The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-11-07
The Election Of a Democratic Presi-
dent is as Certain as Fate.

Events Cast Their Shadows
Before.
The election in Ohio shows a re-
markably light vote especially in
the rural districts, in which fully
one-eighth of the Democratic vote
stayed at home. McKinley's ma
jority will be not far from 10000,
the gains over last year being al
most exclusively in the country
precincts.
The Republicans also carry the
Legislature by good working ma
jority, the persuasion of the two
houses by latest advices being as
follows:
Rep. Dem.
Senate. 90 8
House. ~ 30
Republican majority on joint bal
lot 80.
While the result was thus in
Ohio, it was a Democratic day in
all the rest of the country. Mass
achusetts spoke for New England
with the triumphant reelection of
Gov. Russell. In New York a
magnificent victory was won by
the Democracy, headed by Flower,
who received plurality of near
$4,000 Iowa pledged the west to
Democracy with sweeping victo-
ry.
The majority for Gov. Boies is
mounting fast among the thous-
ands, the entire Democratic state
ticket is reported elected by a
small majority and the Democrats
have majority, even if small, in
the Senate.
Now that the hardest fought po-
litical battle in the history Of Ohio
for many years has ended, it is but
the truth to say that the Democrat
ic hopes of winning it were never
strong. The odds against them
were too great. Behind Mckinley
were all the interests in whose be-
half the Mckinley tariff was en-
acted and the provisions which
were inserted at their demand.
They had a selfish object in stand
ing by the man who had done their
work and whatever their money
and influence could do in aid of
his election was done. He was in
addition the acknowledged candi-
date of the national administration
and to emphasize that fact cabi-
net minister was sent into the state
to make speeches for him and urge
his election as necessity.
A U. S. Senatorship and several
congressional seats were at stake
in the election of the Legislature
and to let the governorship go
would be to risk the loss of the leg
islature also.
The Republican party had COM
mitted itself to the Mckinley bill
and should the author of that meas.
ure be defeated on the issue of his
bill it would be disastrous to the
party.
When the organized greed of the
country fostered by the tariff, the
national administration covetous
of Endorsement, the Office holding
class and the politicians whose fu
ture depends on the continued
rule of the Republican party, al
enlisted on the side of Mckinley
while Campbell was compelled tC
go into battle with little money
for absolutely necessary expenses
with no help from outside the State
handicapped by the envy and eeaI
of eastern politicians and with fac
tional disaffection where he had /
right to look for united support, i
is not surprising that Campbell
was defeated. That he was ahl,
to keep down the Republican plur
ality is convincing proof of the
strength of the cause he champion
ed.
There is nothing in the result t,
discourage the Democracy o
change their purpose to wage un
ceasing war upon tariff extortiol
: and oppression until those wrong
are righted. Mckinley is elected
but McKinleyism is doomed to de
feat. Let there be no cessation o
hostilities until the system tina
taxes the many for the benefit @
the few, is destroyed.