Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-10-22
NEWSPAPER COMMENT.
On the Revised returns from the Ohio
Election.

On the Revised returns from the Ohio
Election.
81. Louis Globe Democrat, Bloody |
shirt: IL would not be strictly cor
/ rect 70 any that the result In OHIO de- |
| cideA the November election and |
makes 1t certain that Mr.. Blaine will |
| be the next president. But IL fur
nlBhes an lndlHputable substantial |
basis for a belief that such VIII be the
outcome. There w yet considerable |
hard and careful work 70 he
done In order TO put Republic |
can success beyond hazard or
| question. The Ohio triumph proves
That the elements Of national victory
are within reach, and need only 70 be
RrnBped and applied and II would be
strange indeed " there should be any
want now Of sufficient ViBor and en-
thusinsm TO accomplish what still re-
mnlnu necessary. From this time for
ward there should be, and no doubt
will he, II continuous and perseverlng
! fight waged upon the Democratic
| party In the abstract and In detail
philadelphia Times Independently;
After the most desperate and exhaust
i've efforts ever made by any party In
any state; with Blaine leading the bat
eral officials awarming In every coun-
" and important center of the state;
with hundreds OF thousands OF
dollnrs lavlshed TO bribo the veAnl
quicken the sluggish and de.
hauoh the ballot; with the largeRt
vote ever cast In the state at any cleo
tlon, and with n majority ofover 30.
900 on the vote polled, Ohio has been
saved TO Blaine by little more than
half the majority solid Republican
vote would have given him. This Is n
Republican Victory that strongly fore
shadows Republican defeat IN Noyem-
Der.
! st. Louis Republican (Democratic):
The Increase of the Democratic vote In
! Ohio must be attributed 10 the snme
disniieOtlon In Republican ranks that
, has broken up Republican unity In
i New York and other states and that
i grows stronger every day IA the cam
pAign proceeds. A Democratic vlcto-
~ In November h still almost GER
tainty-no element OF strength has
been dAsipated by the Ohio election.
: We have carried West Virginia and
a we have shown In Ohio the strong
reality of the reaction against
Blaine among the membera,of his own
party. hut little over two weeks re-
E. main for camualgn operations. Let
q the Democratic managers and leaders
a show their best efforts and lot every
member OF the party rich and poor
= and OF all classes, give his best oo-ope-
ration towards bringing out full vote
and the result viii be u victory for
o Cleveland and Hendricks that will be
!. as complete AZ could be desired-a vic
d tory that will bo the end of corruption
| la fkn ffnyYpnpnnnt and innapnl iufat-
3 ference In state elections,
l. New Orleans Picayune: Tho Dem
T. ocrata could have carried Ohio, II II
,, had not been for the Morrison tarlil
q bill. That vicious measure destroyed
!. the splendid opportunity which the
j. Ohio Democrats lad strenuously ere.
N ated The Picayune as long ago Az
March 10, 1854, explained how this had
lost Ohio, and distinctly olassed II
with the sure Republican states, but
J., Gov. Cleveland can BIO elected with
~ out IL.
g Chicago Times, Imperial lndepen'
b dent; 10 would be idle for the sup
- portea OF Mr. Clevoland's candidacy
n to deny thnt the result In Ohio has
At greatly augmented the probabilities o
Ii the election OF Dir, Blaine, Though II
70 may not be n proclamation OF the re'
~ hMll VI ltAN lAtHlAAAlAAAAAA AAhfAANHt ~
y aomo gushing organs OF both CleYo
IA land and Blaine made haste 20 declare
IL In advance, that il would be, Il is new
d ertheless very portentous augury o.
10 the direction Of the popular mind. II
"a gives To the candidate OF pOliti
n cal immortality the prestige O
a the military commander who has de
feAted the enemy In the first engage
ment. Ii Inspires his army witt
the enthusiasm OF victory; oils ever
the timld and npprchensive with ia,
- moral energy that often compensatei
o. inferlorlty OF numbon; brings 10 IA,
~ front the towards that had fallen e
the rear, converts doubt Into conf
= dence aud irresolution into p0altiy,
n force, 10 Ignore the Increase d
[, moral strength that In these ways ia,
n. Ohio result lends TO the Blaine army
10 would be, Tor the Cleveland oom
4, manders, 10 surmount the summit o
4, folly
10 1t 10 not In Ohio that these conAid
a. eratona have any important applioa
A. ton The twenty-thfce electoral vote
10 OF that prOyinne will be given for Mr.
IA Blaine, II there has ever heeu thi
"a slightest basis for any doubt OF this, !
Al eNists no longer, The question that 4
Z nov presented 70 the Cleveland com
manders relates 10 the effect OF thl
Ohio victory for Blalne Ia the two, d
az most la the four other Northern
- provinces Ia which MIR. ClevelRns
Z must receive furty-eight pretidonila
= votes To get the electinn-that Is q
y say, Ia the provinces OF Indiana, New
j York Connecticut aud New jersey.
q New Orleans Times Democrat; on
II behalf OF tho Democracy II can bo aals
that 40 claim has ever b9en made q