The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-10-13
1x.w ,-hrk riines. RepubIlsan.l

II is not safe TO conclude that ii ~ IN no de-
gree attributable 20 the Shortcomings OF
the present Congress. In thu present
House the Republicans have majority OF
about twenty. counting with then The two
Virginia ResdiuSters and the four Green
hackers. whose antecedents and gen
eral prOclvites are distinctly Re
publican. The increase OF membership |
would not materially affect the balance OF
parties IN the absence OF distinct change |
Of sentiment Of the several States. but the
changes in Ohio alone reprcsens loss OF
the whole OF the present malorIy. Inc
small gain already made in Malse is fully |
offset by the loss OF members in New
Hampshire and Vermont, and there is only
the gain Of one member, possibly two, n
West Virginia to set against the Ohio losses.
Moreover, the chances for further losses in
Connecticut, New York, New jersey,
Pennsylvania. and Indiana are anything
but rea>- uring.
nENUMBING EFFECT or An UNPOPULAR AD-
MINISTRATION.
New York Tribune, Republican,.
This is more than Il Democratic victory.
The very size OF the majority shows that.
1t shows the bcnumbing effect OF IN UNI
popular Administration, aud OF the cow
ardice OF a Congress which forgot it, duty
to the people in it, haste to bow down TO
that Administration. The Republicans,
unless interested i'm the special temperance
issue, felt that they had nothing to labor
for. ANY success they could win would
be appropriated for its own selfish ends by
an Administration whose methods and
spirit they disapproyed. and whose schemes
/ for another term they loathcd.
ONO REMEMBERS GARFIELD.
| philadelphia Times. Independent Republican,
/ Though Garfield i dead. and Stalwart
! is President in his stead. the people of
! Ohio have not forgotten their fallen leader.
The vote OF Tuesday is the answer OF the
Garfield Republicans to tie taunting pre-
/ tensions OF the men who have sought r.
wipe out not only hi, memory, but the
principles with which his name had be-
come identified. The overwhelming de-
feat OF the Republican ticket Is not so much
a Democratic victory rs it j. a >talWaIt
overthrow.
The disaster which StalWart>m has
brought upon the Republican party in
Ohio is even more overwhelming than ap-
pearcd from the first returns. The Dem
ocratic majority on the state ticket is
conceded TO be 10000. and may prove half
A. much more. What j. OF much more
consequence. the Democrats have elected
fifteen ont OF the twcnty-one congressman,
a gain OF ten on their membership in the
present House.
OPPOSITION 10 B0SSISM ALL ALONG TIE LINE.
baltimore Americana
Although the Stalwart, have not brought
the party in Ohio 10 quite such Il condition
a. they have in Pennsylvania and New
York, their blighting influence has been
busIy at work. Ohio was an anti-bo,,
State. The nomination OF Hayes had been
the overthrow of the third-term idea. The
nomination OF Garfield had been the see
ond defeat vi the third-tcrm. Both OF these
were Ohio men. The death of Garfield had
been deeply lamcntcd, for Ohio had been
proud OF him. When Arthur came in and
began to Stalwartize the party everywhere
the discomfort OF the Republicans Of
Ohio began to manifest itself. When kc-
Ter was elected Speaker and Congress stall
wartiZcd under the lead Of Robson. the
discomfort deepcncd. The recent events
in PENNSYLVANIA had their influence on
Ohio. The Republicans Of Ohio saw that
the Republicans OF PENNSYLVANIA regarded
thsOverthrow OF boSSism Il essential to the
publication OF the party. and that TO cain
They saw also that i'm New York the Stall
wart machine had covered itself with
shame in the fraudulent nomination OF
| Folger, and that Republicans in that STATE
intend TO let the election go Democratic by
/ default.
! DISCONlENr WITH TIE ADMINISTRATIONS THE
CAUSE OF DEFEAT.
philadelphia Pres, Republican,
/ Il. & -
ton was the apathy Of the Republican in
terror districts. The Republicans lose in
the staunch and eyer-iaithful Western Re-
serve as well n in the more caprcouS
cities. This detection cannot be explained
by the temperance issue. The farmer, OF
Ashtabua did not swell the Demo
cratic vote like the German, of Cncin-
natl and Cleveland. but simply STAYED
at home. They had no interest in
resisting temperance legislation, but
every interest on the other side. Their IN
/ difference and refusal TO vote can ONLY be
| intcigently explained 10y their discomfort
with the change at Washington. II wa,
their way OF indicating their disSati,iac-
ton with the influences which rule the
councils Of the Administration. They
would not renOunce their rcpubicauism
! they would not, on the other hand. pas. "A
vote OF confidence which they do not feel.
and so they remained away from the bal
! lot-boX.
HOW 1T MAY AFFECT FOLGER.
New York Ilcrald.I
As the matter stands no one can fOretell
what effect the loss OF Ohio may have on
the vote here in November. But one thing
we regard rs ccrtain-if there should arise
a strong suspicion in the public mind OF
an attempt to secure Mr.. Folger's election
by "dcker" between the Republican
machine and either OF the Democratic ma
chimes, the Republican ticket here NAV sui
fer even worse defeat than that i'm ONO
has just received.
THE AVALANCHE IN ONO.
baltimore sun, Independent Democrat
The defeat OF the Republican ticket in
Ohio by heavy majority is Is much of a
surprise to the yictOrs rs to the yanquished. /
Nobody dreamed OF the avalanche thai
/ was coming-that the 24,00O majority for
the Republicans ut the last State election
would be eXtinguished and majority Of
10000 for the Democrats be registered in |
stead. This, too, not after Il tame and /
neryeless canvass, but after an unusually /
active one; not IN thin vote but in a |
very full one. Not the least SURPRISING .
event OF the election is the Democratic
majority in the Western Reserve, a |
region hitherto for many years past soldly |
Republican. The causes for this rcyolr- |
ton in Ohio political sentiment are partly
general and in part local. There was dis
satisfaction with the party's management Of
affairs at Washington last winter. In the
failure Of the party majority to cut down
the Federal burden in both tariff and in
ternal-rcXenun n Natinn- the eNcessns Of Tho |