President Hayes and his policy have sustained a severe defeat
in Ohio, his own State, in which he was so popular, and to which he has assigned so much patronage. The Inflationists, the Demo- crats, and the Workmens' party have combined, and a Democratic Governor has been elected by a majority of 20,000. The Legisla. ture is also Democratic, and the next Senator sent to Washington from the State will be Mr. Pendleton, a Democrat noted for his confidence in paper currency. It is probable that besides the votes lost through the labour movement, Mr. Hayes has been seri- ously weakened by the irritation among the professional politi- cians, who, with Mr. Conkling at their head, have declared war on him, in consequence of his projects of Civil-Servioe reform. They cannot defeat him by themselves, but whenever he is strongly opposed, they can refrain from calling out the voters accustomed to their guidance. The mutiny will probably dis- organise all parties for a time, as the body of the people, irre- spective of party, show a disposition to support the President.
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