| Show THE REACTION harpere jf a republican journal thus speaks ol of the political reaction I 1 the athe significance of the elections in ohio and indiana is ver very plain lain iain rhey they show great dis dissatisfaction satis a with tho tha existing situation and they threaten a democratic reaction J to many maily of bf the truest tru fru st republicans to ili the country the re suit bult Is probably not surprising for more than a year there has hits been a great deal of protesting and criticising criticizing critic ising laing within the party lines which has been sometimes scolded as the grumbling of impracticable people but which now beems seems to have been the observation of com comi i mon moli sense if the theory of our government bo be correct nothing is more certain than that the thet party in power will be held to strict account for the tho character of its measures and of its representative men and that extravagance and recklessness in irl management and a low tone of leadership will end in disaster to the party to stand by the party is a useless exhortation to intelligent men unless they see that the party patty Is resolved to secure those ende end which intelligent men desire by means of such agents aa els intelligent men can respect it the general torpidity of business the in the southern states the suspicion t of corruption and inefficiency y in the public service the hostility to stringent temperance legislation are among the reasons which have fostered that desire for change which is shown in the elections |
