Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-10-21

Tass tn Hamiit ton County -fi> curl
GUS Rcsuits-rhc Democratic Vote
PolIed-Enormous and Suspicious
increase of the RePu bifcan Vote an
County and state.
We have before us the Official canvass Of the
late election IN Hamilton county. Il di-clo-e-
astonishing results and suggests some remarka-
Die reflections The vote Tor Governor Is a. iol-
lows;
C. l. ysl;4nd zb4rn, lDemocrail. ...-..-..--- 1883
Majority for Rroush. s.7Is
I Total vote. -.-----.-..-----.-------- S+oIo
'Nr. George Z Pugh and the other Democratic I
candidates uron the State ticket received IA l9l T
votes Mr. Nallandgham therefore runs behinf /
ne ticket iu-t 246 votes The War Democrats
c,ve out before the election that they should 4
vete the balance of the ticket Mr. Naliaa-
dsyham so that know now their exact strength 1
II IS 24Gl There are 246 War Democrats" and
atout ii 200 Peace Democrats in Hamilton /
county That will do.
The Democratic vote in Hamilton county for
the last three wears has ranged "a follows:
FIR Jewett fGovernor) in ls6I. I.s4
Ftr Armstrong tSecretary. in ls62.......... 1854
Fer vaandighsm (GOvencr) in le63......... 1885
The Republican vote Tor the last three Yeas
he's been a. follows:
Fdr Tod in 1861 ..................... 1857
I
Fir Brough in 1868 .--...-....--....-.... 2o'o'i
/ II will be seen that the Democratic vote for
Vfllandis ham j. OO0 more than IL was tor Jewett
/ in. 1851. and only 800 votes less than it WAS Tor
| Armstrong, Democratic candidate for Secretary
! of State last wear, when we carried the county
/ ba 800 majority
/ The Democratic defeat is not owing to the
/ w,ut OF the polling OF full Democratic vote.
fo: il is with two exceptions the largest we ever
\ gsve i'm the county. IL j. larger by four or five
/ thousand than The Republicans pOlled two years
nrsyous The Republicans as well as the Dem
ndr,ts in 1861 and 1862. polled their entire vote
in.the county In 1862 there were Congressman.
a Sheriff. County Auditor and other much sought
for officers To be chosen. This election has al
wav- brought out, hitherto, larger vote than
the Governors The Republicans had the money
ard personal influence OF Mr.. Gurey and Col.
GsoeSbeck, their candidates tor Congress, TO aid
them in polling full vote They did get out a
gre Il Vote trife larger than they received in
| 1861 II was, however, but Is 55I How hap
pegs it, then that this party, which Tor two wears
his poied but Is 800 votes each year. suddenly
po.Ls the enormous aud unprecedented rate Of ~
Gal for Brouqh or 900 more than has poLled
b,iore7 Here Is an increase OF 81 ID ct in year
inthe whole number of RepuDtcaL votes. Is
there ANYBODY fool enough to believe that this
immense increase OF Republican votes, accom-
panied but by a small decrease of Democratic
votes is boneStl Does il not on it, tace bear
evidence of "A gigantic fraud on the ballot boxF
1t is true that there has been some increase OF
populaton within the last wear, but very large
proportion Of it is men from other States. who
hive not been a year in Ohio, and were not yet
voters at the election A years residence Is re
{ anired, and those men have not been a year IN
I The state To the Democracy this result IN
: II tmilton county should cause any other feeling
e th,n di.couracement Under circumstances that
Srally tried mems souls. you have po'led your
+ vote in the county, avote larger than the Renuh
: licans were able TO give in 1861 or le62 You
r have been beaten not by an, falling off in youi
vote. not by your men going over to the enemy
c but by an enormous, and, beyond all doubt. 10
extent ent increase OF seven thousand
: votes in one wear to the Republicans. That Re
publican vote is not in the county to day. Il
G can never be repeated or thrown again
Is Your case is widely different from what it wa
I in; 1851 the wear of the Know Nothing tornado
Then your vote which had been over $1,000 IL
Il 1852. sunk to 5000 in 1854. Consequently
4. conld be rea,iily seen WHY YOU had been beltei
e 900 or 81 900 votes But now you are heater
5 nearly that amount. and vet your vote Is within
n 900 of what it was last year when YOU beat IT,
< Republicans 40o votes. There cannot be
doubt uoon the mind of any reasonable man o
~ either party who compares the vote with pas
~ elections, that BrOugh received several thousan
Is illegal votes to swell his majority on Tuesda
n the 18th
4. The vote is only trine less than it was in III
IS Presidential election of 1861. Snce that time
ID IL 900 or 900 men have lett the county for tn
y army. and vet the ballot box tells Us that thei
is are still az many votes there ever werel n
z one. however, will believe it. lt ~ clear Their
re he's been an immense amount of illegal voting Il
e the late election, and the result tells Us wha
1 party had the benefit of it.