Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-08-25
Republicans to the Front!

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Republicans to the Front!
In political parlanee this is an of
year but it is none the less important on
that account to the Republicans of Ohio
There are grave reasons why every Re
publican should come to the front this
fall and deposit his ballot. We are well
aware that in what are termed off years
many voters deem it their privilege to
remain at home, but there must be no
shirking of duty in the present cam
-paign. There are nearly 100000 Repub-
lican voters in this State, and no consld-
cradle portion of them can remain away
from the polls without criminally endan-
gering the success of the party. The
annexed tables give the vote OF Ohio for
1879 and 1880, and show how its citizens
have been in the habit of regarding a
regular and an off yeal in politics. The
State election occurred in 1879, the off
year, with the following result:
Foster. Republican. 3S6,26l
Ewing. Democrat. .3l9,I5z
Stewart. Prohibitionist. 4,145
Pratt, Nationalist. S,Oi2
Scattarino 500
Total vote cast $500. .669, liO
In electing their Governor the Repui'-
licans also elected their entire State
ticket and a majority of the legislature
but it will be seen that Fosters major
ity was only 1858 over all others. True,
it was enough for all practical purposes.
but the following table for 1880, the
regular year, shows that very large
body of Republicans refrained from
voting in 1879:
Garfield. Republican -. 375,O4s
Hancock, Democrat. ......-.. 340,S2l
Weaver, Greenbaeker. :.,...... 6,456
Dow, Pronibitionist. ist............. 2,6l6
Scattering ....... 20
Total. al......... .124.Soi
The Republican majority over all IN
1880 was 25, ,129, exceeding that OF the
preceding year by 21,777. The figures
also show that 3S,7s9 more Republicans
voted in 1880 than in 1879. They also
show that last year the Democratic par
ty of the State polled 44O,S21 votes, and
if money can bring this body of voters
to the polls this fall they will be there.
John w. Bookwalter, with his millions
behind him, will permit no expense,
however great, to stand between his
vaulting ambition and the gubernatorial
chair. The enginery of the Democratic
party will everywhere be set in motion,
and all that money and personal effort
will accomplish will be done. Here and
there it is said that the old leaders OF
the Democracy feel sore over Bookwai-
ter's nomination and will not support
him, but Republicans must not be lulled
into security by that sort of talk. Dem
ocrats are Democrats, and would, as
they have oft-times declared, support
his Satanic Majesty himself were his
birthstone Highness the party candidate.
But whatever may be the feeling of the
old-liners toward Mr.. BOokwalter, they
will bring out full vote with view to
securing the legislature. To obtain pos
session of this body they will wage
desperate fight. There is much legisla-
tion they would like to undo, nor do
they forget that the legislature elected
this fall will have the Congressional re-
apportioning of the State in its bands.
Give them the power and il is easy to
predict what sort of reapportionment
they would make, and what havoc they
would play with all State interests.
1t is needless to remark that, as a
Republican State, Ohio is sound to the
core. The party cannot be beaten ex-
cept through apathy. They possess the
power to elect their State ticket and
both branches of the legislature if they
choose to do it. Their pride and their
interests should serve as incentives to a
performance of duty. The time is not
now when Republicans can afford to
give encouragement to side issues. or to
remain idly in their tents when the enc
my is massing its forces and hoping for
success. The Republicans can win an
overwhelming victory this fall if they
only bestir themselves. They should do
it, they must do it, for the good of the
cause they represent. They cannot af-
ford to trust the Democrats with the
welfare of the State for the next two
years, nor can they afford to have it
bruited abroad that the Democracy car
ried Ohio on platform of free trade and
free -(Cleveland Leader.
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life of the Orient, the marriage of the
Oldest daughter of King Menelik, of
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sinia. The parents Of the royal bride
will conduct her in state to the Abys-