New-York tribune., 1875-10-18
THE ONO RETURNS.

The total vote Of few of the more pOpu-
lous counties of Ohio is published, together
with the majoritics in nearly all the others.
These returns show that the aggregate number
of votes cast exceeds by many thousands that
of any former election. The whole number oil
votes thrown ut the election of 1878, when
Allen was first elected Governor, was 49, 500,
including 1O,027 for Collins, candidate of the
New party, and 1O,OS1 for Stewart
the Prohibition candidate. The whole NUM-
Der pOllcd on Tuesday last will exceed
by probably 10000 the aggregate Of
1878. The largest vote cast i'll Ono
at any election was for President III
1872. when Gen. Grant had 1881 major
ity ont of total of 529, 59S for all candl-
dates. The following is Il comparison OF the
total vote in 1872 and 1915 of the counties
i'll which three important cities are situated: ::
Hamilton, 45.O2i in 1872 4S,5i7 Ill 1870 !;
Cuyahoga, 22, ,4S4 i'll 1872; 279S3 i'll 1879 !;
Lucas, $3.50 in 1872; 1886 IN 1879.
Other counties show a corresponding increase,
so that we may fairly conclude that the
opinion of all classes of citizens was taken last
week with unprecedented completeness.
Considering the result of the election, which,
about 1900 for Hayes the party Of the Ad-
ministration have had a hair-breadth escape
As il is. more counties show Democratic gains
than Republican, The dull times, the lack of
employment, the extravaganza, incompetence,
and corruption at Washington, told heavily
against the Republicans, and they were saved
merely by the influences which were brought
TO bear against initiation in Cincinnati and
Cleveland. Ii is to the German and indepen-
dent vote of the State aud especially of
the two counties of Hamilton aud Cuya-
hoga that the Republicans are indebted
for having anything left at all of the 1851
majority for Grant in 1872. The moral we
extract from these comparisons is that the
Democrats might have carried the State by as
large a majority as Grant did, had they not
been loaded down with Allen and Cary and
their noisy supporters of the press and stump.
The Germans were not the only nationality
who were disguised. The two counties,
Hamilton and Cuyahoga, east nearly II
seventh of the whole vote of the State.
We have seen that in the entire State the
falling oft in the Republican majority, as COM
pared with the large vote of November 1872,
is no less than $4,000 Comparing the vote
Z
there was majority against Grant OF 4, o53,
and in 1875 there is Il majority against Allen
of 4s9, being gain of 5,332, where the rest
of the State shows Il loss of more than 80, 600
In Cuyahoga County the result is a majority
of some 800 less than Grants i'll 1872
though the gain is very large as compared
with Subsequent elections. The influence of
an independent newspaper and an independent
statesman were never more clearly shown
than they are by the above cOmpali-
son of the vote Of Cincinnati and llamil-
ton County in 1872 and 1875. Had the
issue Of initiation been as ably and honestly
presented To the voters Of every part OF Ohio
AS il was to those of Hamilton County, the
majority against Alien would have been much
greater. We do not think initiation and hatred
of "coupon clippers" will ever lift their mead
again as high in Ohio as they have done, but
the Republican party will do well 10 profit by
thcir narrow and, in more respects than one,
undescrvcd escape.