The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-10-10
The Elections To-Day.

The Elections To-day.
The important States of Indiana, Ohio.
aud West Virginia hold elections to-day.
The campaigns have been unusually pro-
tracted aud exciting
Indiana elects n Governor and other
State officers, n Legislature. and thirteen
members of Congress. The Democratic
candidate for Governor is JAMES ID. WILL
LtAMs u solid farmer, thoroughly honest
man, aud n member OF the present House.
The Republican candidate is BENJAMIN
HARRIsoN, Il grandson OF President HAIR
RIsoN. He was substituted for GoDLovE
y. ORTIZ. who was llrst nominated. ORTIZ,
having been detected in fraud in the Neue-
zuelan claims, was forced to withdraw,
aud then HARRISON was brought forward
by the Republican State Committee. The
Greenback party are also running can
dldate for Governor The original noini-
nee was fellow OF the name OF woLcoTT.
He was IL Republican, and turned out to
he o stool pigeon of SITTING BULL MORTON.
Last week the HAYES Republicans induced
HIN to withdraw by the payment of a
handsome sum OF soft money, and there
upon the Greenbackers named HENRY
HARRINGTON as their candidate.
Ohio elects Secretary of State, q SUI
preme Judge, Legislature, and twenty
members of Congress. The principal office
on the general ticket Is that of Secretary
of State; aud the fury of the contest
seems to rage around WILLIAM BELL, the
Democratic, aud MILTON BARNES, the Re-
publican nominee.
West Virginia elects Governor and
come other State officers, and IA Legisla-
ture. Its members of Congress are not
chosen till November. HENRY NJ. MATHEWS
is the Democratic candidate for Governor,
NATHAN GoFF Jr., the Republican candi-
date, and j. NJ. LAIDLEY the Greenback
candidate.
Neither of these States chooses its
Presidential electors until November.
Nevertheless, il is conceded on all hands
that the results of to days struggle will
not only pretty certainly determine how
those States will go four weeks hence, but
will exert very powerful ana perhaps
decisive influence upon the campaign
throughout the country. For this reason
the canvass has been conducted with ex-
traordnary vigor by both parties in each
of these States, and particularly in Indiana
and Ohio.
Heretofore these States have been al
most invariably Republican. Ohio has
always voted for the Presidential nomi-
nees of that party. Indiana supported
BUCHANAN in 1856, but has never failed
since that time TO vote for the Republican
candidates. West Virginia was admitted
TO the Union i'm 1862, and from that peroC
has steadily voted for the Republican
nominees for President. Surveying the
field in the light of these facts, it would
look as If the Republicans ought to prevail
in all these States to-day.
Nearly two months ago the Republican
National Committee issued n circular
wherein they claimed that these three
States were sure 10 go for their party il
the October elections, aud for HAYES and
WHEELER in November: and for goo'
while their campaign was conducted o.
this assumption. But by and by the
grew rather faint in their expressions o
confidence as TO West Virginia; and re
Gently they appear 10 have given it up q
hopeless Their leaders generally conced
that it will go Democratic.
W.
fessedly nominated to secure that State IL
October, the Republicans have made tn
most desperate exertions TO secure
to-day. Yesterday JAY GoULD's Iribm
claimed, in a report purporting to com
from the seat of war, that the state wa
absolutely certain to go Republican by
majority ranging from 5000 to 5000 70
BARNES, and 10000 for the other cand
dates on the State ticket. The Time
trusting to one OF its correspondent
claimed the State by majority of 10000.
Well, If the Republicans cannot say
Ohio now, they can hardly hope to carr
anything iu November.
The efforts OF tho Republicans to seour
Indiana have been characterized by II
vehemonce of despair. Abandoning We
Virginia, they felt that they must captuI
Indiana, aud thus obtain two of the thr,
States which vote to-day, or oonoede Il
chances of elcoting tho next President
the Democrats. Therefore everything thu
money, and ohicanery, and oratory, al
noise, and glare, and lying, md boastl
could do TO accomplish this result has bee
tried without stint, JAY GoULD's paper
yesterday, pretending to speak on Il
authority OF the Chairman OF the Rcpu
lican State Committee, claimed Indiana
absolutely certain TO go Republican by
majority OF from 600 to 1900. The Tim
alsn oiaiYnea a ma sura and QACluIed tn