The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-11-07
SOREHEAD TALK.
FIRST ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GEN.
"a ERAL eLARksoN's REASONS,

Ia yirginia, Mahane Owes His Defeat 10
the Usual Methods of FRAUD, suppress
sien aud false counlins-h Ohie,
Mainly . Reaction Against Radical
Temperance and sunday tsgislatien'
Prohibition the Wsappn Ia Iewa
WAsHmGTos, Nov 7,-Firat Assistant
Postmaster General Clarkson, In giving
his views last night 10 q representative
Of the United Press on tho results of
Tuesday, election, Raidl "1he inyara-
bio results Of tho year following a presl'
dental election hayerepeated themselves
tiis year, There are many surprises ~
tho Republican defeat but they come
from local causes IN every state except
Virginia, and there tho result WAS
gained by lha usual methods Of fraud,
suppression and false counting a
Democratic state election board, elected
by Democratic legislature, appolnla all
tho judgea Of election and tho law
clothes thCse election judges with police
court p0wersl aud they can order any
voter they please 10 jail for the day and
reign In absolute arbitrary power The
Republicans Of Virginia did not have The
selection Of o single Judge Of election In
the whole state, With such machinery
tho Democratic majority might easlly
have been 100000, Instead of 10000
The nego Is diairanohIsed, la Virginia
the llack men give up their right 10
held tho offices and now the Democrats
demand that they shall not exercise any
choice even No between tho white men
who are 20 hold the olilces, Gen, Ma
hone and the Republicans made gal'
liant and splendid Hght aud had an
honest majority Of the voters Of tho
tate with them ON the tariff and state
lcbt QufhlIuuHj hut nothing can win
against u complete and psllllul hyatem
vi fraud Tho attempt 70 couple The
national administration cOnsp.cu0usly
with this defeat Is undeserytd, pa tho
prcsideut amply showed tho same
'rendly interest In Malone that he did
Ia the Republican candidates Ia other
states,
Ohio aud iowa
Tho cauaea operating In Ohio and Iowa
were largely Che aNme-eyldcnty aud
mainly reaction against radical tenn
pprnhce aud Sunday legislation, The
sunday law, and the enforcement OF II,
changed Hamilton county and the Der.
mans against ihc Republican partyi and
Governor Foraker, despite his splendid
record nd hia almost matchlcHt popu'
larily In the party and the nation, went
down with H.
In iowa the main cause Of tho change
ID due 10 prohibition, The state has been
very closd on state Issues ever since pro-
hihitlon was made law The Rcpubli'
cans elected their governor four years
ago by only 1000 plurality, ana two
years ago by 5000 plurality, The
counties bordering on the Mississippi
river having large Ctiea, such 90 nnuu'
que, Davenport and Burlington nll Of
Them with u European or iOrrIgn'b0rn
population holding majority OF the
yolra, are Interested IN prohibition and
they have voted overwhelming against
the Republican party because II atopd lp
that state for the law aud 10 enforce
mcnt There was also some Republican
dissatisfaction and alienation on account
Of the present governors eXtrtmc ylowH
IN the railroad qucstl0n and his enforce
mcnt Of the railroad lava But lowe
has been gradually losiug Ia Republican
majority for years, More than 10000
Republicans have left the state, going
nto the Dikotas, Kansas and the south
western country, while the later immi'
grafton 10 the state has bcon largely
Democratic, This years results are IN
the main, eimpy Increased evidences Of
the indiHpoatiun Of a aorty OF the
American people 70 accept prohibition
md too radical legislation or quoitions
that are moral and social rather than
paIittsul ~