New-York tribune., 1884-10-18
COMMENTS on IHE TIKI JMPH..
TIE EFFORTS MADE By THE DEM )CRATS
TO CARRY TIE STATE

II II br true that there Is Democratic majority
in the tongressional delegation OF ONO. II arises
from tie most artistic and INSCRIPTIONS gerry
mandcr of the state that has ever been ACCOM-
plishcd. , :,
OF coursc il Is the old story of massng the Rcpub-
lcan malorilcs in few districts and cutting up
the others go that there shall be snall and secure
| Democratic prcpOnderance. The division ~ 'hio
| was intended to produce sixteen Doiaocratlc dls-
As Hamilton County had to he divided simply
into two districts II could not lac gefi Anandoicd,
| ""Tb Tbn n"mocr,ts charge that the Republicans had
enormous supplies 9i money from abroad. ~ Is NO,
| trnr Always double aud often ~ much rs three
Times thc SUM that was sent into the state Tor the
use oi the Republicans was raised wiihin the Stat@
\ comparison oi the HRults, county NY 'puh'S, N''
'rrS rhSS an"nni of money used in the state BY the Re-
publicahs was not Ncry large, ana IL was hahdl'"
ECONOMICALLY nnd lcgit.matcy
The Democrats are believed 10 have employed Two
or three dollars tU one expended 10y the kopnhli-
cans The whole south was ransackcd i3r money
10 carry ONO, and the aggregate sum was Immense
The people throughout the solid South had lhc
kecncst understanding of the Importance ol the
ohio election, and the now Oh MONEY h"h 'h"' SUI
tlnu WAS Unprecedented.
Then the coal oil crowd in Ohio came TO the
front with their golden lubricaor as II they had not
only the treasures that gush from the petroleum
wells but held the contingency OF the SecletaIyship
of the Treasury i'll their greasy hands. m
Ii is the propensity of the friends OF Thurman,
Pendleton and Ward, who have been butchercd by
the Mcleans and the coal oilers, to cry treason
is a foolish cry. Judge Thurmans complaint that
there was no organization in Hamilton Comfy, 10
an absurdity. If there was anything the matter
with Democratic organization theIe there was 700
much OF IT. -, IL .
lacked eaders-that the Republicans had the only
leadership Well ii is pretty evident that Cleve-
land is not a leader but lunkhead, and why, we
may ask was such an incxprcsslbly dull ana com
monpace person with no original force or aptitude
gwen the candi dacyf , ~
Such leadership as was possible after the Chicago
| Convcntionthc Democrats had III Ohio. There were
| on the Hendricks, ana Thurman, ana lcnthc-
| ton and Bayard, and they had the whole south to
| draw from. OF course they coun no; SUMMON the
ridiculous Cleveland, for he is incapable OF anything
| above the ordinary utterances of laborous cIvili-
ties, and to contrast him on the stump with James
| q. Blaine would have been too awful.
! Whv ,h;;d1 he Republicans make such remarkable
| gain in Vincinnatil Well it was because the people
| Of Cincinnati want change! They nave been
under Democratic gang rule Tor some wears anu the
cy s going to the devil, just as the country would
| 90 If the same crowd got possession The Demo:
| cratic rule in CINCINNATI has been INFAMOUS ana
| scandalous beyond all possibility of comparison
| and the people are sick and weary and dsgusted
and mad about it. The condition OF all depart inents
III the administration OF the government o' ,h9 @ Iitt
| is going down. and the taxes are gong up anu tha
| is steadily found to be the normal condition OF
| things under Democratic rule: "
The statement Is made that the Repubilcans
carried Cincinnati by fraudulent voting. 1t Is lie
The Republicans carried the town by honest voting
| and by the prevention of frauds An analVss ol
| fine voting in Cincinnati on Tuesday last and tine
elect ion returns of the precincts where there was
violence will show that IN every instance tne flots
at thc polls cauScd by DclDocTdlc DuIlcs anu
| resulted In Democratic gains.
| The Democrats had swarms of deputy sherls ap.
nointed by the hero of the riots of March last, ana
| police who were not under the control 0 the ami
| able Mayor but managed by the reckless bosses OF
thc gang through " hose niquites the Court House
is IN runs and innocent blood cries from the streets
| for vengeance. .
| The assertion that there were Republican frauds
is not merely lie, ii is imperlnence ct the gross
| est description.
| There never were preparations Tor frauds AZ thc
ballot box equal TO those made bv the Democrats IN
| Cincinnati on Tuesday last. They had all the ma
| chinery hitherto effectively employed IN working
| order and they had Confederate army of :c-
| peaters. They came In organized gangs from Menu
| phis and Atlanta and Were reinforced 10y toughS
from Baltimore aud Virginia and there were strong
| rrinforCcments from Indiana On Sunday aud Mon
| ,lny last the cars from Indiana all the roads 10
| Cinclnnati were cfammed. The nlscs were full
| ot men and they were as rough specimens of hll-
manly Az could he found IN any part OF the world.
! IN thn ,ny before the cltctlon and election day
| Vim ~ which seemed to be the Democratic stamp
ina o,nund was filled with multitude Oi strangers
| ni fnrh,Ilinu appearanrethc majority of them be-
v,n,l limit iron, the south The general indication
was that a Confederate army hah taken possessi0n
IL wns the game that they should take possrsslnn
| The democrats had the men hnd the money. me
| iouublicans depended uion ln"l statea m,rHhais
and a careful ORGANIZATION Ot snperNapts anu repre-
sentatiyrs ui candidates tU Ruhi'i tue pos, am sc'
| ,en,rJ ia preventing the oyefwheimiH " ,he non
rst vote of the city by tho honthoih ana hhana ie'
| peHteis, , ,t,,.i,, .t A.. tf,i,oi