The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1883-09-11
Bright Prospects OF Democratic
49, Victory. ~
OHIO A AsDENoCRATfC STATE.

.4 Victory. m
oHto' * sDEMoCR srarE.d
The active canvass for the Governor.
ship will he pndeg way by the ,irsl- week
IN S'plemhefT FT~
ltisSWsll befors hsgEning the coolest
TO lake glance over the tleld and pub.
lish the true state of affairs, in order that
no sone may be ignorant. 8 We proposeI
to take an impartial view OF the snua-S
ton, ssupporting each statement with
fac;s. thas meeting the arrogance OF our
enemies with the substantial strength
which comes from-eandor and we'll sus-
tanned argument.
II Hcnld be vain, however, to attempt
to conceal thessatisfseth,n which We 1eal
as citizens. and tue confiiiance which an. d :
imates US "a Democrats. A word OF
SELF congratulation- will certainly be al
lowed the Democrats at the present time,
fol-. they have, thu. far been occupied
with work. and not with boasts 2 = j !
The D 'mocratic party enters the cam
Ipaign fresh from-.the great triumph of
1882, when it carried the State by plu-
Lrslity Of nearly 10000, and from the
successful spring elections OF 1888, when
the people reaffirm,a their desire for an
entirely new administration of, affairs,
and for entirely different public ptinci-
plessiHG - iifab ~ 7i5 l-ss iAas IA s,.,l
Never before In it's history has the
Democratic party'of O4io stoednupon
40 firm q foundation Never before has
it had 80 good right to believe that the
control sok State .affairs7has passed per-
manently into its hands. q Ohio t.osiay
Is aGDemqcratic State ri, The liberal ,ele-
ment which camesoyette the D ,mlera-
cy last year delivered Ohio from Repuh-
liean rule; we shall receive new acces.
sions this year, and swell the great ma
ioritv nv which we defeated our enemies
10 1882. ~, -. =, e =. ''o' :. sseoo's 'ss 4
OHIO. upon full ami fair vote, Is a
Democratic. State. - This is a fac. which
no Democrat should forget, and which
all shouldsstrive to.impareto our adyer
saries1hv every means instheir power.s
In 1882 the total vote was 1852 tS9i
or this, james W. Newma An, Democratic
candidate for Secretary Of State, feceiv.
ed 3l6 S74 /: Charles To nsend, r epub.
licap candidate, received 297,759 The
Democratic plurality was then 19, LIS.
Besides the Democratic and Republican
votes, there wero- II 1856 votes cast for
other candidstes.' iSahtrsctng this sun
from the Democratic plurality We have
1859, the maj ,ritv, Of the Democratic
candidate over all others. " ''Nel'
In 1881, at the election for Governor.
the total vote -polled was 624. .226-l
smaller vote than in 1882, sho wing that
The great result of the latter year was
not the conseq renee of mere temporary
dissatisfaction; likely soon to wear way
The number Of votes received by Charles
Foster, Republican candidate, was 3I2,.
TAI, and by John W Bookwalter, Dam
ocratic candidate, 2SS, ,426. leaving Fos-
ter's plurality "a 309. Besides tha votes
for Foster and Bookwalter, there we're
20,065 Votes for other candi iates, snd
this sum subtracted from Fosters plu-
rality leaves. 1857, Fosters majority
over all. -
A stuly O. the returns for these two
years will be instructive Let us see what
they teach. ,s-ss. ,a ses,,
The net loss of the Republicans in
votes was 1876, the Enet gain Of the
Democrats in votes was 2S,443 An in
spection OF the returns sho VS. that the
largest losses, apl 60 rs CANA fro q the
following c>unie,: Ciyabo!a, .Fcsnk.,
hn, Hamilton Lucas and Montgomery.
In Cuyaho C,unty the Democratic
gain was 7 99}; in Ffanklin G ,untv the
net Democratic gain wsssl .04l; ; milan
litnn County athe Democratic gain wa4
9.0SS AMI the Republicans loss 8 04a in
Lucas County the Democratic gain was
1874, and in Montgomery County the
Democratic gam Ivss l.7AiIGL %2,}eE
Thus the cities of Cleveland, C 'lum-
bus, Cincinnsii, Toleio and Dayton de
cidedl the, election. by going 10 great.
strength, for the Democratic ticket. =
A further inspection of returns shows
that, in all these cities, the great access
sions ITO. ths'Dem)c )cracy- cana from the
strong German wards The RApubli-
cans talk of''D smocra.ic .disatfacnon"
in the present ca ivass :saa.ctioni-
too mild word by which 70 ,oclaractef-
iza Republican feeling. There is an open
revolt in the & publican camp the reh-
sissdo not est-5with passive ..'disaaec,
tion;" they are deserting by ten. thou-
II is svtruth of history that in 1882
the RepnbIicsns, by their an,iiGerman
legislation, ani further, by their hyp,-
critical professions, alielatei from 20 :
900 TO 81, 900 G ,rm.n votes. 1t is . fact
,hatthey have made absolutely no eff 'rt
to recover what they have los;r; for. il is
IN an intelligent appeal alone tha, the
Germans will listen. They despise 8
whining req lest, and they scorn q party
lash.
4 twenty thousand votes has always
decided elec-i in Oiao,y and will do
80 in future af"r,many years to come, ex.
eept under ex,ranrdiinary circumstances
Fhe election OF Ja ige H>adley is as
surei hy the present attitude Of the Ger
man. alone, who are arrayed as vast
api frn b ,dy ag,inst the party that first
outrag d ltheir.:sense of National indie
pendenoe. anithen grossly iusultei their
iIte.hgence.''ass -. .vyAe ! - ,-S,-ss
But the Democrats cannot rest here
cdntented. They have enlisted in war
81 determination ag ,inst the Republican
party. To win q sins ,e element lie no,
enough. They must weaken their ad-
'yessaries beyond al possibility Of re-
&c Forty thousand wool growers in Ohio
are this year making common cause
with Democratic'success. The agricul.
Eturar classes generally are enlisted with
1.-THE wool growers. ,sR tp,rts from all
parts of the country express the great
est satisfaction, with the attitude which
isstaken by the farmers, and promise tha'
thissyear shall wtuess a aouderful revo.
tluth,n inahe affairs Of 0aio.as4 saa.
q The Democtotic parity does not rely
alone upon the beneicent and popular
principles which Il advocates. 1t otter,
TO the. people OF Olio most powerfu
and admirable t:cket-a ticket which, i,
| hao,1ad man Of ha III