The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-11-09

Judge Of Supreme Court. 1880.
Melvaine, Repub. ....... 1864, O45
Follett, Dem $40, 1913
Total .705 ,043
Melvaine's majority ...... 23,O47
Governor, 1881.
Foster Repub. 81, 735
Bookwalter .2SS, 426
. Total. .602 ,l61
Fosters majority. ........ 24,3OS
The falling off of the vote on each
side was nearly equal.
Secretary of State, 1882.
Townsend, Repub.. ......2 97 ,759
Newman, Dem. 316, S74
Total. GA, 63S
Newman's majority -. 1 Gle
The aggregate vote was. nearly
twelve thousand greater than last
year, and the result shows a change
of 43,424 votes in twelve months be
tween two elections. Nc single cause
could have brought about this re,
markable reaction, which was pecu.
liar in being a silent revolution, and
was q surprise to the managers o.
both the political machines.
The Democrats were as much rs
founded at the success as the Re.
publicans we're COMPOUNDED at the
defeat. This fact is one of the mos
healthy signs of the change, because
it sho. 8 there is a large intelligent
and independent vote ready at the
proper time to resume control O.
power whenever it has been betray
ed.
Twenty-one years of continued
possession of the Government have
made the Republican party corrupt
arrogant, prodigal, and dangerous
The great questions that called il
into existence have all passed away
Slavery is dead and cannot be resur
rected. Secession is buried below
the graves of a million of men. Hal
a generation has passed since thu
last gun of the rebellion was fired.
We have entered upon a new era
but the politicians do not appreciate
the transition. They cling to tn,
old methods, and expect to govern
the new departure with the musty
traditions of the past and some mod
ern improvement of ~rascality super
added to them. The "grand old par
ty" has been run for years as a clos,
corporation; and when the corpora
tors fall out among themselves owe
a division of the plumber, they resor
to bribery, to fraud, and to forget
proxies as moral ideas" to promot
their purposes.
The whole power, the patronage
The influence. and the property of tn
Government have been openly uset
and abused to continue the ascend
ancy of this party. An oligarchy O
venal and ~traficking officeholders i
in possession at Washington, an,
they seek to retain it by money ex
torted through arbitrary @levies, o
contributed by Rings, jobbers, mo
nopolists, and contractors, who fat
ten on the Treasury.
To maintain this system, it is acc
essary to keep up exorbitant taxa
ton, SO that an immense surplu
may be assured for Distribute
among the managers and their de
cendants. The leaders are read
ard willing to make any cnmbinatio
that promises support. Hence, the
have coalesced with Malone and re
pudiation in Virginia; with Cha
mers, of the Fort Pillow massacr,
in Mississippi; with Cash, the pro
fessional duellist, in South Carolina
with Jones, the representative Greer
hacker, in Texas; and with the wors
class of Bourbons in North Carolin.
The people have seen this pervel
sion Of public trusts constantly grow
ing worse. They have seen aspil
ants for the Presidency and Sens
tors and Representatives and men
bers of Cabinets nd-Judges grow
ing suddenly rich by barefaced jot
berry, collision, and venality. The
have seen the Government converte
into a mere partisan machine. The
have seen the great distinctions q
which honorable ambition aims auc
toned to the highest bidder or PAL
celled out for votes in nominatin
conventions. They saw the Pres:
dency stolen in 1876. And the
have just seen q Secretary of tn