National Republican., 1885-08-27
The Campaign In ohio.

II is tritc saying that "Ohio Is naturally
n Republican state" The evidence of the
Chic election returns from 1850 to 1881
fully warrants the conclusion tllt there
hes not becn year in the last qrlr;eT of
century when the state would have been
Democratic on II full vote. II has given It's
electoral vote to every Republican Prcsi-
dent elected, and to the one Republican
candidate who failed of election by reason
Of detection IN his party in another state.
Whenever the Ohio Republicans have made
anything like an earnest and united effort
they have triumphcd. Occasionally, in OFT
years, they have failed to do their whole
duty, and the stay-at.homes have given the
victory to the opposition.
This year the Republicans want to carry
Ohio. They want the fruits Of the victory,
local aud national, control OF legislation
and ADMINISTRATION in their state and the re-
tcntion Of a representative in the United
states Senate. They want too, such re-
suit Of the contest as will give no indorse-
| mCnt or prestige to the federal Democratic
administration. They felt very deeply the
| defeat Of the Republican presidential
ticket last year, and they want it made
manifest by the state elections of this year
that the Democrats have not come to stay,
but accidentally dropped in for single
term, not by their own strength, but by
reason of "A quarrel in the Republican party.
Foraker and Iloadly head the Republican
and Democratic tickets respectively, as
they did in the last gubcrnatorial campaign,
which resulted in the election Of the latter.
But It is not claimed that IToadly has been
rcLCminated because Of successful or sat
isfactory administration, or by reason of
| personal popularity. On the contrary, II
il very generally conceded that his nomlna-
tion was the reverse Of u compliment A
| prominent and well Informed Ohio Demo-
crat is thus quoted by the Evening Star of
this city:
Hondlys denomination was not compli-
mcnt TO him, nor was 1t intended rs such. Ills
| administration has not been popular even
| with his own party. The last legislature was a
disgrace to the party and to the state. Votes
| were bought and sold, and its acts OF omission
| and Of commission shRmed the people Now
| nobody else wanted TO take the field aud tho
| task Of defending lloadly's administration aud
| the legislature which served with 1t. Tnc
party concluded 20 let Mr. Iioadly defend his
own administration. It was deemed right and
proper that he should do SO. Hence he was
renominated, practically without opposition.
This Democratic account of the Ohio sit
uation tallies with Republican reports of
the convention which nominated Hoadly.
For example, the Warren Tribune, which is
one of the faircst of party papers, says:
The greater portion OF the men chosen by the
county conventions to represent them at Co.
lrmbus saved car fare by staying at home. Six
delegates were elected in this county, but only
Dr. d. h. Woods and l.. Il. Kline showed Up at
the convention. Portage made the same show
ing. MahOning county had but four delegates
The Democrats do not expect to elect
lloadly, but they mean to try very hard to
secure the legislature, which will choose a
senator for full term. To this end they
will trade votes, sacrificing all other canii-
dates and interests in the hope of holding
on to the legislative department of their
state government.
There are two sources of possible danger
to the Republicans-oyer-conlldence and
the hypociitical, sneaking prohibition con
spiracy, headed by the Rev. DR.. Leonard,
and organized in the interests of free whisky.
Judge Foraker is good candidate "A
strong, brave, and manly man. His record
has been inspected under the strongest
light and no smirch has been found thereon.
He is good representative of the Repub-
lican party, broad-minded, progressive, ag-
gressive, and yet conservative. lie is clear
Ecadcd, a man Of convictions and possessed
of courage enough to say what he thinks, to
do what he believes right. With such can
didatc and with the important stakes for
which this campaign is wagcd, the Repub.
licans ought to be able to bring out large
vote. Doing this, they will certainly win.
As to the prohibition conspiracy, which
is the only hope Of Gov. IIoadly, 1t has
lecn go bunglingly managed by the con-
spirators, and SO thoroughly exposel by
the real friends Of temperance, that IL ought
not TO be dangerous. But there are fanatics
who would vote for the devil If he had
prohibition libel tied TO his horns. A few
of these in every township will make a
large aggregate. 1t is, therefore, very i'm.
portant that the Republicans should wage
red-hot war on this contemplate scheme.
The Rev. DR.. Leonard has deserved, aud is
still deserving, hard blows, and they should
be laid on thick and fast.
With reasonably good management our
friends IN Ohio eau carry the state by fifteen
to twenty thousand plurality. We conf
denly expect they will do SO. And, we
may pertinently add, most of the nteli-
gent Democrats in and out of Ohio expect
that IIoadly will be crushingly defeated,
ard that John Sherman, not Allen G. Thur.
man, will he elected to succeed John Shef
man in the United States Senate.