St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-09-22
PIVOTAL OHIO.
The FoOlishness of Claiming it as a
Democratic State.
And Big Fight Must be Made to Secure an
October Victory.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept. 21.-The situation
of affairs politically is now such that Ohio may
prove the pivot of the presidential game. This
condition is due to Democratic stupidity and If
the hind sight shall develope the foresight OF
certain alleged Democratic leaders 10 have been
at fault, they ought to be manly enough to ac-
cept the responsibility. To begin, Ohio has al
ways given the Republican party VICTORY in the
October election, preceding a presidential can
vass, at all events, since the candidacy of Frank
lin Pierce. 1t has recorded a Republican verdict
in the face of sterner confronting issues than
now.
The logical lesson of such a record would act
ualy tempt brave man indeed to declare that
Ohio could be carried by the Democrats. In
the face, however, of the lessons of the past GER
tain Ohio Democratic leaders, so-called, have
deserted Gov. Cleveland, and others have been
loafing in New York in constant conference with
the National Democratic committee with assur-
ances that Ohio was not Republican but DEM
ocratic state. These assurances were not offered
with a becoming modesty, but rather obtruded
with senseless pertin ancy. Now the result Of
such tactics to an extent rather made an impress
sion upon certain members of the national Dem
ocratic committee, and the order was issued to
claim Ohio. This claim has been made and the
hopes of the rank and file of the sturdy
Democracy have been subjected to such a ten
sion that if Ohio should not go Democratic in
October the folly of claiming it with vengeance
cannot have other than demoralizing effect. II
Ohio can be carried by the Democrots in october
it would have been better to have made a neat,
quiet job of it, rather than put the enemy upon
his mettle in claiming 1t.
The effect has been to scare the enemy, and
all the resources of the party of corruption and
its ramifed machinery are now about moving
into the state 1t has constrained the Repub-
lican leaders through fear to bring the presiden-
tial candidates within Ohios borders. This
means a terrible battle royal invited by the
so-called Ohio Democratic leaders themselves.
1t is known well enough here that Blaines'
trip to Ohio, by way of New York city, is for the
purpose of taking into the state stupeudous
corruption fund. The old tactics which Dorsey
practced in Indiana to be repeated in Ohio.
The aim of the Blaine managers now is not to be
content with simply carrying the state, but to do
it, if possible, by such majority that it will
take care of itself in the November fight. This
accomplished the entire forces are to be moved
into Indiana for predatory attack, fabricated
with bristling new green backs.
1t is now beginning to dawn upon the mind s
OF the more astute Democratic leaders that the
wise men of Ohio, who never
! won victory, who are ready
to claim anything, provided they handle the
| funds of the campaign, have misled the mana
| gers, and it would have been better had they re-
mained away from Albany and New York city.
| Still the mischief has been done. A general po-
! litical engagement has been invited where the
! outposts OF the enemy might have been cap
/ tured sleeping. To conduct this battle the Re-
publicans will exhaust all the resources az their
| command, whereas the Democracy do not have
any considerable munitions of q campaign to
| draw from. Thus has Ohio been jeopardized by
! their fool friends, whose history in the past has
been to lead the glorious party on to repeated
/ defeats