New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-09-07
THE OHIO CANVASS.

SIR: Within a few days the confidence Of the
most cautious Republicans in the SUCCESS OF their
State ticket has been very greatly increased. In
deed it is now regarded reasonably sure that IL
no unexpected event occurs to change the complex.
ion Of the contest Gov. Hayes will be elected by
fair majority. This opinion is based first, upon tho
satIsfi ctory result Of Nominating Conventions in
Hamilton and Cuyahoga Counties; and. secondly.
upon detailed information OF the progress OF the
campaign In other counties.
A stranger to Ohio politics cannot easily realize
how important the local nominations IN Hamilton
and Cuyahoga Counties are to the success of State
ticket. In those two counties is found more than
half of the Independent vote of the State-that vote
which. being cast for Collins in 1873, left Allen
bare plurality of SIT in the State and which, being
generally cast for the Democratic ticket in 1874,
gave it q majority Of 1887. For twenty-five years
the Democrats have never had a majority In Ohio
except in 1862. when il was only 5,577, and over
so 600 Republicans abstancd from voting, and in
1874, when nearly 1000 Republicans were absent
from the polls and the Democrats were reinforced
by over 10000 Liberals. 1t is Therefore not I'M
reasonable to conclude that if the Republicans
secure the aid of this Independent vote their success
is well-nigh assured.
In Hamilton and Cuyahoga Counties, however
these independent voters, being mainly OF German
nativity, have been peculiarly hostile to the Repub
lican party on account Of the Temperance question
and local nominations which displeased them. This
year, the demand of the Democrats for imitation and
reputation had inclined the whole body of indie
pendents to vote the Republican ticket but there
was still danger that injudicious local nominations
might revive old antagonists and drive back this
powerful reinforcement The Republican nomina-
tions have now been made, however, long enough 10
enable to judge of their effect. The best IN
formation can gather as to the feeling here and IN
Cleveland leads to the belief that the tickets nomi
mated will prove unusually satisfactory as well
to the great body Of independents as
to the Republicans, and Will insure In
both counties handsome majorities Tor
Hayes and Young. There are, of course, some
dissatisfied candidates, and some complaints, as
there must be always where Offices of large import
ance are involved, and it may be that in some in
stances wiser selections could have been made but
the tickets as whole seem to be quite well re-
ceived, and calculated to strengthen the RepuD-
LEANS In this county the Democrats fancy that the
defeat of Mr.. HOf, leading candidate for Treas
urer will displease the Germans; but inasmuch as he
was defeated in Convention by Germans themselves.
who desired the nomination of other candidates.
the hope seems not very well grounded. Inc strong
representation Of that element in the Convention
and on the ticket leaves little for the prctense
that its wishes not consulted. The essential
thing was that there should be nothing III the COM
position of the ticket to rcpel those independents
whose disposition to overthrow the repudIatmg
Democracy already SO strong. From what
can gather, Judge that the nominations will not
check, but OH the whole materially strengthen that
disposition, both here and in Cleveland.
These two counties alone have turned the scale in
every election since the war. in which the Repub-
lican majority was threatened overcome In
1867 when Gov. Hayes had only 1888 majority
over Senator Thurman, Hamilton gave him l,o2i,
and Cuyahoga 2,237. In 1873, when Allen had ol|
plurality in the State, 1922 votes were cast for The
independent candidate, Collins, in Hamilton County
and $50 in Cuyahoga, while about 1000 Repub-
licans in Hamilton, and about 5000 in Cuyahoga
declined to vote. Had the full Republican vote
in these counties been polled in 1874, OF had tho
1912 independent votes been cast that year for the
Republican instead of the Democratic ticket the
Democratic majority of only 1887 in the State
would have been overcome. Hence it is that we'll
informed men of both parties consider that tho
nomination by the Republicans of local tickets gem
orally satisfactory to the independents OF these
counties renders the OF the Republican state
ticket highly probable.
As to the progress of the campaign in other parts
of the State, detailed information from nearly all
the counties received since my letters from Column
bus were written, fully sustains the impressions
therein given and indeed. warrants still more en-
couragng view of the situation. There are very few
counties in which the Republicans do not count upon
results at least % satisfactory they obtained IN
1879. when they carried the State by 12,l07 ma
jarity, and in many, especially where the Liberal
vote at that time was strong they look for decided
gains. In a few counties some loss but by no means
AS great AS the Democrats count upol is anticipated
as the effect of the imitation folly. On the other
hand, in the large majority of counties 1t Is
reported that the financial Issue will gain for the
Republicans more votes than they Will lose on mat
account II we consider that these estimates neces-
sariy do not take into account the number OF Demo-
Gratis who, Disguised with the position OF their
party and yet not wishing to vote against it, VIII
quietly absent themselves from the polls, the pros
pect seems decidedly encouraging. AS to the School
question, moreover, there is ample proof that the
Democrats are constantly losing ground. 10 the
strong speech of Judge Taft, very effective addi-
ton has been made by Gen. Young, the Republican
candidate for ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, who fully ex-
plains. in recent speech, how 1.-THE Wright BILL
of 1867 would have completely evaded the consti-
tutional prohibition of division of tho School
fund: how it would have destroyed the School
system; and how it lacked only one vote
of the constitutional majority. He was
member of that Legislature, and states from per-
sonal knowledge that the bill was drawn and elo-
quently advocated bv warm personal friend Of
Archbishop Purcell. This bill would have enabled
the Catholics to secure for al their parochia schools
proporionate part of the public school fund.- ana
vet to retain entire control of them to selection OF
teachers and management. Gen. Young points 10
the fact that this bill supported by every Demo
cratic member present in 1867 shows that the de-
mand for overthrow of the School system has
since been made with far greater directness and III
.,s;., 80 f.l;n, nv fine Catholic leaders and not