The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-01-15
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The result Of the Democratic Senatorial
caucus In Ohio Ia no. such as TO cause the
great Democratic heart Of the country to
bound with enthusiasm or swell with res.
ponsive acclamations, nor will the telegra.
phic wires be overburdened with messages
Of democratic congratulations to Mr.. Payne
upon his triumph. Not that he Is person.
alty unworthy Of so great an honor or had
no right to compete for its possession, but
for the reason that his election signifies the
betrayal OF at least one great Democratic
principle and the adoption by the Ohio
Democracy OF n policy which Is IN insult
and oGsnse TO the Democratic party ct large.
The fears with regard to this contest,
which have been for some time telt outside
OF Ohio, receive at last melancholy confirm.
alton. The nomination OF Mr.. Payne
shows beyond all manner OF doubt that the
methods Of machine rule In its most odiouH
form have prevailed, and the Democrats OF
that State, through some evil spell, have
been induced to accept an arrogant and
indecent "Boesism" as u substitute for the
selt.respect and independence 80 long their
characteristics. How-e.ss can we account
Tor the ingratitude Of great constituency
10 the faithful services Of one Of its most
illustrious representatives, How else for
mercenary surrender in the very face Of
the enemy Of the vantage ground which
had been mainly secured through his
leadership, and 10 the keeping Of which the
party was solemnly pledged? N. H7F
Mr.. Thurman spoke the universal Dam.
ocratic sentiment when no deprecated the
degradation Of the party by the adoption
Of machine methods in its politics, and the
necessity which 1t involved a condition oil
success OF sacrificing In cold blood men
whose ability, hard labor and fidelity to
principle had done so much to keep the
party together in the terrible ordeal
through which 1t has passed. -
But Mr.. Thurman did not cover the
whole ground. The defeat OF Pendleton
means that 80 far as the Ohio Democracy
are concerned they have deliberately gone
back upon their reiterated pledges in favor
OF civil service reform. 1t is an abandon.
ment Of the high ground upon the subject
that more than any other ono thing mas
given the Democracy its commanding posi-.
ton before the people, and the ssli.consti-
tuted "Bosaes" Of Ohio have emphasizsd
their treachery by the cowardly assassiua-
ton OF the very men who oil all others by q
persistency that enlisted the admiration Of
tho country and "a courage that under the
circumstances amounted to herolsra, had
most contributed to invest the principle OF
civil service reform with statutory force
and vitality. gg5
Mr.. Pendleton's defeat is also notitica.
ton to the Democratic party ut large that
80 far as its brethren in Ohio are concern
ed, their repeated declarations against the
dangers and encroachments Of vast mon
ey d corporations and powerful monopo.
lies were but glit.ering generalities, and
that It only needed the approach OF the
Standard Oil Company with the request Tor
their votes to hand them over without
blush, and thus add to an already many
millionaired Senate another representative
OF all that is most odious in monopolistic
conservatism. Gql 8 S. = u
The Democrats OF Ohio who have put on
this collar are welcome to wear it, but it
can never be put around the neck of the
Democratic National Convention, and now
that the worst elements OF partisan politics,
with corruption and treachery and bribery
as their chief auxiliaries, have come to the
front in Ohio, it is evident that not much
dependence'is to'be placed upon that State
in the National contest involving the great
principles which its Democratic leaders
have wantonly thrown aside aud spit upon.
II will require q great popular revulsion in
favor Of justice, honesty aud right, revo-
luton whose leaders are to be disclosed,
and no signs OF whom are yet apparent to
hold Ohio in the Democratic columns, but
il this is not to be, the National Democra.
cy alread know upon whom the iguomiu-
ious responsibility will rest.
It is no reflection on Dir. Payne to saw
that the Democrats Of the Ohio Legislature
should have been proud to re.elect George
II. Pendleton to the Senate, but it is re-
Election on the Democrats OF the country
that they did not. In deposing Mr..
Pendleton they have degraded the whole
party.