The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-10-16
THE OHIO DEFEAT.

There seems to be little doubt. at this
writing, that the Republicans were VIC
to-;o,1s in the battle of the ballots III
Ohio on Tuesday. They have elected
their Governor and a working majority
IN each house of the legislature thus
making sure the return OF John Sher-
man TO the United States Senate. The
| Democratic defeat is even greater than
enthusiastic Republicans believed 1t
could be. Foraker's plurality over
HoadIey is between 5000 n SOY,
which shows a most remarkable reYolu-
t;on in public sentiment. Two years ago
the same candidates were opposed to
each other. and Hoadley rolled up a
plurality of over 1900; his admin
s~trat;oo has been one of the best the
| State has ever seen, and yet his plura-
lily is overcome and buried under nearly
dorble the number in favor of his OPP
moment To make the Democratic de-
feat more completely overwhelming Is
the fact that the ProhibitionistSpelled
% 900 votes, fully three-fourths
of which were drawn from the
Republicans. So complete a political
revolution has seldom been seen,
even in this age of surprises at the
polls. Naturally the Democrats else
whore. as well as in Ohio, are sick at
heart. They are loyal, however and
in their loyalty they are pointing to
this and TO that as an explanation OF the
disaster. magnanimously remaining
( silent as to what they feel to be the
true u of the defeat. Every mai
who understands American politics n
i familiar with the workings Of parties,
will know that the responsibility for
this Democratic defeat lies with Presi-
dent Cleveland. The President has
t persistentIy refused to lend his party
the influence even of an expressed de-
= sire for its success. The national al
ministration has stood aloof or thrown
Is weight on the side of the enemy
S the Federal Offices, which go along way
: towards controlling an election, have
been left with the Republicans; Demo
e Gratis have been snubbed n Use
for suggesting that they were being I'M
T fairly treated by the administration
which gave the advantage to the opposl
a ton. the Democrats who were in Office
P were not permitted to use their intu-
d ence and employ their efforts in behal
Of the party, the offensive partisan
IS n nsense being made to operate ASH
1t threat against their honest labor for tn
o success OF Democracy.
2e But the worst feature OF Tuesdays de
le feat is not the loss of Ohio. The Buck
he eve State is Republican, though by pro
s. per effort and decent regard for tn
" party on the part Of the administrator
n it might have been won over to Demo
cracy; but the influence of this ire
~ mendOus defeat on the Democrats /
other states will be to discourage then
while the Republican victory in Obi
S. will give Republicans in New York an
elsewhere new courage and ne1
b, strength. Tuesdays work IN Ohio wi
Ii increase New York's Republican vote
i'll next month many thousands, and "
lg will be surprised if the Empire Sta e doe
n not fall into the Republican column
Notwithstanding the 100000 majorit
-er that it gave to Cleveland two year
| q ago.
SSe Perhaps one of those days Mr.. Clev,
tic land will be made to understand tia
tn the Democrats cannot succeed with
1t Democratic administration workin
n . against them; in his s%tubbernness /
If may not learn this truth until ever
ial northern State has been lost to IL
al Democracy, and the chances of electir
'ge a Democratic successor to himself a.
=" destroyed, but he will certainly learn
time, when he hears his party beratir
alv him as the author of its defeats, il II,
II of its destruction.