Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-10-01
THE OHIO SITUATION,

Cincinnati Ners..Journal of Yesterday.
The Wheeling REGISTER is one of q
number of Democratic papers published
in neighbOring States that have been
impressed with the decided reaction
against Republican prospects in this
State during the past ten days. The
REGISTER has also been carefully OBJ.
servant Of the causes of the sudden col
lapse of the Republican boom. 1t says:
"A reaction in political matters has
set in over in Ohio. This is plain to any
uhservant man. Until within q few
lays it has looked to cool impartial
observer as if the Republicans would
carry the State. That has changed.
The current is the other way now.
Judge Foraker is clearly losing ground
daily and hourly. Even the colored
people are deserving him.
Then the prohibition Republicans,
who do not believe in licensing the sale
of Intoxicating beverages, have become
sick of Judge FOraker's constant and
fulsome eulogy Of the Scott law and
they are dropping him all along the
line.
"But probably the most potent factor
in the weakness of the Republican
candidates is the continued popularity
N the memories OF Ohio Republicans
If President Garfield. The people who
revere the memOrys of the assassi-
mated President are nauseated at the
behavior of the party for 80 soon con-
dOning the assassination by proposing
10 make the beneficiary of Guiteau'S act
the Republican candidate for the Presi-
dency next year. This fact alone will
cause Republicans to refrain from cast.
ing their ballots for Judge Foraker next
month.
THE tide has set toward Democratic
success, and it bids fair to sweep on TO q
glorious victory"
The REGISTER is correct. The revolt
Of the COlOIed men is not only serious,
but il has so alarmed the Republican
press that they are devoting columns
daily to frantic efforts to revive the pre-
judices of the colored race against the
Democratic party. Ancient history
has been ransscked for examples Of the
pro-slavery principles Of the Democra-
cy, and they are easily found, for the
simple reason that the people of the
Northern States were almost q unit in
their hostility to abolitionists. The
eolOred voters now under the age Of
thirty-five care nothing about these
curious relics Of 5 bygone age.
They have found, in their
own experience, that they are expected
TO be slaves to Overseer Foster and the
party he controls, for no other reason
than that they are colored men. The
only servitude the younger generate 1n
Of colOred men know anything about il
the subseryiency to party masters, who
resent with the party lash every effort
they make to exercise the right of pri.
waite judgment. They have grown
tired Of this worse than physical slav-
cry, and the Republican press and
Overseer Foster are alarmed and indig-
nsnt.
Judge Forsker's silly aud unmsuly
attitude on the liquor question is about
all that Is heard of him, and is greatly
injuring Charles Fosters chances to be
United States Senator.
The introduction of assassination as a
factor In party organization, and the
indecent haste with which Charles
Foster and the Republican leaders Of
the State Frustrated themselves before
President Arthur, have, indeed,