The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-10-14
THE OHIO ELECTION.

While we are not able this morning to
give full and accurate returns from the
Ohio election, yet such figures as we can
give, coupled with the admission OF the
democrats themselves, show that the re-
publicans have carried the state. We have
expected, all the time, that Governor Fos-
ter would be reelected. There have been
several things TO conduce to this In the
first place. on a strict party vote, the repub-
licans outnumber the democrats. Again,
the wounding and death of the president,
warm personal friend Of Governor Foster,
had no little to do in causing republicans to
adhere to their party ticket The demo-
Gratis do sometimes, in off years, carry
Ohio, but it is only because some
republicans are luke-warm and stay at
home, while others vote the democratic
ticket for local causes. The defeat of the
dem ocracy this year, however we take it,
is mainly due to themselves. They dove
tailed "tarih-forrevenue-only' plank in
their platform and then nominated man
ufacturer and pronounced protectionist for
governor, thus forcing wishy-washy, run
with-the-hare-and hold with the hounds
campaign on that question. 1t was vital
issue and on it the fight should have been
most vigorously made. In the first place,
some most pronounced anti-protectionist
should have been nominated for governor,
| like Hon. Frank llurd, forinstancc, and then
the republicans should have been made to
come to the scratch ON the question. The war
| should have been carried into their very
camps and fought on their parade grounds.
1t was the only question in the canvass
that amounted to pin, and the democrats
themselves lodged the issue, pursuing a
hold-fast, hold-loose policy that will never
win anywhere or at any time. The same
policy was pursued by the democrats in the
! last presidential election, the managers
backing and filling until two or three weeks
before the end Of the canvass, when the re.
publicans simultaneously sprung the ques.
ton all along the lines and routed the
democrats, horse, foot and artillery before
they could rally to meet the charge, and il
served them right for having so lutte back
bone, so little foresight so little judgment
Above all things in the world strong
dashing, persistent, concentrated fight on
this tariff question should have been made
in Ohio, and we. are surprised that Mr.
Frank Hurd, the brilliant orator, the
shrewd politician the able anti-protec.
zionist who, months ago, began to orgaizt
against protection for fight
in the next presidential campaign, did not
so order the battle in his own state. All the
people need is to be educated by free and
full discussion up to the iniquties of pro-
lection tomake them trample it out of ex.
istencc as they would viper. What better
place, and under what more favorable cir.
cumstances, could the agitation of this ques.
ton have commenced than in state cleo.
ton? II is less than three years until
We have another presidential campaign
and with the money that will be spent by
the manufacturing monopolists, the pro.
lection lords who grow fat and arrogant
upon the necessities of the people, the time
is none too long in which to open the eyes
of the masses to the outrages of the elias:
legislation embraced in the present tariff
laws of the land. This is question thai
the people at large have not informed them
selves upon. 1t needs but to be intelligent
ly and vigorously agitated to put them t.
thinking and to investigating, and ther
when the light of the truth dawns upol
them, there will be such rafting of tn,
dry bones, such chopping off of politlca
heads rs this country never before wit
messed. The chaff of the protectionsts il
defense of the present extortionate TART
rates will be scattered to the four winds o
heaven if the democrats will ever once screw
their courage up to make the attempt. |
does seem like the democrats of this dan
and time neve; will learn anything, neye
can find leaders with the nerve and thu
brain to plan and conduct campaign
They seem to be under ban of ments
inanity that prevents them from seeing al
opportunity or knowing how to profit b,
circumstance. II was 90 this mental imam
ition that the republicans in the main, ow
| their success