Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-11-07
AFTER WARDS.

We have preferred 10 IL. the "
OF the battle clear, and the horcoio-
uians exhaust their stock of sinful
words before venturing upon any COM
ment by way of doctrine and re-
proof in regard to the political Water
loo of the year.
After all, since day or two Of calm
reflection has corrected the obliqulty
Of vision which party contest always
creates, the beaten and discounted
find their condition not so intolerable.
The principles for which they
fought are theirs still, to fight for
again, and if need be yet again, untii
in the fulness of time and accord
ing TO the sometimes slow but always
certain Justice of the great Disposer OF
Events. their prevalence shall Ds
wrought.
II were booiless too to reflect upon
what might have been. Or what causes
might have combined to bring about
a different result.
For present contemplation 1T seems
that the people OF Ohio prefer George
r. Cox TO the Reverend Herbert ).
Bjgelow and that by Il very large
preponderance: 1t is tolerably certain
that the nameless calling of Cox Is
thought more highly of in this state
than is that OF clergyman. and that,
If one is to Judge by the alacrity
with which his fellow.clergy did not
come up to the help Of the clerical
candidate against the mighty, ana
the profound want of their audible
prayers in his behalf, the fellows re-
ferred to either did not exert mucn
Influence In the now closed campaign
or that they turned against the cloth
in the hour of It's need.
We are 10 conclude also that the
work Of the late Legislature In de
stroylng the principle of home rule
IN our cities, and the interference OF
that body with the judgments of thu
courts In the interests Of a rich cor
poration. at the expense of the people
of Cincinnati for "A years to come, Il
approved by the majority of tn
voters.
So much the worse for the voters
For in none of these things can tn
abiding welfare of the people b
found,
To conclude otherwise Is to do vic
lence to the rule of right and to In
peach the principle of justice IN tn
world.
For the defeated candidate we hav
nothing but words of cheer and az
miratlon. In these days of trucklln
eycophancy to, and servlle adulI
tion OF, the powerful and the wealth.
from both pulpit and pew, 1t has II
deed been refreshing TO find one mil
tant clerical brother with the hero
courage to pick up the carnal weapon
of honorable political warfare, al
with them fight the forces OF sin nj
only In the encmy's, but also In h
own camp
All honor to the Reverend Herbe
s. Bigelow for his gallant thoui
luckless hattie. In and through 1t a
he has approved himself man
man. And today, although sent dow
10 defeat, through the unscrupulo,
use OF the lavish resources OF his 70
and treacherous detection In his ov
ranks, he is the "lnteger Vitae"
Horace in higher and better sen
than It ever entered into the heart
the heather poet 10 conceive.
Not his least title to greatness sprin
from the courage with which he dar
TO attack John Mclean In his stron
hold. Single handed and alone he d
this thing, at an expense to hims'
of thousands OF votes, but with I
satisfaction which must come from
sense OF heroic duty done. For II
deserves, and sooner or later win
ceive. the lasting gratitude of tr
Democrats everywhere, The peol
of Ohio now know, as they ne'
knew before, that Cox and McLe,
bound to one another by the cohesi
power OF spoil, are politically one a
indivisiblc, Better ages Of defeat
the Democracy Of Ohio than that
should ever again recognize the
sentee boss of Cincinnati as one
its members. BY his action In I
campaign he has lined up avowet
as he long has in fact, with his yo
fellow Cox. Like his prototype, Ju