The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-10-04

any part of the ticket should be sacrificed
in order that some other part might win,
the game would still be worth the candle.
1t is of the utmost Importance that the
Democrats carry the New York legislature
for two reasons-the first being that DAVID
B. HILL would be a great accession to the
Senate chamber at Washington, the second
that the Republicans have so gerryman-
dered the legislative districts Of New York
that it is well-nigh impossible for the Dem
ocrats to get majority in the state legis-
lature; once getting it, however, that out
rageous piece Of business might be undone
and the Republicans be made to partake OF
their own medicine for season in the
Empire state-not in the way of unfairly
and outrageously arranging appointments
on a partisan basis, by any means; Oh, no!
it would only be necessary to make the ap-
portionment fair and square to cause
the administration to be left out in the cold,
so far as United States senatorshlps are
concerned, as the Democrats have been
left out; and it is very questionable if the
former would return during the present
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by no other means than the defeat of the
state ticket otherwise, let such defeat be
recorded, says THE HERALD.
The most interesting contest, however,
| is going on in Virginia and the most eXcit-
ing one in Ohio. In the former state the
question seems to be narrowing down to
what the size of the Democratic majority
will bet being generally conceded that
MALONE and his confederate swashbucklers
will be caFed in on to the extent of at
| least 10, 900 and it may run as high as %, 1000
majority. In Ohio, all is not smooth sailing
for the faithful in FORAKER by any means.
Notwithstanding the fact that the Republi-
can candidate for governor did not do as
Private DALZELL promised for him he
would if TANNER were removed-withdraw
from the state ticket and leave the party to
its fate, still there is plenty of trouble on
hand. 1t is otherwise among the forces
headed by CAMPBELL, all of whom are
well disciplined satisfied and determined.
Besides this, the Republican committee
have struck another snag in the nature of
disappointment. Early in the campaign
they sent out General GROsvENoR to work
on the stump for them, but instead of
talking as the average member of his party
does, he went to telling the truth about
men and things that he was surrounded
with and this did not fill the bill at all. The
idea of Republican stump speaker or
campaign paper telling the truth about any
thing or anybody when a point can be
made by not doing so! Well, the FORAKER
r1n in
called and desire that he be taken off the
stump. They claim that he is not suffi-
GENTLY orthodox in his Republicarism, that
is that he does not personally play the part
of a turnkey to the Republican candidate
for governor. He has even gone so far as
to praise Mr.. CAMPBELL very highly. To
| illustrate this, we quote the following
words of General GROsvENOR in recent
speech at Xenia
I shall not be found criticising the able and
gallant gentleman the Democratic party has
seen fit to nominate, at least so far as his per
| Sonal character and relations are concerned
That he is gentleman of high character pure
intelligence, answering honesty and fidelity. is
TO be presumed because of his nomination. He
was patriotic IN war. He has been able and
| consistent in peace, and is true representative
Of his party in Ohio-better in some respects
worse in none-and my complaint against him is
not of a personal character, out is solely and
simply because he is Democrat. 1 may
well make a few remarks about our friend
CAMPBELL. You know him over here in Xenia
He was your representative in Congress at one
time, and he did not make bad record. Upon
every question upon which the soldier was in
tereSted he voted as l voted and l claim to have
a pretty good standing as a friend 20 the soldiers
of the war. But protest that the Democratic
party has shown itself capable of Improvement
and exhibited the possibility of its ability to APP
preciate patriotism, and honor and virtue by
nominating its candidate for governor, and in
the discussion in which participate during the
campaign l shall treat Mr. CAMPBELL. as a gen
tleman, as l know him to be; shall criticise his
attitude in politics. and shall scorn to attack his
personal character or history.
Now, wherein can the reader discern any
thing specially or at all out of the way in the
foregoing lThe remarks are those Of gentle
man speaking as he knows of a former
townsman and thorough gentleman. 1t
looks as if the Republican party could not
stand decent tactics in any kind of cam
paign, local or national; and when one of
their number becomes so fOrgetful and far
astray as to use genteel and decorous Ian
guage regarding an opponent, concerning
whom nothing opposing can be said by
them except that he is not one of them, he
must be recalled at once. Such procedure
will not do. Such practices have only a
| tendency to drive decency out of politics,
and make men savages for no other reason
than that they are political opponents.
1t is to be hoped the independent people
of Ohio will see the point clearly and make
no mistake regarding either the issues in
volved or the men and means by which they
are to be carried out. This would mean
not only the success by great majority of
the whole Democratic ticket, but a rebulze
to the ringsters and spoilsmen such as they
would not be likely to forget right away.
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