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Show GOV. HEN Or OHIO TELLS HOW DEMOCRATS CARRIED THE ELECTION COLUMBUS. O., Nov. 10. -Gov. Herrick last night gave a statement to the Associated Asso-ciated Press, in which he says: The people of Ohio, by a substantial plurality, plurali-ty, have defeated me for Governor. I bow to their will and trust that their welfare, may be the only aim of the new administration. This overthrow of the Republican party In rmlo was not caused , by butinesa depression or Industrial adversity anywhere in the State or Nation: It was not caused by any mls-manaceme.it mls-manaceme.it or corruption In the condition of tjie State (tovernment: it was not caused by any discontent on the part, of the people with the record- or achievements of the Republican party In the administration of 8tate affairs during the last fourteen ar. It waa shown conclusively in the campaign that the buslnees affairs of the State had - been well manased. that all the State's debt had been paid; that there Is a splendid surplus in the Treasury; that the Htate institutions have been honestly, effectively and economically administered, and that nowhere in any office or department of the State covernment has there been aay breath of spends I or of offlcUl misconduct. Deserves Approval. -In the Legislative department of tha Gov. ernnient the record of the Republican party has been equally as clean. It has riven the people wise and progressive laws; especially In the .natter of moral advancement and temperance tem-perance reform, and la the way of a Juster and more eqtiltatle system of taxation, the party has deserved public confidence and approval. But. de-plte all these things, the people of Ohio have been swept away from the moorings of truth by a wae of prejudice and suspicion. sus-picion. Vndouhtedly there is a healthy spirit of moral reform, and a widespread insistence upon up-on courage and honesty in public officers, being be-ing manifested all over the land. That spirit has .shown Itself in the election of Jerome In New York, the triumph of Weaver In Philadelphia, Phila-delphia, and. earlier, the breaking dow-n of party lines in Massachusetts, Minnesota and Missouri. This fact and these events made it easy to excite the suspicion. In name the conscience con-science and mislead the Impulse of the people of Ohio. The real issues af be campaign were forgotten and the passion that waa appealed to throughout the State waa to str'Me down something, destroy something, avenge some fancied wrong, avert-som fancied danger. Strain Upon Institutions. The greatest danger now confronting the American pe'f" Is the readiness. In response to some sudden whim or pretext, to desert party princtpl-s and follow some individual who claims, sometimes with sincerity, often with hypocrisy, to represent a cause that is higher than party fealty. Thts spirit which would decry party government and party responsibility, re-sponsibility, and establish Individual leadership leader-ship in its stead, may advance some personal ambitions, but can accomplish no good to society. so-ciety. It offers the most fruitful Held for the demagogue and the Iconoclast, and while ! some good men may be swept Into power upon a popular wave that overrides principle, the strain upon our institutions and upon the fundamental truths which lie at the- bottom of our Government will leave tha structure weaker rather than stronger. The Individual who. in seeking self-advancement, is willing to allure the people from ths principles and policies of government to the adulation of a popular Idol, is an enemy of his country. The newspaper which. In order to swell the receipts of the counting-room. Is willing to pander to sensationalism, to deceive the people and play upon the credulity of the unthinking, la an enemy of mankind. |