New-York tribune., 1875-10-12
THE CONTEST IN OHIO.
LAST DAYS WORK.

RENCY ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS FELT THAT IT WAS
NoT BEGUN sOoNTR-TIIE AMOUNT or MONEY
UsED SHALLOW THE PARTIES FELT LAST
NIGHT.
lBr TELEGRAPH FROM TAFF CORRESPONDENT or THB
TRIBUSE.l
COLUMBUS. Ohio, Oct. 11.-During the day and
evening the Democrats have held about thirty meet
ings in different parts of the State, Gov Allen, Gov
Hendricks, Mr.. Cary, Mr.. Pendleton, Gen. Ewing
Mr.. Voorhees,, Mr. Beck. and GOV. Curtin, and others
of less note, keeping the field 10 the last. Cary is
sad 10 have spoken more hours during the canvass
than any other three speakers put together Ii is
feared that he will not stop after election, but will
keep on talking. The Republicans held few meet
ings this evening at the request of local committees
and rather against the advice of the state Commit
tee, who preferred that the last day should be de-
voted to the work of organization for to-morrows
contest at the polls Most of the Republican leaders
would he glad if the could be prolonged for
fortnight. They what a mistake il was 10
lose whole month. rs they did in avoiding the
only real issue in the struggle. Since the currency
question has been taken up III earnest they have
gained constantly, 1t was not until the New-IOrk
Convention had been held, and SchugL and Wood
ford anne into the State that the party ventured
defend ts record in favor of specie payments and 10
attack the rag-money theories which the Democrats
had fcT weeks been impudently challenging them to
discuss.
If HAYES is beaten tomorrow it will be solely be-
causc Of the timid apolOgctic attitude on the cur
rency which the Republican orators and newspapers
took in all the early part Of the campaign. To en-
Tighten the people on the financial question correct
the outrageous mlsstatements of the nhationists
and expose the fallacy OF their spurious arguments
required time and unfortunately much precious time
was wasted for want of wisdom to comprehend the
situation and courage 10 grappe with il. If the
suit tomorrow is a victory for honest money. very
little of the credit viii belong to the Ohio Repnb-
can politicians. They were crowded into the fight
against initiation by the independent press of New
York and Cincinnati. by the action of both the SaT
atoga and Syracuse Conventions and by the fact
which dawned at the eleventh hour-that they were
marching to certain defeat because they had rot
accepted the challenge OF their opponents tc meet
them on the only genuine issue involved i'll the con-
test.
1t appears to be the honest belief of all weln-
formed Republicans, tonight. that Hayes will have
fair majority They hold their hopes, first, the
Western Reserve counties, where the people are too
intelligent TO be deceived by the rag money cry;
and, secondly on Hamilton County, where two
thirds of the Germans. who went over 10 the
Democracy through the side-dOor Of Liberalism, or
the direct passage of anti-PrOhibit0n. have unques
tionably returned TO their former allegiance Per
indications of the result should particularly notice
those from these two opposite of the state
If the City Of Cleveland and the towns like Warren,
Ravenna, PaineSyille. AShtabua, Akron, and Ober
n show large Republican gains, the state has III all
probability gone for Hayes II, IN addition I'M
portant gains are reported in Cincinnati and the rest
of Hamilton County. there need be no doubt of the
result. Returns from the iron and coal towns
Youngstown Niles, IrontOn, and POrtsmouth-for
example expected 10 exhibit considerable gains
for the Democrats and if they fail do so it will he
q bad sign for them. Comparisons, il should be
borne in mind. will be with the election of 1873,
when Allen had barely 500 majority. and not with
that Of 1874, when the Democrats carried the State
by about 1000
number Of prominent Democrats gathered at
their State Committee room this afternoon. They
looked respondent, but of course would not admit
to an outsider that they had given up hope. Chair
man Thompson complained of the want of funds
during the canvass, ana said that most Of their
speakers had paid their own expenses. About
81 500 he said is all the money the State Commit
tee have spent. Senator Thurman remarked that
the Republican Committee had had $4,000 from
Washington alone, raised by Postmaster Edmunds
The Senator appears to have had his figures greatly
inflated for him by somebody. One-tenth of the
sum he named it is asserted excellent authority
would about represent the amount sent by the great
official cOllecton-raiseT and most of that he got by
passing round the hat among the Offce-holders Ill
Ohio The truth is, that neither party has had much
money. though the Republicans have undoubtedly
had a great deal more to spend than the Democrats
Ii has been q campaign OF argument and not of
money.
The talk in Democratic papers, of Republican re-
peaters imported from Philadelphia and negroes
coonized in Ohio may be set down as CANNON.
Elections have always been remarkably pure in
Ohio and the party managers OH both sides are men
of too much character to attempt to gain few hund-
red votes by fraud. There is of course some Illegal
voting in the cities procured by ward politicians,
but such a thing as a state Committee importing
bands of rcpeaters from other states was never
known, and is assurcdly not practlccd now.