National Republican., 1885-10-16

iurc and retire Mr.. John shorm IN permanently
to private life.
The Galveston News, one Of the strongest
Gnd best Of southern newspapers, had this
to soy Of the Ohio situation;
1t locks as If the Democrats Of the country
had sublime confidence that the Ohio H"?rhIi.
givtu rope enough.
The Mugwumpian view was expressed by
the New York Evening Post in this wise;
The attempts Of Senator sherman and iu ig,
Foraker to "hitch up" the wrongs of the cli-
ofCd voters at the south for use In Ohio have
failed to make an effective team,
The Boston Advertiser, another and much
ADLER Mugwump paper, spoke of the dead
ISSUE thus:
The best practical proof Of the inl'lity Of
the southern sunrig, question asa pDlli'd
issuc at the north IS afforded by its failure 10
Interest the voters and is effect IN rcp.liins
suproi; nom the Republican ticket in Ohio.
And another Boston paper, the Record
gave the world this bit of information:
ES.Scfpcurt.at.Arms OF the House L2cd,m,
/ MI Ohio man, says John shcrmGns speech
in ohio has done more for the Democratic
! part! than anything else that gentleman could
! have done"
The Rochester Union, after a careful sur
| vcy Of the field, concluded that:
| Cf the ic.clccton Of Gov. IIoadly and
| ItmottUic Victory all along the line there
! Goes not seem to be a reasonable doubt.
The Albany Times was still more extray-
| GgGnt in It's ssgacious forecast:
/ Ia, a..
cratic majority for IlcGdly viii he so big that
| Mr., Davenport will have to bankrupt himself
IN this state to be elected.
The Albany Argus knew all about IT.
John Sherman and lIa's,cad have succeeded
in destroying in the most etr.ctual manner Re.
publican hopes in Ohio.
"Wait until the welkin rings with the an
rourcemcnt Of Hoadly's election" said the
Charlotte Observer, while John Il. Mclean
unhosomcd himself to Times-Star re-
porter In this glceful strain:
why, Of course, Hoadly will be elected by
ioCCo. Why, II Is glt-a walk-ovcr. Here
IN Cincinnati 800 German voters will vote ios
IIOudiy who will not vote for our county
ticket. More than that. Let me tell YOU that
in this city Republicans nrn trading governor
ard county officers for the legislature. Every
thing is being sacrificed ior the legislative
ticket.
Thus, north. south, east, aud west the
Democratic soul bathcd itself in the antici.
pated delight of great victory in Ohio.
We could give columns of clippings from a
hundred papers of q similar tenor to the
above, but these samples are quite sufficient
for our purpose.
The disappointment is Keen In the first
important election since the new Demo
cratic administration came in; in an cleo
tion where all the advantages seemed tC
he on the administration side, with candi
date who was successful when the country
had a Republican administration, the Dem
ocrats have been routed.
1t would seem to be high time for the
wise men Of the party to address themselves
TO an inquiry as to the reasons why Democ'
racy has no hold on the respect and conf.
dCnce of the north. One OF these reasons
we will generously givc-the party has ne
confidence in itself because 1t knows itscl
to be fraud. 1t knows that it came in by
false pretcrses In 1884 And It is now ren
with fcuds because the President does no
show the alacrity expected Of him in re
pudiating the pledges on which he wa
elected.
( Such party can never hope to fairly ans
I sQuarcly win victories, but its disappont
= monts may be mitigated by consciousness
of its own unwoIthiness.