The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-10-12

! Citation 1t will not aid the Republican party
| in pushing forward the very reform 1t processes
| to demand. In all our plans for the future that
organization ought to be ranked cOnspicuously
at the head of the list of our impacable and ir-
reconcilable enemies.
| Governor Fosters predictions prevailed
instead of this advice and the Prohibitionists
! were coaXed and cuddled with. They have
| repeated their action of last year and again
| defeated the Republican party. The German
| Republicans, neglected and abused through
out the canvass, returned to the Republican
| fold despite its assaults upon their beer, and
gave it all the respectable show it had i'll the
+ final struggle. The Germans did not defeat
| Foraker and hand over the whole political
machinery of the State to the Democrats.
| 1t was the temperance people, who either did
not vote at all or sacrificed the whole Re-
publican ticket in the hope OF carrying the
i prohibition amendment. Il If the
| country districts and the Western Reserve
| had done only fraction as well as the Ger
mans of Cincinnati and Cleveland there
| would have been a great Republican victory.
Many people will he inclined to blame
! Governor Foster for the result. In meas
ure he is responsible for it, He turned the
Republican position in behalf of the temper
ance movement, He is the best and fore
most Republican manager in the State. He
staked his political future upon this fight,
and those whose cause he espoused have
destroyed him. If he has any chances for
future political honors they are not visible
to the naked eye The Republican party
next year will take a new direction, and con-
duct its own canvass regardless of the tenn
perance agitators. If it had done the same
this year it would have carried the State by
10000.
THE RESULT OF TEMPERANCE AGITATION.
Interview with Sena tor Sherman.
[ attribute our defeat to complications
growing out of the temperance question. One
month ago, upon the basis of the Scott law.
1 had no doubt of the election of Judge
Foraker but it is manifest that the attention
of Republicans was turned more and more
to the contest of the second amendment, and
upon that question we lost all the German
vote, and a large conservative vote, that was
not satisfied that prohibition was advisablein
Ohio. know no other reason for our defeat
and have entire confluence that on general
political issues the State is thoroughly
Republican. The contest on the temperance
question was unavoidable, and we had the
misfortune to lose the whole of the German
Republicans, while not a single Democrat
voted the Republican ticket In consequence
OF our temperance measures, many thousand
Democrats, no doubt voted for the second
amendment who yet voted the straight Dem
ocratic ticket. If, as / suppose, the Demo-
Gratis have carried the Legislature, they will
have the burden of the temperance question,
ana IL Iney lall TO meet Jne advancing SCate
of public opinion IN Ohio on that question:
they will be defeated as we have been, | do
not think that our defeat will have any effect
on the Republican party of the country.
GENERAL GREsHAMs VIEWS.
Special to Courier journal.
General Gresham said: II don't believe
the result of yesterdays election in Ohio in
dicates that the Democratic party has grown
more popular in that State. If the prohibi-
tion question had been kept out of the can
vass, the result would have been in favor of
the Republicans by good majority. 1 be-
lieve a majority of the voters in Ohio, and in
the North generally, are in favor of the Re-
publican party as against the Democratic
party. The Republican party is stronger in
a national contest than any other, for the
reason that many Republicans who vote
against their party at State elections feel
that they cannot afford to do so when there
is a prospect of the Democrats obtaining con-
troll of national affairs. If the Republicans
act wisely and bring about substantial har-
mony, as think they will, they will carry
the country next year"
CHARGING IT To PROHIBITION.
Washington Special.
There is a strong feeling here, not only
among politicians, but among acknowledged
temperance men as well, that the Prohi-
bitionists, so far as they refused to vote the
Republican State ticket, have shown them
selves to be utterly impracticable, and un-
able to take advantage of the real assistance
to their cause which the Republicans as a
party stood ready to extend The Democrats
tonight, while measurably elated over the
Republicans failure to overcome the $4,000
majority of last year, do not pretend to see
in the results which they claim any promise
of carrying Ohio in the presidential year.
CONGRESSMAN MATsoN is WARY.
Washington Special.
Congressman Matson, of Indiana said at
was better for US to carry Ohio than to lose
it, but it may not help us so much in 1884 as
many Democrats think. We will be ex-
pected to carry Ohio next October, and if we
should fail, it might hurt US considerably. l
don't like these pivotal States, where the Re-
publicans can throw such powerful influences
and concentrate all their immense strength.
However, l am glad we have carried the
State"
CAUSED BY THE PROHIBITION FRIGHT.
Washington Special,
Commissioner of Pensions Dudley took
rather hopeful view of the situation. He
regarded the political situation, as far as 1884
is concerned, as unchanged The result in
Ohio was brought about by the prohibition
fright, which he did not think would cut any
figure next year He was also confident that
the Democrats would be so crazed by their
success that they would commit the usual
blunders sufficient to destroy their chances
to elect a President.
PRESS COMMENT.
Opinions of the Leading Newspapers the