New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-26
THE OHIO CONTEST.

At present the Democrats are claiming ma
iorities in New-York Massachusetts, Ohio,
Iowa and any other States where there are cleo
tons. Within about a week they will know
whether they are right in any of these States.
Az to Ohio the shrewdest Of them admitted some
time ago that the election Of Major Mckinley
was inevitable, but just now they are giving ear
again to the dreams of rainbow-chasers Be-
cause the Democrats in Cincinnati gave Gov
ernor Campbell large meeting, they are calcu-
lating that the fight of factions there will cost
him no votes. Because a small country news
paper has been induced to come out for Camp
bell they indulge the hope that it represents all
the farmers, or all the workingmen of these
cities and towns. who will vote solidy against
Major Mckinley.
1t would not be good sense to assume that
these staws are entirely meaningless, even
though all information attainable points to the
election of Major Mckinley as certain. The
Democrats have been at work with desperation,
and with great sums of money and it would not
be marvel if they had accomplished something.
The sensible thing for Republicans to do, when
they hear Democrat boasts, is to redOuble their
own exertionS for the remaining days of the cam
paign and take care that the full Republican
vote is pol ed. They need not fret themselves
about Democratic dreams if they make sure Of
casting their own full vote. A woIthier leader
they cannot wish, clcarer issues upon which to
appeal to the people they have never had than
in this campaign.
Major Mckinley has more than justified the
confidence Of his friends, and has won the adj
miraton and the liking Of thousands of his foes
by the magnificent fight he has made this year.
lie has taxed even his great physical endurance
in order to see the people in every part of the
State, as far as possible. He has exhibited in
his discussions not only great fairness and tact,
and a mastery of the one question with which
his name is now inSeparably associated, but a
thorough knowledge of other National questions,
and precision and extent Of information and a
soundness of understanding and integrity of pur-
pose about State affairs, which have gained him
strength everywhere. The service he has thus
rendered to the Republican cause demands from
every sincere Republican the only return in his
power-hK utmost endeavOrs to make the victory
sure and the majority large.
1t is not easy 10 believe that Ohio can vote.
under any conceivable circumstances, for the re-
peal of the tariff OF 1891, for a tax on incomes.
or for the unlimited coinage OF silver 1t is only
because men are either unable or stubbornly re-
fuse to understand the real meaning of the votes
they cast that there is room for dispute about
the result In Major McKinley's canvass through
the State he has been able to point out hundreds
of industrial establishments which have been
brought into life in Ohio by the new tariff and
yet some of its provisions have not been in force
four months, and none more than about year.
If the wage-eaners of Ohio knew that Demo-
cratic victory would mean the closing Of these
works and of hundreds besides, they would not
suffer any demagogue or purchased organ TO pre-