The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-14
THE OHIO VICTORY.

CroWHiHR, DIS IL OOeS, one OIL the most
hotly-contested campaigns ever fought in that
State, leaves no doubt as to its significance.
An ''off year," and a most dismal day of rain
and discomfort, either and both very much
against anything like a full Republican vote,
were not enough to let the issues at stake be
defeated. The unqualified utterances of
Senator Sherman and Of Judge Foraker left
no question as to the sentiment of
the party, or to the color of the
verdict rendered. The result, therefore,
is particularly gratifying to Republicans in
general, and it must have an inspiriting effect
all over the land. The Republican leaders in
that State have had to wade through %vilifca-
ton and personal abuse because they dared
stand up for right and justice in all parts of
the Union. Moral towards had joined with
those who profit by political crime, and had
raised the false and insulting cry of 'bloody
shirt at every attempt to demand only fair
play in the elections everywhere. I'm
mindful of these, and intent only on
defending what had been fought for in years
gone by, Senator Sherman set his stakes high
and has steadily fought his way up to them.
The triumph is a singing rebuke to those
who have toadied and truckled to partisan
DULLES and towards rather than compel some
thing like justice and equal rights at their
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that the Legislature is assured, but it must
be conceded that John Sherman has more
than earned his return to his place in the
Senate.
Judge Foraker, too, has made
a most able and gallant
fight, indicating the wisdom Of again putting
him against the man who, two years ago, by
an unavoidable and unexpected accident in
politics, defeated him in a contest for the
place to which he is now elected. He is one
Of the solid men of the Nation. Capable and
energetic, as well as brilliant, and the soul of
honor, he and Sherman are among the tall
men of the times. 1t is a glorious thing to
hold even the people Of Ohio in line against
those who would burlesque any attempt
to preserve the fruits of the war
and against that more insidious
foe, the men who advocated ''prohibition"
and appealed to religious and UNCONVENTIONAL
prejudice to win votes from the Republican
party. Republicans everywhere can take
heart. Those who were craven enough to
surrender the people of the South to the
mercies Of a few murderous pirates in politics
will be emboldened to help hold the. North to
its duty until such time as the new South
shall shake these fellows from its
throat. The effect on Virginia and
New York cannot help but be
good. The Republicans in the Old Dominion
will be encouraged to make even a better
stand against the intolerance of the Bourbons
there. The plan of riding Town the State
with campaign cavalry in confederate gray
will hardly be as popular as its originators
hoped for. The fellows who have yelled
''bloody shirt" while waving it themselves,
have been slapped squarely in the face, and
the cause of political liberty has been adj
vanced by more than a days march.
The sky is Frightening toward the dawn of
a better day, and Republicans everywhere,
and men of whatever party, who believe in
free and fair elections, will shower congratu-
lations upon the men who have fought the
good fight in Ohio.
In indianapolis, where the issue was not
partisan in its narrow sense, but where local
interests swallowed up political, a good work
has been accomplished, though not by a ma
jority such as was hoped for. A des-
perate and unconscionable fight was
made by the Liquor League to
steal the city government. 1t has been held
in check, and that, probably, is all that could
be expected under the adverse circumstances.
Altogether, this is a day for felicitation. A
good report from New York and Virginia, and
the era of better days, with no sectional
~prcjudices, will be upon the country. The
backset of November last seems more than
half retrieved already. The trend of public
sentiment is evidently in the right direction,
and the banner of equal rights and freedom
in elections everywhere will soon float tri-
umphant.
THE Evansville Courier very forcibly ends
another article, in which it demands a change