Greenback party, or the
National party, has been the curse of the
Democratic party in the nation for years. 1t
has been the hsylos iaI3 th7 Democrats have
mate Landers and the Greenbackers
will vote for him. was the
CRY, and Landers was nominated. The nom
ination of Franklin Landers was mistake.
[ knew it then rs we'll as am convinced of
it now, and did sll that could in my hum
BILE way to defeat his nomination. have
nothing personal against Mr. Lsnders, but
did not believe that he was the man to lead
great party in close State in q terrible
political contest. He lacked those essential
qualifications of leadership which are So
necessary in political fight, and his public
record was susceptible Of much adverse
criticism. There was nothing about
him to inspire man with that enthusiasm
which is so desirable. am sorry Mr.
Landers is defeated. I would give my right
arm if it were otherwise, not for Landers
but for Gen. Hancock and the great Demo-
cratic party of the country. l do not say
that the man who should have been noml-
mated, the gallant Isaac Z. Gray, would have
been elected, but do say he would have
been q stronger and better candidate. Gray
would have led, the party followed. 1t was
the other way with our late candidate for
governor. The Greenbackers voted against
Mr.. Landers out of pure cussedness. They
charged that he sold them out in 1876, and
blamed him for not having the Democrats
to indorse De La Matyr for Congress in this
district. They blamed him wrongfully, but
nevertheless they did 30.
Hindsight is much better than foresight,
and it is easy, know, to speculate after an
election. Bot there was sonas foresight in
| the late campaign not needed. The National
| Democratic committee neglected Indiana
three weeks too long. When the committee
saw the helpless condition the Democrats
were in it should not have delayed an IN
slant in taking prompt action instead of
waiting to accomplish q purpose. What
that purpose was it is at this time unneces-
sary to speak. When the national COM
mittee was satisfied that the Repaid
licans were using all of their
machinery and aid. to carry Indiana
1t should have met them with
all the aid in its power. 1t was an inexcus-
able blunder for the national committee to
make the fight it did make for Maine and
Jhio when q close Democratic State, upon
which the hopes of the national Democracy
were conferred, was being overrun with men
and money, and stood trembling in the bal
ence. Maine and Ohio were Republican
States. There going Republican amounted
to nothing. It did not in the least affect the
Presidential situstion. Indiana and New
York were the only two Northern States re-
quired to elect Gen. Hancock.
The loss of Indiana was
nearly everything. No chances should
have been taken. Sufficient aid should have
been extended, and in time to make it &c.
cure. It was the jack pot on the political
gambling table, and all the States were in
playing for the game. The National Demo
cratic committee held the winning cards
but lost the pot by frightful, horrible mis-.
play. But let that pass. That fearful dea
! is over; now let Us look into the next hand
After the November election shall write uI
the inside management of the late
State campaign. do not give up Indian,
E to Garfield, though the fight to gair
it will be tremendous. Hancock is to-day
was yesterday, and from the day of his nomi
nation 10000 votes stronger in Indiana thar
Mr.. Landers. There is no doubt of this, no
the slightest in the world. If the Democrats
will only stand firm, shoulder to shoulder
and work with untiring and unoeasing ener
: | py, thew will redeem Indiana in November