Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-10-29
THE VICTORY IN OHIO.
It Il Sufficiently Decisive to Place the
Election Of Blaine Beyond
Doubt.
Press Comments on the Result-DemO-
cratic Despondency-Wil Cleve.
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in its editorial comment on the recent election.
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The victory is largely due to the great popular
ity and splendid personal leadership Of Mr.;
strength was not diminished but increased by
the ISLANDERS with which his foes have worn out
public patience and d1sgusted sensible men.
Justice has triumphed, and the shotgun is not
to rule. Protection to home industry has tri-
Tie st. Louis Globe Democrat saws: After
an unprecedented canvass which called out an
immense vote and attracted perhaps more at
tention than was ever before given to State
election, the contest in Ohio has ended with a
victory for the party Of progress and civilization
which lnsures final triumph at the November
polls A fair day enabled both parties to bring
to have polled larger vote than ever before,
while the Republicans drew on their reserve.
which has lain dormant 9 for three years past.
The exercise Of all the powers known to the De-
mocracy in the way of repeaters, chemical bal
lots, the outright purchase of votes, and all the
devices Of fraud were unavailing, and Ohio
The Chicago Tribune comments as follows:
1t is victory Of gigantic proportions and of
sweeping and resistless consequences. It m ans
sessed by the Democrats. They carried t two
ago by 12.5Oo majority. In the meantime the
Democratic Legislature repealed the registra-
ton law In order to prepare for this years cleo
cratic hands, The Democrats controlled the
police, the Sheriffs. the voting precincts, and
the ballot-boxes
into the State amounting to 100000 in addition
to the large local subscriptions. Twelve thou
sand saloonkeepers were actively working for
Democratic success, and the brewers and
liquor dealers gave unsparingly of their wealth
to the same cause The Democrats had con-
centrated all their strength and all their re-
IN f1,of had oil
advantages on their side. They staked their
existence upon single die, and they have lost
They are showed under and buried.
place the election Of Blaine and Logan beyond
any peradventure Henceforward the Demo-
s1ats wd saye thea3 money: "a and the donb5ful 43
longer: There will be rush to get in out OF
T 5 9e DO tor the oss z
and nail to carry it, in the knowledge that it
onai on eket They me night Save carred re M It
on the chief local issue which they forced
into the canvass-the liquor question
the of ths National spnsee
had not been superimposed AS it is, they have
probably polled 2o, 600 more votes than they will
that much stronger than his party in Ohio on
State issues. It 1s doubtful whether Cleveland
have cad aa New 3k # his party
, ls certain that he cannot The probability is
| that he will not carry single Northern State,
and he may now lose two or three Southern
| States. He is as much weaker than his party
everywhere as Blaine was stronger than his
party in Ohio. He has been losing ground ever
since he was nominated. and Ohio has crowded
| him out Of the race.
Again we say, it was famous victory. Its
! Importance cannot be exaggerated. It brings
glad tidings to the whole country, for the brunt
i Of the battle has been borne, and from now on
| the anxious work of the campaign will be
changed to easy confidence"
The New York Sun, Democratic, says: Gro
| YER Cleveland Is beaten"