National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-26
Unrecognized Ohio.

A report published yesterday gives
some indication of the purposes of the
! visit of the editorial fraternity of Ohio to
| this city at this time. These gentlemen
represent in a measure, that is to say In
| degree, the claims of that modest and
retiring State for some sort of recognition
! by the incoming administration. 1t has
| long been matter of general comment
that Ohio is too backward. Various
theories have been advanced to account
for this singular fact, but as yet the public
have feltsuspiciously unsatisfied, and have
even gone SO far as to charge that the pres
ent administration, rather than subject
itself to the insinuations of the press, has
suffered its Ohio friends to be sacrificed
and kept out of Office, and held, as it
were, in subordinate position before
the country, while their eminent talents
and fitness, not to speak of their just
claims, entitled them to the first place In
the consideration of the administration.
But there was great diversity of opinion
upon the subject, and it is pleasant at
last, by the appearance of these few
0hioans in our midst, to learn something
definite and satisfactory as to why
Ohio has been overlooked and her
claims {. for recognition ignored.
1t seems that President Hayes,
who, as is well known, is the embodiment
of civil-service reform, has sacrificed his
Ohio friends in the maintainance of the
great principles underlying that mar
velously beautiful legislative theory.
This sad result of his Spartan-like hero
ism has given the President much sorrow.
From day to day, as in the course of his
official duty he has let the Executive ak
fall, figuratively speaking, upon the Ohio
sacrifice, he has bowed his head in grief
in obedience to the demands of great
principle.
But let us turn from the heart-rending
contemplation of the past wrongs of
Ohio to the future and see if some
hope that Ohio may yet be recog-
nized can be cleaned from the words
of the Ohio citizens who are now
among us, strangers in a strange land,
and therefore entitled to our SYM
pathy and encouragement. They
have come, leaving a sample Of
their number behind, to learn whether
or not the incoming administration pro-
poses to recognize Ohio. They are the
advance guard of the Ohio people, and,
as editors, may be assumed to represent
the claims of that noble, yet unassuming
State. They have nerved themselves to
the task of coming to Washington to
meet the question here, and they will
return to Ohio, whether successful or not,
with the sense of having done their duty.
If Ohio is not recognized and revolts,
then they are not to blame. In the mean
time their visit TO Washington has
enabled them to become well versed in
public affairs by attentive perusal of
the Blue Book. They know all
the offices that are to be filled, and if Ohio
is not recognized they will know the rea-
son why. The incoming administration
will not be permitted to overlook the
claims of Ohio. And should civil-service
reform again rear its venomous head
against Ohio, its head will be Immediately
and remorselessly punched. Ohio has
once been sacrificed to sense of duty,
but it will submit to no more nonsense of
the kind