The New Orleans bulletin., 1875-10-14
OHIO FIGURES.
From the Bulletin Of Oct. 12-Republished by re-
quest and for reference.l

From the Bulletin Of Oct. 12-Republished by re-
quest and for reference.l
There are reasons why Democrats should
not be over sanguine about the result OF Tues
davis election in Ohio. For nineteen elec-
tions, beginning in 1885, the State has given
Republican majority every year but one
until 1873. Democratic Secretary of State
was elected in 1862 by a majority OF 5577.
The next year the Republican majority Tor
Governor was 1O1, ,O99 votes. In 1860 Lin
coins majority was 20, 700, over the combined
votes for Douglas, Breckinridge and Bell, and
! in 1864 his majority was SO, $685. Grants ma
iority in 1868 was Al, 42S, and in 1872 1t was
"a, 268
Gov. Aliens vote in 1874 was 214,654,
against 213, S37 for Noyes, Republicsn-1O,2 277
voting for tho Temperance candidate, and
| 10. 129 for Collins, the so-called peoples can
didate. Allen was elected by majority of
onlv 817 votes, the total vote being 44S, ,o97,
against a total of 529, 436 in 1872, falling off
Of more than 50, 900 votes. Of this decrease,
80, S29 was from the Democratic vote and
6S, OILS from the Republican-2O,4O 4O6 being
taken in unknown proportions from both and
given to the Temperance and Liberal candi-
dates, as above stated.
How will the 80, S29 Democrats who voted
for Sey mour in 1872 but who did not vote IN
1873 cast their votes to-day? How will the
| 6S. OILS Republicans who voted for Grant in
1872 but who did not vote for Noyes in 1873,
cast their votes And how will the 20, 4O6
cold-water men and Peoples men divide their
votes between Allen and Hayes?
The Republican vote for Representatives In
1874 was 2lS, ,552. The total of the Demo
cratic and Prohibition votes was 2f5, 305, an
opposition and combined majority of 26, 1853.
This majority consisted in part of 64oO tenn
perance voters, leaving the net Democratic
majority over the Republicans 20, $50 votes.
The total vote of 1874 (463, ,s57) fell short
of that of 1872 (529, 436) by 65, $50 votes, the
falling IF of the Democratic vote being 65S3
and that of the Republican $780, while
64OO votes were given for the fourteen pro-
hibitionist candidates for Congress in 1874.
Where will the missing votes of 1872 be
given? How will the Temperance vote be
divided?
But besides questions relating to figures
and past votes, others more important remain,
the principal being this: How many soft
money Republicans will vote for Allen? In
answer to this question the statistics are yet
to be written in the poll books of Ohio. We
take it for granted that few hard-money Dem
ocrats will stay at home, and none at all will
vote against Allen.
II the worthy and sturdy old file-leader of
Ohio gets as large proportion of the toh
vote as he received in 1873, it will leave the
Radi calls but little to boast Of If he gets
only as large a vote as was given to the Dam :
cratic candidates for Congress in 1874, and is
still defeated, it will not be decisive trial of
strength. 1t is evident that to be elected he
must have all his proper party vote as cast in
1873 or in 1874 besides gaining strength from
the Republicans. How many Republican
opponents Of hasy resumption, of national
banks, and of r adical rascality at large are
going to vote for Allen?