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

Republicans in the cities was achieved. Gen
eral G. H. Grosvenor is the one man at Co.
lumbus who insists that defeat may be an
angel in disguise. He says; ''The Republi-
cans will now reorganize on political basis,
get rid of sentiment and come down to busi-
ness" Then they can recover all their lost
ground.
PROHIBITION OUT OF THE WAY.
Ohio State Journal.
Whatever may be said of the Democratic
party, and their candidates in the campaign,
they cannot be charged with having con-
cealed their real sentiments toward the pro-
hibtion movement or sought the support of
its advocates under false pretenses. This be-
ing true, the Prohibitionists need not look
to the Democratic Legislature which was
elected on Tuesday for an opportunity to re-
peat the contest of 1888 Prohibition is then
out OF the way as a practical question: at
least until 1887, as no opportunity can be
had to renew the struggle of this year before
that time The Legislature elected on Tues
day will not help them The Legislature to
be elected in 1885 may give them another
chance, but if 1t does so no vote can be had
until the October election of 1887. This will
give the Republican party time to take an
account of stock for the great contest OF
1884 get back on to solid ground, and go
into that fight upon the wel-known princi-
pies and record of the party with some show
of success.
THE SCOTT LAW TO BE REPEALED
New York Tribune
The advocates of prohibition have once
more injured the cause of Temperance by
acting against the Republican party. The
returns indicate a marked increase in the
Prohibition vote, which always means Re-
publican losses. The Republican party had
put on the statute book one of the most popu-
lar and most beneficial laws ever known for
regulating the liquor traffic. The whole
Democratic party was hostile to it, from
Judge Hoadly, who was of the counsel
against it before the Supreme Court, down
to the keeper of the corner groggery, who
was against it both for grog and party. If
the Prohibition voters have put in Hoadly
and Democratic Legislature they are in a
fair way to see the Scott law repealed or
broken down, and all the ground lost that
has been gained in this attempt to regulate
the liquor traffic. The Republican party is
to-day, as it has long been, the only effective
political agency for temperance reform.
NO DETECTION ON NATIONAL ISSUES,
New York Tribune.
There is no evidence whatever that the
people of that State have become less at
tached than before to the principles which
gave victory to the Republicans prior to the
war, or during the war, or during the period
Of reconstruction, or during the settlement
of financial questions. Nor was there any
doubt that, off the tariff question, the people
of Ohio would heartily sustain the party
whose policy for twenty-five years has done
so much for the development of the resources
and industries of that State. No sensible man
doubted that, on national questions, the vOt-
ers OF Ohio would sustain the principles rep
resented by President Garfield and the party
led by him whenever that party should pre-
sent worthy candidates and manifest fidelity
to its principles. The public detestation of
Democratic behavior has in no respect
abated.
BAD FAITH OF THE PROHIBITIoNIsTs
Chicago Tribune.
1t is evident that the Prohibitionists acted
in bad faith. They sacrificed the Republican
ticket in the vain hope that they might carry
through their prohibitory amendment. They
traded votes for the State and legislative
ticket with Democrats to secure votes for
their amendment. Thousands of Prohibi-
tionists voted for Hoadly and for Democratic
gain that an equal number of Democratic
votes should be cast for the prohibition
amendment. The Democrats were all the
reader to agree to trade of this kind be-
cause the more intelligent ones were quite
sure the amendments could not be carried
any way, and knew that it would be neutral
ized, even if it were carried. by the election
of Democratic Legislature and State govern
ment
WHISKY AND WOOL DID 1T,
Col. A X. Mcclure, in Philadelphia Times.
The two causes which most contributed
to defeat the Republicans were First, the
Prohibitionsts voting for their own State
ticket and, second, the wool-growing coun-
ties resisting the reduced tariff on wool.
In every wool-growing county the Democrats
gained on their vote of last year, in some
districts very largely. The Prohibitionists
are mainly Republican, and their voting for
a third ticket was an act of folly, viewed
from common-sense standpoint. The pro-
hibition amendment is defeated, but it has
polled an immense vOte-a vote that will
make Prohibitionists disinclined to take far
back pews in the political congregation here
after and vote that should conserve the
free-liquor annoyance that has been airing
itself too freely in Ohio
PUBLIC SENTIMENT AGAINST PROHIBITION.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The enforcement of the Scott law taxing
saloons, since it's Endorsement by the Su-
preme Court, was acquiesced in by honest
men of both parties, but the temperance
people insisted upon making prohibition an
issue, and threw the legislation and the gov
ernment of the State into the control of the
saloon keepers. Much as prohibtory law
might be desired, beneficial as it might be-
the public sentiment of the State was not
prepared to sustain it, and the entire Ger
man population cast their strength in favor
of the Democratic ticket. They would. have
been satisfied with license law, with the
regulation of the liquor traffic, but they