New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-11
NOW FOR ONO.

oNover mind Maine; Mr.. Blaine was pop
Mar there say the Democrats. tut the
ouostion i about Ohio" True, and the fact
that the Democrats are mt last looking to That
State for comfort shows both how desperate
ard how unscrupnlous they are.
In 1850 out of 721.9G7 votes cast III ONO
for President. General Garfield received 3d.
DIS. His vote has never been approached by
any other candidate. Governor HoadIy was
elected by only 800, 1913 votes, out OF total OF
71e.26s. The Republicans therefore begin tho
contest with recorded lead of 1920 votes
east for Garfield in excess Of the vote ever
cast for any Democratic candidate. Mr.. Blame
was President Garfelds closest friend.
That is not all. Thousands Of woogrowers
voted for Uoadly because his party had for
mallv plcdccd itself to restore the duties on
wool. We know and they know how they have
been both cheated and insultcd by the party TO
which they then gave their sutfraGcs.
Moreover. great numbers of Germans voted
for the Democratic State ticket, because OF the
temperance excitement, and because of Demo-
cratic pledges to repeal the Scott law. Those
pledges have been broken, and the question is
now of less interest than the National questions
involved. Thus, Colonel Marlbreit states that
"the Turner'S are now with the Republicans,
though they supported Hoadly.
For these reasons, 1t is safe to say that Gov
crnor Hoadly polled more than the proper
vote of his party in National contest.by many
thousands, and yet he fell 1920 short of the
vote for General Garfield. The shrewdest Dem
ocrats in Ohio recognized tins fact when they
refused to make any effort for the nomination
Fart nN
"Ohi0 is AN October State, and with that State
voting against an Ohio candidate, the fight
would be lost beyond a possibility OF Doubt
Al that time they thus publicly confessed that
on a full vote, they had no reason to hope that
they could get together. even for an ONO can
didatc, as many votes as were cast for Pre'i-
dent Garfield.
How does it happen, then, that the Democrats
are now driven to stake everything on the very
state which, at the National Convention in JAY
they confessed was hopeless tits a " ground
hog ease :" the party hasuo other chance. It's
managers have discovered. too late for their
own comfort that Clcyclnds tariff notions
cannot be concealed and thlt the record of the
party or that question, with Mr. Cleyclands
personal character and record have made sue
cess i'm the Eastern StueS undt,liuable. Ii ONO
can be carried by any means, foul or fair, it is
10 be done, i'm the desperate hope that then a
stampede to the Democratic side may be started
in Wisconsin aud Indiana.
Ohio is 10 be bought, il possible, and II p mar
| Gin still remains to bc overcome. frauds IN
| Democratic cities arc expected to 10 the rest.
Where the Democrats have all the officers by
whom elections are conducted and guarded,
and the honesty OF returns guaranteed, it is cal =
culatcd that majortics to order can be manu-
featured. II is well to be torewarned. The Re-
pubicaus OF Ohio have never been robbed OF Il
victory yet, and they are the less likely to be
robbed thls year since the nature OF the attempt
! TO be made has been disclosed.
The way to defeat the party of bribery, fraud
and forgery is to make the maiortics so heavy,
in the counties where honest elections can be
held, that it will be found ,mpracticable TO
overcome them. This the Republicans c1n do,
if they bring out their entire vote, and take ex-
traordinary precautions to guard against DEM
ocratlc rascalitics. The State thaC gave Car
feldto the Nation and TO humanity will not be
easily cheated by the men who forged letters
and hired periurers to Willy him while living,
and have not ceased to SANDER him in his
! grave.