The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-10-28

! Total vote. ................... ..,-. .b3l,oud
Barnes republican,. ......... 81, SGT
| Bell (democraU ........... .Gll,4lO
Chapman pr0hbitionIsO.. .l,I90 5l5,2U9
| Barnes majority. ........... ...,,.. 4O4'
Barnes plurality. ........,.., ....... Gi4d
These figures show badly enough for Hayes
in November, but in the vote for congress
men they show still worse The october
vote in Ohio on congressman was as follows
Total vote for congressman. ..... .G20,259
! HepublCan. ...... ........ .. ...... 81 t,oto
Anil Grant ....... ......., .......3l4,1 l9
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Dem. majority. ......... .. 170
While the GrantlIayes organs Drag over a
gain of congressman in Ohio,it is observable
that they very carefully ignore the above
deeply significant vote. The Office of secre.
tary of state was really OF no national signif,
canoe, but on congressman he issues were
purely national, so that, as tar as the "ques-
tions of the day" are involved, the result in
OHIO in October shows a democratic MAORI.
y Instead of giving this vote, or even tbs
vote for Barnes as the test, the republican
organs take the vote on Supreme Judge-an
Office ofnop political significance whatever-as
the test, and boast that ClOHgh, tried and
popular Judge, beat his unknown and untried
democratic opponent 9jG9--as if some up.
start should run against Judge Breese in this
state for Supreme Judge, and the democrats
should take the vote for Bresse as a fair po-
llical test No wonder Lieut. Gov. Young,
OF Ohio, has gone to Washington TO beg Of
Chandler not to relax his efforts in that state,
because the October election shows Ohio to
be still extremely doubtful for Hayes.
In Indiana the official minority for Will
liams is 5,554; but Judge Harrison, the repub
lican candidate, is admitted to have been per.
sonally the strongest man in the state and
ran several thousand ahead of his ticket, so
that the true test Is on the congressional vote,
by which the democratic majority is 1913.
The fact that in spite OF this majority the re.
publcans secured majority of the congress.
men only illustrates how republican rascality
was effective IN despoiling the honest major.
ty Of its congressional rights, and instead of
Boosting over it, decent republicans must
blush with shame at the disgraceful fact
But squeaks little tin whistle, 1.-THE indie
pendent candidate polled 14,963 votes in Indi.
ana, and adding this to the republican vote,
leaves the democrats in a minority SO add.
ing the independent to the democratic vote.
would leave the republicans IN minority of
over 10000. Suppose even the entire indie
pendent vote Of 10000 was taken from TIE re-
publicans, which every man of sense knows
was not the case, how will that vote, when
cast in November for Peter Cooper, help
Hayes? The republicans have still the honest
democratic congressional majority of 5000 to
overcome, and that they know is hopeless.
AS to West Virginia; which in 1872 gave
the republican state ticket majority of . ,5S3
and Grant a majority Of 2,1iG, but now gives
II democratic majority of 10000, the republi-
can papers and orators have absolutely for
gotten the existence of the state.