Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-12
TIE Old CRY REYLTED.

The tax-eating ofioe-hoider who edits
the Erenjng OH-bGrreJ makes this follow
| ing brazen comment on the result OF the
election il Ohio:
| The result in Ohio, which, not unexpected, is
| far from pleaaant to contemplate. 1t brings US
| face TO face with the alarming possibility OF d
| Democratic president next year. The calami-
ties to the business interests of the country, to
its prosperity and progress, OF that possibility
are too serious for contemplation. We are now
enjoying high tide of prosperity. The un-
| Ringing of finances, the embarassments OF trade,
| the revolution in the conduct of the official
| business of the nation, which would follow a
chang of administration, are perils of a magni-
| tude to appal the most stolid. When the cour-
| try realizes these perils long step Will have
| been taken in the direction to avert them.
There we have the same old rebel yell
which for block headedness is without g
parallel. The country is fairly prosperous,
but it is so in spite OF the Republican party
and the people are not apprehensive that
any calamity will arise from turning the
Republican party out, except to cut off the
plumber of toe extravaganza Office holders,
who have for years been fostering upon
the spoils. If the people we're in any alarm
regarding the Democratic party they GER
tainly would not vote t. put it in power.
The fact is and that is the thing that
hurts, the people are alarmed at the rot
tenness of the Republican party. A cam
paign of Republican corruption has just
ended in disaster IN Ohio, and of course
there should be howl that all bushes II :
terests will at once go to the demnition
bow-wows.
However much the Republican organs,
politicians aud tax-eatirg hangers on may
ignore the matter, the history of
the methods by which a Republican
president was elected in 1880 is held in
vivid memory, It is not SO soon forget
ten how and by whom Indiana was carried
for the Republican party, and the sources
from which the enormous corruption fund
of 100000 was procured. There are a
good many who well remember the scan
dal of the sale of the French mission to a
wealthy gentleman who was influential in
raising this Indiana corruption fund. It
is not entirely out Of the public mind that
for the contribution Of 100000 by a couple
of monopolists, position on the supreme
bench was bartered.
Only on yesterday was begun the trial
of OK Senator Sessions, OF New York, for
his attempt to buy votes for Chauncy M.
Depew for United States senator, to sue
coed Roscoe Conkling, resigned. Five
hundred thousand dollars is the sum de-
manded to prosecute the pending cam
palgn in New York. ''Only by
the aid Of this S5OO,OOO,n
says The New York World, ssdo the
Republicans hope to have chance of car
rying the state of New York. They will,
as they say, get the money. But let the
people remember, that if in an off year
like the present they can raise $5OO,OOO in
a Presidential year they can, if they please,
raise $5,oO0,G90 on the mortgage OF the
president, the supreme eoRrt, the cabinet
and the foreign missions"
The Republican dervishes may howl as
they please. Their hollow pretensss are
understood. The rottonness of their pub
lie men cannot be concealed. Their power
to deceive and mislead is gone. The peo-
pie have ceased to trust them, and now
look to the Democratic party to restore
purity of government, economy in expen-
dltures and honesty in all public affairs.
The knowledge that the days of the Re-
publican party, its misrule and corruption.
are numbered, is the only security for the
future. The country would be in peril in
deed If 1t were possible for the Republi.
can party to remain long in power.