New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-10-12
THE ONO DEBATE.

THE ONO DEBATE.
The campaign in Ohio closes with unusual
excitement for a on-Presldential year, the
iolnt debate between the two candidates ior
Governor having reused both parties TO the
utmost. The apprehension of fraud at Cincln-
natl has been to some extent allayed by the CO.
operation OF influential citizens OF both parties
to select responsible judges OF election, ana IL
is hoped that the energetic efforts which have
been in progress during the past week to hunt
down the names unlawfully registered SAID to be
!. 600 in number may be effective. Both par
t1es prOfess great confidence, but those Repub-
hcans whose Judgment has heretofore been
rarely if ever in error are quoted as expressing
the utmost assurance of success. 1t is believed
by the Republicans that. as the day Of election
draws near, the disposition TO throw away
votes on Prohibition ticket diminisheS, while
some leading Democrats admit that the dlsSat-
isfactlon with the State Government, ana par
ticuarly with the Legislature may cause an
unusually light vote i'll some OF the strong
Democratic counties
The great debate between Judge Foraker ana
Governor Hoadly took place underclrcumstances
which cast much light upon the disposition OF the
managers on opposite sides The Republicans
earnestly sought to have the debate heard by
as many voters as possible, and therefore urged
that the two meetings should be either where
large audience rooms could be had or III the
omen air. The Democrats insisted upon indoor
meetings, and upon Toledo as one OF the places
though no hall at all adequate could there be
obtaned-and then crowded that hall as tar rs
possible with men of the roughcr sort. AT On
cinnat however, an enormous audience WAS
gathered in Music Hall. and, in spite of many
Interruptions by Democratic TOughS, thousands
of voters we've able to hear the candidates. Inc
full reports published III Ono journals show
that the confidence of Judge torakers support
ers in his ability to meet his antagonist In lie
bate was not misplaced. In effective argument
in rapid and te ling review of the issues OF the
campagn, Judge ForakcT's speeches were alto
cether the better, though Governor ilOad-
lv appeals with less dignity and with
| far more adrOitness to the passions and
! prciudces of the mob. This distinction
was especially observable i'll the debate at
! Toledo, where Mr.. lIOadly'S anxiety to make
| himself "solid" with the hquor-sellers be-
! traved him into some remarks that caused him
| trouble. Among other things he said that people
who, latter mass on Sunday. go to a saloon,
men, women and children are better citizens
for the mass and for the drinking" His attempts
| to explain this observation do not seem to have
made 1t more attractive to any class OF his sup
| portcrs At another point he mistakenly used
the name of Lincoln, asserting that "Lincoln
died Democrat" and when corrected by
Judge Foraker, who replied that Lincoln died
| by the han ola Democrat Governor iiOadly
rcpsatedly denied that he had ever made the
-. Il
| WINGED that he had done so, he explained at
| Cincinnati that he had meant to refer to Sccre-
| tary Seward, which did not make the statement
more truthful.
The discussion of the temperance question IN
IFS various local phases has occupied a great
part of the time, but probably without much
effect on either side. The Republicans stand
firmly in the position taken at the outset, that
the Scott law was wise one, that the Demo-
cratic overthrow of that law has placed need
less burden of 81 000,000 yearly on the prop
! erty owners, that some measure OF taxation is
| the wisest mode of dealing with the liquor
traffic that is now possible under the State Con-
| stitution as it stands, and at the same time
| recognizing the power Of the majority and their
RIGHT TO change the Constitution by the legal
methods The Democrats, on the other hand,
have argued in favor of license, although
license is not possible under the Constitution as
il stands, and demand for " license or moth
ing" is at present demand for nothing. On
the Republican side, the crimes of the last
Legislature and the misconduct of the State
Administration have given powerful weapons
to debaters, and 1t will be strange indeed if the
people of Ohio decide by their votes that they
wish the rule of the coal-oil corruptionists to
continue.