The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-19

OF course, the Democrats had no idea of
carrying Ohio. They never dreamed of such
a thing. Ohio was Republican State, and
it was to be expected that Republicans would
carry Republican State. That they did SO,
causes no disappointment to Democratic
hopes, and the result cannot possibly have any
influence upon New York and Virginia.
That's the song we now hear sung on every
hand by the Democrats. How was it before
the election9 Let US see. On the morning
of the election, last Tuesday, Mr.. John Nc
Lean, of the Cincinnati Enquirer, said:
''Why, of course, Hoadly will be elected by
10000. Why, it is gift-a walk-over. Here
In Cincinnati 2, 500 German voters will vote
TOR Hoadly who will not vote for our county
ticket. More than that. Let me tell you
that in this city Republicans are trading Gov
ernor and county officers for the Legislature.
Everything is being sacrificed for the legsla.
tive ticket"
The New York Evening Post presented the
mugwumpian view as follows:
"The attempts of Senator Sherman and Judge
L OIdheI 10 HITCH up Tue wrongs Oh CUo COL
ored voters at the South for use in Ohio have
failed to make an effective team"
The Boston Advertiser chimed in:
'"The best practical proof of the inutility of
the Southern suffrage question as a political
issue at the North is afforded by its failure to
interest the voters, and its effect in repeling
support from the Republican ticket in Ohio"
And the Boston Record followed suit:
Ex-Sergeant-at Arms of the House Lee
dom, an Ohio man, says: John Sherman's
speech in Ohio has done more for the Demo
cratic party than anything else that gentle
man could have done"
The Rochester (N W Union said
EOf the e-election of Governor Hoadly and
a Democratic victory all along the line there
does not seem to be reasonable doubt"
The Albany Times said:
'The appearances now are that the Demo
cratic majority for Hoadly will be so big that
Mr.. Davenport will have to bankrupt himself
in this State to be elected"
The Albany Argus, Secretary Manning's
paper, said
"John Sherman and Halstead have sue
ceeded in destroying, in the most etfectual
manner, Republican hopes in Ohio"
In the South the feeling was even more Ger
tain. The Savannah News said:
'"The prospects now are that Governor
Hoadly will be elected by considerable ma
jority and that the Democrats will get con-
troll of the Legislature, and retire Mr. John
Sherman permanently to private life"
And the Galveston News remarked,
'It locks as if the Democrats of the country
had sublime confidence that the Ohio Repub-
lcans able to hang themselves if they are
given rope enough"
And the Charlotte IN. c. Observer said:
"Wait until the welkin rings with the an
| nouncement Of Hoadly's election"
It will be seen that the Democrats knew
that "Ohio was Republican State" and did
not "expect to carry it," On the contrary,
the Republican press without exception, felt
and expressed that the result was doubtful,
and they would not have been surprised. al
though greatly disappointed, had Hoadly de-
feated Foraker and had the Republicans
failed to reverse the result of two years ago,
and secured the Legislature.